Presidents Advisory Council on Environmental Sustainability

The Presidents Advisory Council on Environmental Sustainability provides comprehensive guidance and advice to President Hart on high-level issues regarding the University of Arizona’s leadership in environmental sustainability as it pertains to campus design, student engagement, operations, education, research, and outreach.

The Council is also responsible for the following:

  • Identifying university-wide sustainability priorities, and establishing short and long-term goals and working groups to accomplish goals.
  • Working with the UA Green Fund Committee to align the Committee’s project funding decisions with the university-wide sustainability priorities identified by the Council.
  • Advising a university-wide Office of Sustainability to execute and successfully accomplish projects and programs aligned with the priorities and short- and long-term goals identified by the Council.
  • Gathering information and feedback from the University community

Council Membership

Co-Chairs
Robert Smith, Senior Associate Vice President, Business Affairs
Jan Cervelli, Dean, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Admininstration Representatives
Robert, Smith, Senior Associate Vice President, Business Affairs
James Van Arsdel, Assistant Vice President, Student Affairs
Kate Jensen, Assistant Vice President, External Relations
Leslie Tolbert, Vice President, Research
Joe Abraham, Director, UA Office of Sustainability

Academic Unit Representatives
Jan Cervelli, Dean, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Jeff Goldberg, Dean, College of Engineering
Joaquin Ruiz, Dean, College of Science
Jonathan Overpeck, Co-Director, Institute of the Environment
Jim Buizer, Deputy Director, Institute of the Environment

Student Representatives
Emily Monken, Graduate Professional Student Council
Jake Barman, Associated Students of the University of Arizona
Jesse Minor, Chair, UA Green Fund Committee

Employee Representatives
Sabrina Helm, Assistant Professor, Retailing & Consumer Sciences
Jackie Moxley, Coordinator, UA Water Sustainability Program
Bill Davidson, Marketing Specialist, UA Parking & Transportation Services

Community Representatives
John Wesley Miller, Owner, John Wesley Miller Companies