Dr Amy Luers is the Senior Global Director for Sustainability, Science, and Innovation at Microsoft. In this role, she leads Microsoft’s AI and sustainability efforts, informing the company’s sustainability strategies, investments, and policies. Previously, she served as executive director of Future Earth, assistant director for climate resilience and information at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Obama administration, director of climate at the Skoll Global Threats Fund, and senior environment manager at Google. Dr Luers spent the first decade of her career working in Latin America, where she co-founded Agua Para La Vida, a nonprofit organisation that works with rural communities to enhance access to potable water. Currently, she serves on the advisory board of Veolia Institute, the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, and the Gund Institute for Environment. Dr Luers is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the National Academies of Sciences Roundtable on AI and Climate Change. She holds a PhD in environmental science and an MA in international policy studies from Stanford University, as well as BS and MS degrees in environmental systems engineering from Humboldt State University, and a BA in philosophy from Middlebury College. She has published widely on topics including societal vulnerability and resilience, climate impact and policy, science communication, and digitalisation and sustainability.
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