Ryan Ruskin

Ryan Ruskin ’90

Sustainability Leader, Volunteer, Connector

President and CEO, The Ruskin Group; President, Princeton Alumni Association; Chair, Princeton Alumni Council


In addition to his current leadership roles, Ryan Ruskin has served on several alumni committees, including chairing the Awards for Service to Princeton Committee, and was president of the Princeton Club of Chicago. He is an active Alumni Schools Committee interviewer and Class of 1990 Reunions volunteer. He received the Arnold M. Berlin ’46 Award for Service to Princeton in 2015, awarded by the Princeton Club of Chicago. Ruskin is president and CEO of the Ruskin Group, a fourth-generation global sustainable packaging company. In 2015, he assumed the role of non-executive chairman of MyEco, a sustainability education business he helped found that uses technology and innovative products to help consumers break disposable habits. Previously, he was a management consultant with A.T. Kearney. While at Princeton, Ryan was a history major, lived in Rockefeller College, was active with Triangle and the sailing team, and was a member of Cottage. Ryan earned an M.B.A. and a master of engineering management degree, both from Northwestern University. He lives in Chicago with his husband, Mike, and their two Labradors.