Leadership Team and Interns

The Office of Sustainability serves as the institutional hub for sustainability initiatives, strategy, partnerships, and engagement at UW–Madison. Office of Sustainability staff report through both Facilities Planning & Management and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, which provide administrative and budgetary support for the office’s activities. In turn, the Office of Sustainability serves as the administrative home for the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. You can learn about the Preserve staff here.

Leadership Team

Melissa Nergard

Position title: Chief Sustainability Officer

Email: missy.nergard@wisc.edu

Andrea Hicks

Position title: Director of Sustainability Education and Research

Email: hicks5@wisc.edu

Nathan Jandl

Position title: Associate Director of Sustainability

Email: njandl@wisc.edu

Ian Aley

Position title: Green Fund Program Manager

Email: iraley@wisc.edu

Josh Arnold

Position title: Campus Energy Advisor

Email: josh.arnold@wisc.edu

Travis Blomberg

Position title: Campus Resource Coordinator

Email: travis.blomberg@wisc.edu

Alex Frank

Position title: Project Portfolio Manager

Email: alex.frank@wisc.edu

Lauren Graves

Position title: Sustainability Communications and Engagement Manager

Email: lauren.graves@wisc.edu

Tim Lindstrom

Position title: Student Intern Program Manager

Email: timothy.lindstrom@wisc.edu

Rex Loker

Position title: Facility Architect

Email: rloker@wisc.edu

Jeffrey Pollei

Position title: Senior Sustainability Utilities Engineer

Email: jeffrey.pollei@wisc.edu

Eliza Waters

Position title: Grant Writer/Coordinator

Email: eswaters@wisc.edu

Student Employees and Sponsored Researchers

Maya Barwick

Position title: Undergraduate Project Assistant

Email: mjbarwick@wisc.edu

Jaime Garibay-Rodriguez

Position title: Sponsored Researcher

Email: garibayrodri@wisc.edu

Gesangyangji

Position title: Sponsored Researcher

Email: gesangyangji@wisc.edu

Olivia Grose

Position title: Zero Waste Project Assistant

Email: ogrose@wisc.edu

Emily Johnson

Position title: Zero Waste Project Assistant

Email: esjohnson22@wisc.edu

Alayne Kulp 

Position title: Graduate Project Assistant

Email: amkulp@wisc.edu

Marek Makowski

Position title: Graduate Project Assistant

Email: mmakowski2@wisc.edu

Mridula (Malu) Menon

Position title: Graduate Project Assistant

Email: mmenon4@wisc.edu

Shirley Obih

Position title: Graduate Project Assistant

Email: obih@wisc.edu

Sagar Rathod

Position title: Sponsored Researcher

Email: srathod4@wisc.edu

Rachel Schumacher

Position title: Zero Waste Project Assistant

Email: rschumacher4@wisc.edu

Carolyn Shumaker

Position title: Zero Waste Project Assistant

Email: cgshumaker@wisc.edu

Audrey Stanton

Position title: Graduate Project Assistant

Email: apstanton@wisc.edu