FACULTY

Courses are taught by an expert faculty, including renowned practitioners in fields ranging from environmental law to alternative energy financing and researchers who are leaders in the fields of earth science, engineering and environmental management. The program utilizes environmental and sustainable development research and practitioner experience to provide practical training in sustainability management to a new generation of professionals who will address critical interdisciplinary issues.

Faculty Advisors

Faculty advisors are identified by an asterisk (*) after their name.

Steve Cohen, Ph.D.*
Program Director

Satyajit Bose*
Associate Director

Dong Guo*
Professor of Practice

Lynnette Widder*
Professor of Practice

Du'Bois A'Keen

ESG & DEiB Director

Laia Andreu-Hayles

Research Associate Professor, Tree-Ring Lab, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Sonay Aykan

Associate Director, Sustainability and ESG, Colgate-Palmolive Company

Paul Barker

Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

Susan Blaustein

Founder/Director, WomenStrong International

Chanda Burrage

Lecturer at CUNY Medgar Evers College (Social & Behavioral Science); Executive Director at World Rhythm Academy

Peter Clarke

Managing Director, Energy, Sustainability, CBRE

Robert Cook

Program Director for Environment & Science, The Zegar Family Foundation Senior Science Advisor, The Mayday Fund

Susanne DesRoches

Vice President of Clean and Resilient Buildings, NYSERDA

Scott Fisher

Senior VP, EV Business Development and Sales, Voltera

Michelle Gabriel

Program Director for M.S. in Sustainable Fashion at IENYC

Donna Givens-Davidson

President and CEO, Eastside Community Network

Henry Gordon-Smith

Founder & CEO Agritecture

Anthony Guerrero

Vice President Workplace Experience and Sustainability at Earthjustice

Wendy Hapgood*

Cofounder and COO, Wild Tomorrow Fund

Jonathan Hollander

Head of Product CarbonSig

Sophia Huda

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Bruce Kahn

Senior Portfolio Manager, Shelton Sustainable Equity Fund

Brian Kavanagh

New York State Senator

Suzanne Klatt

Vice President ESG & Sustainability, American Express

Jenna Lawrence*

Lecturer in Discipline, Columbia Climate School

Eric Maltzer

Director of Sustainable Investment (IFM) in North America

Kim Matsoukas

Director, Sustainability Coach

Teri Mendelsohn

Executive Coach at Mendelsohn Consulting

Amin Mohseni

Macroeconomist, Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center

Indrani Pal*

Research Scientist, NOAA Center for Earth System Science and Remote Sensing Technologies

Jason Prince

Cofounder and CEO of Giraffe Financial

Taylor Pullins

Partner and Head of ESG & Sustainability Specialty Practice, White & Case LLP

Danielle Reyes

Partner at Goodwin Procter

Adam Roy Gordon

Executive Director, Global Compact Network USA

Thomas Sahagian

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Brad Schwartz*

Chief Financial Officer, Encourage Capital

Diana Trushell

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Jessica Wasser

Manager, Sustainability & ESG, Tapestry, Inc.

Gregory Yetman

Associate Director for Geospatial Applications, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)

Thomas Abdallah

Deputy Vice President and Chief Environmental Engineer, MTA New York City Transit

Luke Apicella

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Danielle Azoulay

Vice President of Sustainability and CSR, L’Oréal USA

Tavis Barr

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Travis Bradford

Founder and President, Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development

Kizzy Charles-Guzman

Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Environmental Health

Elizabeth Cline

Author, The Conscious Closet and Overdressed

Nicole Davi

Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia Climate School

Jonathan Dickinson

Practice Leader, Sustainability and Energy, WSP USA

Adam Freed

Principal, Sustainability Practice, Bloomberg Associates

Noa Gafni

Executive Director, Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation

Sara Goddard

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Maria Gray

Director of Curriculum Affairs & Administration, Graduate Programs in Sustainability Management & Science, Academic Affairs, Columbia Climate School

Rhiannon Gulick

Senior Global Practice Specialist DAI

Alex Heil*

Senior Economist, The Conference Board

Richard Horsch

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Jeffrey Irvine

Assistant Vice President, Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change, WSP USA

Koichi Kanaoka

Consultant at World Bank Group

Vlada Kenniff

President, New York City Public Housing Preservation Trust

Adriana Kliegman

Design Engineer and Founding Partner, AKA Imagine

Kenyetta Lovings

Director of Energy Policy, Compliance and Programs at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Shannon Marquez

Dean of Global Engagement, Columbia University

Ryan Meinke

Senior Project Director of Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change at WSP USA

Vance Merolla

Senior Vice President, Global Sustainability, Colgate-Palmolive Company

Fernando Ortiz

Upper Manhattan & Bronx Borough Director

Laura Popa

Deputy Commissioner of Sustainability for the New York City Department of Buildings

Curtis Probst

CEO, New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation

Michael Puma*

Director and Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research, The Earth Institute

Lucius Riccio

Executive Vice President and Partner, Gedeon GRC Consulting

Louise Rosen

Senior Associate Dean, Administrative Affairs and Communications

Ralph Schmidt

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Carter Strickland

Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Director of Climate Action, The State University of New York

Haralambos Vasiliadis

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Antoinette Wannebo

Staff Associate II at the Center for International Earth Science Information Network

Carolyn Allwin

US Head of ESG at CAPCO and Venture Partner at Clearstone

Howard Apsan*

University Director of Environmental, Health, Safety, and Risk Management (EHSRM), The City University of New York

Jitendra Bajpai

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Ammar Belal*

Founding Partner ONE432

Allison Bridges

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Clara Cibrario Assereto

Senior Associate - Sustainability, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Benjamin Cook

Adjunct Research Scientist, The Earth Institute’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Anne (Nancy) Degnan

Associate Research Scientist, Columbia Water Center, The Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Adjunct Associate Professor, The School of International and Public Affairs