Task Force Members | Kean University

Academics

This sub-committee seeks to have formal education programs and courses that address sustainability. By training and educating future leaders, scholars, workers and professionals, higher education institutions are uniquely positioned to prepare students to understand and address sustainability challenges.

Engagement

This sub-committee seeks to provide students with sustainability learning experiences outside the formal curriculum and to support employee engagement, training and development programs in sustainability.

Operations

This sub-committee seeks to measure and reduce greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions and positively impact the health of the campus community and our local communities and regions.

Planning & Administration

This sub-committee seeks to institutionalize sustainability by dedicating resources to sustainability coordination, developing plans to move toward sustainability, and engaging stakeholders in governance.

Executive Leaders:

Felice Vazquez, Senior Vice President for Planning, Sustainability Task Force Co-Chair,

Daniela Shebitz, Ph.D., Chair and Professor for the Department of Environmental and Sustainability Science, Sustainability Task Force Co-Chair,

Academics Sub-Committee:

David Farrokh, Assistant Dean, CBPM, Academics (AC) Goal Leader

Ms. Omara Cardoza, Managing Assistant Director, Kean Ocean
Ms. Maria Briffa, Coordinator for Student Retention and Academic Technology, Office of Student Retention and Educational Innovation
Dr. Deirdre Carney, English, General Education
Prof. Joan Roberts, Adjunct Professor, School of Management and Marketing
Dr. Robert Marjerison, Assistant Professor, Global Business, WKU, College of Business and Public Management
Dr. Valerie Vaccaro, Associate Professor, School of Management and Marketing
Dr. Lucas Kirby, Ecology, Dorothy and George Hennings College of Science, Mathematics, and Technology
Dr. Heather Stokes-Huby, Chair and Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dorothy and George Hennings College of Science, Mathematics, and Technology

Engagement Sub-Committee:

Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director, Holocaust Resource Center, Diversity Council on Global Education and Citizenship, Engagement (EN) Goal Leader
Lydia Kaplan, Lecturer, School of General Studies
Robyn Roebuck, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs
Billie Bailey, Director, Bridge to Success Program
Lucia Pasternak, Campus Minister, Office of Campus Ministry
Dr. Allison Edgley, Lecturer and Internship Coordinator, School of Communication, Media and Journalism
Jessica Goldsmith Barzilay, Executive Director, International Studies & WKU Student Affairs
Dr. Jennifer Block-Lerner, Associate Professor and Director, PsyD in Combined School and Clinical Psychology
Dr. Karen Woodruff, Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Teaching, College of Education
Danielle Ford, Managing Assistant Director for Digital Content Strategy, University Relations
Erica Colace, Director, Kean Skylands
Christopher Lipari Pazienza, Residence Life

Operations Sub-Committee:

A.J.Whitmore, Facilities & Campus Planning, Operations (OP) Goal Leader
Suzanne Kupiec, Director of Environmental Health and Safety
Alex Rivera, Director, Center for Economic and Workforce Development, Social Entrepreneurship, and Innovation within the John S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research
Barbara Lee, Special Education & Literacy Professor
Cailin O'Connor, Lecturer in Environmental and Sustainability Science
Yadira Hernández N., Marketing Associate, Kean Stages
Kety Rosario, Adjunct professor in Environmental Science and Sustainability
Marvin Adames, AVP for Student Retention and Educational Innovation
Andrew Ruiz, student in Environmental & Sustainability Sciences
Mark Yushak, Adjunct professor in Environmental & Sustainability Sciences
Galia Shokry, Postdoctoral fellow in Environmental & Sustainability Sciences
Ana Coyle, Environmental Health and Safety
Rebecca Laboy, Adjunct Professor, Kean Ocean
Christopher Lipari Pazienza, Residence Life

Planning & Administration Sub-Committee:

Orley Wainberg, AVP for Business Affairs, Planning and Administration (PA) Goal Leader
Barbara George Johnson, VP of External Affairs & Urban Policy & Research
Tamika Quick, Ph.D., Executive Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Scott Snowden, AVP, University Registrar
Jessica Bances, Accounts Payable Manager, General Accounting
Donna Britt, Associate Director, University Procurement and Business Services
Susan Reimann, Benefits Manager, Human Resources
Thomas Abraham, Ph.D., Professor, School of Management & Marketing
Will Heyniger, Lecturer, Sustainability-Atmospheric-Environmental-Earth-Climate Sciences & Policy
Mensah Peterson, Ed.D., AVP, Advising, Persistence and Success