Stan Bronson, President & CEO at The Institute for Climate Innovation

Stan Bronson, President & CEO at The Institute for Climate Innovation

About

Stan Bronson is a seven generation Floridian, born in Orlando, with undergrad education done at Florida Southern College and grad work done at Florida Atlantic University and the University of Florida.  Spending most of his career in the citrus industry, 14 years of which was COO of a large citrus operation, in 1999 he joined the extension faculty of the University of Florida, developing a natural resources education program for South Florida ecosystem restoration initiatives. That program evolved into the Florida Earth Foundation, begun in January 2002.  FEF was a public-private partnership of over 120 agencies, universities, industries and not-for-profits.  The organization developed knowledge exchange programs that center on water disciplines.  In 2019 Florida Earth transitioned into the Alliance for a Climate Resilient Earth (ACRE), which carried on Florida Earth's programs plus many more.

In May of 2024, ACRE transitioned into the Institute for Climate Innovation (ICI), with a global hub at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.  US hubs include Columbia University for the East Coast and Stanford University for the West Coast of the US.  A developing regional hub will be developed in the future.   Coming from a ranching family who supplied the land for Walt Disney World in the 1960’s, Stan’s love of the land has always been an inspiration throughout his career.

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Industry experience

Education: Masters

Seniority: Board director, CEO, COO, CFO, President, Provost

Years of experience: 20 years or above

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