Bruce Usher is a Professor of Professional Practice and the Elizabeth B. Strickler '86 and Mark T. Gallogly '86 Faculty Director of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School. Usher teaches on the intersection of finance, social and environmental issues, and is a recipient of the Singhvi Prize for Scholarship in the Classroom, the Lear Award, and the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence. Usher is also a member of the Columbia Climate School.

Usher's newest book, Investing in the Era of Climate Change (Columbia University Press), will be published in October, 2022. In 2019, he published Renewable Energy: A Primer for the Twenty-First Century, the first in the Earth Institute’s sustainability series of books. Usher has written numerous cases for use in business school courses, with a primary focus on climate change and business.

Prior to his work at Columbia, Usher was CEO of EcoSecurities Group plc, which developed greenhouse gas emission reduction projects in developing countries. EcoSecurities was acquired by JP Morgan in 2009. Usher was previously the co-founder and CEO of TreasuryConnect LLC, which provided electronic trading solutions to banks and was acquired in 2001. Prior to that, he worked in financial services for twelve years in New York and Tokyo. Usher is an active investor and advisor to entrepreneurial ventures focused on climate change and clean energy. Usher is Chair of Columbia University's Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing, and the Tamer Fund for Social Ventures. Usher earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability, Green, Climate Change, Environmental Policy, Alternative Energy, Conservation, Earth Day, Environment, Business, Finance, Business Growth, Science, Business Leadership, Business Ethics, Ethics & Integrity, ESG