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
Lynette 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
Peter Clarke
Managing Director, Energy, Sustainability, CBRE
Robert Cook
Grant Development Officer, Environment and Science at the Zegar Family Foundation; Senior Science Advisor, Mayday Fund; Editor-In-Chief, Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Susanne DesRoches
Sustainable Design Manager, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Scott Fisher
Senior VP, EV Business Development and Sales, Voltera
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
Brooke Guven
Managing Director and Head of ESG and Sustainability, Cerberus Capital Management
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*
Instructor, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation
Hayley Martinez
Chief of Administration, Office of Finance and Administration
Ryan Meinke
Senior Project Director of Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change at WSP USA
Alison Miller
Chief of Staff, Global Science and Director of Science Implementation
Kamyar Moud
Director of Asset Liability Management and Investment Strategy, New York Life Insurance
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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
Taylor Pullins
Partner and Head of ESG & Sustainability Specialty Practice, White & Case LLP
Lucius Riccio
Executive Vice President and Partner, Gedeon GRC Consulting
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Celine Ruben-Salama*
Principal, FOR THE LONG-TERM LLC
Alix Schroder
Associate Director, Academic Initiatives, Academic Affairs, Columbia Climate School
Jessica Thurston
Vice President, ESG Strategy, Paramount Global
Jessica Wasser
Manager, Sustainability & ESG, Tapestry, Inc.
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
Director, Climate Change and Public Health Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)
Elizabeth Cline
Author, The Conscious Closet and Overdressed
Fabien Cottier
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Jonathan Dickinson
Practice Leader, Sustainability and Energy, WSP USA
Adam Freed
Principal, Sustainability Practice, Bloomberg Associates
Daniel Giuffrida
CEO Plankton Energy
Adela Gondek*
Lecturer in the Discipline of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Jennye Greene
Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
Wendy Hapgood
Cofounder and COO, Wild Tomorrow Fund
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
Associate Director of Sustainability & Energy Management, School of Visual Arts
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
Hung Nguyen
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia Climate School
Indrani Pal*
Research Scientist, NOAA Center for Earth System Science and Remote Sensing Technologies
Curtis Probst
CEO, New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation
Michael Puma*
Director and Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research, The Earth Institute
Leslie Rich
Sr. Consultant, DOE Loan Programs Office
Thomas Sahagian
Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
Brad Schwartz*
Chief Financial Officer, Encourage Capital
Diana Trushell
Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
John Williams*
Director of Student Affairs & DEI, Columbia Climate School
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
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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
Nicole Davi
Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia Climate School
Claudia Dreifus
Contributor to The New York Times Science Section
Franco Fubini
Founder & CEO Natoora
Donna Givens-Davidson
President and CEO, Eastside Community Network
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Henry Gordon-Smith
Founder & CEO Agritecture
Rhiannon Gulick
Senior Global Practice Specialist DAI
Alex Heil*
Senior Economist, The Conference Board
Shaun Hoyte
Section Manager, Clean Energy Networks, Con Edison
Angela Jhanji
Managing Director EQT
Amy Karpati*
Director of Science and Programs, Teatown Lake Reservation
Seth Kerschner
Partner White & Case LLP
Philip LaRocco
Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
Peter Marcotullio
Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
Kim Matsoukas
Director, Sustainability Coach
Vance Merolla
Worldwide Director of Global Sustainability, Colgate-Palmolive Company
Amin Mohseni
Macroeconomist, Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center
Fernando Ortiz
Upper Manhattan & Bronx Borough Director
Laura Popa
Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
Katrina Prutzman
Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
Julie Reiss
Independent Scholar and Writer
Adam Roy Gordon
Executive Director, Global Compact Network USA
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
Gregory Yetman
Associate Director for Geospatial Applications, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)