University of California, Irvine
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

A charter of the sustainability committee can be found at: http://www.sustainability.uci.edu/UCI%20Sustainability%20Committee%20/charter.pdf

2012-2013 UC Irvine Sustainability Committee Members Chair Wendell C. Brase, Vice Chancellor, Administrative and Business Services Office of Information Technology Allen Schiano, Director of Client Services Kazuto Okayasu, Co-Manager, Adcom Data Center Office of Environmental Planning & Sustainability Richard G. Demerjian, Director Design & Construction Services James Brittell, Quality Assurance Architect James Wahlmeier, Quality Assurance Architect Environmental Health & Safety Dick Sun, Associate Deputy Director Facilities Management Marc A. Gomez, Assistant Vice Chancellor Fred Bockmiller, Engineer Manager Robert Rice, Assistant Director, Buildings and Grounds Matt Gudorf, Campus Energy Manager Anne Krieghoff, Superintendent of Refuse and Recycling Hospitality & Dining Services Jack McManus, Director Robert Perez, Senior Resident District Manager Housing Dan Dooros, Associate Vice Chancellor Student Affairs Melissa Falkenstien, Director, Capital Projects and Asset Management Louis Gill, Director, Mesa Court Housing Jennifer Gamble, Mesa Court Housing Material & Risk Management Rick Coulon, Assistant Director Parking & Transportation Services Ronald Fleming, Director Administrative & Business Services Kathy Haq, Manager of Special Projects UC Irvine Medical Center Greg Eikam, Director, Facility Maintenance Shereen Johnson, Director, Environmental Health & Safety Academic Unit Faculty Representatives Martha Mecartney, Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Peter Bowler, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Harry Haigler, Professor, Physiology and Biophysics Professor Bill Cooper, Director, Urban Water Research Center Research Center or Institute Linda Cohen, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, School of Social Sciences Susan Coons, Executive Director, UCI Environment Institute Abigail Reyes, Sustainability Researcher, UCI Environment Institute Student Representatives Katie Chansler, The Green Initiative Fund Sandy Chirico, Real Food Challenge Bogdan Rusu, PowerSave Green Campus Program Rachel Danielson, Anteaters for Recycling Dahnish Shams, Students for Sustainability Cicily Chen, Theta Psi Quinn Sorenson, Orange County Society for Conservation Biology Emily McVey, Environment Institute Others David Melitz, Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator, Schools of Biological Sciences and Social Ecology Stacey Murren, Director, Student Center and Event Services Greg Rothberg, Associate Director, Campus Recreation Danielle Jiminez, Faculty Assistant, Informatics

The UC Irvine Office of Environmental Planning and Sustainability (EPS) serves as the campus control point for sustainability planning, implementation, coordination between the multiple campus units involved in UCI’s sustainability program, and collaboration with the off-campus community. EPS responsibilities include implementation of the UC Regents Policy on Sustainability, state law, and campus sustainability plans and programs in the area of climate protection, green energy, green building, sustainable transportation, waste management, purchasing, food and dining, and water resource management. Consistent with UCI’s implementation of the “Campus as a Living Laboratory for Sustainability,” EPS staff work with campus and medical center staff, faculty, students, and the external community to implement sustainability programs and projects across all UCI properties.

Richard Demerjian, Director of Environmental Planning and Sustainability, serves as UC Irvine’s Sustainability Officer. In this role he has responsibility for overseeing the planning and implementation of sustainability programs at the UC Irvine campus, UCI Medical Center, and other UCI properties. Responsibilities include leadership in the areas of campus and University-wide sustainability policy and establishing campus-wide strategies for the implementation of sustainability programs, and specific plans and initiatives including UCI’s Climate Action Plan, Sustainability Plan, Long Range Development Plan, green energy initiatives and projects, green building program, habitat restoration and management, sustainable landscaping, and water resources and utility planning.