Ensuring Sustainability Goals Align with Institutional Strategies

The Chancellor's Sustainability Advisory Committee (CSAC) guides the work to integrate sustainability into all university operations, bringing ideas from students, faculty, and staff to university decision-makers for action.

Current CSAC Membership

Members of CSAC include the committee chair; administrative and sustainability staff; academic faculty, including a rotating dean; and student representatives, including the Student Government Association (SGA) and Graduate Student Senate (GSS).

Director of Operational Services

 Dawn Bond

Dawn is the Director of Operational Services for Facilities Management.

 Dawn Bond

Associate Budget Director

Jack Brown

Jack Brown handles revenue and expense forecasts, operating budgets and peer analysis. Jack's office is located in 340K.

Jack Brown

Professor, Director of School of Earth & Sustainability

Robert Deconto

Robert DeConto, Director of the UMass School of Earth & Sustainability, studies polar climate change, the response of ice sheets to a warming climate, and coastal impacts of sea-level rise.

Robert Deconto

Secretary of Sustainability, SGA

 Carol DeRose

Carol DeRose is excited to be SGA's Secretary of Sustainability and this year intends to focus on establishing the Student Sustainability Coalition.

 Carol DeRose

Vice President of Advancement, UMass Amherst Foundation

 Kimberly Dumpson

Kim is the Vice President of Advancement for the UMass Amherst Foundation

 Kimberly Dumpson

Dean, College of Natural Sciences (CNS)

 Michael Fox

Michael Fox is the Dean of the College of Natural Sciences (CNS) at UMass Amherst.

 Michael Fox

Executive Director of EH&S and Emergency Management

 Jeff Hescock

Jeff Hescock as the Executive Director for Environmental Health and Safety and Emergency Management.

 Jeff Hescock

Executive Director of Facilities Management

 Ray Jackson

Ray Jackson is the Executive Director of Facilities Management for Facilities & Campus Services.

 Ray Jackson

Graduate Student

Aidan Khelil

Aidan Khelil is a GSG representative to the Chancellor's Sustainability Advisory Committee.

Aidan Khelil

Professor, Architecture

 Ray Kinoshita Mann

Professor Ray Kinoshita Mann has been teaching at UMass Amherst since 1995, and was awarded tenure in 2001. She has served on a variety of local and national boards.

 Ray Kinoshita Mann

Capital Project Manager

 Ted Mendoza

Ted Mendoza is a Capital Project Manager for Design & Construction Management in Facilities Management.

 Ted Mendoza

Lecturer, Environmental Conservation

 Craig Nicolson

Craig Nicolson studies the sustainability of ecological-social systems, addressing questions of how ecosystems change through time and how people interact with natural resources.

 Craig Nicolson

Senior Campus Planner and Architect

 Ludmilla Pavlova-Gillham

Ludmilla Pavlova-Gillham is an architect, planner and project manager with over 40 years of professional experience. She has been at UMass Amherst since 1998.

 Ludmilla Pavlova-Gillham

Science & Engineering Librarian

 Melanie Radik

Melanie is a Science and Engineering Librarian for the University Libraries

 Melanie Radik

Undersecretary of Sustainability, SGA

 Liana Rice

Liana Rice supports ongoing efforts to make sustainability more accessible to students and to bring greater awareness to sustainability related projects happening on campus.

 Liana Rice

Graduate Student

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Aashis Rout is a GSG representative to the Chancellor's Sustainability Advisory Committee.

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Professor of Afro-American Studies

 Amilcar Shabazz

Amilcar Shabazz is a Professor of Afro-American Studies at UMass Amherst.

 Amilcar Shabazz

Assistant Campus Sustainability Manager

 Laurie Simmons

Ask me about: New2U and Zero Waste, Sustainability Fellowship Program

 Laurie Simmons

Campus Sustainability Manager

 Ezra Small

As Sustainability Manager at UMass Amherst, Ezra Small coordinates sustainability efforts across campus operations and forms interdisciplinary collaborative campus partnerships.

 Ezra Small

Assistant Vice Chancellor of Auxiliary Enterprises

Ken Toong headshot photo

Ken Toong, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Auxiliary Enterprises, is an avid supporter of student health and regional food system, with a strong focus on sustainability, nutrition and community.

Ken Toong headshot photo

Dining Sustainability Director

Kathy Wicks headshot

Kathy oversees all sustainability initiatives for Auxiliary Enterprises at UMass Amherst. She focuses on including sustainability in everyday decision making for the division.

Kathy Wicks headshot

Deputy Chancellor for Operational and Organizational Strategies and Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

Tilman Wolf

Tilman Wolf serves as a key partner to the chancellor in evaluating and executing projects and initiatives that advance operations, organizational impact, and campus infrastructure.

Tilman Wolf