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Clark University’s Graduate School of Management (GSOM)<\/a> will recognize Brad McNamara, MBA\/M.S. ES&P ’13, with the 2018 Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME<\/a>) Alumni Award. This annual award, presented as part of the University’s commitment to this United Nations-supported initiative, recognizes an individual for responsible leadership, ethics, social responsibility, and sustainability. McNamara will receive the award on Saturday, May 19, during Clark’s Reunion Weekend.<\/p>\n

McNamara is the co-founder and CEO of Freight Farms Inc<\/a>., a Boston-based startup that modifies shipping containers for creating agriculture year-round. The company’s flagship product, the Leafy Green Machine (LGM)<\/a>, is a complete hydroponic growing facility built inside a 40-foot shipping container that enables businesses to grow a high volume of fresh produce in any environment, regardless of the climate.<\/p>\n

Read more about Brad McNamara and Freight Farms in this 2016 Clark Magazine article<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

McNamara founded the company in 2010 while a student at Clark; to date, Freight Farms has sold LGMs to individuals and companies in 36 states and 12 countries, and to 20 college campuses — including Clark.<\/p>\n

Before founding Freight Farms, McNamara was the founder and CEO of Impakt Marketing Solutions, Inc., a firm focused on sales-driven marketing programs for large consumer-packaged goods customers, including Anheuser Busch, InBev USA, and Converse.<\/p>\n

McNamara earned a dual M.B.A. and M.S. in environmental science and policy<\/a> from GSOM in 2013.  He earned his B.S. in communication studies from Northeastern University in 2003.<\/p>\n

PRME<\/a> was created in 2007 as a platform to raise the profile of sustainability in schools around the world, and to equip today’s business students with the understanding and ability to deliver change tomorrow. As a voluntary initiative with more than 650 signatories worldwide, PRME has become the largest organized relationship between the United Nations and management-related higher education institutions.<\/p>\n

GSOM became a signatory to the PRME initiative in 2011, strengthening its commitment to education, research, and collaboration that fosters sustainable social, economic, and environmental change.<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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