Vince Tenorio

Vince Tenorio
Degree Programs Yale School of Management, MBA, 2019 Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Master of Environmental Management, 2019
Affiliations Student Program Manager, Conservation Finance Network

Vincent is a third year joint MBA/MEM candidate at SOM and FES with a focus in sustainable infrastructure finance and climate change.

At Yale, he is the Student Program Manager for the Conservation Finance Network and a member of the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management. Previously, Vincent spent five years working in water quality analysis and environmental management for the City of Dallas and EA Engineering, an environmental consulting firm.

In the summer of 2017, Vincent interned in corporate strategy at Land O’Lakes and evaluated opportunities for the cooperative’s newly-created SUSTAIN business unit. He spent his second summer in investment banking at Guggenheim Partners, working across diverse industries, including cybersecurity, manufacturing, insurance, and power, where he supported the sale of a portfolio of generation assets in PJM as well as a capital raise for a renewable energy construction firm.

Vincent holds a Bachelor of Arts in environmental analysis from Pomona College, where he focused on water quality issues. His favorite activity is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, in which he both competes and coaches.

Authored Articles
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Launching the Conservation Finance Network Toolkit

Vince Tenorio, Spencer Meyer
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new series called the Network Toolkit. This series of articles focuses on individual tools practitioners can use. Our goal is to span the range of comfort levels our readers have – from simple to challenging.
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Water-Financing Innovation Is Increasingly Local

Vince Tenorio
The 2016 Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum, hosted by Aspen Institute and Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, showed the role of impact investing in bridging the financing gap in the water sector. The resulting report, “Conservation Finance & for U.S. Water,” offers case studies and analyses of new tools...

John Tobin Advises Bridging the Rift between Banks and NGOs

Vince Tenorio
Environmental NGOs and banks are both increasingly interested in conservation as a business opportunity. However, in the past, they have sometimes had an adversarial relationship. Their approaches to financing have also differed. In this interview, John Tobin-de la Puente, former managing director and global head of sustainability at Credit Suisse...