Eva Gladek

Eva Gladek has a diverse work experience, starting with their current position as the Founder and CEO of Metabolic, an ecosystem of organizations focused on transitioning the global economy to a sustainable state. At Metabolic, they advise governments, businesses, and NGOs, crunches data, provides strategies and tools, builds pilots, and creates new ventures to develop scalable solutions.

In 2020, Eva Gladek became a Board Member and Co-Founder of Dayrize.com, a consumer marketplace for sustainable products. Eva envisions a world where people and nature can flourish side by side.

Before that, Eva Gladek worked as an Expert and Strategist at Circle Economy from 2013 to 2015. Prior to that, they held various roles at Except Integrated Sustainability from 2008 to 2012, including Technical Director and Industrial Ecologist & Sustainability Consultant.

In 2007, Eva Gladek worked as a Writer and Researcher at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. Eva also served as a Project Manager at the Green Electronics Council and a Research Assistant at GreenBlue in 2008.

Additionally, Eva Gladek was an Associate Producer and Writer at ScienCentral News in 2006, where they produced video news packages and wrote articles on scientific findings. Eva also worked as a Lab Technician at the Marine Biological Laboratory in 2005, examining a unique triple symbiosis.

Their earliest work experience was as a Production Assistant at Camera Planet in 2003, where they contributed to the documentary "A Southern Town" that explored key events of the civil rights movement in Jackson, Mississippi.

Eva Gladek's education history begins with their attendance at the United Nations International School (UNIS) from 1989 to 2001, where they earned an IB diploma and became bilingual in French and English. Eva then went on to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology at Amherst College from 2001 to 2005. In 2004, they participated in the Williams-Mystic program at Williams College, where they completed another Bachelor's degree. Eva Gladek then furthered their education at Yale University from 2007 to 2009, earning a Master of Environmental Management (MEM) degree with a focus on Industrial Environmental Management (Industrial Ecology) from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.