Kelly Redmond

Kelly is a second-year master’s student in Stanford University’s Design Impact Program. She graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2016 with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering and served as an environmental science and engineering officer in the United States Army for five years. She has experience in project management, planning operations, and leading teams ranging from 6 to 76 individuals. Her engineering background gave her the critical thinking skills and creative confidence to design valuable training and effective programs that enabled mission success across a variety of preventive medicine units, both domestically and abroad. Kelly has explored over forty countries and dozens of protected landscapes and wildlife areas, which brings a diverse perspective to her design process and storytelling projects, as well as a deep appreciation for the world we live in and the people that depend on it.

About Oleo

Oleo is pioneering a new process for developing a sustainable, deforestation-free, lab-grown alternative to palm oil. The process consists of fermenting microorganisms to accumulate a synthetic oil and involves two technical breakthroughs. Oleo is also developing a process that can be implemented directly with smallholders in producing nations to preserve the economic backbone of local communities.