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Former 91制片厂 provost John Aber is a world-renowned expert in natural resources and the environment who today concentrates most of his research in the area of sustainable ecosystem management. He co-authored 鈥溾�� with Tom Kelly and pioneered the aerobic composting technique in use at 91制片厂鈥檚 first-in-the-nation , which generates heat energy for use on the farm.

91制片厂鈥檚 commitment to LEED-certified construction and renovation is led by Doug Bencks, university architect and director of campus planning. In nearly three decades at 91制片厂, Bencks has spearheaded projects that marry original campus architecture with the design and construction of modern buildings.

works in climate change and citizen science. A research assistant professor in 91制片厂鈥檚 , Burakowski uses climate models, observations and remote sensing to understand how changes in landcover influence surface temperature and fluxes of energy and water landscapes interact with surface climate.

is the Thomas W. Haas Professor in Sustainable Food Systems, providing leadership for the university鈥檚 efforts to advance sustainable agriculture, food choices, nutrition, and economic and social well-being on campus and beyond. She鈥檚 also a and director of the 91制片厂 dietetic internship program.

As associate vice president of energy and campus development, former 91制片厂er Paul Chamberlin spearheaded the university鈥檚 project and efforts to bring the cogeneration plant online, which today provides 85 percent of the Durham campus鈥� energy needs.

History professor has written two books on environmental diplomacy issues and edited a third. He鈥檚 the author of 鈥淲hales and Nations: Environmental Diplomacy on the High Seas鈥� and 鈥淭he Dawn of Conservation Diplomacy: U.S.-Canadian Wildlife Protection Treaties in the Progressive Era.鈥� He edited 鈥淐ity, Country, Empire: Landscapes in Environmental History鈥� with fellow 91制片厂 historian Jeffry Diefendorf.

Starting with his virtual inauguration in 2008, 91制片厂 President has led by example in ensuring that sustainability remains a leading priority for 91制片厂. Huddleston also elevated the profile of the university鈥檚 efforts early in his tenure by moving the into the provost鈥檚 office and appointing Tom Kelly as 91制片厂鈥檚 first chief sustainability officer.

Through his work in social justice theatre, theatre and dance professor has helped expand many students鈥� 鈥� and others鈥� 鈥� understanding of sustainability beyond the sciences. 鈥淎 sustainable future requires us to ask a fundamental question: What do we really need to live a good life?鈥� he explains.

founded 91制片厂鈥檚 Sustainability Institute, then called the Office of Sustainability, in 1997. Today he鈥檚 the institute鈥檚 executive director and the university鈥檚 chief sustainability officer. He co-edited and authored the 2009 book 鈥溾�� and is a founding convener of , a six-state network working to realize a shared vision for a sustainable regional food system.

In his four decades as a professor of natural resources, William Mautz educated a full generation of 91制片厂 students about conservation practices and environmental issues. He worked closely with the 91制片厂 Foundation to help define and cultivate Oliver Hubbard鈥檚 sustainability-focused gifts and was involved in establishing the Sustainability Institute.

A professor and director of the school鈥檚 accreditation and academic integration program, is also a with the Sustainability Institute. McCabe provides leadership to engage the 91制片厂 community in efforts to advance sustainable agriculture, food choices, nutrition and economic and social wellbeing.

came to 91制片厂 from Tufts University in 2016 to become deputy chief sustainability officer and director of the Sustainability Institute. A leading researcher and author on nutrition and physical activity, Nelson helped shine a national spotlight on the connection between diet and sustainability by heading up the 2010 and 2015 national dietary guidelines advisory committees.

Jaime Nolan, 91制片厂 vice president for , spearheads a critical aspect of sustainability at 91制片厂: creating a more diverse and inclusive community and promoting an atmosphere that is complex and intellectually and socially enriching for students, faculty and staff.

Campus Planning鈥檚 plays a key role in 91制片厂鈥檚 overall sustainability efforts by overseeing transportation planning and special projects, including Campus Connector, the Durham campus鈥� compressed-natural-gas-run shuttle system, and Wildcat Transit, 91制片厂鈥檚 off-campus shuttle and the largest public transit system in New Hampshire.

is a professor of classics and director of through 91制片厂鈥檚 , which runs a successful youth citizenship camp and funds sustainable citizen initiatives across the 91制片厂 campus.

is the at the Sustainability Institute and director of Climate Solutions New England as well as the current faculty director of 91制片厂鈥檚 and a research associate professor in glaciology/environmental chemistry. Wake leads research programs to assess the impact of climate change in New England and to reconstruct climate change from ice cores recovered from glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau and in the Arctic.

Alumni

Roberta Barbieri 鈥�88 parlayed her majors in international affairs and environmental conservation into her current role setting and driving the global environmental sustainability strategy for Diageo PLC, the world鈥檚 largest premium alcoholic beverage company.

For nearly a decade, Elisabeth Blaisdell 鈥�99 was in charge of environmental stewardship for footwear company Timberland. Today she鈥檚 the vice president of products for Sustainable Apparel Coalition, considered the foremost global alliance for sustainable production for the apparel, footwear and home textile industry.

Paul Bradley 鈥�86 is the founder and president of ROC USA, a nonprofit social venture dedicated to making resident home ownership viable nationwide through the development of affordable manufactured home communities. Prior to founding ROC in 2008, Bradley was vice president for manufactured housing for the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund.

Dan Clapp 鈥�00 is general manager and partner of ReVision Energy, a full-service renewable energy contracting company and northern New England鈥檚 leading solar design, installation and service provider.

It was the end of his freshman year when Alex Freid 鈥�13 first noticed the campus dumpsters loaded with discarded furniture and dorm items left by students heading home for the summer. Struck by the waste, he cofounded to resell useable goods and keep them out of local landfills. Today, he鈥檚 the executive director of the , a national nonprofit that helps other campuses implement similar salvage programs.

As a student at 91制片厂 Manchester, Amelia Keane 鈥�16 , established the campus鈥� recycling program, and interned at NextGen Climate. She鈥檚 currently serving as state representative for Nashua Ward 4, where sustainability is at the heart of her platform.

Philanthropic adviser Peter Lamb 鈥�76 worked for the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, served on the Association of U.S. Delegates to the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment and helped guide 91制片厂鈥檚 Oliver Hubbard 鈥�21 toward the visionary gift that established the Sustainability Institute.

Wendy Lull 鈥�79G spent 25 years at the helm of New Hampshire鈥檚 Seacoast Science Center, a nationally known all-ages marine science education facility in Rye. President from the center鈥檚 opening in 1992 to earlier this year, Lull is credited with bringing science education to some 25,000 school children each year and hailed as a 鈥減assionate and inspiring voice for environmental conservation and ocean education.鈥�

In 2011, Ryan MacPherson 鈥�96 was named the first chief sustainability officer for the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York.

Allison Magill 鈥�87 is the chair of Slow Food Seacoast, the local chapter of Slow Food USA and the international slow food movement, which works toward a healthier food system and slowing down the pace of life by focusing on the pleasures of good, clean, fairly sourced food.

Dietician Stacey Purslow 鈥�11 is the program coordinator for the NH Farm to School program, which engages farmers, distributors, food service directors, teachers, health educators and administrators to bring farm-fresh foods to school lunch programs around the state.

Julie Rosenbach 鈥�97 is South Portland, Maine鈥檚 first sustainability coordinator, a post she鈥檚 held since 2015. A one-woman sustainability shop, she鈥檚 in charge of overseeing the implementation of the city鈥檚 climate action plan and leading efforts as diverse as a solar panel study at the South Portland landfill and educating residents about the city鈥檚 recently implemented landscape pesticide ban.

Amy Seif Hattan 鈥�93 is the vice president of sustainability for the global engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti in Portland, Maine.

Keegan Smith 鈥�17, newly graduated from the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, is the field sustainability coordinator for Coca-Cola of Northern New England.

Andrea Tomlinson 鈥�91, Sarah Van Horn 鈥�12 and Josh Weirsma 鈥�04 all have ties to New Hampshire Community Seafood, a harvest co-op that enables local fishermen to work together to better protect marine resources and to fish more selectively. Van Horn and Weirsma founded the collaborative in 2010, and Tomlinson serves as general manager.

Donors

Ned Dane 鈥�88, senior vice president at OppenheimerFunds and head of the firm鈥檚 private client group, was the first investor in the 91制片厂 endowment鈥檚 ESG sleeve 鈥� a sustainability-sensitive investment portfolio comprising funds with certain environmental, social and governance characteristics. Dane also sits on the 91制片厂 Foundation investment and finance committee鈥檚 committee on investor responsibility.

Durham philanthropist Tom Haas has supported 91制片厂 for more than a decade with generous gifts to SeagrassNet, an initiative to monitor the status of sea grass worldwide, and programs at the 91制片厂 Museum of Art, the Carsey School of Public Policy and 91制片厂 Manchester. In 2013, he established the to support the university鈥檚 work with Food Solutions New England on achieving a healthy, prosperous, just and sustainable food network.

The eldest of three brothers collectively known as 91制片厂鈥檚 greatest benefactors, chicken-farmer-turned-businessman Oliver Hubbard 鈥�21 gave more than $10 million over his lifetime to establish the Sustainability Institute, the first program of its kind to teach sustainable living. Credited alongside brothers Austin 鈥�25 and Leslie 鈥�27 with developing superior poultry breeding stock in the years following the Great Depression, Oliver Hubbard lived a life based on sustainable principles decades before the term was even coined.

Josephine Lamprey helped her family business, Lamprey Brothers Energy, become New England鈥檚 first Energy Star retail partner, educating customers about efficient heating and cooling systems to help reduce fossil fuel consumption, lower energy bills and soften the industry鈥檚 impact on the environment. She鈥檚 supported a number of 91制片厂 initiatives focused on climate change and innovation and funded the Sustainability Institute鈥檚 first endowed professorship, the .

Phil Meldrum 鈥�79 is the president of FOODMatch, Inc., the largest importer of olives from Greece in the U.S., which works with international farmers to grow and distribute responsibly sourced, all-natural and authentic Mediterranean products. Reflecting his and his company鈥檚 deep interest in sustainability, Meldrum has been a significant donor to the Sustainability Institute.听

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