U.Va. Sustainability

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University Committee on Sustainability

The Committee on Sustainability shall advise the President and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, through the Architect for the University, on all matters related to the overall quality, diligence, and progress of the University’s commitment to sustainability in the broad sense of environmental, economic, and social impacts, and their relationship to the future of the University. In carrying out this charge, the Committee shall be engaged in the following:

• Recommend policies, procedures, and priorities that will promote the highest-standards of sustainable practice across the University including but not limited to business operations, energy production and utilization, and design and management of facilities.
• Provide guidance in the development of communication plans with the goal of increasing sustainable behavior among faculty, staff, and students. Recommend and encourage the development of new opportunities to educate the University community on sustainable thinking and practice.
• Review and comment on the University’s progress toward measurable sustainability objectives.
• Review and comment on the University’s responses to major national surveys and/or voluntary compliance with regard to an institutional plan toward the reduction in CO2 emissions and related environmental impacts.

Committee on Sustainability

Membership

Membership as of April 5, 2013

David J. Neuman, Chair (Architect for the University)
Timothy Beatley
Jonathan Z. Cannon
Phoebe Crisman
Kevin E. Fox (Representative, Administrator for Facilities Planning and Capital Development for UVA Medical Center)
Cheryl L. Gomez (Director of Energy & Utilities)
William C. Keene, Jr. (Faculty Senate Representative)
Teresa W. Lockard (Representative, Vice President and Chief Information Officer)
Kristin L. Morgan (Representative, Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity)
Frederick A. Missel (Representative, University of Virginia Foundation)
Amy J. Muldoon (Employee Councils Representative)
Scott R. Norris (Representative, Vice President and Chief Student Affairs Officer)
Jeffrey Plank (Associate Vice President for Research)
M. Wynne Stuart (Associate Provost for Academic Support & Classroom Management)
Donald E. Sundgren (Chief Facilities Officer)
Jessica S. Wenger (Representative, Environmental Health & Safety)
Mark A. White (Representative, Human Resources)
Rebecca White (Representative, Business Operations)
Timothy J. White (Representative, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer)
Ida Lee D. Wootten (Representative, Public Affairs)

Student Members:

Alyssa M. Tstantes (Undergraduate Representative)
Ethan K. Heil (Graduate Representative)

Ex-officio:

Andrew J. Greene, Secretary (Sustainability Planner, Office of the Architect)