About the Hive Initiative
The Hive Initiative is an impact-driven non-profit company committed to facilitating and supporting climate action at organisations.
We are headquartered in Oslo Norway and our team spans the globe.
Founded 2019
The Core Team + Advisors
Erin Gallup
TEAM LEADER + FOUNDER
Erin is the Core Team leader and founder of the Hive Initiative. Her background is in digital product design.
Wanting to use her skills towards the climate crisis, she gathered her colleagues and network to form the Hive Initiative in Oslo in 2019.
Jimmy Byrum
TECH LEADER + STRATEGIST
Jimmy helps with the strategic and technical aspects of the Hive Initiative.
He currently works as the CTO at the carbon accounting startup Variable in Oslo Norway.
Marlene Sauter
DESIGNER + STRATEGIST
Marlene helps both with forming the Hive Initiative’s organisational strategy as well as creating its design presence in its social media accounts.
She is currently a product designer at Deloitte in Munich, Germany.
Alina Burghard
SPEAKER + STRATEGIST
Alina helps with spreading the word at events as well as scaling up the Hive Initiative’s reach.
She is currently a strategy consultant at Accenture in Zürich Switzerland.
Philipp Malkmus
PRODUCT LEADER + STRATEGIST
Philipp helps with the Hive Initiative’s product strategy, development and go-to-market.
He is currently works as CPO at the sustainable food company Plateful in Oslo Norway.
Dr. Dhanashree Amatya
COMMUNICATION + NETWORKING STRATEGIST
Dhanashree helps with developing and scaling the Hive Initiative’s communications strategy.
She is a social media strategist located in Cyberjaya Malaysia.
Louisa Buck
DESIGNER + STRATEGIST
Louisa helps scale the Hive Initiative’s network and communications in addition to strategic development.
She is currently a Masters Student at Parsons School of Design in New York City.
Muhammadjon Buriev
RESEARCHER + STRATEGIST
Muhammadjon helps research the Hive Initiative’s content as well as make it accessible to the Uzbek audience.
He is working on his undergraduate degree in Italy.
Michal Wisniowski
DESIGNER + STRATEGIST
Michal helps with the user experience and product strategy of the Hive Initiative's core offerings.
He is currently based in Los Angeles while working as a product designer for Au Revoir Carbone in Paris.
Trisha (Itu) Mukherjee
PROJECT MANAGER + STRATEGIST
Trisha helps with sales, project and business management addition to strategic development of the Hive Initiative.
She has a background in Environmental and Data Science and resides in Oslo, Norway.
Marybeth Arcodia, Ph.D.
CLIMATE SCIENCE ADVISOR
Marybeth helps align the projects of the Hive Initiative with up-to-date climate science.
She is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Colorado State University focused on understanding Earth's atmospheric predictability. She is involved in a number of science communication and outreach organizations to promote accessible and actionable science, as well as the American Meteorological Society's Board on Representation, Accessibility, Inclusion, and Diversity (BRAID).