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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.

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Steve Cohen, Ph.D.*
Program Director

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Satyajit Bose*
Associate Director

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Dong Guo*
Professor of Practice

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Lynnette Widder*
Professor of Practice

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Du'Bois A'Keen

ESG & DEiB Director

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Laia Andreu-Hayles

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

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Sonay Aykan

Global Director Sustainability Performance Data & Analytics, Mars

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Tavis Barr

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

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Travis Bradford

Founder and President, Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development

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Catarina Carvalho

Leader of Logistics and Supply Chain, Arup Americas

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Rory Christian

Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Public Service Commission

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Elizabeth Cline

Author, The Conscious Closet and Overdressed

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Nicole Davi

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

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Jonathan Dickinson

Practice Leader, Sustainability and Energy, WSP USA

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Adam Freed

Principal, Sustainability Practice, Bloomberg Associates

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Noa Gafni

Managing Director, FSG

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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

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Wendy Hapgood*

Cofounder and COO, Wild Tomorrow Fund

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Jonathan Hollander

Head of Product CarbonSig

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Sophia Huda

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

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Bruce Kahn

Senior Portfolio Manager, Shelton Sustainable Equity Fund

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Vlada Kenniff

President, New York City Public Housing Preservation Trust

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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

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Ryan Meinke

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

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Vance Merolla

Senior Vice President & Fellow, Global Sustainability, Colgate-Palmolive Company

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Bridget Murphy

Senior Counsel, Global ESG Products, Mastercard

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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

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Taylor Pullins

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

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Lucius Riccio

Executive Vice President and Partner, Gedeon GRC Consulting

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Celine Ruben-Salama*

Principal, FOR THE LONG-TERM LLC

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Alix Schroder

Associate Director, Academic Initiatives, Academic Affairs, Columbia Climate School

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Carter Strickland

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

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Diana Trushell

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

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Jessica Wasser

Manager, Sustainability & ESG, Tapestry, Inc.

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John Williams*

Director of Student Affairs & DEI, Columbia Climate School

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Thomas Abdallah

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

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Luke Apicella

Managing Partner, Tower Peak Partners

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Danielle Azoulay

Founder of The CSO Shop

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Ammar Belal*

Founding Partner ONE432

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Allison Bridges

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

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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

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Benjamin Cook

Adjunct Research Scientist, The Earth Institute’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Research Physical Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute

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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

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Claudia Dreifus

Contributor to The New York Times Science Section

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Franco Fubini

Founder & CEO Natoora

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Pamela Gill-Alabaster

Global Head of ESG and Sustainability, Kenvue

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Sara Goddard

City Council Member for the City of Rye, NY

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Maria Gray

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

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Rhiannon Gulick

Senior Global Practice Specialist DAI

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Alex Heil*

Senior Economist, The Conference Board

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Richard Horsch

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

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Jeffrey Irvine

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

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Amy Karpati*

Senior Science Advisor, Teatown Lake Reservation

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Seth Kerschner

Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

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Philip LaRocco

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

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Peter Marcotullio

Director, Center for Sustainable Cities and Professor, CUNY

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Dan Mathis

Senior Advisor for Policy and Sustainable Housing, NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development

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Christoph Meinrenken

IKNS Program Director; PI, Climate School; Affiliate, Data Science Institute

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Bhakti Mirchandani

Managing Director, Responsible Investing at Trinity Church Wall Street

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Fernando Ortiz

Climate and Community Development Manager

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Laura Popa

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

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Curtis Probst

CEO, New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation

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Julie Reiss

Independent Art Historian and Critic

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Leslie Rich

Sr. Consultant, DOE Loan Programs Office

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Thomas Sahagian

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

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Brad Schwartz*

Chief Financial Officer, Encourage Capital

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Perry Teicher

Impact Finance Counsel, Orrick

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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

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Gregory Yetman

Associate Director for Geospatial Applications, Senior Staff Associate III, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia Climate School

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Carolyn Allwin

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

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Howard Apsan*

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

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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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Kizzy Charles-Guzman

Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Environmental Health

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Peter Clarke

Managing Director, Energy, Sustainability, CBRE

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Robert Cook

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

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Susanne DesRoches

Vice President of Clean and Resilient Buildings, NYSERDA

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Scott Fisher

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

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Michelle Gabriel

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

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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

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Brooke Guven

Managing Director and Head of ESG and Sustainability, Cerberus Capital Management

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Diana Hernandez

Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences

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Shaun Hoyte*

Head of Clean Energy Networks, Con Edison

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Angela Jhanji

Managing Director EQT

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Brian Kavanagh

New York State Senator

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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

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Kim Matsoukas

Director, Sustainability Coach

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Teri Mendelsohn

Executive Coach and Consultant at Mendelsohn Consulting

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Amin Mohseni

Macroeconomist, Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center

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Carl Otto

Corporate Sustainability & ESG Manager at American Express

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Chandler Precht

Director of External Affairs & Communications, Graduate Programs in Sustainability Management & Science, Academic Affairs, Columbia Climate School

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Katrina Prutzman

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

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Danielle Reyes

Partner at Goodwin Procter

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Louise Rosen

Senior Associate Dean, Administrative Affairs and Communications

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Ralph Schmidt

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

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Eran Sthoeger

Litigator and Consultant in Public International Law

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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

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