Max S. Dunn

Blog: Presidio Sustainable MBA Acceptance

Posted by: Max Dunn on December 30, 2008 10:00:39

It has been a lifelong goal of mine to get an MBA. However, for years I was busy starting and running 4 businesses so when I finally retired in 2005 and looked at the traditional MBA curriculum, there was not much there that I didn't already know. But then last year, I picked up a brochure about the Bainbridge MBA at the Green Fair and became intrigued by the idea of a green MBA.

The Bainbridge program looked great, but it seemed hypocritical to fly to Washington once a month for a "sustainable" MBA program. So I started looking for one closer to home and found the Presidio School of Management in San Francisco.

The Presidio program is a "startup" and had its first class in 2004. What attracted me is that sustainable issues are woven throughout all curricula, rather than being confined to a few extra classes. So for instance in economics, they teach standard economic theory, like how GDP counts a heart attack the same as installing solar panels, but then continue talking about ways of evaluating the benefits of these money flows differently. Also they cover the basic accounting principles, but then go on to teach how to account for the "three P's": profit, people and planet. Now this is something that is interesting to me!

So I applied to the program and on December 18th, heard:

Congratulations! You have been accepted into the MBA in Sustainable Management program at Presidio School of Management for Spring 2009.

The orientation is on January 14th and the residency weekend starts right after that, so I am excited to be starting right away!