Ushma Pandya holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and an MPA from Harvard University. She cofounded Think Zero LLC, a waste reduction and zero waste advisory firm. She has worked on environmental issues with organizations such as the Environmental Defense Fund, the Department of Environment of the City of Chicago, and Acumen. Ms. Pandya is on the Board of the NYC chapter of New York League of Conservation Voters and was on the Board of Sustainable South Bronx (including overseeing the for-profit subsidiary Cool Roofs that worked on cooling and greening roofs throughout NYC). She is a member of the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board. She is certified as a TRUE Zero Waste Business Associate by GBCI.