The following workgroups were appointed as part of the UConn Climate Action Task Force. These workgroups have since accomplished their primary task of writing their respective sections of the Climate Action Plan but may be reconvened in the future for updates and revisions.
Students & Alumni |
One-year terms |
Alumni Representative |
Jeanine Gouin, Vice President, Milone & MacBroom |
Undergraduate Student Representatives |
Christina Tobitsch, Environmental Science
Christopher Esposito, Economics & Chemistry |
Graduate Student Representatives |
Karolina Fucikova, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
Academic Administrators & Faculty |
Two-year terms |
Dean Gregory Weidemann
College of Agriculture & Natural
Resources (CANR) |
(Delegate) John Volin, Department Head
Natural Resources & the Environment (NRE) |
Dean Mun Choi
School of Engineering (SOE) |
(Delegate) Ross Bagtzoglou, Department Head
Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) |
Dean Jeremy Teitelbaum
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS) |
(Delegate) Kathy Segerson
Philip E. Austin Chair in Economics |
Dean Jeremy Paul
UConn Law School |
(Delegate) Joseph MacDougald, Executive Director,
Center for Energy & Environmental Law
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At-Large Faculty |
Two-year terms |
Marine Sciences/Geoscience |
Tim Byrne, Assoc. Professor & Co-Chair,
Environmental Sciences Program |
Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering |
Richard Parnas, Associate Professor & Director,
Biofuel Consortium |
Agriculture & Resource Economics |
Farhed Shah, Associate Professor |
Political Science |
Mark Boyer, Professor & Department Head |
Center for Environmental Science & Engineering |
Mike Willig, Professor & Director |
Geography |
Anji Seth, Assistant Professor & Climatologist |
EcoHouse, Faculty Director |
Mark Westa, Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture |
Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence (C2E2) |
Prabhakar Singh, Professor & Director |
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President's Office |
Two-year terms |
University Communications |
Jim Walter, Associate Vice President
(delegate) Sheila Foran, News and Information Associate |
Community Relations |
Richard Orr, Executive Officer |
University Operations |
Barry Feldman, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer |
Athletics Department |
Evan Feinglass, Executive Assistant, Athletic Operations |
Senior Operational Staff |
Standing Member |
Architectural Engineering & Building Services |
Ken Egeberg, Assoc. Vice President |
Office of University Planning |
Alexandria Roe, Director |
Facilities |
Gene Roberts, Director |
Environmental Health & Safety |
Terence Monahan, Director
(delegate) Stefan Wawzyniecki, Chemical Safety Manager |
At-Large Members |
Two-year terms |
Central Stores & Motor Pool |
Wayne Landry, Manager |
Center for Land Use
Education & Research (CLEAR) |
Chet Arnold, Water Quality Educator
Co-Founder, CLEAR and NEMO |
Department. of Residential Life |
Steve Kremer, Asst. Vice President & Director |
Department of Dining Services |
Dennis Pierce, Director |
Division of Student Affairs |
Chuck Morrell, Assoc. Director, Student Union
Chairman, Student Affairs Sustainability Committee |
Avery Point Campus |
Michael Alfultis, AVP & Regional Director |
Transportation, Logistics & Parking Services |
William Wendt, Director |