Josie is the Portfolio Manager for the Planetary Solutions Impact Accelerator, a joint effort of Yale Ventures and Yale Planetary Solutions, which she joined in September 2026. In this role, she works with Yale faculty and founders to advance promising technologies addressing climate change and other planetary challenges. She supports accelerator programming, connects research teams with the resources and expertise they need, and helps build relationships across Yale’s innovation ecosystem and beyond.

Before joining the accelerator, Josie served as the Environmental Innovation Fellow at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment and the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale. There, she led climate innovation programs and supported student entrepreneurs.

Josie holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Yale University, where her research focused on materials and molecular systems for solar fuels. She earned her B.S in Chemistry with a Theology minor from Fordham University.