University of Tennessee at Knoxville
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

The mission of the Committee on the Campus Environment is to promote environmental sustainability at UTK, including but not limited to promoting reductions in the University's carbon emissions, other pollutants, waste, and the consumption of resources. To fulfill its mission, the Committee will provide advice and initiate actions to: 1.improve the environmental sustainability of the UTK campus, and 2.increase the University community's awareness and knowledge of environmental sustainability.

- John Nolt, Professor, Chair, Philosophy Department - Gregory Vedder Button,Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology - Mary R. English, Faculty, Research Leader, Institute for a Secure and Sustainability Environment - Paul D. Frymier, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering - Joanne Logan, Associate Professor, Department Biosystems Engineering and Soil Sciences - Michael L. McKinney, Faculty, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences - Trena Paulus, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology & Counseling - Bill Park, Professor and Assistant Dean, Department of Agriculture Economics - David Patterson, Professor and Director, College of Social Work - Nathan J. Sanders, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology - Edgar Stach, Associate Professor, School of Architecture. - Gordie Bennett, Sustainability Manager - April Walls Case, Senior Environmental Coordinator, Environmental Health & Safety - Terry E. Ledford, Capital Projects Manager, Facilities Services - Jonathan G. Overly, Director of East TN Clean Fuels Coalition - Jay Price, Environmental Coordinator, Facilities - Mark D. Smith, Director, Environmental Health & Safety - James Michael Sherrell, Executive Director, Facilities Services - A. J. Wright, Office of Information Technology - Matt Olive, Student - Joshua Richeson, Student, Students Promoting Environmental Action Knoxville - Virginia Schaedle, Student - Nikki Swartwood, Student, Student Government Association - Austin Williams, Student - Reagan Richmond, Alumnus, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy - Samantha Wentworth, UT Volunteer Dining Sustainability Coordinator

Established in 2008, the Office of Sustainability aims to foster sustainable development and promote environmental stewardship at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville by strategically bridging the gap between campus operations, teaching, research, and outreach.

Coordinates and advances campus sustainability activities by overseeing implementation of the ACUPCC and other institutional environmental commitments, assisting with energy conservation and efficiency programs, and directing education and outreach related to Make Orange Green, the UT Knoxville environmental program.