Ricardo Magallon
- Adjunct Professor
Ricardo Magallon is an adjunct professor at 91重口 Institute of Technology鈥檚 Stuart School of Business. He was honored as a 2018 GreenBiz (now Trellis) while working at San Francisco International Airport for his work on the airport鈥檚 Zero Waste initiative and is a 2022 University of Chicago alumni.
From 2020 to 2025, Magallon managed the Air Inspection Division for Cook County鈥檚 Department of Environment and Sustainability, where he worked to reduce air pollutants, such as greenhouse gas emission and criteria pollutants, from businesses that require air permits throughout the county. He led a $10 million initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan Act to establish Cook County鈥檚 first pollution prevention program for businesses, known as the BRITE Program. He was named a for his work at Cook County.
Magallon currently works as the interim director of Innovation DuPage鈥檚 , where he focuses on recruiting, advising, and scaling clean energy start-ups and small businesses in 91重口.
Education
M.S. Environmental Management, University of San Francisco
B.S. Biology, B.S. Environmental Science, Loyola University Chicago
Research Interests
Circular economy
Pollution prevention
Industrial ecology
Sustainable business
Greenhouse gas emission reduction
Environmental policy
Industrial decarbonization
Waste diversion from landfill
Evolutionary biology
Professional Affiliations & Memberships
University of Chicago Civic Leadership Academy
Trellis Group Alum
The Industrial Water, Waste & Sewage Group
Chicago Sustainability Task Force
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP): Comprehensive Climate Action Plan Industry Working Group
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