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 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
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Susan Blaustein
Founder/Director, WomenStrong International
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Chanda Burrage
Lecturer at CUNY Medgar Evers College (Social & Behavioral Science); Executive Director at World Rhythm Academy
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Rory Christian
Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Public Service Commission
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
Donna Givens-Davidson
President and CEO, Eastside Community Network
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Henry Gordon-Smith
Founder & CEO Agritecture
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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
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Jenna Lawrence*
Lecturer in Discipline, Columbia Climate School
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Eric Maltzer
Director of Sustainable Investment (IFM) in North America
Kim Matsoukas
Director, Sustainability Coach
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Teri Mendelsohn
Executive Coach at Mendelsohn Consulting
Amin Mohseni
Macroeconomist, Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center
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Carl Otto
Corporate Sustainability & ESG Manager at American Express
Chandler Precht
Director of External Affairs & Communications, Graduate Programs in Sustainability Management & Science, Academic Affairs, Columbia Climate School
Katrina Prutzman
Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
Julie Reiss
Independent Art Historian and Critic
Leslie Rich
Sr. Consultant, DOE Loan Programs Office
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Celine Ruben-Salama*
Principal, FOR THE LONG-TERM LLC
Alix Schroder
Associate Director, Academic Initiatives, Academic Affairs, Columbia Climate School
Carter Strickland
Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Director of Climate Action, The State University of New York
Diana Trushell
Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
Jessica Wasser
Manager, Sustainability & ESG, Tapestry, Inc.
John Williams*
Director of Student Affairs & DEI, Columbia Climate School
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
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Barbara Chapman
Senior Director at Fitch Ratings
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Clara Cibrario Assereto
Senior Associate - Sustainability, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Benjamin Cook
Adjunct Research Scientist, The Earth Institute’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
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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
Claudia Dreifus
Contributor to The New York Times Science Section
Franco Fubini
Founder & CEO Natoora
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Pamela Gill-Alabaster
Global Head of ESG and Sustainability, Kenvue
Sara Goddard
Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
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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
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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
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Koichi Kanaoka
Consultant at World Bank Group
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Vlada Kenniff
President, New York City Public Housing Preservation Trust
Adriana Kliegman
Design Engineer and Founding Partner, AKA Imagine
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Kenyetta Lovings
Director of Energy Policy, Compliance and Programs at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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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
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Bridget Murphy
Senior Counsel, Global ESG Products, Mastercard
Indrani Pal*
Research Scientist, NOAA Center for Earth System Science and Remote Sensing Technologies
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Jason Prince
Cofounder and CEO of Giraffe Financial
Taylor Pullins
Partner and Head of ESG & Sustainability Specialty Practice, White & Case LLP
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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
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Perry Teicher
Impact Finance Counsel, Orrick
Haralambos Vasiliadis
Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
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Anyi Wang
Associate Research Scholar, Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management, Columbia University
Gregory Yetman
Associate Director for Geospatial Applications, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
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
Kizzy Charles-Guzman
Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Environmental Health
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
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Michelle Gabriel
Program Director for M.S. in Sustainable Fashion at IENYC
Daniel Giuffrida
CEO Plankton Energy
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Adela Gondek*
Lecturer in the Faculty of Climate
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Jennye Greene
Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
Brooke Guven
Managing Director and Head of ESG and Sustainability, Cerberus Capital Management
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Diana Hernandez
Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
Shaun Hoyte*
Section Manager, Clean Energy Networks, Con Edison
Angela Jhanji
Managing Director EQT
Amy Karpati*
Senior Science Advisor, Teatown Lake Reservation
Seth Kerschner
Partner White & Case LLP
Philip LaRocco
Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
Peter Marcotullio
Director, Center for Sustainable Cities and Professor, CUNY
Dan Mathis
Policy Fellow at Next100
Christoph Meinrenken
IKNS Program Director; PI, Climate School; Affiliate, Data Science Institute
Bhakti Mirchandani
Managing Director, Responsible Investing at Trinity Church Wall Street
Fernando Ortiz
Upper Manhattan & Bronx Borough Director
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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
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Louise Rosen
Senior Associate Dean, Administrative Affairs and Communications
Ralph Schmidt
Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
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Eran Sthoeger
Litigator and Consultant in Public International Law
Jessica Thurston
Vice President, ESG Strategy, Paramount Global
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Paul Washington
President and CEO of the Society for Corporate Governance (the “Society”)
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Antoinette Wannebo
Staff Associate II at the Center for International Earth Science Information Network