Sweta Chakraborty, PhD

CEO

Washington, District of Columbia, United States20 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of Scientista empowering women in STEM.
  • Key Behavioral Scientist for FEMA's $250 million climate adaptation contract.
  • Featured speaker at TEDx and SXSW events.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Climate Science and Policy expert with a focus on behavioral science and risk management.

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LeadershipBusiness StrategyCommunicationClimate Change

Other Skills

Lead GenerationSalesWorking with InvestorsPublic SpeakingMotivational SpeakingMedia RelationsExpert AdvisorBehavioral SciencePresentingUniversity TeachingResearchQualitative ResearchData AnalysisStatisticsTeaching

About

Dr. Chakraborty is a globally recognized behavioral scientist and expert on global risks ranging from climate change to emerging pandemics. She is a trusted authority on proactive preparedness to mitigate against the impacts of climate change, motivated by the need for clear, credible, evidence-based communication. Sweta is the founder of Scientista, the CEO of We Don't Have Time US, a Partner at Pioneer Public Affairs, and is on the steering committee of the Global Commons Alliance alongside Johan Rockstrom. She is an Independent Director at Lightbridge Corp. (NASDAQ: LTBR) where she chairs their ESG committee. She is the Key Behavioral Scientist at Resilience Action Partners (an Ogilvy and Michael Baker joint enterprise) for a $250 million (CERC 2.0) FEMA contract to address US-wide adaptation to climate change impacts. She is also the founder and principal of Adapt to Thrive, a venture that seeks to better inform entities on the complex, interconnected challenges already existing and emerging from a warming planet. She has worked in the private sector as Chief Scientist for a risk management-consulting firm, and has taught at Columbia University as an adjunct professor. Sweta is a TEDx and SXSW featured speaker, most recently alongside Nikolaj Coster-Waldau for the UNDP’s #dontchooseextinction campaign, and is regularly interviewed on major, international news media outlets including CNN, the NYT, the BBC, Forbes, Fox News Channel, Sky News, CBS, NowThis, MSNBC to name a few. She has appeared on networks like Nickelodeon and Discovery+, where she was featured alongside Kamala Harris for an Earth Day 2021 special. Sweta has written extensively in peer-reviewed journals, is a book author from her time as a postdoc at Oxford University, and is currently working on her second book on adaptation to global risks. She has built her career around how to connect science, media and policy to change attitudes, empower audiences, and inspire action alongside celebrities like Questlove and Joaquin Phoenix. She is a 2019/2020 Millennium Fellow at The Atlantic Council, and serves on the boards of the New York Academy of Sciences, Climate Power, Earth HQ, Serendipity Foundation, America Adapts, Food for Climate League, and We Don’t Have Time. In 2022, she launched “House of Scientista” a not- for- profit with the purpose to empower women and underrepresented groups to pursue careers in STEM. House of Scientista is where fashion and science come together to support the next generation of women scientists.

Experience

20 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Scientista

Founder

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Empowering women to lead with science and to look and feel fabulous while doing it!

Forbes

Contributing Author

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Remote

  • Contributing author to the sustainability beat

Harris for president

Climate Surrogate

Aug 2024Nov 2024 · 3 mos · Washington DC-Baltimore Area

  • The most impactful action to take for the climate is to elect Harris-Walz!

The earthshot prize

The Earthshot Prize, Expert Advisory Board and Nominator

Jan 2023Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

Food for climate league

Advisor

Aug 2022Aug 2024 · 2 yrs

  • Food for Climate League is a trailblazing, female-led 501(c)3 nonprofit working to make climate-smart eating the norm. By connecting climate-smart food culture with people's core needs for control, community, and purpose, FCL supports organizations, businesses, and governments with the tools to effectively and efficiently catalyze supply and demand for food that’s better for us and the planet.
CommunicationClimate ChangePublic SpeakingMotivational SpeakingMedia Relations

The new york academy of sciences

The International Science Reserve Advisory Council Member

Jun 2022Present · 3 yrs 11 mos · New York, United States

  • The ISR network unites 1000+ scientists from around the world in a collaborative effort to solve some of the most pressing global challenges with support from New York Academy of Sciences, Google, IBM, Pfizer, UL and others

Terraformation inc.

Climate Voices Fellow

Mar 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Help to educate and inspire audiences around themes related to reforestation, like the importance of biodiversity, native ecosystems, and the role of seeds in global forest restoration.

We don't have time

2 roles

Chief Executive Officer, North America

Promoted

Nov 2021Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

LeadershipLead GenerationSalesWorking with InvestorsBusiness Strategy

Executive Board Member

Oct 2018Present · 7 yrs 7 mos

  • We Don't Have Time aims to create a social media platform for the future, focused on the biggest challenge of our times — the climate. Through our platform, millions of members will unite to put pressure on leaders, politicians and corporations to act for the climate.

Lightbridge corporation

Independent Director

Sep 2021Present · 4 yrs 8 mos · Reston, Virginia, United States

  • Serve as Chair of the newly constituted Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) Committee

Resilience action partners

Behavioral Scientist

Aug 2021Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

  • Key science personal for FEMA's $250 million CERC 2.0 contract.

Climate power

Advisory Board Member

Aug 2021Present · 4 yrs 9 mos · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • This moment in history requires bold thinking and bold action. To defeat the climate crisis. To deliver environmental justice. To create millions of good-paying, union jobs in a clean energy economy. To build America back BETTER.

Pioneer public affairs

Partner

May 2021Mar 2026 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Washington, DC

  • From politics, to policy, to public affairs, Pioneer is taking on challenging issues in a constructive and entrepreneurial way.

Global commons alliance

Global Commons Alliance Steering Committee; Component Board Member for Earth HQ

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

  • The GCA Steering Committee has been put in place as the governing body of the GCA as the Alliance enters its next exciting phase of development and growth. I am joining Steerco as a component board member of EarthHQ.
  • Earth HQ is the media arm of Global Common Alliance, a coalition of scientific, philanthropic and conservation organizations along with business networks working to protect the global commons. We are working to build public support for planetary stewardship and transformation of our global economy to operate within safe planetary boundaries.
  • Earth HQ and NowThis, the no.1 most-watched mobile news brand globally announced the launch of a major editorial endeavor, NowThis Earth. The new channel focuses on comprehensive coverage of human impact on our planet, and how to respond.

Top tier impact

Head of Unit, TTI Impact Policy

Jun 2020Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

  • Top Tier Impact is the global members-only community for the investors, entrepreneurs and professionals who are focused on solving the critical issues of our time.
  • We are more than 150 members across 20 countries. Through our weekly educational content and ad hoc activities, like our COVID-19 task force, we reach over 10,000 conscious leaders around the world.
  • Our mission is simple: we are here to accelerate the mainstream adoption of impact & sustainability as the way of investing and running companies, globally.
  • We deliver on our mission by accelerating the success of our own members through investments, partnerships, access to talent and a daily flow of knowledge & insights across our online member platforms.
  • The time to step up as individuals, companies, communities and countries is right now.

Atlantic council

2019/2020 Millenium Leadership Program Fellow

Apr 2019Present · 7 yrs 1 mo · Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • The Millennium Fellowship has become one of the most competitive and highly sought-after programs in the world for future leaders (ages twenty-five to thirty-five) in the international affairs field. The 2019/2020 class of twenty-one was selected from nearly 1,200 applicants from over 100 countries – a 1.75% acceptance rate.

Adapt to thrive

Founder and Principal

Jan 2019Present · 7 yrs 4 mos · Washington D.C.

  • Adapt to Thrive seeks to better inform individuals, businesses, and government entities on the complex, interconnected risks and hazards existing and emerging from a warming planet. This is accomplished through innovative communication methods including interactive live stage events, virtual collaborative webinars, and other public engagement efforts to ensure a future that is sustainable and thriving.

The center for climate and security

Host, The Climate and Security Podcast

Feb 2018Apr 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Host of the "The Climate and Security" Podcast

Serendipity foundation

Member Board Of Directors

Jan 2018Present · 8 yrs 4 mos

  • Serendipity Foundation provides funding for non-profit organizations all over the world effecting positive change. We disperse our funds into four sectors: earth, animals, people and culture. These are usually inclusive of organizations dealing with disaster preparation and survival, social injustice, wrongful incarceration, gender/sexuality/race/religious inequality and/or violence, addiction/recovery issues, global climatic management, and worldwide education promotion.

Institute on science for global policy (isgp)

Associate Director

Jan 2015Jan 2018 · 3 yrs · Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Oversee all aspects of the institute, which aims to bring together distinguished scientists and policy makers from governments around the world to discuss scientifically credible options for addressing key public policy topics impacted by science and technology.

Lootok, ltd.

Cognitive Behavioral Scientist

Jan 2014Dec 2014 · 11 mos · NYC

  • Was responsible for overseeing research and development at risk management consulting firm to ensure the development of all materials and deliverables align with in-house research, as well as the wider discipline of social and decision science. Designed and develop a communication methodology and services line, pitching directly to the C-suite and executive levels of Fortune 100 global companies. Conducted research and publish regularly to position Lootok Ltd. as a leading firm with a cognitive behavioural approach and serve as project lead on accounts ranging from 50K to 6 million USD for Fortune 100 global clients (e.g., Mars Inc., Novartis, PVH Corp.).

Columbia university

Adjunct Lecturer

Jan 2013Jan 2013 · 0 mo

University of oxford

Post Doctoral Fellow

May 2011Jan 2015 · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Centre for Socio-Legal working on Research Project on Pharmaceutical Regulation and Product Liability. The project aims to examine the influence and consequences of regulatory and liability mechanisms on decision-making on product safety in the pharmaceutical sector in the EU since around 1970.

Institute on science for global policy

Senior Fellow

May 2011Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Worked as senior fellow on four policy programs of international concern: emerging and persistent infectious diseases (EPID), food safety, security, and defense (FSSD), synthetic biology, and climate change. In this role, managed a team of staff, interviewed scientific experts, briefed government officials, coordinated international conferences on key topics, and prepared reports based on debates between scientists and policy makers.

Ejrr

Risk Corrospondent

Jan 2010Jan 2011 · 1 yr

  • Contribute and peer review risk communication contributions for the journal for publication

Indiana university

Summer School Professor

Jul 2009Jul 2012 · 3 yrs

  • Will co-teach 6-credit course titled Managing Hazards in Europe and the United States I and II from 4-29 July 2011 for 49 undergraduate and graduate summer school students. Previosly in 2009 worked closely with Dean John Graham to execute first visiting summer school program at Kings College London.

Sra international

Member

Jan 2006Jan 2011 · 5 yrs

Education

University of Oxford

Postdoctorate — Centre for Socio Legal Studies

Jan 2011Jan 2013

King's College London

PhD — Risk Management

Jan 2006Jan 2009

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

General Course — Operations Research

Jan 2004Jan 2005

Carnegie Mellon University

BSc — Decision Science

Jan 2002Jan 2006

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