Lauralee Barbaria is the Director of the Green MBA program at Dominican University of California, overseeing curriculum, outreach, and faculty recruitment. She also serves as Senior Advisor for the Environmental Finance Center for Region 9 (EFC9).  Her work for EFC9 includes a financial analysis of alternative technologies to promote jobs and development for the Torres Martinez Indian Tribe and co-authoring  A California Green Plan: Making the Case for Business, commissioned by The Fred Gellert Family Foundation. She is currently co-authoring two chapters for a United Nations Guidebook focusing on alternative financing mechanisms to promote environmental and social justice in developing countries. Recently she has worked on projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa and participated as a delegate to the United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen, representing the League of Women Voters.  Lauralee holds an M.B.A. in Sustainable Enterprise from Dominican, and a B.A. from San Francisco State University.