Sustainability Advisory Council
The Sustainability Advisory Council is a group of institutional leaders and alumni tasked with offering guidance and inspiration on Yale’s Sustainability Plan. This group meets annually and receives quarterly updates from the Office of Sustainability.
John Bollier, Office of Facilities (Co-chair)
Ann Kurth, School of Nursing (Co-chair)
Deborah Berke, School of Architecture
Indy Burke, School of the Environment
Jack Callahan, University Operations
Marvin Chun, Yale College
Michael Crair, School of Medicine
Don Filer, Office of International Affairs
Eugénie Gentry, Office of Development
Susan Gibbons, Office of the Provost
Maria Ivanova, Alumni Representative, ’99 MEM, ‘99 MA ’06 PhD
John Mayes, Administration Operations
Nate Nickerson, Vice President for Communications
Pamela Schirmeister, Graduate Studies
Greg Sterling, Divinity School
Rafi Taherian, Yale Hospitality
Sten Vermund, School of Public Health
Lauren Zucker, Office of New Haven Affairs and University Properties
Student Representatives
Jon Gewirtzman, School of the Environment
Alex Rich, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Madeline Zaritsky, Yale College
Wei Zhang, School of Public Health
Implementation Steering Committee
The Implementation Steering Committee is a rotating selection of faculty and staff that support the execution of the Yale Sustainability Plan. The group actively works to build connections between the classroom, the campus, and the city by integrating scholarship and operations. This group meets four times per year with subcommittee meetings in the interim.
Paul Anastas, School of the Environment/Chemistry (Co-chair)
Stuart DeCew, Center for Business and the Environment (Co-chair)
Debbie Stanley-McAulay, Human Resources and Administration (Co-chair)
Saed Alizamir, School of Management
Jim Berger, American Studies
Billy Bromage, School of Medicine
Gary Brudvig, Energy Sciences and Chemistry
Sue Cascio, University Properties
Kristina Chmelar, Facilities Planning
Kate Cooney, School of Management
Miraj Desai, School of Medicine
Rob Dubrow, School of Public Health
Thomas Easley, School of the Environment
Michael Fotos, Political Science and Environmental Studies
Annie Harper, School of Medicine
Dev Hawley, University Planning & Facilities Operations
Jeff Hughes, Facilities Operations
Cathy Jackson, University Planning
Michael Jarosz, Finance and Business Operations
Lisa Kimmel, Being Well at Yale
Joe Manning, Anthropology
Joe Mastracchio, Procurement
Colleen Murphy-Dunning, Hixon Center for Urban Ecology
Jenna Musco, School of the Environment
Michael Oristaglio, Energy Studies
Julie Paquette, Facilities Engineering
Maya Prabhu, Psychiatry
Brita Roy, School of Medicine
Jodi Sherman, School of Medicine
Bob Sullivan, Yale Hospitality
Kassie Tucker, Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking
Bridgett Williamson, School of Medicine
Suzanne Young, Poorvu Center
Joseph Zinter, SEAS and CEID