Advancing Economic Opportunity through Place-Based Resilience Strategies
Sandy Eapen
City of Austin – Office of the City Manager
SANDY EAPEN is a sustainability and social impact leader with nearly 25 years of cross-sector experience spanning consulting, strategic planning, and corporate responsibility. As Founder of Eapen Impact, she partners with organizations as a fractional executive and consultant to advance environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies that drive impact and create business and stakeholder value. Eapen was the first Head of ESG & Sustainability at Coupa Software and previously held roles at BSR, American Express, Dow Chemical, and the UN Development Programme. She is a Success Coach for UT Austin’s Sustainability Leadership Executive Program and serves on the boards of Asian Family Support Services of Austin and the Texas Exes Sustainability Alumni Network. EAPEN holds an MBA and MIA from Columbia University and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Project
Austin, Texas, is working to implement economic resilience strategies that address longstanding disparities in access to opportunity and small business support across its communities. FUSE Executive Fellow Sandy Eapen will help the city pilot and scale these strategies by coordinating cross-sector efforts and developing tools for long-term implementation and sustainability. Ultimately, this will help Austin strengthen economic mobility, expand access to services, and foster a more inclusive and resilient local economy.