New Broad-Range Environmental Committee
Date: April 11, 2008

The newly formed Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee convened for the first time on April 11, with a welcome from Senior Executive Vice President Robert Kasdin.

The blue ribbon group comprises about 40 representatives from virtually all Morningside Campus graduate and undergraduate groups, primary university administrative units such as Housing & Dining, Facilities and CUIT, and faculty.

The group’s initial task is to establish principles and make recommendations about environmental stewardship and sustainability for Columbia. Assistant Vice President Nilda Mesa says the committee will be “a collaborative, creative effort, at the same time with a foot in the real world.”

The group will meet once again prior to the end of the semester.

Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee Members
Adil Ahmed  Vice President, of Policy for CCSC

Daniel Baker

Executive Director,University Development and Alumni Relations

Jane Booth

Associate General Counsel, Office of General Counsel

Amador Centeno

Associate Vice President of Facilities, Medical Center

Steven Cohen

Executive Director, School of International and Public Affairs

Alan Crosswell

Associate Vice President & Chief Technologist, CUIT

Kathleen Crowley

Associate Vice President, Environmental Health and Radiation Safety

Paul Alexander Crystal

Associate Director, Office of the Treasurer

Patricia Culligan

Professor, Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Prishantha Dunstan

Student, School of Engineering and Applied Science

Matthew Early

Associate Vice President, Operations, Facilities

Lauren Feighan

Project Associate, Office of Communications and Public Affairs

Michael Fletcher

Executive Director, Business Services, Manhattanville

Geoffrey Heal

Paul Garrett Professor on Public Policy & Business Responsibility, Business School

Tanya Heikkila

Assistant Professor, School of International & Public Affairs

Bärbel Hoenisch

Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Gail Hoffman

Treasurer, Office of the Treasurer

Amanda Hungerford

Student, School of Law

Frances Huppert

Associate Vice President, Capital Project Management, Facilities

Karen Jewett

Assistant Vice President, University Relations

Allan Just

Student, Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health

Kelly Kleinert

Student, Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons

Hannah Lee

Student, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Edward Lloyd

Evan M. Frankel Clinical Professor of Environmental Law, School of Law

John Lussier

Manager & Systems Engineer, Information Technology, CUIT

Wade McGillis

Doherty Research Scientist, The Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory

Jack McGourty

Associate Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Science

Susan Mescher

Associate Dean, Strategic Planning, Columbia College

Vijay Modi

Professor, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Shahid Naeem

Professor and Chair, Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology,

Mica Odom

Student, Columbia Business School

Clare Oh

Assistant Director, Office of Communications and Public Affairs

Patrick O'Reilly

Assistant Director of Facilities and Engineering, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory

Hannah Perl

Student, Columbia College

Philip Pitruzzello

Vice President, Manhattanville, Facilities

Richard Plunz

Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Ramesh Raman

Executive Director, Manhattanville

Louise Rosen

Director, Office of Academic and Research Programs, Earth Institute

Celine Ruben- Salama

Student, School of International and Public Affairs

Scott Wright

Vice President, Student and Administrative Services

Ariel Zucker

Student, Columbia College


Convener - Nilda Mesa, Assistant Vice President, Environmental Stewardship