Cornell University
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

President David Skorton formed a 13-member President's Sustainable Campus Committee (PSCC) to oversee all aspects of sustainability in campus operations and facilities.

The PSCC, includes representatives from operations and academic staff, students and faculty, and is involved across 10 areas of sustainable campus activities: energy, climate, water, food, waste, buildings, people, land, purchasing and transportation. Teams of staff, students and faculty implement actions in each of these areas.

A PSCC Communications Subcommittee provides support for on-campus and external communications relating to campus sustainability and the PSCC prepares an annual progress report on Cornell's campus sustainability initiatives and commitments.

Co-chairs:

V.P.Facilities Services:Kyu Whang, co-chair;

Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Natural Resources: Tim Fahey, co-chair;

Committee Manager:

Sustainability Office: Daniel Roth, Associate Director for Sustainability

Units with members involved include:;

Senior Director Energy and Sustainability Department: Bert Bland, committee manager;

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future: Lauren Chambliss, communications director

Student and Academic Affairs: Dale Williams; assistant dean of students for Facility and Finance;

Planning and Budget: Mary-Lynn Cummings, director of space planning;

Government and Community Relations: Gary Stewart, deputy director, Community Relations;

University Communications: Tracy Vosburgh, director of public affairs;

Human Resources: Linda Croll Howell, director of work/life services;

Agricultural Experiment Station: Michael Hoffmann, Associate Dean and Director;

Dean of Students: Kent Hubbell

Undergraduate student: Elyssa Dixon, student sustainability intern;

Graduate student: Natalie Grillon, MBA candidate, S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, concentration in Sustainable Global Enterprise.

The Sustainability Office works with students, staff, faculty and community members to catalyze Cornell's transformation into a sustainable campus, including its energy infrastructure. The Sustainability Office is a section within the Energy & Sustainability Department.

Responsible for providing the vision, organizational strategy, and leadership for the E&S Sustainability Office in advancing operational and programmatic sustainability efforts. Develop programmatic partnerships between the faculty, students, and staff that advance the environmental sustainability actions defined in the 2010-2015 Strategic Plan. Provide senior administrators, faculty, staff and students with the knowledge, skills, and motivation to integrate sustainability values and practices into strategic planning processes, operations and resource management, and overall University practices. Collaborate with students, faculty, staff, relevant committees, and external partners to support and enhance current sustainability initiatives, and provide leadership in assisting the University to continue to enhance its efforts and reputation with regard to sustainability programs. Develop and supervise student internship program. Provide expertise in facilitation, capacity building, educational and outreach program planning, and strategic communications to project managers and consultants across the University.