Pomona College
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Reporter |
Ginny
Routhe Director Sustainability Integration Office |
Sustainability committee(s)
The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:
The Board will work with the President’s Office to reestablish a Committee on Social Responsibility (CSR), which would function to review investment issues as well as other campus concerns brought to its attention in proposal form. After appropriate investigation and consideration, the CSR shall advise the President on the concerns brought forward. Work to further define and constitute this CSR will begin next semester.
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:
Senior Director of the Pomona Plan Art Landerholm ’92
Director of Sustainability and Energy Management Alexis Reyes
Director of Smith Campus Center and Staff Council Member Erica Tyron
APSC President Devlin Orlin ’25
Selene Li ’26
Professor of Classics Ken Wolf
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Kaley McCluskey
Assistant Professor of Politics Sara Sadhwani
The following staff will serve as ex-officio members of the committee:
Vice President, COO & Treasurer Jeff Roth
Chief Investment Officer Dave Wallace
Chief of Staff Christina Ciambriello
Secretary to the Board Geoff Pearson
Sustainability office(s)
A brief description of each sustainability office:
The Sustainability Integration Office (SIO) develops, administers, coordinates, and assesses sustainability efforts throughout the college. The SIO also advises on College building and development programs, conducts off-campus outreach to the community about College sustainability projects, and collaborates with the Board of Trustees and College Executive Staff on long-term sustainability planning. SIO programs include Green Bikes, ReCoop/Clean Sweep, the Green Office Program, and the checkout program, among many others. In the community, the SIO is often a partner with non-profit organization Sustainable Claremont in sponsoring community dialogues and events focused on sustainability and related issues.
Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
Sustainability officer(s)
Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Institution-wide coordination
A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:
The Sustainability Integration Office (SIO) develops, administers, coordinates, and assesses sustainability efforts throughout the college. The SIO serves as the center for student, faculty, and staff interaction on sustainability-related efforts on campus. The SIO programs the check-out of drying racks, compost buckets, and Greenware for student and faculty use. In addition, the Sustainability Office communicates with the campus community through an online newsletter and social media about upcoming events on campus.
The Sustainability Integration Office (SIO) prepares the Sustainability Annual Report (SAR) for Pomona College which includes an annual summary of sustainability-related information such as campus energy usage, emissions, academics, research, and events. The Sustainability Office participates in an annual, campus-wide Energy Awareness month during the Spring semester. In addition, the SIO leads other education events on campus to facilitate student education in sustainability-related issues. The SIO also encourages student creativity in sustainable development on campus through the President's Sustainability Fund, which provides students with money to implement long-term, infrastructure change on campus.
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