Dan Schnitzer is the Global Sustainability Lead for Red Hat where he is working to embed a culture of holistic sustainability throughout the organization and designing and implementing a plan to reach Red Hat’s 2030 climate ambition. Dan supports Red Hat’s engineering, products, RFP and sales teams to see how Red Hat products can provide energy savings opportunities for Red Hat’s customers; empowering them with data, cost-savings and support in achieving their own environmental goals.
Prior to Red Hat, Dan was the Director of Construction and Sustainability for Durham Public Schools, the Director of Sustainability & Capital Projects for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School District and the founding Director of Sustainability & Operations for the Academy for Global Citizenship in Chicago. Dan has consulted on sustainability with institutions internationally including Japan, Uganda and Germany. Dan believes that massive change is necessary and possible.
