Chisato Fukuda Calvert, Ph.D.
Founder & Principal, Terra Impact

Chisato Fukuda Calvert, Ph.D., brings over 15 years of experience building strategic partnerships and driving business development across international development, nonprofits, and startups. Over the course of her career, she has held leadership roles at organizations spanning climate tech, social justice, and sustainable development — including SINAI Technologies, OpenAQ and IUCN — advancing equitable, sustainable solutions across the U.S., Japan, Laos, Thailand and Mongolia.

She partners with organizations across a wide range of sectors to design actionable strategies, build meaningful collaborations, and turn bold vision into measurable social and environmental impact. Her approach draws on design thinking, co-active coaching models, and participatory facilitation methods, helping businesses, nonprofits, and research institutions navigate complexity with both rigor and care.

Chisato holds a Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where her dissertation research on air pollution's public health effects helped shape the national policy on air pollution mitigation in Mongolia. She also co-founded SmartAir Mongolia, a social enterprise expanding access to affordable air purifiers.

She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of AAPIC North Bay, Advisory Board of Breathe Mongolia Clean Air Coalition, and as Board Member Emeritus of After the Fire USA (formerly Rebuild Northbay).