Governance

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

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 

Thomas Lovejoy, Alumni Representative, ’63 BA, ’71 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 and State Affairs and University Properties

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.