2012NEW ENGLANDCAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY

FORUMNEW ENGLANDBOARD OFHIGHER EDUCATION

Second NatureE d u c a t i o n f o r S u s t a i n a b i l i t y

WELCOMESeptember 21, 2012

Dear New England Campus Sustainability Forum Attendees,

Welcome to the 2012 New England Campus Sustain-ability Forum! This year’s theme, “Leveraging Col-lective Resources for the Future,” reflects the need of the higher education community, both on and off campus, to work together to achieve more as we face the challenges associated with the creation of cultures of sustainability for our schools. We hope that this conference will serve as an opportunity for sustainability innovators from across New England to share creative solutions to advance sustainability on campus.

This year we have faced record breaking natural di-sasters including expansive wildfires, crop devasta-tion, and unusually high temperatures. These are the records that as sustainability professionals in higher education we’ve been working hard not to break. It’s an important year for us to come together to address these issues and share resources to meet our collec-tive challenges.

In organizing the Forum, we have worked to create dynamic and interactive sessions that engage attend-ees in creating solutions and ideas that you may want to implement at your own institutions. Our keynote

and panel speakers will explore higher education’s potential to change the larger world, and will present focused, implementable ideas to accelerate sustain-ability on our campuses. We have also sought to pro-vide ample opportunity for you and your colleagues to reflect on the ideas to be discussed through sev-eral networking breaks.

We would like to thank each of you for attending the Forum and bringing your knowledge and expertise. As sustainability leaders, we have the vision, the knowledge, the passion, and the experience to accel-erate positive change on our campuses. Working to-gether, we can achieve more, far more, than we may have thought possible. Throughout the Forum, we ask you to participate, engage, and help us to shape the future of sustainability that is increasingly impor-tant for our campuses and the world beyond.

Thank you,

Steering CommitteeNew England Campus Sustainability Forum

Forum Planning CommitteeJennifer Andrews, CA-CPBonny Bentzin, GreenerUErin Blaisdell, Colleges of the FenwayAlex Davis, GreenerUVan Du, Second NatureDaren Follweiler, NEBHEFenna Hanes, NEBHE

Chanel Leonard, GreenerURob Pratt, GreenerUClaire Ramsbottom, Colleges of the FenwayNicole Schepker, NEBHEBrett Shollenberger, GreenerUKurt Teichert, Brown University

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Welcome Letter

Table of Contents

Host Colleges: Colleges of the Fenway

Host Organizations

Conference At-A-Glance

Map of Conference Spaces

Session Descriptions

Poster Session

Event Greening Efforts

Sponsors

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Wentworth Institute of Technology Event Execution Team:Claudio SantiagoCharlene RoyVictoria CupperTristan CaryChris Simonton The Host Institutions:Wentworth Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts College of Art and DesignEmmanuel CollegeMass Pharmacy and Health SciencesSimmons CollegeWheelock College Dedicated Organizing Partners:Colleges of the FenwayNew England Board of Higher EducationGreenerUClean Air-Cool PlanetSecond NatureNortheast Campus Sustainability Con-sortium

Generous Financial Sponsors:National GridNSTARChartwellsGreenerUCasella Resource SolutionsOffice DepotBigBelly SolarPower OptionsVanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc

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Program CommitteeJennifer Andrews, CA-CPBonny Bentzin, GreenerULana Dvorkin Camiel, Mass Pharmacy and Health SciencesMary Jensen, Keene State CollegeHenderson W. Pritchard, Wentworth Institute of TechnologyKurt Teichert, Brown UniversityJamieson Wicks, Massachusetts College of Art and DesignKristen Zapata, Emannuel College

MASSachusetts college of art & designFounded: 1873Population: 1,769 undergraduate students and 147 graduate studentsCharacter: A public, independent college of visual and applied art

Mission: Massachusetts College of Art & Design strives to prepare students to participate in the creative economy as fine artists, designers, and art educators, and to engage in the well-being of their society.

EMMANUEL COLLEGEFounded: 1919Population: 2,500 undergraduate and graduate studentsCharacter: A coeducational, residential Catholic liberal arts and sciences college

Mission: Emmanuel educates students in a dynamic learning community rooted in the liberal arts and sciences and shaped by strong ethical values and a Catholic academic tradition.

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Founded: 1823Population: 3,884 at the Boston campusCharacter: An accredited, private institution specializing in medical careers

Mission: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) prepares students for successful careers in healthcare through excellence in teaching, scholarship, research, professional service, and community engagement.

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SIMMONS COLLEGEFounded: 1899Population: Approximately 1,900 undergraduate women and 3,000 graduate men and womenCharacter: A four-year, private, non-sectarian undergraduate women’s college with a

comprehensive liberal arts and professional curriculum, and four coeducational graduate professional schoolsMission: Simmons provides transformative learning that links passion with lifelong purpose.

Founded: 1904Population: 3,892 undergraduate studentsCharacter: An independent, coeducational college offering bachelors’ and graduate degrees in the fields of architecture, computer science, construction, design, engineering, engineering technology, environmental science, and management

Mission: Wentworth provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary, project-based education in engineering, technology, design, and management that integrates classroom, laboratory, studio, cooperative, and experiential learning resulting in a career-ready, skilled professional, and engaged citizen.

WENTWORTH institute

Founded: 1888Population: 871 undergraduate students and 366 graduate studentsCharacter: A four-year, private, coeducational college with comprehensive arts, sciences, and professional programs

Mission: Wheelock College provides a transformational education to students passionate about making the world a better place – especially for children and families.

HOST COLLEGES: colleges of the fenway HOST COLLEGES: COLLEGeS OF THE FENWAY

WHEELOCK COLLEGE

COLLEGES OF THE FENWAYColleges of the Fenway is a colle-giate consortium in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area of

Boston, Massachusetts. The association promotes col-laboration between local schools to enhance the vari-ety of educational programs; to gain economic benefits

through shared research, medical, and dining facilities; and to provide students and faculty with the opportu-nity to study, live, and teach in a small college environ-ment while enjoying the resources of a major academic environment comparable to that of a large-scale university setting.

CLEAN AIR-COOL PLANETClean Air-Cool Planet works to accelerate the transition to sus-

tainable communities through climate mitigation, adap-tation planning, and effective climate policies. CA-CP works collaboratively with campuses, communities, and corporations to pioneer and scale-up innovative solu-

tions aimed at reducing carbon emissions and prepar-ing for climate change. We also work to build support for environmentally effective and economically effi-cient national climate policies.

GreenerU believes that colleg-es and universities are ideally situated to become sustain-

ability leaders while substantially reducing infrastructure and utility costs. From comprehensive energy efficiency programs to student engagement and behavior change

initiatives, GreenerU partners with colleges and their students to solve the campus sustainability and en ergy management challenges of today and tomorrow.

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NEBHE promotes greater educational opportunities and services for the res-

idents of New England. In pursuit of this mission, we work across the six New England states to: engage and assist leaders in assessment, development, and imple-mentation of sound education practices and policies

of regional significance. We promote policies, pro-grams, and best practices to assist in implementation of important regional higher education policies and promote regional cooperation and programs that en-courage the efficient use and sharing of educational resources.

The Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium was established in October 2004 to advance education and action for sustainable development on university

campuses in the northeast and maritime region. Or-ganized around the UN Decade of Education for Sus-

tainable Development, the NECSC members have committed to an annual meeting that advances cam-pus sustainability by providing close networking op-portunities, professional development, and access to the areas vibrant and growing college and university sustainability practitioner community.

NORTHEAST CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY CONSORTIUM

Second Nature works to create a healthy, just, and sustainable society by transform-ing higher education. Second Nature is the

lead supporting organization of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, a growing network of over 675 signatory higher educa-

tion institutions in all fifty states that have made a public commitment to transform the educational experience for all students so they are prepared to solve the climate crisis.

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REGISTRATION& Breakfast8:00 - 8:45

MORNINGKEYNOTE

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VISIBILITYPLANNING

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GREENCHEMISTRY

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PRESDIENTS’PANEL

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Conference Introduction: Rob Pratt, CEO, GreenerUOpening Remarks: Claire Ramsbottom, Executive Director, COFOpening Reflection: Zorica Pantic, President, Wentworth

Leonardo Da Vinci to Higher Education...Tony Cortese, Founding President, Second Nature

Remarks: Adam Markham, President, Clean Air-Cool Planet

Transforming Campuses, Transforming LivesHunter Lovins, President, Natural Capitalism Solutions

Moderator: David Hales, President, Second Nature

College Presidents: Len Schlesinger, Babson College; Mark Huddleston, University of New Hampshire; Gloria Larson, Bentley University; Robert Pura, Greenfield Community College

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Welcome

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URBAN GREENSPACE TOUROlmsted’s Emerald Necklace - A Guided Walking Tour of Boston’s Historic Parkland

Join us in the Back Bay Fens across from the historic Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for a walking tour of one of the nation’s oldest urban parks. A local expert from the Emerald Necklace Conservancy will describe the his-tory, flora, and fauna of this local treasure, located just five minutes from the entrance to the Wentworth

Institute of Technology (walking distance). The tour will begin promptly at 7:30 a.m. and meet at the registration desk.

MORNING KEYNOTE 9:00 AM TO10:00 AM

LEONARDO DA VINCI TO HIGHER EDUCATION: LEAD US ON A HEALTHY, JUST AND SUSTAINABLE PATH NOW TONY CORTESE, FOUNDING PRESIDENT, SECOND NATURE

10:00 AM TO10:30 AM BREAK & NETWORKING

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

10:30 AM TO12:15 AM

BEHAVIOR CHANGE Antje Danielson, Libby Mahaffy, & Dallase Scott Concurrent Session Track: Organization and Coalition BuildingA growing number of students, faculty, and staff are increasingly concerned about their environmental impacts. Despite good intentions, these same people, armed with the knowledge that their individual behavior can negatively impact the environment, continue to act with environmental disregard (e.g. leaving windows open during heating season, leaving lights on when leaving the room). This session will provide participants with strategies, developed from behavior theory, to shift campus constituents from saying that they want to care for the environment to actually taking pro-environmental action.

SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABILITY FINANCINGDavid Kopans, Mark Orlowski, & Ed Terceiro Concurrent Session Track: Financial Strategies

Long-term, flexible, and self-renewing resources can allow higher education sustainability professionals to move beyond triage or low-hanging fruit models—in which projects are chosen out of urgency or ease—to a holistic approach. This moderated panel dis-cussion will explore development of sustainable sustainability funds, as well as a variety of funding and financing strategies includ-ing power or thermal purchasing agreements; green revolving loan funds; alumni/donor investments. These financial models can

provide inexpensive capital, stretch dollars in times of limited resources, and build partnerships that strengthen the mission of the institution.

EFFECTIVELY HARNESSING STUDENT INTEREST & ACTIVISMRosi Kerr, Ezra Small, & Josh Stoffel Concurrent Session Track: Campus as a Living Lab

Students are the lifeblood of many sustainability initiatives at colleges and universities around the country. However, the proliferation of opportunities on campus can spread students thin. Well developed sustainability engagement programs (i.e.

Eco-Reps) and living-learning communities are proven mechanisms to educate students and focus their energy in productive ways. Join three campus sustainability professionals for an interactive workshop that will help you to identify the challenges

you are facing in harnessing student interest and energy, and teach you to establish programs that can help you to overcome these challenges at your institution.

10:30 AM TO11:15 AM

GREEN OFFICE Shela Fletcher Concurrent Session Track: Operational Practices

Green Office programs are great opportunities to engage with your full-time building occupants (faculty & staff) while enhancing the campus through a sustainable lens. By connecting directly with these valuable stakeholders you can engage a

broad spectrum of change agents who play a vital role in the success of your organization’s future. This session will provide process development programs, areas of focus, and engagement tactics.

SOURCING TO ACHIEVE ZERO SOLID WASTE - THE CRITICAL CONNECTIONBonny Bentzin & Paul Ligon Concurrent Session Track: Operational Practices

The priorities and values of the solid waste stream are shifting. It is no longer satisfactory merely to manage a single stream, a single container, and a hole in the ground—the new solid waste paradigm relies on an increasingly complex (and potentially resource-intensive) combination of aversion and diversion tactics. Mastery of the new paradigm necessitates a re-evaluation of management processes from their conception—the solid waste contract.The EPA has worked with stakeholders to develop best practices for management sourcing to dramatically increase waste diversion rates. Their ap-proach is performance-based, and may be the key to management under a zero solid waste standard. This session is not a sales pitch and will present concepts and processes from this approach to seed a dialogue meant to rethink campus waste stream management beginning with the contract—an approach that works with any type of campus, whether the institution manages the waste stream internally or works with an external contractor.

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2:00 PM TO3:45 PM

STRATEGIC APPROACHES FOR COMPREHENSIVE RETURNSBill Leahy, Michele Madia, Chris Powell, & Michael Stoddard Concurrent Session Track: Financial Strategies An integrated approach to planning, funding, and implementing energy and environmental projects on campus can shift sustainability initiatives from cost centers to investment opportunities that result in significantly higher risk-adjusted returns compared to other campus investment strategies. The use of lifecycle cost accounting, strategic project bundling, and a holistic approach to building solutions has allowed many institutions to achieve significant efficiencies and even financial returns on investment—while improving campus operations and infrastructure, engaging the campus community, and enhancing learning environments. In this combination moderated panel discussion and participant discussion, learn how these strategies are working for others and consider how they can work on your own campus.

CAMPUS LIVING LABORATORY: FROM HEADACHE TO HALOJack Byrne, Mary Jensen , & Kurt Teichert Concurrent Session Track: Campus as a Living LabCampus living laboratories are a common topic among campus sustainability programs, yet success can be challenging to achieve. This session addresses the challenges of living lab programs, the impetus for their design, and the tactics that can be applied to harness the often elusive link between student projects and campus operations. Successful programs can turn campus challenges into effective applied learning platforms for the entire community.

2:00 PM TO2:45 PM

PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (PBL) FOR SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGYJames DeLaura, Gabriella Gobiel, Fenna Hanes, & Susan Mooney Concurrent Session Track: Operational PracticesThe STEM PBL Project is a New England Board of Higher Education project funded by the National Science Foundation that aims to increase the number of middle school, high school, and college faculty skilled in the use of PBL in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) with a focus on sustainable technology education. Compared with lecture-based instruction, PBL has been found to improve student motivation, critical thinking, problem solving, learning retention, and ability to adapt to novel situations—critical skills for the 21st century workplace. A new PBL course for pre-service and graduate students de-veloped at Central Connecticut State University will be described. In addition, a Stonehill College professor and student will describe how they implemented the STEM PBL instructional materials in a Environmental Science course.

12:30 PM TO 1:45 PM

TRANSFORMING CAMPUSES, TRANSFORMING LIVESHUNTER LOVINS, PRESIDENT, NATURAL CAPITALISM SOLUTIONS

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

GREEN CHEMISTRYKate Anderson Concurrent Session Track: Operational PracticesBeyond Benign is a non-profit dedicated to green chemistry education with an initiative designed specifically for a chemistry department’s curriculum. The Green Chemistry Commitment is a systematic approach to the demand for safer, non-toxic products and processes. The commitment shifts our educational institutions to prepare students to enter the workforce armed with the skills and knowledge to create society’s next generation of sustainable materials.

PRESIDENTS' PANELSUSTAINING SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS THROUGH TRANSITIONLen Schlesinger, Babson College Mark Huddleston, University of New Hampshire Gloria Larson, Bentley University Robert Pura, Greenfield Community College Moderated by: David Hales, Second Nature

3:00 PM TO3:45 PM

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MEASURE, MESSAGE, MOTIVATE: BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE AND EMPOWERED CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY CULTUREMelissa Goodall Concurrent Session Track: Organization and Coalition Building

Campuses around the world are tracking sustainability metrics, but how do we communicate those measurements in a way that engages and em-powers students, staff, and faculty? Participants will learn to create a visibility plan for sustainability programs--including establishment of graphic

identity guidelines and identification of practical and effective communications tools. Participants will learn to create a student-based visibility team to translate the university’s sustainability metrics into fact sheets, posters news items, classes, training sessions, and more.

SELECTING AND PRIORITIZING GHG MITIGATION STRATEGIESJenn Andrews & Susan Sloan-Rossiter Concurrent Session Track: Organization and Coalition Building

Given that potential strategies for cutting campus energy use and carbon emissions are myriad, how do you identify the best options and move forward on them? The quantitative answer depends upon a financial analysis including lifecy-cle cost accounting and strategic project bundling to achieve a portfolio of strategies with the lowest cost per ton pos-sible. The Campus Carbon Calculator’s Solutions Module allows users to easily undertake this type of analysis, and this session will demonstrate how. The session will also explore how to weigh qualitative considerations by highlighting case

studies from Vanasse Hangen Brustlin’s work with colleges and universities on Transportation Demand Management.

BREAK & NETWORKING 3:45 PM TO4:15 PM

NETWORKING pub visitSQUEALING PIG134 Smith Street, Roxbury Crossing, MA 5:15 PM

ROLLIN’ DOWN THE RIVER!Bunky Williams, Loren Cruise, Esty Aviksis, & Flor Romero Wheelock College

HOUSEHOLD WATER USE & REUSEBeattie et al. Simmons College

THE EFFECTS OF PRECIPITATION ON TURBIDITY LEVELS OF THE MUDDY RIVER: A QUANTITATIVE STUDYAmanda Belair, Stephanie Di Cesare, & Kacie Devine Wheelock College

CORRELATING FLOW RATE & TURBIDITY AT TWO DIFFERENT SITES OF THE MUDDY RIVERIda Bixho, Jason Lu, Kenny Janec, Yan Qi Lin, Danielle Vaughan, & Nathalie Victoria Colleges of the Fenway STEM Scholars Program

QUANTIFICATION OF METAL CONTENT IN MUDDY RIVER WATER USING EDTA TITRATION AND ATOMIC ABSORBANCESPECTROSCOPYHillary Butts, Geoffrey Conklin, Lauren Gagnon, Jason Leavitt, & Aren E. Gerdon Emmanuel College Department of Chemistry

DREDGING UP, HISTORY AND FUTURE OF THE MUDDY RIVERLaura Carrington, Kathleen Perry, Emily Ramos, & Danielle Vekeman Wheelock College

EFFECTS OF TURBIDITY OF MUDDY RIVER WATER DILUTIONS ON DAPHNIA SURVIVALStephanie Di Cesare, Ellen E. Faszewski, & Lisa Lobel Wheelock College

PHRAGMITES’ ROLE IN WETLAND HABITAT ALONG THE MUDDY RIVER OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTSHilary Johansen & Sara Levin Wheelock College

INVESTIGATING PH LEVELS OF SELECT MUDDY RIVER STORM-WATER RUNOFF & DRAIN SITES BEFORE & AFTER PRECIPITATION EVENTS

FIRE IN THE FENSMolly O’Brien, Talia Mango, Allie Goyette, & Melissa Anderson Wheelock College

PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR MESSShailyn Wilder, Shelby Souther, Rachael Zuckerman, & Jeremiah Tessier Wheelock College

ARE WE THERE YET? MANAGING TRANSPORTATION DEMAND IN THE GROUNDS PLANChristopher Conklin Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Office of the University Architect & Parking and Transportation Department University of Virginia

ECOLOGY NURTURES/TECHNOLOGY ENABLES | CAMPUS AS A LIVING LABORATORYChristopher Lovett Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.

13GREENING & SPONSORS12 poster session

Waste Reduction:• Food served on reusable china• Single-serve packaging avoided for food and

condiments• Digital program available for laptops,

smartphones, and tablets, and programs not printed for all Forum attendees

• Programs printed on 100% post-consumer waste paper

Transportation:• Boston public transportation information

provided to all attendees• Public transit users, carpoolers, bikers, and

walkers rewarded with an entry into a raffle to win a solar backpack

Food:• Coffee, tea, and sugar is fair trade and/or

organic• Organic “dairy” milk and soy milk offered• All lunch options regionally sourced, with an

emphasis on family farms and local businesses

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TONY CORTESEAnthony D. Cortese, ScD is the founding president and a senior fellow of Second Nature, a nonprofit organization with a mission to develop the national capacity to make sustainability the foundation of all learning and practice in higher education. He is also a co-organizer of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment and co-founder of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. He is co-founder and co-coordinator of the Higher Education Association Sustainability Consortium and a consultant to higher education, industry and non-profit organizations on institutionalization of sustainability principles and programs.

Dr. Cortese was formerly the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. He was the first Dean of Environmental Programs at Tufts University and founded the award-winning Tufts Environmental Literacy Institute and the internationally acclaimed Talloires Declaration of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future.

Dr. Cortese has B.S. and M.S. Degrees from Tufts University in Civil and Environmental Engineering, a Doctor of Science in Environmental Health Sciences from the Harvard School of Public Health and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Allegheny College and the University of Maine Presque Isle.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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HUNTER LOVINSHunter Lovins is President of Natural Capitalism Solutions. NCS helps companies, communities and countries implement more sustainable business practices profitably. Hunter has worked in countries from Afghanistan to New Zealand, and was just asked by the King of Bhutan to be an expert at a conference at the UN on reframing the economy. Over her 30 years as a sustainability thought leader, Hunter has written hundreds of articles and 13 books. The latest, The Way Out: Kickstarting Capitalism to Save Our Economic Ass (2012), is a sequel to her international best-selling book, Natural Capitalism, now in use in hundreds of college courses.

A founder of the field of Sustainable Management, Hunter has helped create several MBA programs and currently teaches Sustainable Business at Bainbridge Graduate Institute in Washington State, the University of Denver and Bard College. Hunter has won dozens of awards, including the European Sustainability Pioneer award, the Right Livelihood Prize (the alternative Nobel) and this year the Rachel Carson Award. Time Magazine recognized her as a Millennium Hero for the Planet, and Newsweek called her the Green Business Icon. Hunter rides rodeo and is a member of the Boulder

County Sheriff’s Mounted Search and Rescue Patrol.

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DAVID HALESDavid Hales has been President and CEO of Second Nature, the Boston-based advocacy organization committed to promoting sustainability through higher education since August, 2012. Prior to assuming this post, Hales was President of College of the Atlantic. Under his leadership, College of the Atlantic received recognition for innovative academic excellence, and became the first institution of higher education in the United States to be a “NetZero” emitter of greenhouse gases. President Hales has held numerous positions promoting sustainability nationally and internation-ally, including directing environmental policy and sustainability programs of the United States Agency for International Development throughout the Clinton administration.

MARK HUDDLESTONMark W. Huddleston of the University of New Hampshire is proud to lead efforts that build on UNH’s national reputation as a sustainability leader in higher education.

Since joining UNH in 2007, President Huddleston has been an outspoken advocate for incorporating sustainability into all aspects of campus life, academics, research, outreach and its public-private partnerships across New Hampshire and around the world. A comprehensive 10-year strategic plan he directed makes sustainability a core value that will guide a “re-imagining” of UNH.

UNH is home to the oldest endowed sustainability program in U.S. higher education and supports the UNH Sustainability Institute.

Today, UNH is rated among the top “coolest schools” in the nation. Its Durham campus generates up to 85 percent of its energy needs from landfill gas. UNH also operates the first organic dairy farm at a U.S. land-grant university, emphasizes clean alternative fuels as part of a sustainable transportation strategy, supports sustainability research across academic disciplines, and promotes locally grown foods and resource conservation. Recently, a group of business professionals were the first to complete the new UNH Certificate in Corporate Sustainability program. President Huddleston earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from the State University of New York-Buffalo, and both a master’s degree and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

GLORIA LARSONGloria Cordes Larson, JD, joined Bentley University as its president in July 2007 after a prestigious career as an attorney, public policy expert, and business leader. She came to Bentley from her position as Co-Chair of the Government Strategies Group at Foley Hoag LLP. Prior to her life in private law practice, Larson worked in the public sector for several decades, serving as Secretary of Economic Affairs under Massachusetts Governor William Weld, and Deputy Director of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission. She serves as a director of Unum Group, chairing Unum’s Regulatory Compliance Committee. Ms. Larson is also a director of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mas-sachusetts, where she is Vice Chair of the Board, and serves as President of the Massachusetts Conference for Women and the Massachusetts Women’s Forum.

ZORICA PANTICDr. Zorica Pantic has been an academic entrepreneur, technology advocate, agent for change, and a champion for diversity, making a positive impact at regional, state, and national levels. As Wentworth’s first female president and the first female engineer to lead a higher education institution of technology in the United States, she was instrumental in implementing 6 new undergraduate engineering programs (biomedical, civil, computer, electrical, mechanical, and interdisciplinary engineering) as well as an applied math program. Under her leadership, Wentworth became a graduate level institution by starting its first 3 master’s level programs (architecture, construction manage-ment, and facilities management). The campus has experienced a tremendous growth and just opened a new Center for Sciences and Biomedical Engineering and the Flanagan Campus Center. Over the 7 years of Dr. Pantic’s tenure, the Institute has become a leader in engineering, technology, design, and management education.

ROBERT PURADr. Robert Pura, Ph.D., has 34 years’ experience as a teacher and administrator in the Massachusetts Community College System; he has spent the past twelve as President of Greenfield Community College, and is also a proud graduate of a community college. As the first in his family to attend college and the child of an immigrant, he understands what a community college education can mean to students. “Opening the doors to higher education to all who aspire to a better life for themselves and their families while at the same time maintaining high academic standards is the noblest mission in higher education.”

LEN SCHLESINGERLen Schlesinger became President of Babson College in 2008 after serving as Vice Chairman and COO of Limited Brands. He spent over 20 years teaching at Harvard Business School, where he led MBA and executive education programs and was architect and chair of Harvard Business School’s MBA Essential Skills and Foundations programs. He is author or co-author of eleven books, including Just Start: Take action, Embrace uncertainty, Create the future. At Babson, he has led a strategy to broaden methods for teaching entrepreneurship--Entrepreneurial Thought & Action®--extending the context through Entrepreneurship of All Kinds®, and taking Babson’s pedagogy to the world. In 2011, the Historically Black Colleges and Universities named him the Most Entrepreneurial University President in the U.S.

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KATE ANDERSONKate Anderson earned her Master’s in Education: Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Environmental Education from Florida Atlan-tic University in 2006 after graduating with her B.A. degree in Political Science & Environmental Studies from the University of Massachusetts Boston. She has worked as a Sustainable Project Manager in the seafood industry in Massachusetts. Kate’s previous experience also includes working as a program coordinator for non-profit environmental education programs where she developed curriculum, taught K-12 programs, managed service-learning projects and supported professional development workshops and trainings for teachers. She is excited to be spread-ing the word that green chemistry offers solutions to the environmental challenges of today and tomorrow.

JENNIFER ANDREWSJennifer Andrews is Director of Program Planning and Coordination at Clean Air-Cool Planet, where she helps to coordinate integration be-tween the different programs and projects of CA-CP in addition to her long-standing role advising stakeholders at colleges, universities and K-12 schools across the US on how to measure and manage their greenhouse gas emissions. Jenn has been at CA-CP since early 2001; previously, she did work in public radio, and as an historic and environmental educator.

BONNY BENTZINBonny Bentzin is the Director of Sustainability at GreenerU. She is widely recognized as a leader in higher education sustainability as a result of her many accomplishments at Arizona State University (ASU). As Director of University Sustainability Practices at ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability, she worked with President Michael Crow in helping the University chart a course to achieve carbon neutrality and integrate sustainability into all of its operations and practices. In her seven years at ASU, Bonny was a key contributor to the university-wide solar initia-tive and the installation of 10 megawatts of solar photovoltaics; the establishment of a $3 million Sustainability Initiatives Revolving Loan Fund; a redesigned recycling program for over 70,000 students; and the highly acclaimed Carbon Neutrality Action Plan. She has provided guidance and support to numerous colleges and has mentored many students. Bonny is active in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). Bonny is a LEED Accredited Professional and has a BA in Environmental Sciences from Mount Holyoke College.

JACK BYRNEJack Byrne is the Director of the Sustainability Integration Office at Middlebury College. He is currently working on implementing the College’s strategies for becoming carbon neutral by 2016. Byrne is co-founder of the non-profit Foundation for Our Future at the Center for a Sustainable Future. While there he oversaw a six-year $18 million US Department of Education project, Education for a Sustainable Future - a national and international collaboration to develop technology based, K-12 curriculum, training programs, software and on-line resources about sustainable development. Byrne holds a B.S. in Biology from the Honors College at Kent State University and a Master’s degree in environmental law from the Vermont Law School.

ANTJE DANIELSONAntje Danielson is the Administrative Director at TIE as well as the graduate interdisciplinary Water: Systems, Science and Society(WSSS) pro-gram. She came to Tufts from Durham University (UK), where she served as the Deputy Director for Sustainability, in May 2008. Previously, she worked with the Harvard Green Campus Initiative. A long-time resident of Cambridge, Mass, Antje also co-founded the innovative carsharing company Zipcar. She holds a Ph.D. in Geology from Free University, Berlin.

JAMES DeLAURADr. James DeLaura received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology in 1967, as well as a Master of Science degree in Industrial Technology from Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) in 1970. Following graduation, Dr. DeLaura taught Industrial Arts before complet-ing his doctorate degree at the University of Northern Colorado in 1974. Prior to joining the CCSU faculty in 1976, Dr. DeLaura was an Assistant Professor of Industrial Technology at Southeastern Louisiana University. Until 2003, he was a professor in the Department of Manufacturing and Construction Management at CCS and is currently chairperson of the Department of Technology & Engineering Education. Dr. DeLaura works closely with Connecticut industry through consulting activities with the Institute of Technology and Business Development in New Britain and is actively engaged in consulting with regional and national school districts to bring problem-based learning (PBL) to the forefront of STEM education. As a consultant on the STEM PBL project, Dr. DeLaura has developed and taught PBL pedagogy courses for both pre-service and in-service graduate students at CCSU.

SHELA FLETCHERShela Fletcher is Office Depot’s Senior Manager, Environmental Strategy. At Office Depot, Ms. Fletcher is responsible for reporting the Com-pany’s annual environmental performance data within their Corporate Citizenship Report; in addition to contributing toward strategy setting and integrating a wide range of environmental programs throughout the organization. She developed the company’s robust Green Reporting for customers, which won her Office Depot’s 2009 Innovation Award. Prior to Office Depot, Ms. Fletcher was a long range comprehensive planner for the County of Santa Barbara, California and a Board Member for the non-profit, The Sustainability Project. Ms. Fletcher graduated with honors from Boston University with a Masters in Energy and Environmental Analysis and Bachelors in Environmental Analysis and Policy with a concentration in Economics and Policy Analysis.

GABRIELLA GOBIELGabriella Gobiel is an Undergraduate Student at Stonehill College studying to achieve an Environmental Studies Major and Sociology Minor. After taking a travel course with Professor Susan Mooney and participating in STEM PBL projects, her class, which contained students with majors ranging from Accounting to Education, was prepared to redesign the Everglades to create an ideal sustainable community.

MELISSA GOODALLMelissa Goodall is the Assistant Director of the Yale Office of Sustainability. Her specific areas of focus are connecting global policy to local action; sustainability planning; and sustainable food. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Yale Climate and Energy Institute, co-chairs the University’s Paper Reduction Committee and chairs the Sustainability Microloan Committee. She was a UNEP GEO-5 research fellow for the 2011-2012 academic year. Melissa is currently a doctoral student at Antioch University New England, where she also earned a Master of Science in Resource Management and Administration.

FENNA HANESFenna Hanes is Senior Director for Professional and Resource Development at the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). She has been with NEBHE since 1992. Hanes is the principal investigator for the NSF/ATE-funded project STEM PBL (Problem Based Learning). This project has developed six interdisciplinary problem-based multimedia Challenges (case studies) in collaboration with industry for use in col-lege and high school classrooms. The topics include sustainable technology areas such as wind and solar power, sustainable agriculture, storm water management, lighting and green chemistry. The project has also developed two professional development courses at Central Connecti-cut University, one for pre-service and one for in-service teachers. Hanes holds a BS in liberal arts/business administration from Northeastern University and a MSPA in public affairs from the University of Massachusetts in Boston.

MARY JENSENMary Jensen is the Campus Sustainability Officer at Keene State College. She heads the President’s Council for a Sustainable Future and the Eco-Reps program, and has contributed significantly to efforts to construct sustainable buildings at Keene State. She is a founding incorpora-tor for the Keene Community Kitchen, a former member of the Keene “Cities for Climate Protection Committee,” an advisor to the Campus Ecology student group, and former chair of National College and University Recycling. In 2009 she was a recipient of the Outstanding Women Awards, sponsored by the President’s Office and the Campus Commission on the Status of Women, for the depth and quality of her service to the campus and local community, for her service as a mentor and role model to women, and for her leadership.

ROSI KERRRosi Kerr is Dartmouth College’s Director of Sustainability; her goal is to help transform Dartmouth into a global leader of sustainability scholar-ship, education and action. Before Dartmouth, Rosi was the Director of Sustainability at GreenerU where she led implementation of sustainabil-ity programs on a multiple campuses, including Babson College. Prior, Rosi was the founding Executive Director of Gray is Green, a non-profit focused on engaging people over 65 in environmental sustainability, and an Energy Advisor at Juice Energy, a renewable energy supplier in NYC where she developed energy and carbon management strategies for businesses. She serves on the Board of Vineyard Power, ClimateRide.org, the Upper Valley Rowing Foundation and on the Sustainability Advisory Board for GreenerU. Rosi earned a BA from Dartmouth and a Master’s degree from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

DAVID KOPANSDavid Kopans is co-founder and Chief Financial Officer for GreenerU. Previously, Dave was head of finance/CFO for two publicly traded com-panies and is a serial entrepreneur who has started, operated, and advised software, hardware, biotech, and clean-energy companies. David is on the board of directors of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA), a graduate of Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and public policy, and holds an MBA degree, with honors, in finance and accounting from New York University.

BILL LEAHYWilliam M. Leahy, CEM, CSDM, LEED AP, is the Chief Operating Officer of the Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU). Leahy has forty years of experience in public education and/or energy management. In 2002, Leahy was appointed Direc-tor at the Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University, which received the 2004 National Energy Star Partnership Award for Community Leadership in Energy Education from the US Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency, as well as numerous recognitions from regional and state organizations. He holds a BS and MS in Industrial Education from Central Connecticut State University and an MS in Business from Rensselaer.

PAUL LIGONPaul Ligon is the Vice President of Development for Casella Resource Solutions, a Vermont based public corporation that provides recycling, organic residual processing, energy, bio-fuels, and closed loop recovery solutions to businesses, universities, and communities in the Northeast. Prior to joining Casella, Paul was an advisor to Sustainable Venture Partners and Managing Director with Waste Management’s (WM) Organic Growth Group, where his responsibilities included serving on the senior leadership teams of WM’s Upstream Sustainability Services and Gree-nopolis Recycling Technology divisions. From 1990 to 2001, Paul was a Senior Scientist with Tellus Institute, a global environmental research and consulting NGO, where responsibilities included advising agencies and businesses on emerging best practice and policies related to product and material recovery, recycling, and reuse. Paul received a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont and a Master’s of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He also co-founded the University of Vermont’s “Vermont Student Environmental Program” in 1988, and Tuck’s “Business and Sustainability Initiative” in 2002.

MICHELE MADIAMichele Madia is the Director of Sustainability Financing and Strategy at Second Nature, where she focuses on financing sustainability initia-tives in higher education by working with colleges and universities, as well as with partner organizations and other stakeholders. Prior to coming on board at Second Nature, she was Director, Environmental Leadership at the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), where she was responsible for the association’s portfolio of sustainability programs, products, and services. Michele graduated from Miami University with a B.A. in English Literature and Art History. She studied abroad at the John E. Dolobois Euro-pean Center in Luxembourg and she received her M.A., Education Policy (Education Policy, Planning, and Administration) from the University of Maryland, College Park.

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LIBBY MAHAFFYLibby Mahaffy is the Communications Specialist at TIE and Tufts Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning alumna (G’11). She hails from the Great Lakes State and her interests include facilitation, mediation, and intercultural communication. As the shepherd of TIE’s communications strategy, she coordinates various publications and TIE’s social media presence.

SUSAN MOONEYSusan Mooney, PhD, Professor of Biology & Director of Environmental Studies, has incorporated the STEM PBL cases into her teaching, as preparation for more interdisciplinary, more applied work with her students (both majors & non-majors) at Stonehill College. Through commu-nity-based learning and travel to rare & fragile places, students face capacious real-world problems - and practicing with the STEM PBL cases helps build the skills and confidence needed to address these complex issues.

MARK ORLOWSKIMark Orlowski is founder and executive director of the Sustainable Endowments Institute, a Cambridge-based special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Mark leads the Institute’s research and outreach efforts on college sustainability initiatives including development of the College Sustainability Report Card and Billion Dollar Green Challenge. Mark has spoken at dozens of conferences as well as at more than 80 colleges in over 30 states. He has worked with students, faculty, administrators, and trustees at more than 100 schools. A graduate of Williams College, Mark served on the college’s Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility and chaired its Campus Environmental Advisory Committee. He also attended Berkshire Community College and earned a master’s degree at Harvard University, where he studied nonprofit management.

CHRIS POWELLChris Powell is the Director of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Initiatives at Brown University where he works to increase energy ef-ficiency, make procurement plans more comprehensive and diversify the University’s energy portfolio to incorporate both conventional and renewable energy sources. Before his arrival on campus in the summer of 2006, Powell was a vice president at CH2M Hill, an energy consult-ing company with gross annual revenues of $3.8 billion. Previously, he was energy manager for United Technologies Corporation, a $50 billion company. Powell’s energy management led to a significant decrease in UTC’s greenhouse gas emissions, winning him the Green Circle Award from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.

DALLASE SCOTTDallase Scott works in her position as Sustainability Program Manager at GreenerU, to coordinate and communicate green initiatives and implement sustainability and behavior programs at college campuses as part of GreenerU’s comprehensive campus solutions. She has a diverse background in psychology and urban/environmental planning. Previously, she developed and taught a Tufts University course designed to foster effective environmental activism. As a Peace Corps volunteer, she spent two years in the Caribbean teaching environmental education classes with a focus on behavioral change. Dallase has a Master’s degree in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from California State University, Chico.

SUSAN SLOAN-ROSSITERSusan Sloan-Rossiter leads the VHB’s Transportation Demand Management practice. A LEEDaccredited professional, she has more than 30 years of experience in the planning, permitting and technical transportation analysis of large, complex, multimodal mixeduse development projects. She has conducted transportation studies for numerous educational institutions, including the University of Virginia, Virginia Com-monwealth University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Case Western Reserve University. For the University of Virginia Grounds Plan, Sloan-Rossiter has been working on the development of a comprehensive Transportation Demand Management plan and strategies for program implementation. Evaluating the benefit and cost of the transportation demand in relation to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions on campus has been instrumental in supporting efforts to improve the pedestrian environment, mitigate impacts to the host community and help manage the university’s carbon footprint. Sloan-Rossiter completed her undergraduate studies in sociology at the University of Michigan and holds a master’s degree in city planning from the University of Pennsylvania.

EZRA SMALLEzra Small is the Sustainability Manager at the University of Massachusetts, where he works to foster a culture of sustainability by coordinating efforts for the UMass Campus Sustainability Initiative. He chairs the Chancellor’s Environmental Performance Advisory Committee (EPAC), a body of administration, faculty, staff, and students responsible for reducing carbon emissions and energy usage on campus and advancing over-all sustainable efforts at the University. Prior to moving back to Massachusetts, Ezra worked with the Delaware Valley Green Building Council where he coordinated education programs for green building professionals. Prior to his work at DVGBC, Ezra as worked with the National Park Service and Forest Service, served as an AmeriCorps VISTA and the Student Conservation Association, coordinated the Berkshire Environ-mental Educators Network, and more recently the Climate Crisis Coalition based in western Massachusetts, where he helped build the student climate movement in colleges throughout the state, and coordinated legislative visits to the nation’s capitol to advocate for equitable and ef-fective climate and energy policies. Ezra has a Master of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

MICHAEL STODDARDMichael Stoddard is the first Executive Director of the Efficiency Maine Trust, a position he started in 2010. Efficiency Maine’s mis-sion is to help Maine consumers meet their energy needs at the lowest cost through the implementation of market-based en-ergy efficiency and alternative energy programs. Before coming to the Trust, Michael was Senior Counsel at ENE, a non-prof-it research and advocacy group specializing in energy policy. He was ENE’s lead energy advocate in Maine, where he helped to negotiate the legislation for Maine to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, reform Maine’s building energy codes, and restructure Maine’s administration of energy efficiency programs. Michael holds degrees from Williams College and the University of Maine School of Law.

JOSH STOFFELJosh Stoffel has been involved with the advancement of sustainability in higher education for the last 5 years, first starting his career by estab-lishing an Eco-Rep Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as his undergraduate honors project. After graduating, Josh became UMass Amherst’s first Sustainability Coordinator and simultaneously completing a Master’s degree in higher education administration, with a special focus on the advancement of sustainability in higher education. Josh left UMass Amherst after two years to join Connecticut College as their first Manager of Sustainability. Since the beginning of his career, Josh has had a keen focus on deeply incorporating students into the advancement of sustainability on in higher education through the establishment of sustainability internship programs, student sustainability engagement programs and other programs that support institutions to holistically incorporate sustainability into their campus culture and op-erations.

KURT TEICHERTKurt Teichert is a Lecturer in Environmental Studies and Manager of Environmental Stewardship Initiatives at Brown. He teaches courses and advises students on environmental stewardship and human interactions with the built environment, with a particular interest in adaptive reuse of buildings and enhancing urban mobility. He has been involved in research, design and construction of high performance educational facilities for over 25 years. Prior to coming to Brown, Kurt served as Research Associate and Facilities Manager at New Alchemy Institute in Falmouth, MA. He holds an M.Sc. in Resource Economics from Oregon State University and a B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College.

ED TERCIEROEdward R. Terceiro, Jr. is the executive vice president emeritus at Mount Wachusett Community College, where he served as the college’s chief operations officer and resident engineer. Under Terceiro’s leadership, the college focused its efforts on sustainability, energy conservation, renewable energy, co-generation and CO2 reduction. His work has been recognized by numerous organizations and agencies including the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, International Facilities Man-agement Association, Worcester Business Journal, National Wildlife Federation and Clean Air-Cool Planet. Terceiro served on the American Council on Renewable Energy’s Higher Education Steering Committee and Biomass Coordinating Council and was a member of the Technical

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