Sustainability Committee

The WWU Sustainability Committee was created In April of 2005 to further WWU’s strategic goal of sustainability. The Sustainability Committee is composed of faculty, staff and students, who share a desire to protect local and global ecology, uphold social equity, create economic vitality and maintain human health.

The Sustainability Committee is composed of five sub-committees, each dealing with an aspect of campus sustainability.

Committee Roster

Brad Smith - Dean of Huxley College, Sustainability Committee Chair

Campus Operations

• Fred Ramage, Operations Manager, CFPA, Operations Sub-Committee Chair
• Tim Wynn, Director, Facilities Management, BFA
• Willy Hart, Director, University Residences, SA
• Gayle Shipley, Director, Environmental Health and Safety, BFA

Curriculum and Program Development

• Nicolas Zaferatos, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, HCE, Curriculum and Program Development Sub-Committee Chair
• Victor Nolet, Associate Professor Secondary Education, WCE
• Sara Singleton, Associate Professor, Political Science, CHSC
• Gary Bornzin, Lecturer, Fairhaven College
• Dan Hagen, Professor, Economics, CBE

Culture and Community

• Arunas Oslapas, Associate Professor, Engineering Technology, CST
• Dan Warner, Professor, Accounting Department, CBE
• Hart Hodges, Assistant Professor, Economics, CBE

Sustainability Indicators

• Julie Lockhart - Professor, Accounting Department CBE, Sustainability Indicators Sub-Committee Chair
• Robert Lopresti - Government Information Librarian and Librarian, HCE

Transportation

(Appointments in process)

Ex-officio

• Nancy Phillips, Assistant to the Vice President, BFA
• Seth Vidaña, Coordinator, Office of Sustainability