Who We Are

Charge

The Dartmouth Climate Collaborative Advisory Council has an initial one-year charge to help coordinate the activities addressing climate and sustainability across the academic and operational spaces at Dartmouth. There are many groups at Dartmouth doing work related to climate and sustainability, for example the Irving Institute for Energy and Society, Dartmouth Decarbonization, Dartmouth Sustainability, and many academic departments and centers. This council has the unique role of stepping back and looking at the entire ecosystem of work at Dartmouth and helping find ways to elevate that work collectively. The council has two main responsibilities:

  1. Provide feedback on climate and sustainability priorities, goals and strategies at the intersection of Dartmouth's academic and operational initiatives and
  2. Foster additional connections across a range of groups, both internally at Dartmouth and externally with the Upper Valley community, alumni, and businesses.

Timeline

The council will meet at least quarterly (potentially more frequently) and will report to the Executive Sponsors, who will serve as the primary liaisons to the Senior Leadership Team.

Composition

The council will will be chaired by Meredith Kelly, Professor of Earth Sciences and department chair, Faculty Director of the Dartmouth Climate Collaborative and Rosi Kerr '97, Director of Sustainability. Membership includes a Trustee representative, 2 alumni representatives, two student representatives, 2 faculty representatives and a representative from Sustainable Hanover.

Membership

 

Executive Sponsors

  • Josh Keniston, Senior Vice President for Operations
  • David Kotz, Provost

 

Chairs

  • Meredith Kelly, Professor of Earth Sciences and department chair, Faculty Director of the Dartmouth Climate Collaborative

  • Rosi Kerr '97, Director of Sustainability

     

Members

  • Bea Burack '25
  • Judith Colla, Sustainable Hanover Representative
  • Kristen Jovanelly, PhD Candidate in Ecology, Evolution, Environment, and Society Program
  • Dan Kalafatas '96, Chairman of 3Degrees; Irving Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society Advisory Board Member
  • Lindsey Lu '26
  • Justin Mankin, Associate Professor of Geography
  • John Sterman '77, Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management at MIT's Sloan School of Management; volunteer leader of Dartmouth's Our Green Future 2.0
  • Hilary Tompkins '90, H'19, Partner with Hogan Lovells; Dartmouth Trustee