Climate Change Committee
When Simmons signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment in the fall, it pledged to meet a challenging set of requirements aimed at making the College a leader in sustainability. These include selecting two immediate tangible actions to reduce greenhouse emissions, completing an inventory of all greenhouse gas emissions within one year and updating this analysis annually, and developing a comprehensive climate neutrality action plan within two years.
To help guide the development and implementation of Simmons’s plan for climate change, the College has established a Climate Change Committee consisting of faculty, staff, students, and alumnae. Beginning in April, the committee will meet monthly, except during the summer months.
The committee members are:
- Barbara Beaudoin, SOM alumna
- Michael Berger, chemistry faculty
- Maria Clark, major gifts officer
- Elba Cleland, SSW faculty
- Amanda Gross, UG Student
- Lauren Grymek, SOM alumna
- Rex Krajewski, reference services librarian
- Julie Manning, associate director for campus services
- Sylvia Maxfield, SOM faculty
- Karen Morrisey, associate director of SOM operations
- Terry Plum, GSLIS, assistant dean
- Elizabeth Scott, biology faculty
- Michele Simaitis, UG student
- Sue Stafford, philosophy faculty
- Hank Sway, GSLIS student, library staff
- Jenny Weiss, general counsel administrative assistant
For more information see: http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/