Juliana Sandford

Berkeley MBA/Master of Climate Solutions | BCG | Wharton BS | Climate & food systems

Berkeley, California, United States

About

Candidate for MBA and Master of Climate Solutions at UC Berkeley. Previously diligence and climate at BCG and BCG Henderson Institution. BS in Economics from the Wharton School. Passionate about tackling climate change & building a more sustainable food system, working with high-performing teams, and pursuing movement in community. Avid podcast-listener, hobbyist cook, and yogi (RYT 200).

Experience

  • University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Berkeley, CA)
    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

      MBA courses: Climate Change and Business Strategy, Responsible Supply Chains and Operations, Haas Impact Fund (first MBA student investment fund course), Becoming Superhuman, Storytelling for Leadership Undergrad: Environmental Economics and Markets

    • Candidate for MBA/Master of Climate Solutions
      Aug 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

      Pursuing MBA at Berkeley Haas and Master of Climate Solutions at Berkeley Rausser in inaugural cohort of joint degree program Food systems x climate solutions thesis work: - Federal crop insurance and climate adaptation policy brief - Perennial crops market scale-up assessment - Opportunity sprint on upcycled byproducts in charitable food supply chains - Evaluation of 'climate-smart' beef systems Climate/nature finance work: - Original research on contributions finance for nature-based solutions with Berkeley Carbon Trading Project - Cohort II of Haas Climate Solutions Fund with climate A&R investment thesis - first and only MBA program with endowed capital specifically allocated for direct investments

  • Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (5 yrs 7 mos)
    • Academic Leave
      Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • Consultant
      Jan 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Climate & Sustainability and Principal Investors & Private Equity practice areas

    • Associate
      Jan 2021 - Dec 2022 · 2 yrs

      Principal Investors & Private Equity and Retail practice areas (Start date delayed from September 2020 – Covid-19 pause in new onboarding)

  • Terradot (8 mos)
    • Commercial Projects MBA Contractor
      Aug 2025 - Dec 2025 · 5 mos

    • Commercial Projects MBA Intern
      May 2025 - Aug 2025 · 4 mos

  • Consultant, BHI Center for Climate & Sustainability at BCG Henderson Institute
    Jun 2023 - Dec 2023 · 7 mos

    Contributor to BCG Henderson Institute's Center for Climate and Sustainability for 7-month secondment during Consultant tenure. Published BCG.com article “The Hidden Dynamics of the Energy Transition” in January 2024. BHI Center for Climate & Sustainability explores the needed pivots, scaling, speed, limits, and breakthrough in climate and sustainability within a systems perspective for large-scale systems change and adoption. The BCG Henderson Institute is the Boston Consulting Group’s strategy think tank, dedicated to exploring and developing valuable new insights from business, technology, and science by embracing the powerful technology of ideas. The Institute engages leaders in provocative discussion and experimentation to expand the boundaries of business theory and practice and to translate innovative ideas from within and beyond business.

  • Yoga Instructor at CorePower Yoga
    Mar 2023 - Dec 2023 · 10 mos

    Teach 2-3 regular weekly power and vinyasa yoga classes of 10-25 students at multiple Washington DC studios