Education, K-12 School, College & University Sustainability

Chief Sustainability Officer Kerry Case departed the University of Utah in September 2024. The university named Ginger Cannon as interim director of the Sustainability Office. Will a new CSO be named?

UC San Francisco hires UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz veteran Kira Stoll as chief sustainability officer (CSO) and executive director of the Office of Sustainability at UCSF. 

Howard University hires former Virginia Tech Chief Sustainability Officer Mary-Ann Ibeziako as associate VP of environmental health, sustainability, and safety (EHS/S).

Columbia University names Daniel Zarrilli as chief climate & sustainability officer. Ivy League university marches forward with 2050 net-zero carbon emissions plan.

Indiana University Associate VP & Chief Sustainability Officer Jessica Davis will execute Climate Action Plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.

Villanova University Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) John Abubakar will leverage quantitative data & a qualitative human dimension based on his global experience.

Lara B. Fowler named director of the Sustainability Institute at Penn State and the University’s chief sustainability officer.

IBM, RIT, Stony Brook University, Simons Foundation & Bloomberg Philanthropies vow to support $700 million New York Climate Exchange research center.

The State University of New York (SUNY) names Carter Strickland as the system's first-ever chief sustainability officer (CSO) & executive director of climate action.

CarbonCents, a sustainability software startup founded by Clemson University team members, develops software that allows customers to measure and analyze a building’s power, temperature, water usage, indoor air quality, and more.