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Alumni Spotlight: David Townsend (’09)

Founder of the geothermal energy consultancy TownRock Energy and a founding member of Scotland’s 2050 Climate Group, David recently chaired the only annual UK geothermal energy conference at the Geological Society in London. There’s more. David has several honours to claim, including an “Entrepreneur of the Year” award. He shared, “ISS prepared me well to become an entrepreneur, developing: 1) a broad understanding of everything, ‘a big picture view’, which the excellent ISS teachers helped provide through their own insightful understandings of the world, and 2) an emotional intelligence, or alternatively phrased a social confidence, which was nourished by being surrounding by diverse and well educated peers.” David, thanks for doing your part to make the world a better, cleaner place!