Advisory Groups
Three panels of faculty, staff and students are helping evaluate the Comprehensive Energy Management project.
The Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) is serving as the main coordination point for each of the advisory groups. OAA contact: Jennifer Cowley.
President and Provost’s Council on Sustainability (PPCS)
Provide advice and counsel on the plan, with special emphasis on how the sustainability components of the project fit with the university’s goals, commitments and aspirations in this area. This group will also establish the university’s overall sustainability plan, which will provide direction not just for this project, but for any effort the university undertakes along the path of becoming more sustainable. This group provides representation from faculty, staff and students.
Chair: Kate Bartter, director, Office of Energy and Environment
Javaune Adams-Gaston, Vice President, Office of Student Life
Bhavik Bakshi, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering
Gerard Basalla, President, Undergraduate Student Government
David Bowers, President, Council of Graduate Students
Geoff Chatas, Senior Vice President and CFO, Office of Business and Finance
Mark Conselyea, Associate Vice President, Medical Center Facilities
Jennifer Cowley, Vice Provost, Office of Academic Affairs
Mike Dixon, Sr. Administrative Director, Operations Facilities Support
Ben Givens, Chair-Elect, Faculty Council
Ann Hamilton, Vice President, University Communications
Gregory Hitzhusen, Environment and Natural Resources
Jay Kasey, Senior Vice President, Office of Administration and Planning
Stephen Myers, Associate Provost, Office of Outreach and Engagement
Lynn Readey, Associate Vice President, Facilities Operations & Development
Michael Ringle, Chief of Staff, Inter-Professional Council
Gene Smith, Vice President and Director of Athletics, Department of Athletics
Caroline Whitacre, Vice President, Office of Research
Anna Willow, Regional Campus Faculty Representative, Regional Campuses
Huanxing Yang, Economics
Faculty Advisory Group
Provide advice and counsel on the plan, with special emphasis on technical evaluation of the potential proposals and mechanisms for achieving energy reductions, overall savings in power purchase and efficiencies for the university. This group has been created with advice from OAA leadership, including deans and vice provosts, from the more than 400 faculty members at the university with expertise in various areas of energy, sustainability and climate research. The group provides representation from faculty.
Chair: Guy Rub, assistant professor, College of Law
Antonio Conejo, Integrated Systems Engineering
Ann Cook, Earth Sciences
Andrew Cruse, Knowlton School of Architecture
Noah Dormady, John Glenn College of Public Affairs
Neil Drobny, Management & Human Resources
Doug Jones, John Glenn College of Public Affairs
Peter Mohler, Physiology & Cell Biology
Brian Roe, Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Council on the Physical Environment (COPE)
Provide advice and counsel on the plan, with special emphasis on providing broad and encompassing perspective on the project’s potential effects to the academic enterprise and quality of life for the university community. Provide oversight of the overall process and serve as the main liaison with University Senate. Appointed by Faculty Council. This group provides representation from faculty, staff and students.
Chair: Andrew Heckler, associate professor, Department of Physics
John Blust, University Staff Advisory Committee
Enrico Bonello, Plant Pathology
Amy Burgess, designee of the senior vice president of Administration & Planning (non-voting)
Geoff Chatas (or designee), Senior Vice President and CFO, Office of Business and Finance (non-voting)
Ann Christy, Food, Agr & Biological Eng
Jennifer Cowley, designee of the provost (non-voting)
Samir Ghadiali, Biomedical Engineering
David Glass, Undergraduate Student Government
Addison Hutcheson, Inter-Professional Council
Carrie Jarka, University Staff Advisory Committee
Chris Penrose, Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Aaron Wang, Undergraduate Student Government
Alex Wesaw, Council of Graduate Students
Alper Yilmaz, Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering