Councils & Committees

The School’s Advisory Council is comprised of faculty members across all eight colleges that are working in areas of sustainability. The Council serves an important advisory role and assists the School’s leadership and staff in steering the program towards continued success.

Advisory Council

Patrese Atine
Stacey Baumgarn
Michael Carolan
Rich Conant
Andrea Duffy
Colleen Duncan
Brian Dunbar
Dinaida Egan
Ken Manning
Gene Kelly
Alan Knapp
Jason Quinn
Ken Reardon
Kenneth Shockley
Scott Shrake
Simon Tavener
Jill Zarestky

The School’s Curriculum Committee is a diverse committee with representation of faculty members from all eight colleges. The Committee seeks to design and develop new cross-campus curriculum that will lead to a new generation of students well versed in the globally, interconnected world of sustainability.

Curriculum Committee

Dale Lockwood
Suellen Melzer
Akiko Nakamura
Erika Osborne
Pinar Omur-Ozbek
Howard Ramsdell
Lisa Stright
Grace Wright

The School’s Research Committee is composed of faculty from across campus. The committee helps SoGES design research funding mechanisms that are responsive to faculty needs and priorities and ensure alignment with key sustainability issues. These mechanisms support creative and collaborative approaches to strategically addressing global sustainability challenges.

Research Committee

Michael Carolan
Colleen Duncan
Jon Salerno
Meagan Schipanski
Steve Simske