Chatham University
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

The mission of the Chatham University Campus Climate Commitment Committee is to reduce the university's carbon footprint and achieve sustainability in energy use as described in the Presidents' Climate Commitment with communication and involvement of the entire Chatham community. The Climate Committee membership includes faculty, staff, and students of Chatham University who come together biweekly to discuss and plan initiatives to push Chatham towards becoming a carbon neutral campus. The committee includes four subcommittees that work on specialized programming for campus. These committees are as follows: Alternative Transportation, Waste Reduction, Energy, and Outreach.

-Walter Fowler-Vice-President of Finance and Administration -Mary Whitney, Sustainability Coordinator -Steven Karas, Assistant Professor of Health Sciences -Deborah DeLong, Assistant Professor of Marketing -Joellen Popma, Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology -Tracy Bartel, Assistant Professor of Human Development -Cynthia Magistro, Professor of Counseling Psychology -Jeri Hale, Secretary to the Assistant Dean, College Graduate Studies, College of Continuing and Professional Studies. -Patricia DeMarco, Director of the Rachel Carson Institute -Jackie Filla, Assistant Professor of Political Science -Michael Boyd, Assistant Professor of Music -Jessica Mooney, Assistant to the Dean, School of Sustainability and the Environment -Joan Kiel, Adjunct Professor of Buisiness -Kevin Pilarski, Property Manager at Eastside -Bob DuBray, Director of Facilities & Management and Public Safety -Rachel Leftwich, Student -Priyamvada Sharma, Student -Catherine Giles, Student -Kara Nelms, Student -Ann Payne, Student -Lyndy Palmer, Student -BUS609: Business and Sustainability Class

Chatham University's Office of Sustainability is the administrative home of all campus sustainability projects. The office works to initiate sustainable change on campus. One of the larger projects Chatham is working on is moving the university towards carbon neutrality. We coordinate with University departments, faculty, and student groups to take steps to a more sustainable living, learning, and working environment for the campus community.

The Coordinator will be responsible for the following: • Analyze current sustainability practices at the university, including recycling, transportation, energy use, land use, and other areas of sustainability against current research and trends worldwide, propose policies and new practices based on that analysis, and work with administration, facilities, faculty, staff, students and outside contractors to implement them at all campuses. • Co-chair the President’s Climate Commitment Committee. Work with administration, facilities and institutional advancement to meet carbon neutrality goals for all campuses. • Lead collaboration and communication on sustainability practices at the university and beyond, coordinating the efforts of members of the Chatham community and community partners. • Develop and implement formal and informal educational initiatives, via formal courses and informal workshops on environmental studies, environmental citizenship and sustainability. Lead informal environmental education professional development programs. Develop outreach activities to complement academic programs. • Represent and share Chatham’s sustainability efforts to a larger community via conference presentations, serving on committees and boards of local, regional and national organizations, publications, events, etc. • Advise Chatham students in the area of environmental issues and sustainability practices, including serving as the advisor to Green Horizons student group, academic advising, and serving as a member of tutorial boards as appropriate. • Administer sustainability program budget. Work with Institutional Advancement to seek funding for sustainability initiatives. • Manage student employees, research assistants and interns.