New Interim Director of Sustainability Operations announced
April 18, 2016 | by Jill Sakai
Rob Lamppa has been appointed as the interim director of sustainability operations and co-director of the Office of Sustainability.
Lamppa will also continue in his current role as executive director of the Facilities Planning & Management (FP&M) Physical Plant, a position he has 
held since early 2013.
He succeeds Faramarz Vakili, director of operations and maintenance in the Physical Plant, who will be taking on an expanded role in FP&M.
During the past six years, as the first campus director of sustainability operations, Vakili shaped a new vision of a sustainable UW–Madison with the Sustainability Task Force, helped establish the Office of Sustainability, and implemented campus-wide energy and resource conservation efforts through the WE CONSERVE program.
held since early 2013.
He succeeds Faramarz Vakili, director of operations and maintenance in the Physical Plant, who will be taking on an expanded role in FP&M.
During the past six years, as the first campus director of sustainability operations, Vakili shaped a new vision of a sustainable UW–Madison with the Sustainability Task Force, helped establish the Office of Sustainability, and implemented campus-wide energy and resource conservation efforts through the WE CONSERVE program.