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 October 2022]
- Dr. Ali Khan, Dean of the College of Public Health & Professor
- Jen Bartholomew, Vice President, Associate Vice Chancellor, Facilities
- Julie Lazure, Vice President, Operations
- Jennifer Anderson, Clinic Manager
- Kelly Betts, Assistant Dean & Professor
- Alison Bobal, Associate Professor, McGoogan Health Sciences Library
- Molly Cornelius, Student
- 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
- Frank Venuto, Chief Human Capital Officer
- Ada K Wilson, Vice President Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer
- Dr. Alison Freifeld, Professor
- Scott Raymond, Vice President, Information Technology
- Pranita Devaraju, Student