Amy Skoczlas Cole

Amy Skoczlas Cole joined New York University Stern School of Business as a Clinical Professor of Business and Society and Director of NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business in January 2026.

Over the course of a 30-year career advancing sustainable business, Skoczlas Cole has worked to reimagine the economic systems that provide sustainable food, clean energy, and healthy communities. From executive positions across leading companies, non-profits, and foundations, she has helped hundreds of organizations design and execute strategies that unlock growth and profitability, access new markets, enhance productivity, and reduce shareholder risk.

Working at the intersection of quantitative business analysis, behavioral data and AI, Skoczlas Cole develops data-driven insights to harness the power of private sector innovation. Before joining NYU Stern, Skoczlas Cole served as president of intelligence and influence at the Farm Journal Company, where she led triple-digit profitable growth by creating predictive products and services that bridged critical knowledge gaps in the sustainable agricultural-food-energy-supply chain. During her tenure, she secured more than $50M in federal grant funding and helped create one of the largest and most diverse public-private partnerships in regenerative agriculture.