• PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1989
• MBA, University of California, Berkeley, 1986
• MS, Stanford University, 1980
• BS, Columbia University, 1979

• Visiting Research Professor, Bocconi University, 2011; 2017–2018
• Visiting Associate Professor, Arizona State University, 2003–2004
• Visiting Associate Professor, University of Michigan, 2000
• Visiting Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, 1996–1997

• Distinguished Scholar Award, Organizations and the Natural Environment Division, Academy of Management, 2019
• Elected Fellow, International Academy of Management, 2018
• First prize (for "Guayakí: Securing Supplies, Strengthening the Mission," with Michael Crooke), Oikos Sustainability Case Writing Competition, 2016
• Best Paper Award (for "Geography, Personal Values, and Hybrid Companies: The Local Roots of Enlightened Entrepreneurship," with Andrew Earle, Brooke Boren, and Suzanne Tilleman), GRONEN Research Conference, 2016
• Outstanding Editorial Board Member Award, Strategic Management Journal, 2011
• Silver winner, Nautilus Book Awards, 2011
• Honorable mention, Page Prize for Sustainability Issues in Business Curricula, 2011
• Best Book Award, Organizations and Natural Environment Division, Academy of Management, 2010
• Appointed inaugural Fetner Visiting Sustainability Leader, Syracuse University, 2010
• Thomas C. Stewart Distinguished Faculty Award, Lundquist College of Business, 2009
• Honorable mention (for for "Coastwide Laboratories: Clean and Green" with Derek Reiber), Oikos Sustainability Case Writing Competition, 2008
• First prize (for "Seventh Generation: Balancing Customer Expectations with Supply Chain Realities" with Daniel Goldstein), Oikos Sustainability Case Writing Competition, 2007
• Recipient of $33,300 grant (for "Green Chemistry Case Studies" with Jim Hutchison), Dreyfus Foundation Project T, 2005
• Scharpf Award for Research Excellence, Lundquist College of Business, 2004
• Recipient of $30,000 grant (for "Governance and Emissions Performance in the Electric Generation Industry" with Magali Delmas), University of California Energy Institute, UC Santa Barbara, 2003

Mike Russo is a Professor Emerit of Sustainable Management in the Department of Management at the Lundquist College of Business. His expertise and specialties include developing strategies for environmental management, creating business plans for mission-driven companies, and managing public policy issues. His research on these topics has been published in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Operations Management, and Strategic Management Journal.

Russo received his PhD and MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining the Lundquist College, he worked as an energy planner specializing in commercialization of wind and solar energy.

• Creating business plans for mission-driven companies
• Developing strategies for environmental management
• Entrepreneurship
• Influence of society, politics, and the natural environment on corporate strategy
• Managing public policy issues
• Mission-driven companies
• Strategic certification strategy
• Technology and sustainability

• Russo, Michael, and Mohamed Awad. "Local Values and The Emergence of Social Enterprise Clusters."

• Editor, Organization and Environment, 2020–present
• Associate Editor, Organization and Environment, 2013–2019
• Editorial Board, Academy of Management Journal, 2000–present
• Editorial Board, Strategic Management Journal, 2000–present
• Academic Director, Center for Sustainable Business Practices, 2007–2010; 2018–present
• Leadership Track through Chair, Organizations and the Natural Environment Division, Academy of Management, 2001–2005