Sustainability Committee
Charge and Membership
The committee reviews, analyzes, prioritizes, and recommends actions that will sustain the academic mission of 51ÉçÇø. The Provost, the Vice President for Finance and Administration, and the Vice President for Student Affairs chair the Committee jointly.
The Committee may review, analyze, prioritize, and make recommendations on:
- The 51ÉçÇø Sustainability and Climate Action Plans and revisions processes;
- The organization and operation of 51ÉçÇø Sustainability sub-committees and Sustainability Hubs;
- Annual Sustainability reporting, both internal and external;
- New or revised policies and practices concerning the sustainability themes of climate, water, energy, solid waste, food, grounds, buildings, transportation, procurement, investments, student life, and human resources;
- Evaluation of decisions, policies, and practices through the sustainability triple bottom line framework of simultaneous benefits to the economy, the environment and society;
- Evaluation of sustainability grant and award proposals.
- Other items as needed.
The Sustainability Committee makes its recommendations to the President and the Board of Trustees.
Composition
• 3 – Sustainability Hub Coordinators (may note vote on their own appointments or awards)
• 1 – At-Large, identified via Faculty Senate
• 1 – At-Large, identified via the committee’s administrative chair
• Executive Vice President and Provost
• Vice President for Finance and Administration
• Vice President for Student Affairs
• Director of Sustainability
• Associate Director of Sustainability
• Representative of a Regional Campus
• 2 – Deans or designees
Committee Roster
Administrators
Greg Leblanc
leblanc@ohio.edu
Community Members
Mat Roberts
mroberts@sopec-oh.gov
SOPEC Director of Marketing
Maribeth Saleem-Tanner
maribeth@communityfoodinitiatives.org
Executive Director, Community Food Initiatives
Ex-Officio
Sam Crowl
crowls1@ohio.edu
Associate Director of Sustainability
John Day
dayj@ohio.edu
Interim Vice President for Finance and Administration and CFO
Brian McCarthy
mccarthy@ohio.edu
Arts & Sciences
Lyn Redington, Ph.D.
redingtonl@ohio.edu
Vice President for Student Affairs
Adam Riehl
riehl@ohio.edu
Director, Facilities Management
Elizabeth Sayrs
sayrs@ohio.edu
Executive Vice President and Provost
Gregory Simmons
gsimmons@ohio.edu
Vice President of Advancement
Faculty
Kyle Butler
butlerk@ohio.edu
Associate Professor
Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE)
Sarah Davis
daviss6@ohio.edu
Voinovich
Ryan Fogt
fogtr@ohio.edu
Daniel Karney
karney@ohio.edu
Economics
Cody Petitt
petittc@ohio.edu
Sustainable Infrastructure Hub Coordinator
Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
Graduate Students
Ben Kudus Yussif
by571719@ohio.edu
All University committees follow the academic-year calendar.
All students serve one-year terms. Faculty, administrators, and staff generally serve three-year terms. Ex-Officio appointments have voting privileges unless otherwise noted.