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
  • Santiago Schnell, Provost

 

Chairs

  • Meredith Kelly, Academic Director of the Dartmouth Climate Collaborative

  • Rosi Kerr '97, Director of the Dartmouth Climate Collaborative

     

Members

  • Amber Barnato, Geisel School of Medicine; Director, The Dartmouth Institute
  • Melody Burkins, Director, Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth
  • Judith Colla, Co-Chair, Sustainable Hanover
  • Kristen Jovanelly Guarini '26, Graduate Student, Ecology, Evolution, Environment, and Society Program
  • Dan Kalafatas '96, Chairman and Co-Founder, 3Degrees
  • Lindsey Lu '26, Dartmouth Undergraduate
  • Justin Mankin, Associate Professor, Department of Geography
  • Jenna Musco '11, Senior Vice President and Director of Sustainable Finance Advisory, Citizens Bank
  • Abigail Neely, Associate Professor, Department of Geography
  • David Page ‘90, Executive Director, Winter Wildlands Alliance
  • Tiernan Sittenfeld ’96, Senior Vice President for Government Relations, League of Conservation Voters
  • Ben Stevenson '27, Dartmouth Undergraduate
  • Hilary Tompkins '90, H'19, Dartmouth Board of Trustees; Partner, Hogan Lovells
  • Kendra Tupper ‘02, Thayer ’03, Head of Carbon Reduction and Net Zero Planning, Google
  • Derek Walker, Executive Director, Author L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society