| Overall Rating | Gold |
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| Overall Score | 78.00 |
| Liaison | Katie Maynard |
| Submission Date | Feb. 29, 2024 |
University of California, Santa Barbara
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Jewel
Persad Sustainability Manager Administration |
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Sustainability committee(s)
Yes
The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:
Main Committee
Chancellor’s Campus Sustainability Committee (CSC)
The Chancellor’s Campus Sustainability Committee (CSC) fosters partnerships between entities within and external to the campus to create an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable future for all. The CSC sets locally adapted goals based on community feedback, brings attention to local and UC systemwide goals, and tracks and reports progress on those goals. This includes ensuring that the whole community of students, staff, faculty, and off-campus community partners are engaged in achieving this vision collaboratively.
Other Committees
Sustainability Transportation Committee (STC)
The Sustainable Transportation Committee (STC) provides recommendations to the Chancellor on the best ways to increase alternative commute modes for faculty, staff, and students, such as the use of flexible schedules, telecommuting, proximal housing, walking, bicycling, carpooling, vanpooling, and rail.
Food Security and Basic Needs Taskforce
The Food Security & Basic Needs Taskforce is the steering committee which oversees campus efforts to reduce food and housing insecurity among UCSB students and increase access to basic needs more broadly. In this capacity, the taskforce works to increase communication and collaboration between campus departments and divisions, services, student organizations, and off-campus partners in addressing basic needs. This taskforce is an advisory body to the Chancellor and the Office of Budget and Planning on issues of basic needs and rapid rehousing. Areas of advice include future visioning and prioritization on basic needs, identifying emerging needs as they arise, best practices in addressing basic needs, opportunities to expand key programs such as CalFresh, and stakeholder consultation. The taskforce provides oversight for the state basic needs and rapid rehousing funds allocated to UCSB. This group is also responsible for tracking metrics on the success of food security and basic needs efforts and providing reports as needed to the legislature.
Waste and Procurement Committee
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is committed to reducing waste and making sustainable choices in our purchasing decisions. . This committee develops recommendations, communications, and programs that promote waste reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, and repurposing. The committee also works to integrate sustainability into procurement decisions.
Joint Sustainability Communications Committee
This is a joint environmental communications coalition with other UCSB departments and organizations working on environmental communications, the goal of the committee is to expand our bandwidth for outreach through collaboration and partnerships.
Chancellor’s Campus Sustainability Committee (CSC)
The Chancellor’s Campus Sustainability Committee (CSC) fosters partnerships between entities within and external to the campus to create an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable future for all. The CSC sets locally adapted goals based on community feedback, brings attention to local and UC systemwide goals, and tracks and reports progress on those goals. This includes ensuring that the whole community of students, staff, faculty, and off-campus community partners are engaged in achieving this vision collaboratively.
Other Committees
Sustainability Transportation Committee (STC)
The Sustainable Transportation Committee (STC) provides recommendations to the Chancellor on the best ways to increase alternative commute modes for faculty, staff, and students, such as the use of flexible schedules, telecommuting, proximal housing, walking, bicycling, carpooling, vanpooling, and rail.
Food Security and Basic Needs Taskforce
The Food Security & Basic Needs Taskforce is the steering committee which oversees campus efforts to reduce food and housing insecurity among UCSB students and increase access to basic needs more broadly. In this capacity, the taskforce works to increase communication and collaboration between campus departments and divisions, services, student organizations, and off-campus partners in addressing basic needs. This taskforce is an advisory body to the Chancellor and the Office of Budget and Planning on issues of basic needs and rapid rehousing. Areas of advice include future visioning and prioritization on basic needs, identifying emerging needs as they arise, best practices in addressing basic needs, opportunities to expand key programs such as CalFresh, and stakeholder consultation. The taskforce provides oversight for the state basic needs and rapid rehousing funds allocated to UCSB. This group is also responsible for tracking metrics on the success of food security and basic needs efforts and providing reports as needed to the legislature.
Waste and Procurement Committee
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is committed to reducing waste and making sustainable choices in our purchasing decisions. . This committee develops recommendations, communications, and programs that promote waste reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, and repurposing. The committee also works to integrate sustainability into procurement decisions.
Joint Sustainability Communications Committee
This is a joint environmental communications coalition with other UCSB departments and organizations working on environmental communications, the goal of the committee is to expand our bandwidth for outreach through collaboration and partnerships.
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:
CSC Members
Voting Members
Co-Chair, AVC DFSS, Renee Bahl
Co-Chair, Faculty, Ken Hiltner
Faculty, David Pellow
Academic Senate Chair, Susannah Scott
Faculty at Large, Julie Maldonado
Faculty at Large, Sangwon Suh
Faculty Member, Bren School, Roland Geyer
Faculty Member, Carsey-wolf Center for Film, Television and New Media, Melody Jue
Faculty Member, Bren School, Patricia Holden
Faculty Member, Geography, Jennifer King
Campus Librarian, Kristin Antelman
Staff Representative, Krista Fritzen
Staff Representative, Gildas Halle
Graduate Student Association (GSA) Representative, Cali Pfleger
EAB Undergraduate Representative, Leanne Ly
EJA Student Representative, Jahlia Layton
AS Undergraduate Representative, Luna Santiago
Campus Architect, Julie Hendricks
Budget & Planning, Chuck Haines
VC Administrative Services, Garry Mac Pherson
Advisors to the Committee
Sustainable University Now (SUN), Richard Flacks
Nobel Laureate, Alan Heeger
Consultants to the Committee
Procurement Director, Jacob Godfrey
Public Affairs, Shelly Leachman
Campus Sustainability Director, Katie Maynard
Staff to the Committee
Campus Sustainability Manager, Jewel Persad
STC
Members: Ken Hiltner (Chair), Arjun Sarkar, Adam Jahnke, Britt Ortiz, Eva Inbar, Richard Flacks, Roland Geyer, Greg Janée, Hillary Blackerby, Jason Langley, Jerry Estrada, Joy Sanap, Kristin Antelman, Kat Chu, Katie Maynard, Michael D. Becker, Melody Jue, Nestor Covarrubias, Rick Church, Eve Sanford, Sarah Siedschlag, Sean Burns, Shari Hammond, Tyler Barton, Jewel Persad, AS Bicycle Committee Chair, Angeline Foshay, Jen Bowser, Lizzy Schattle, Mukta Kelkar, Trisalyn Nelson, Aaron Bonfilio, Alexandra Ray, Fernando Meza, Gabrielle Assiff, Jacky Tang, Jake Twomey, Lian Benasuly, Whitney Rush
Waste and Procurement Members
Jewel Persad
Matthew O’Carroll
Kristin Antelman
Bruce Carter
Sarah Siedschlag,
Cali Pfleger,
Cristina Robinson
Alyssa Young
Danielle Sinclair
Krista Finlay
Kat Lane
Katie Maynard
Lauren Skube
Marla Greer
Melanie Namkung
Rachel Schoeppner
Ron Rice
Sage Davis
Alexandra Drobny
Daniel Hart
Gildas Halle
Jen Bowser
Jamie Wheat
Food Security and Basic Needs Taskforce Members
Members
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Services, Mike Miller
Vice Chancellor, Margaret Klawunn
Budget Analyst, Ambar Campos
Interim Director of the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships, Nathan Cook
Director of Health and Wellness, Sharleen O’Brien
Food Bank Coordinator, Daniel Chavez
Dietician, Purchasing and Systems Manager, Danielle Sinclair
Professor, Asian American Studies; Director, the Center for Black Studies Research, Diane Fujino
Undergraduate Student at Large, Jessica Castillo-Tapia
Graduate Student at Large
Doctoral Student, Diana Magana
Doctoral Student, Nioshi Shah
Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services/ Community Representative: Aydee Plascencia
Director of Sustainability, Katie Maynard(Support Staff to the Committee and Voting Member)
Basic Needs and Rapid Rehousing Manager, Rebecca Segundo (Lead Staff to Committee and Voting Member)
Voting Members
Co-Chair, AVC DFSS, Renee Bahl
Co-Chair, Faculty, Ken Hiltner
Faculty, David Pellow
Academic Senate Chair, Susannah Scott
Faculty at Large, Julie Maldonado
Faculty at Large, Sangwon Suh
Faculty Member, Bren School, Roland Geyer
Faculty Member, Carsey-wolf Center for Film, Television and New Media, Melody Jue
Faculty Member, Bren School, Patricia Holden
Faculty Member, Geography, Jennifer King
Campus Librarian, Kristin Antelman
Staff Representative, Krista Fritzen
Staff Representative, Gildas Halle
Graduate Student Association (GSA) Representative, Cali Pfleger
EAB Undergraduate Representative, Leanne Ly
EJA Student Representative, Jahlia Layton
AS Undergraduate Representative, Luna Santiago
Campus Architect, Julie Hendricks
Budget & Planning, Chuck Haines
VC Administrative Services, Garry Mac Pherson
Advisors to the Committee
Sustainable University Now (SUN), Richard Flacks
Nobel Laureate, Alan Heeger
Consultants to the Committee
Procurement Director, Jacob Godfrey
Public Affairs, Shelly Leachman
Campus Sustainability Director, Katie Maynard
Staff to the Committee
Campus Sustainability Manager, Jewel Persad
STC
Members: Ken Hiltner (Chair), Arjun Sarkar, Adam Jahnke, Britt Ortiz, Eva Inbar, Richard Flacks, Roland Geyer, Greg Janée, Hillary Blackerby, Jason Langley, Jerry Estrada, Joy Sanap, Kristin Antelman, Kat Chu, Katie Maynard, Michael D. Becker, Melody Jue, Nestor Covarrubias, Rick Church, Eve Sanford, Sarah Siedschlag, Sean Burns, Shari Hammond, Tyler Barton, Jewel Persad, AS Bicycle Committee Chair, Angeline Foshay, Jen Bowser, Lizzy Schattle, Mukta Kelkar, Trisalyn Nelson, Aaron Bonfilio, Alexandra Ray, Fernando Meza, Gabrielle Assiff, Jacky Tang, Jake Twomey, Lian Benasuly, Whitney Rush
Waste and Procurement Members
Jewel Persad
Matthew O’Carroll
Kristin Antelman
Bruce Carter
Sarah Siedschlag,
Cali Pfleger,
Cristina Robinson
Alyssa Young
Danielle Sinclair
Krista Finlay
Kat Lane
Katie Maynard
Lauren Skube
Marla Greer
Melanie Namkung
Rachel Schoeppner
Ron Rice
Sage Davis
Alexandra Drobny
Daniel Hart
Gildas Halle
Jen Bowser
Jamie Wheat
Food Security and Basic Needs Taskforce Members
Members
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Services, Mike Miller
Vice Chancellor, Margaret Klawunn
Budget Analyst, Ambar Campos
Interim Director of the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships, Nathan Cook
Director of Health and Wellness, Sharleen O’Brien
Food Bank Coordinator, Daniel Chavez
Dietician, Purchasing and Systems Manager, Danielle Sinclair
Professor, Asian American Studies; Director, the Center for Black Studies Research, Diane Fujino
Undergraduate Student at Large, Jessica Castillo-Tapia
Graduate Student at Large
Doctoral Student, Diana Magana
Doctoral Student, Nioshi Shah
Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services/ Community Representative: Aydee Plascencia
Director of Sustainability, Katie Maynard(Support Staff to the Committee and Voting Member)
Basic Needs and Rapid Rehousing Manager, Rebecca Segundo (Lead Staff to Committee and Voting Member)
Sustainability office(s)
Yes
A brief description of each sustainability office:
The Campus Sustainability Department (CSUS) is an independent administrative department based in the Enrollment Services Administrative Cluster of the Student Affairs Division at UCSB. We have three full time employees at the time of this report being submitted, a Director, a CalFresh and Basic Needs Communications Coordinator, and a Personnel and Administrative Analyst. In Fall 2024, we will be adding a fourth position, a Basic Needs Communications Coordinator. Several other employees at UCSB have sustainability as a central focus for their jobs, but do not report to the Sustainability Department. These positions exist in Facilities Management; Administrative Services; Housing, Dining, & Auxiliary Enterprises; Associated Students; and other departments in Student Affairs. CSUS works in close collaboration with staff, faculty, students, administrators, and community members to make the campus and our region more sustainable.
Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
4
Sustainability officer(s)
Yes
Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Acting Director, Campus Sustainability, Katie Maynard CalFresh Program and Basic Needs Communications Coordinator, Daisy Basulto-Hernandez Campus Sustainability &The Green Initiative Fund Grant Manager, Jewel Persad
Institution-wide coordination
Yes
A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:
Accomplishments
Completed decarbonization study for Housing, Dining, & Auxiliary Enterprises through a graduate student group project in the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. UCSB Sustainability was a primary client. https://bren.ucsb.edu/projects/carbon-free-housing-and-dining-ucsb-electrification-study
Launched a new Sustainability Internship Center on campus creating new student working space for 70-80 student interns a year.
Supported Campus Design and Construction Services through the development and implementation of a campus and community outreach approach for UCSB’s Draft Sea Level Rise Strategy
Awards 2022/2023 Academic Year
Gold Certified Campus in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s STARS (Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System)
Platinum Award from the League of American Bicyclists as a Bicycle Friendly University
Certified Bee Campus USA Affiliate
Katie Maynard, UCSB’s Professional Women’s Association, Unsung Heroine award
Food Security & Basic Needs Program (which UCSB Sustainability co-staffs), 2023 William J. Villa Departmental Service to Students Award
Awards 2021/2022 Academic Year
Gold Certified Campus in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s STARS (Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System)
Platinum Award from the League of American Bicyclists as a Bicycle Friendly University
Certified Bee Campus USA Affiliate
UCSB Ranked 10th in the 2022 Edition of the Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges
Completed decarbonization study for Housing, Dining, & Auxiliary Enterprises through a graduate student group project in the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. UCSB Sustainability was a primary client. https://bren.ucsb.edu/projects/carbon-free-housing-and-dining-ucsb-electrification-study
Launched a new Sustainability Internship Center on campus creating new student working space for 70-80 student interns a year.
Supported Campus Design and Construction Services through the development and implementation of a campus and community outreach approach for UCSB’s Draft Sea Level Rise Strategy
Awards 2022/2023 Academic Year
Gold Certified Campus in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s STARS (Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System)
Platinum Award from the League of American Bicyclists as a Bicycle Friendly University
Certified Bee Campus USA Affiliate
Katie Maynard, UCSB’s Professional Women’s Association, Unsung Heroine award
Food Security & Basic Needs Program (which UCSB Sustainability co-staffs), 2023 William J. Villa Departmental Service to Students Award
Awards 2021/2022 Academic Year
Gold Certified Campus in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s STARS (Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System)
Platinum Award from the League of American Bicyclists as a Bicycle Friendly University
Certified Bee Campus USA Affiliate
UCSB Ranked 10th in the 2022 Edition of the Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges
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