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Hayward, CA – Sergio is vice president at the Sandler Foundation in San Francisco. There, he works with a small group of colleagues to identify leaders and organizations with promise to have the greatest impact on pressing societal challenges, from inequality to human rights, corruption, and the environment. In the environmental area, he has focused on climate change and coal, clean energy, marine conservation, and the conservation of coastal land in Baja California. Prior to the Sandler Foundation, Sergio was at the Packard Foundation, where he was a program officer leading a conservation program focused on Mexico. Sergio earned a Masters in Conservation Biology and Ecosystem Management from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and a BA in Human Biology from Stanford University. He currently serves as vice president of the board of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis and has previously served on the boards of the Biodiversity Funders Group, the Golden Oak Montessori School (a public charter school he co-founded with a group of parents in Hayward, California), and Island Conservation. Sergio was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Brazil, Costa Rica, and Mexico.