Student Employees
Research Assistants
Caitlyn Finnegan
Sustainability Data Research Assistant
Caitlyn M. Finnegan (she/her) is a first-year Master of Environmental Management candidate, specializing in Green Chemistry and Industrial Ecology, at the Yale School of the Environment. Before arriving at Yale, Caitlyn graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science in Sustainability and a minor in Urban Planning. In her free time, Caitlyn enjoys backpacking, snowboarding, and baking. She is thrilled to contribute to Yale’s ongoing efforts in advancing sustainability and fostering a greener future.
Roxana Grunenwald
Photographer
Roxana Grunenwald (she/her) is in Branford College and is studying Philosophy and Humanities. She is from southern Wisconsin and is interested in empowering students to undertake more environmentally-conscious decisions by encouraging them to think about the world and their interactions with it. With roles as a Peer Educator Student Leader and Photographer for the Office of Sustainability, she hopes to cultivate a mighty community of environmental activists across levels of Yale administration and works to kindle a sustained reverence for the environment and appreciation for its natural resources. She has been involved with sustainability in political advocacy and in other organizations at Yale, and can be found outside of class writing, ruminating, taking photos, and enjoying the green spaces around campus.
Ariel Kim
Graphic Design Assistant
Ariel Kim is a sophomore at Stiles studying Anthropology. She is an artist and writer excited to use visual and written storytelling to amplify sustainable and just causes. In her off time, you can catch her creating loose leaf concoctions, scribbling in her sketchbook, and guessing the MBTI of strangers with an impressive 65% accuracy.
Brennan Wong
Sustainable Procurement Research Assistant
Brennan Wong is a first year Master of Business Administration candidate at the Yale School of Management, hailing from Toronto, Canada. He’s passionate about supporting companies and organizations seeking to create value through sustainability. Prior to Yale, Brennan was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, partnering with investors and corporate leaders across North America on their decarbonization and energy transition-related agendas. Outside of school, Brennan loves to play volleyball, cook meals from different cuisines, and religiously watches workplace sitcoms. He’s excited to work on developing the business case for implementing a sustainable procurement strategy at Yale.
Bulldog Sustainability
Oren Aviad
Bulldog Sustainability Project Coordinator
Oren Aviad is a junior in Pierson College on the varsity gymnastics team. She is currently undeclared but interested in potentially majoring in Neuroscience on a pre-med path. She has always been an outdoors person, enjoying any hike, beach trip, or sunset she can get to. She is very excited to promote Bulldog Sustainability on campus and hopes to make Yale a greener community.
Maya Bellomo
Bulldog Sustainability Project Coordinator
Maya Bellomo is a junior from Rochester, Michigan majoring in the History of Science and Medicine. In addition to playing for the Yale Women’s Soccer Team, Maya is a fellow for the Team IMPACT non-profit organization. She has always been passionate about protecting the environment and sees the value in making change starting within her community. Bulldog sustainability is the perfect intersection for her to help create better, sustainable choices within her team and others.
Katie So
Bulldog Sustainability Project Coordinator
Katie is a senior in Benjamin Franklin College majoring in Economics and is also a member of the Yale Field Hockey team. In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching movies, and going on walks. Katie is looking forward to helping Yale Athletics become a more sustainable program and engaging with the student-athlete community.
Emma Taylor
Bulldog Sustainability Project Coordinator
Emma Taylor is a sophomore in Morse College. She is on the Yale Softball Team and majoring in environmental studies. Emma is from Havertown, Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia. Her interests include biodiversity and conservation and she looks forward to creating more connections between athletics and sustainability with the Bulldog Sustainability Team.
Hannah Turner
Bulldog Sustainability Project Coordinator
Hannah is a junior in Silliman College majoring in Environmental Studies. She is also a member of the Yale Softball team. Hannah was born and raised in Texas, and she enjoys spending time kayaking, cooking, and reading. Hannah is passionate about the intersections of health equity and the environment, and she aspires to promote collaboration and unity via sustainability. She is excited to work with the Bulldog Sustainability team to foster meaningful action and progress.
Sustainability Peer Education
Julian Barrera
Zero-Waste Team Member
Julian A. Barrera (he/him) is a junior in Timothy Dwight College majoring in Environmental Studies and pursuing a certificate in Energy Studies. He is interested in biodegradable materials, sustainable design, and waste management. Besides his involvement in the Office of Sustainability, he is the Vice President of Sponsorship for the Yale Latinx Business Association (SUBE) and a layout designer for Claro Que Si! Outside of Yale, he enjoys grabbing coffee, hiking with friends, and exploring New Haven.
Lucía Cores Harg
Communications Team Member
Lucía Cores Harg is a sophomore in Pauli Murray College. She is an international student, from Spain and Sweden. Lucía is majoring in Environmental Studies and doing a certificate in Education Studies. She also really enjoys learning foreign languages. In her free time, she loves hiking and spending time in the outdoors. She likes doing different sports: running, swimming, and volleyball. Lucía also loves dancing, singing, meditating, and cooking! She is very interested in the potential of communication in promoting sustainable practices and hopes to encourage just that as a part of this team.
Nola Dorji
Green Certifications Team Member
Nola Dorji is a junior in Silliman College pursuing a BS in Environmental Studies and certificate in Data Science. She is from Thimphu, Bhutan but grew up in Manila Philippines. She is interested in the relationships between the environment, policies and economics. In the past, she has researched sustainable fashion indices, thermochemical wood conversion technologies and land use changes. With her position, she hopes to bring sustainable influences on unconventional spaces and get the whole undergraduate community involved! You can usually spot her taking long walks around East Rock, reading a book in the acorn or frolicking on cross campus.
Hasfa Fazl
Zero-Waste Team Leader
Hasfa Fazl is a junior in Silliman College studying Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. She is from Branford, CT and enjoys taking care of plants, traveling, and practicing latte art. Hasfa is interested in making sustainability accessible and actionable for her community. Her goal is to make sustainability initiatives loud and proud and easy for everyone! Hasfa is excited to join the Zero-Waste team and be a part of a more green and sustainable Yale.
Felicia Fraizer-Bisner
College Sustainability Liaison
Felicia Fraizer-Bisner is a third-year student in Grace Hopper College from Mesa, Arizona. She is planning on majoring in Environmental Studies and is interested in the intersection between sustainability and everyday people, especially those more vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change. As the Sustainability Liaison for Grace Hopper, Felicia hopes to promote a loving and responsible relationship with nature and bring the Hopper community together through sustainability events and projects. In her free time, she works three on-campus jobs, and enjoys listening to music, going on hikes, spending time with friends and family, and doing anything creative. Felicia is excited to collaborate on any and all sustainability projects.
Spencer Greenfield
Green Community Team Member
Spencer Greenfield is a junior in Benjamin Franklin College from northern New Jersey. He’s majoring in Earth & Planetary Sciences with a certificate in Climate Change Science & Solutions, and he’s passionate about studying human-environment interactions to build a just and sustainable future. He believes that community building is the first step to create change, so he looks forward to work as part of the Green Community Team and inspire others to make a difference for the sustainability of Yale and beyond. In his free time, he writes with CORTEX (an undergraduate science and art publication), makes music, and loves a freshly made coffee.
Roxana Grunenwald
Green Certifications Team Leader
Roxana Grunenwald (she/her) is in Branford College and is studying Philosophy and Humanities. She is from Wisconsin and is interested in empowering students to undertake more environmentally-conscious decisions by encouraging them to think about the world and their interactions with it. With roles as the Green Certifications Team Leader and Photographer for the Office of Sustainability, she hopes to cultivate a mighty community of environmental activists across levels of Yale administration and works to kindle a sustained reverence for the environment and appreciation for its natural resources. She has been involved with sustainability in political advocacy and in other organizations at Yale, and can be found outside of class writing, ruminating, taking photos, and enjoying the green spaces around campus.
Grace Hauser
Education and Training Coordinator
Grace (she/her) is a first-year MPH student at the Yale School of Public Health, focusing in Environmental Health Sciences. She is interested in understanding the intersections between human health and the built environment and working towards implementing equitable and impactful solutions. She believes youth engagement is essential to sustainability efforts at Yale and on a global scale. Grace was proudly born and raised in Chicago, IL, and enjoys spending time running, reading, and cuddling with her cat, Tofu.
Roan Hollander
Zero-Waste Team Member
Roan Hollander (she/her) is a sophomore in Pierson College majoring in Environmental Studies. She is also involved in First-Years in Support of New Haven, the Yale Student Environmental Coalition, and loves planting trees with Urban Resources Initiative. She’s passionate about collaborative and community-led environmental initiatives and is excited to be a zero-waste team member with the Office of Sustainability this year!
Doris Hong
Green Community Team Member
Doris Hong is a sophomore in Berkeley College majoring in Chemical Engineering. When she’s not spending her time crocheting and listening to music, she enjoys going to local cafes to grab an iced vanilla chai with almond milk (her all-time favorite drink). She hopes to pursue a career in the chemical engineering field that focuses on environmental sustainability and green engineering. She strongly believes in making sustainability a more accessible lifestyle for all Yale students and is excited to work as a member of the Green Community Team with the Office of Sustainability!
Sahana Kaur
Zero-Waste Team Member
Sahana Kaur is a sophomore in Berkeley College from Malaysia. She plans on studying Political Science and Climate Science & Solutions, and is interested in using federal and international policy to tackle climate change. At Yale, Sahana is a Community Fellow with the Yale Center for Environmental Justice and a Social Media Lead for the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. In her free time, Sahana enjoys traveling, running, and watching sitcoms and soccer.
Ciara Lonergan
Communications Team Leader
Ciara Lonergan, a junior in Morse College, is from a small town in Massachusetts. She is
majoring in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations. Ciara is also a Yale College Council Senator for Morse and is involved with the Equitable Bikeshare @ Yale. In her free time, Ciara enjoys writing, drinking coffee, and making Spotify playlists.
Costanza Mancini
Green Community Team Member
Costanza Mancini is a Junior in Davenport College from Rome, Italy. She is majoring in Economics with certificates in Climate Change & Solutions and in Energy Studies. She loves languages and learning new ones, Spanish being her favorite. In her free time, she loves listening to music (absolute addict for Maneskin) and playing sports, including swimming, volleyball, and boxing. Costanza is an absolute foodie and her go-to place in New Haven is the Pistachio Cafe. She is particularly interested in carbon containment and transportation decarbonization. Costanza is really excited to work as part of the Green Community team to foster a sense of community and a greater commitment to sustainability around campus.
Peyton Meyer
Green Certifications Team Member
Peyton Meyer (he/him) is a senior in Timothy Dwight College and grew up in Waunakee, Wisconsin. He is majoring in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Energy & Climate and a certificate in Energy Studies. Peyton is passionate about clean energy, sustainable food systems, and making information on sustainability and sustainable alternatives more accessible. He is also a mental health advocate and interested in the relationship between greenspaces, sustainability, and mental wellbeing. In his free time he enjoys cross country skiing and hiking.
Iyanu Nafiu
Zero-Waste Team Member
Iyanu is a first-year electrical engineering major in Pierson College. He likes crocheting, writing poetry, and baking. On campus, he’s involved with YSAC, theatre, and FIS-NH. Iyanu is excited to help encourage students—and the institution as a whole—to reduce their waste.
Jackson Ringley
Program Coordinator
Jackson Ringley (he/they) is a master’s student at Yale Divinity School with special interests in food justice, queer writing, and religion. Jackson is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a BA in English and Global Studies, and he has a deep passion for community formation through storytelling. He loves working with students and guiding people through transitional periods of life, and you can typically find him enjoying a good cup of coffee or hiking around CT.
Hailey Seo
Communications Team Member
Hailey Seo is a sophomore in Jonathan Edwards College from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who is majoring in Global Affairs and Environmental Studies. Outside of work with the Yale Office of Sustainability, she writes and edits for the Yale Review of International Studies, the Yale Environmentalist, and the Yale Globalist. She is passionate about creating an inclusive and approachable culture around sustainability. In her free time, she enjoys crocheting, reading, and drinking coffee.
Elise Wilkins
Zero-Waste Team Member
Elise Wilkins (she/her) is a junior in Silliman from Nashville, TN. She is majoring in Environmental Studies, and as a member of the Zero-Waste team, she is excited to learn about waste management and help students integrate sustainable consumption and waste practices into their daily lives. Elise also has a passion for writing. She has written creatively for literary magazines on campus and works as a staff writer for the Yale Scientific Magazine. Elise hopes to explore the power of writing in sharing stories related to the environment. In her free time, Elise loves baking, watching gymnastics, and practicing Spanish and Italian.