Alumni & Outcomes

In 2023, we celebrated our 12th cohort of Sustainability Science graduates. Over the past decade plus, more than 160 students have graduated from UMass with a Master of Science in Sustainability Science degree, commonly referred to as "MS3". Our alumni network is strong and continues to enrich the program and offer valuable connections for current students. Our graduates pursue rewarding careers with a wide range of organizations including AECOM, Trinity Solar, JLL, Ernst & Young, Marriott International, Enel Green Power, Generac, Kestrel Land Trust, World Bank Group, VHB, Franklin Land Trust, Farm to Institution New England, Better Earth, Palmetto, Solect Energy, Nexamp, MassDOT, Xodus, City of Cambridge, Mass DCR, Mass Water Resources Authority, UMass Amherst, US EPA, and the City of Northampton. 

Prospective students often ask what kind of careers each degree concentration can lead to. Here is a small sample of positions that graduates pursued. Below the table we feature a few of our many successful graduates.

Concentration	Job Title	Employer
Renewable Energy & Efficient Design	Climate Change & Sustainability Consultant	Ernst & Young
Renewable Energy & Efficient Design	Solar Analyst	Eversource
Renewable Energy & Efficient Design	Sustainability Manager	Marriott International
Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems	Director of Strategic Impact	Farm to Institution New England
Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems	Sustainability Manager   Food Systems Analyst & Research Lead	UMass Amherst Dining/Auxiliary Enterprises New Venture Advisors
Urban Sustainability	Sustainability Planner	City of Cambridge
Urban Sustainability	Senior PV Designer & Engineer	Better Earth
Urban Sustainability	Assistant Campus Sustainability Manager	UMass Amherst
Water Sustainability & Climate Change	Wetland Ecologist	NES Ecological Services
Water Sustainability & Climate Change	Environmental Policy Analyst	US Environmental Protection Agency
Water Sustainability & Climate Change Environmental Quality	Water Quality Program Manager   Environmental Scientist	Connecticut River Conservancy   VHB
Environmental Quality	GIS Service Forester	Mass DCR
Environmental Quality	Senior Director of Business Development	Palmetto
Dual Degree with Regional Planning	Senior Project Manager, Sustainability	JLL
Dual Degree with Regional Planning Dual Degree with Regional Planning	Transportation Planner Project Developer	AECOM Renewable Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a sample of MS3 alumni, including where they undertook their practicum and where they are working now.  

Beatriz Olivieri
Cohort 12
Current Job Title: ESG Business Analyst
Company: Travel + Leisure
Practicum: UNH Sustainability Fellowship Program, Green Wave Electric Vehicles
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Roisin Kirby
Cohort 12
Current Job Title: Assistant Director & Garden Educator 
Company: Hampshire College Farm and Garden Camp & South Church Amherst
Practicum: Assistant Director, Farm and Garden Camp
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Walter Poulsen
Cohort 12
Current Job Title: Ph.D. Candidate, Geography
Company: Clark University
Practicum: UMass Clean Energy Extension, UMass Amherst
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Cheyenne Ellis
Cohort 11
Current Job Title: Information Officer 
Company: NEIWPCC
Practicum: NEIWPCC
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Jennifer Nelson
Cohort 11
Current Job Title: Urban Planner 
Company: VHB
Practicum: Southwest Regional Planning Commission
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Kevin O'Brien
Cohort 11
Current Job Title: Financial & Energy Coach 
Company: Southeastern Vermont Community Action
Practicum: Rich Earth Institute
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Simon Pereira
Cohort 11
Current Job Title: Development Analyst 
Company: Agilitas Energy
Practicum: Department of Energy Resources
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Eric Sirkovich
Cohort 11
Current Job Title: Environmental Scientist 
Company: VHB
Practicum: Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
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Paula Uribe
Cohort 11
Current Job Title: GIS Service Forester 
Company: Mass DCR
Practicum: City of Northampton
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Monica Guzik
Cohort 10
Current Job Title: Sustainability Manager   
Company: UMass Dining/Auxiliary Enterprises, UMass Amherst
Practicum: CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture)
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Erica Light
Cohort 10
Current Job Title: PhD Student, Education 
Company: UMass Amherst
Practicum: iCons, UMass Amherst
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Liam Cregan
Cohort 9
Current Job Title: Land Conservation Specialist 
Company: Franklin Land Trust
Practicum: Pilot Farm Study Investigator, Franklin Land Trust & Baseline Documentation Report Author, East Quabbin Land Trust
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Lee Halasz
Cohort 9
Current Job Title: Land Conservation Manager 
Company: Kestrel Land Trust
Practicum: Research Assistant, Dept of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, UMass Amherst
 

Claire Hutchinson
Cohort 9
Current Job Title: Transportation Planner 
Company: LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc.
Practicum: Community Action Works
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Rachel Nadolny
Cohort 9
Current Job Title: Client Engagement Analyst
Company: Asset Impact
Practicum: UNH Sustainability Fellowship Program, Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Exeter, NH 
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Alexia Perides
Cohort 9
Current Job Title: Regulatory Policy Analyst
Company: Ampion, Inc.
Practicum: Ampion, Inc. 
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Kelsey Perry
Cohort 9
Current Job Title: Community Liaison Officer at SouthCoast Wind
Company: OW Ocean Winds
Practicum: MassCEC intern at Cape and Islands Self-Reliance
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Michael Persau
Cohort 9
Current Job Title: Climate Change & Sustainability Consultant 
Company: Ernst & Young
Practicum: Environmental Consulting Intern at Langan, CA
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Justin Taylor
Cohort 9
Current Job Title: Sustainability Manager, Global Design Strategies 
Company: Marriott International
Practicum: United States Geological Survey: Northeast Climate Adaptation Center
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Rachel Berggren
Cohort 8
Current Job Title: Executive Director
Company: Franklin County Community Meals Program
Practicum: UMass Dining Sustainability Department, Food Systems Project Associate, Amherst MA
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Jeremy Price
Cohort 7
Current Job Title: Project Developer
Company: Renewable Properties
Practicum: UMass Clean Energy Extension 
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Kris Badertscher
Cohort 6
Current Job Title: Communications Consultant + Multimedia Producer
Company:  Sustainability Designer
Practicum: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
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Christopher Copeland
Cohort 6
Current Job Title: Greenhouse Horticultural Technologist
Company:  Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Practicum: Wellspring Harvest Greenhouse
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Lauren de la Parra
Cohort 6 
Current Job Title: Independent Consultant
Company: Climate Resilience and the Arts
Practicum: Office of Sustainability and Environment, City of Somerville
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Jacquelyn Hynes
Cohort 6 
Current Job Title: Director of Marketing & Communications
Company: Crop One Holdings
Practicum: Nuestra Comida
 

Zachary Jenkins
Cohort 6 
Current Job Title: Applications Team Lead
Company: Trinity Solar
Practicum: Senator Edward J. Markey’s Boston Office
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Jesse Koyen
Cohort 6 
Current Job Title: Land Program Director
Company: Door County Land Trust
Practicum: Door County Land Trust
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Hannah Leighton
Cohort 6 
Current Job Title: Director of Strategic Impact
Company: Farm to Institution New England (FINE)
Practicum: Farm Fresh Rhode Island
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Brendan McGowan
Cohort 6
Current Job Title: Senior Technical Asset Manager
Company: Solect Energy
Practicum: Solect Energy
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Caroline Myran
Cohort 6
Current Job Title: Food Systems Analyst & Research Lead
Company: New Venture Advisors LLC
Practicum: CISA
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Leah Wang
Cohort 6
Current Job Title: Research Analyst
Company: Prison Policy Initiative
Practicum: The New Garden Society 
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Matthew White
Cohort 6
Current Job Title: Manager, Execution
Company: Aspen Power
Practicum: Cape & Islands Self-Reliance 
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Julie Sullivan
Cohort 5
Current Job Title: Project Manager
Company: Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA)
Practicum: Teacher at Biocitizen School of Environmental Philosophy
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Jon Gray
Cohort 5
Current Job Title: Transportation Planner
Company: Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD)
Practicum: Green City Growers in Somerville, MA
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​Seth Engelbourg
Cohort 5
Current Job Title: Naturalist Educator and Program Manager
Company: Linda Loring Nature Foundation, Nantucket, MA
Practicum: Field Research and Education Assistant, Linda Loring Nature Foundation
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Rebecca Bucciaglia (née Longvall)
Cohort 5
Current Job Title: Conservation Agent
Company: Town of Bolton
Practicum: Worcester Tree Initiative
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Courtney Weiand (née Angen)
Cohort 4
Current Job Title: Director of Sales, Marketing, & Customer Relations
C​ompany: UMass Store, UMass Amherst
Practicum: PV potential analysis for Holyoke, MA using GIS for UMass Clean Energy Extension
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Todd Beals
Cohort 4
Current Job Title: Arborist/Urban Forester
Company: UMass Amherst
Practicum: ReGreen Springfield
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Lauren Bullard
Cohort 4
Current Job Title: High School Science Teacher
Company: Nashoba Regional High School
Practicum: Regreen Springfield; Research Associate; Springfield, MA
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Madison Burke 
Cohort 4
Current Job Title: Education and Outreach Manager 
Company: RI Resource Recovery Corporation Center
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Aimee Bushman  
Cohort 4
Current Job Title: Ocean Planning Outreach Manager
C​ompany: Conservation Law Foundation
Practicum: Completed her practicum at the job she recieved directly after graduating
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Max Dilthey  
Cohort 4
Current Job Title: Program Manager, UMass Offshore Wind Professional Certificate | Renewables Workforce Lead
C​ompany: UMass, Amherst | Xodus Group
Practicum: UMass, Amherst, Environmental Conservation Program (Graduate Instructor)
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Lindsay Gallant (née Kenney)
Cohort 4
Current Job Title: Director of Engineering Team
Company: ReVision Energy
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Justin Gilmore
Cohort 4
Current Job Title: Right of Way Agent - Community Compliance
Company: MassDOT
Practicum: Amherst Together Project, UMass
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Sarah Lang
Cohort 4
Current Job Title: Program Specialist
Company: Northern Border Region Commission
Practicum: St. Clair Development
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Arianna Moscone
Cohort 4
Current Job Title: Zero Waste Outreach Coordinator
Company: CU Environmental Center
Practicum: UMass Office of Waste Management
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Toni-Marie Trombley (née Powell)
Cohort 4
Current Job Title: Senior Project Manager, Sustainability
Company: JLL
Practicum: Urban Sustainability with Green Infrastructure and High-Quality Urban Design in Commercial Real Estate, Silverstein Properties Inc, NYC
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Sumedha Rao
Cohort 4
Current Job Title: Executive Director 
Company: Mayor's Office of Sustainability, Louisville, Kentucky
Practicum: Earthships Biotechture, New Mexico
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​ Brittany Wagner (née Sims)    
Cohort 4
Current Job Title: Environmental Consultant
C​ompany: Freelance 
Practicum: UMass - Presence and accuracy of catch and release best practice guidelines found on recreational angling NGO websites.
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​Ryan Wicks   
Cohort 4
Current Job Title: Research Adjunct, Adjunct Faculty
C​ompany: UMass Amherst Transportation Center, UMass Amherst School of Public Policy
Practicum: Spirit Solar, Springfield MA. 
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Kaitlin Laabs (née Desmarais)
Cohort 3
Current Job Title: Hydrologic Technician 
Company: US Geological Survey
Practicum: Hatfield Laboratory, laboratory technician
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Stephen Treat
Cohort 3
Current Job Title: Manager, Business Development
Company: Nexamp
Practicum: Tighe & Bond, Inc; Renewable Energy Intern; Westfield, MA
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Vanessa Bighinatti
Cohort 3
Current Job Title: Owner/ Health Coach
Company: Healing w. Ness
Practicum: A Better City- Sustainability Intern
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Sarah Gill (née Hebert)
Cohort 2
Current Job Title: Director of Operations
Company: Trinity Solar
Practicum: Education and Outreach Ecofellow at the Center for EcoTechnology
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Ryan O'Donnell
Cohort 2
Current Job Title: Water Quality Program Manager
Company: Connecticut River Conservancy
Practicum: VT ANR/Southeastern Vermont Watershed Alliance/Ottauquechee River group
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Kirsten Bryan
Cohort 2
Current Job Title: Senior Project & Portfolio Manager
Company: ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School
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Ryan Fahey    
Cohort 1
Current Job Title: Senior Project Development Manager
C​ompany: Ameresco
Practicum: Business development intern for Sungage Financial
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Brian Pizzi
Cohort 1
Current Job Title: Senior SCADA/Network Solution Engineer
Company: Wärtsilä
Practicum: UMASS Facilities Management, UMASS Planning
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** Alumni rated their overall MS3 experience 4.8 out of 5! **

** 100% would recommend this program to other students! **