Executive Sustainability Council

Role & Purpose of the ESC. The Executive Sustainability Council was established in 2016 to ensure achievement of the system’s sustainability goals. Roles are outlined below. 

• Set sustainability-related vision and goals
• Allocate the resources (financial and staff time) necessary to achieve campus sustainability goals
• Strategize the effective communication of the importance and impact of sustainability within and outside of the organization 
• Determine and enact policy changes that lead toward achievement of campus sustainability goals
• Assist in brainstorming strategies, determining timing for implementation of resource-intensive strategies, and coordinating working groups to implement resource-intensive strategies
• Appropriately connect operationally-focused sustainability efforts with academic and patient-focused activities of the organization
• Ultimately accountable for organizational progress towards the goals

Current Members of the ESC [Updated Nov. 2024]

• Dr. Ali Khan, Dean of the College of Public Health & Professor
• Jen Bartholomew, Vice President, Associate Vice Chancellor, Facilities
• Julie Lazure, Vice President, Operations
• Anne Barnes, Vice Chancellor, Business and Finance
• Tom Macy, Vice President, Operations 
• Matt Pospisil, Vice President, Operations
• Kelly Vaughn, Vice President Operations
• Julie Sommer, Research Facilities Planner II
• Ada K Walker, Vice President Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer
• Dr. Alison Freifeld, Professor Emerita
• Scott Raymond, Vice President, Information Technology
• Rachel Lookadoo, Assistant Professor
• Dr. Joachim Voss, Associate Dean of Academic Programs
• Andrew Kirchner, LiveGreen Ambassador ERG President
• Venkatesh Varadharaj, President, Healthy Earth Alliance (HEAL), student senate liaison
• Kelly Johnson, Director, Systems/Energy Engineering