Rhodes College alum Aaron Fitzgerald ’10 has been named to the Grist 50 list, which features leaders and innovators from across the country who are working on solutions to the planet’s most pressing challenges.
In partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative, nonprofit media organization Grist publishes the annual list. The 2023 honorees recently were recognized at a ceremony in New York City.
Fitzgerald is co-founder and CEO of Mars Materials, which uses market-driven approaches to commercialize technologies capable of removing and sequestering greenhouse gases. He says that finding uses for captured CO2 creates a market that promotes carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere.
Fitzgerald became interested in sustainability and stewardship while at Rhodes, and during spring and fall breaks, he traveled to New Orleans with a group of students to help with rebuild efforts after Hurricane Katrina. He also served as president of the Rhodes Student Government and as a student trustee.
Fitzgerald graduated in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.