Background
Lovins received her undergraduate degree in sociology and political science from Pitzer College, in Claremont, California and her J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. In 1979 she married Amory Lovins; they separated in 1989 and divorced in 1999.
A practicing attorney (member of the State Bar of California), Lovins helped establish, and was for six years Assistant Director of the California Conservation Project (Tree People), an urban forestry and environmental education group. She served as policy adviser for Friends of the Earth under David Brower. Named Henry R. Luce visiting professor at Dartmouth College, Lovins has taught at several universities, and is currently professor of Sustainable Management at Bainbridge Graduate Institute which offers an accredited MBA in sustainable management. In 1982 she co-founded the Rocky Mountain Institute, a 50-person research center with a $7 million annual budget, half of it earned through programmatic enterprise. She was RMI's CEO for strategy until 2002.
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