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About Us

The mission of the UW Tacoma Sustainability Committee is to create and promote a sustainable university community through:

  • Management of our resources by facilitating research, learning opportunities, policies, and practices that address environmental, cultural, economic, and social responsibility;
  • Promotion of a culture of sustainability in which environmental, cultural, social, economic, and academic issues are inseparably interlinked and which supports the environment of the Puget Sound Region;
  • Development of intellectual and fiscal resources that can be used to achieve sustainability for this and future generations.

To contact the committee: tsustain@uw.edu

Members

Officers

  • Julie Palumbo, Committee Chair
  • Noah Carr, Vice Chair 
  • Hannah Coache, Treasurer
  • Jim Gawel, Secretary

Students

  • Adrian Romano, Student, Environmental Sustainability
  • Victoria Sims, Student, Environmental Science
  • TBD

Faculty & Staff

  • Jim Gawel, Professor, Sciences and Mathematics, SIAS
  • Gus Lim, Interim Director, Integrated Facilities Management
  • Tom Koontz, Faculty, Sciences and Mathematics, SIAS
  • Clare Tupper, Giving Garden Coordinator
  • Noah Carr, Communications and Outreach Specialist, MSB
  • Hannah Coache, Fiscal Specialist, SET
  • Seung-Jin (SJ) Lee, Assistant Professor, SET
  • Julie Palumbo, Civil Engineering Lab Manager, SET
  • Sean Schmidt, Executive Administrator, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
  • James Sinding, Program Manager, Transportation Services