University of Massachusetts Amherst
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Publishing of the Climate Action Plan (2010) and update of the Climate Action Plan v2.0 (2012). Establishment of the Sustainability, Innovation, & Engagement Fund and awarding of first phase of 7 sustainability projects which have been implemented across the campus.

The Chancellor's Sustainability Committee (formerly EPAC) helps to assess ways to reduce environmental impacts of the campus in a manner which incorporates sound business practices. One of the Committee goals is to enhance the campus' ability to gather, track, and analyze environmental performance data and related information and develop report documents. Another goal is to devise a comprehensive and common-sense way to foster environmental stewardship across the entire organization among and within campus departments, both operational and academic. The Committee advises the Chancellor Leadership Committee (CLC) on all matters related to campus environmental performance including adjustments to operating policies and/or practices. The Committee helped create the UMass climate action plan that will aim for carbon neutrality by 2050.

In 2012 EPAC was renamed and restructured to better serve the campus community and achieve the mission and goals. The Chancellors Sustainability Committee now consists of three tiers: Sub-Committees (meet monthly), Implementation Team (meets monthly), and Executive Team (meets quarterly). There are currently 4 active Sub-Committees: Education and Research Finance Green Building Master Planning The Implementation Team consists of sustainability professionals plus staff/faculty who do sustainability work or teach about sustainability related or focused topics on campus or are passionate about sustainability. Ezra Small (Chair) Campus Sustainability Manager Sustainability Communications & Marketing Manager (Co-Chair, Currently empty) Sustainability Communications & Marketing Manager, University Relations Craig Nicolson (Co-Chair) Director of Academic Sustainability Programs, Professor in Dept of Environmental Conservation Rachel Dutton (Co-Chair) Sustainability Manager for Auxiliary Services Cynthia Barstow Professor, Isenberg School of Management Robert Ryan Professor, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Lynn McKenna Assistant Budget Director, Budget Office Ted Mendoza Capital Project Manager, Facilities Planning Division Ludmilla Pavlova Senior Campus Planner, Campus Planning Rob Hendry Rideshare Coordinator, Parking Services Executive Team Members: Juanita Holler Associate Vice Chancellor, Facilities & Campus Services Andy Mangels Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance and Budget Director Ray Jackson Director, Physical Plant Eddie Hull Executive Director, Residence Life Ken Toong Executive Director of Auxiliary Enterprises Michael Grabscheid Executive Director of Marketing & New Business Development, University Relations Steve Goodwin Dean of the College of Natural Sciences Dennis Swinford Director of Campus Planning, Campus Planning Tom Shaw Interim Director of Design/Construction Mgt Christine McCormick Dean of the School of Education Cheryl L. Dukes Associate Director of Government Relations, Office of Research Development

Our campus hired its first sustainability coordinator in 2009. In addition to the current Campus Sustainability Manager, we also have a new Sustainability Communications Manager (hired in 2013) and a number of full-time sustainability staff who work with Auxiliary Services. The Campus Sustainability Manager (CSM) was hired in 2011, directs the main Sustainable UMass student initiatives on campus and oversees and coordinates all operational aspects of campus sustainability (from developing new clean energy sources to increasing recycling rates to participating in LEED teams for new construction, to establishing a Green Revolving Fund etc). The CSM works closely with the Sustainability Communications Manager and other campus staff and faculty on all sustainability-related projects and programs throughout the university.