Kari Anne Robert started the Green MBA Program in September of 2006 after earning her BA in Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Communities, with an emphasis on Ecological Food Systems. Kari Anne has over a decade of experience in restaurant and kitchen management, and is passionate about renewing our relationship with local, native foods in the face of climate change and resource depletion. While focusing on her MBA in Sustainable Enterprise, she worked on creating The Abundance Project; a natural cooking and nutrition education program for the City of Riverside Parks and Recreation Department.  She earned a certificate in grant writing, and completed a business plan for a locally sourced, seasonally based, sustainably designed restaurant; The Herban Garden. Kari Anne is currently working with the Green MBA program as the Project Manager, which has been an inspiring, challenging and fulfilling experience that she is honored to be a part of. When Kari Anne is not putting her energy into her position as Project Manager for the Green MBA, she continues to cultivate new recipes and slowly manifest The Herban Garden vision.