Sustainability Council

The Sustainability Council is made up of top-tier leaders on the University of Illinois’ Urbana-Champaign campus with the Chancellor as its Chair. It provides strategic direction and oversight of the campus sustainability initiative, including major campus policies and large-scale expenditures regarding sustainability, energy conservation, and eco-friendly practices.

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Chancellor Robert J. Jones chairs the Sustainability Council meetings.

2020-21 SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

• Chair: Robert J. Jones, Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Vice Chair: Madhu Khanna, Interim Director of iSEE

• Andreas Cangellaris, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost

• Barry Benson, Vice Chancellor for Advancement; Illinois Foundation Senior Vice President

• Danita Young, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

• Susan Martinis, Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation

• James Dean Anderson, Dean, College of Education

• Rashid Bashir, Dean, College of Engineering

• Kim Kidwell, Dean, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences

• Gene Robinson, Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

• Mohamed Attalla, Executive Director, Facilities & Services

• Robin Kar, Chair, Senate Executive Committee

• Alexis Perezchica, President, Illinois Student Government (ISG)

• Joe Edwards, Graduate Student, Chair of the Student Sustainability Committee (SSC)

• Joey Kreiling, Undergraduate Student, President of the Student Sustainability Leadership Council (SSLC)

• Non-voting attendees: Ximing Cai, iSEE Associate Director for Campus Sustainability and Co-Chair of the iCAP Working Group; Morgan White, Associate Director of Facilities & Services (F&S), Sustainability, and Co-Chair of the iCAP Working Group; Mike DeLorenzo, Senior Associate Chancellor for Administration and Operations; Matthew Tomaszewski, Executive Associate Provost for Capital Planning; Scott Willenbrock, Professor of Physics

• Secretary: Jenny Kokini, iSEE Managing Director

Council Subcommittee

In FY21 the Chancellor approved a Sustainability Council subcommittee, which will meet each semester to address medium or medium-large recommendations that need the involvement of the campus administration — as well as to have preliminary discussions on large policy or monetary recommendations that will go to the full Council later in the semester.

2020-21 SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS

• Chair: Mike DeLorenzo, Senior Associate Chancellor for Administration and Operations

• Matthew Tomaszewski, Executive Associate Provost for Capital Planning

• Lowa Mwilambwe, Associate Vice Chancellor for Auxiliary, Health, and Well-Being

• Mohamed Attalla, Executive Director, Facilities & Services

• Ximing Cai, iSEE Associate Director for Campus Sustainability (ex-officio)

• Morgan White, Associate Director of Facilities & Services (F&S), Sustainability (ex-officio)