COMMITTEES 2011-2012
Faculty Committees
Affirmative Action
Chris Costello (Chair Environmental Economics)
Matt Potoski (Empirical Environmental Policy)
Steve Gaines
Doris Bleecher (Staff Coordinator)
Colloquium
Jeff Dozier (Chair)
Bruce Kendall
BJ Danetra (Staff Coordinator)
Satie Airame (Staff)
1st Yr MESM - TBD (Student Rep)
2nd Yr MESM - Teo Grossman (Student Rep)
Faculty Executive
James Frew (Chair)
Chris Costello
Trish Holden
John Melack
Steve Gaines (Ex-Officio)
Doris Bleecher (Staff Coordinator)
Personnel Committee
Tom Dunne (Chair)
Bren Faculty
Doris Bleecher (Staff Support)
Group Project Selection Committee
Christina Tague (Chair)
Gary Libecap
Steve Gaines
Amy Burgard (Staff Coordinator)
1st Yr MESM - TBD (Student Rep)
1st Yr MESM - TBD (Student Rep)
1st Yr MESM - TBD (Student Rep)
MESM Program
Hunter Lenihan (Chair)
Matt Potoski
Sangwon Suh
Satie Airame (Staff Cordinator)
Amy Burgard (Staff Assistant)
2nd Yr MESM - Alex Silvester (Student Rep)
PhD Program
Arturo Keller (Chair)
Gary Libecap
Christina Tague
Satie Airame (Staff Consultant)
Corlei Prieto (Staff Coordinator)
TBD (Student Rep)
Recruitment, Admissions & Support (RAS)
John Melack (Chair)
Charlie Kolstad
Satie Airame (Staff Consultant)
Bryant Wieneke (Staff Consultant)
Corlei Prieto (Staff Coordinator)
Dori Molnar (Staff Assistant)
Specialization Advisors
Coastal Marine Resources Management (CMRM): Christopher Costello (1st years) & Hunter Lenihan (2nd years)
Conservation Planning (CP): Bruce Kendall (1st years) & Frank Davis (2nd years)
Corporate Environmental Management (CEM): Matt Potoski (1st years) & Gary Libecap (2nd years)
Economics and Politics of the Environment (EPE): Charlie Kolstad (1st years) & Sarah Anderson (2nd years)
Energy and Climate (EC): Christina Tague (1st years) & Sangwon Suh (2nd years)
Polution Prevention & Remediation: Trish Holden (1st & 2nd years)
Water Resources Management: Arturo Keller (1st years) & Tom Dunne (2nd years)
Eco-E Focus: Gary Libecap & Emily Chan
Eco-E Project Committee: Gary Libecap (Chair), Trish Holden, Steve Gaines, Emily Chan
Doris Duke Conservation Fellows Program Faculty Leader
Frank Davis
Environmental Economics Search Committee
Chris Costello (Chair)
Gary Libecap
Sangwon Suh
Paulina Oliva (Economics)
Doris Bleecher (Staff)
Empirical Environmental Policy Search Committee
Matt Potoski (Chair)
Christina Tague
Charles Kolstad
Bruce Kendall
Doris Bleecher (Staff)
Administrative Committees
Computing/Web
Bryant Wieneke (Staff Coordinator)
James Badham (Staff)
Jason Simpson (Staff)
James Frew (Faculty Liaison)
TBD (Student Liaison)
Building/Space
Bryant Wieneke (Staff Coordinator)
Arturo Keller
Trish Holden (Faculty Liaison)
John Melack
Ad Hoc Committees
Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitor Program Selection Committee
Satie Airame (Staff)
Steve Gaines
Jeff Dozier
Committee on Computing
James Frew (Chair)
Christina Tague
Bruce Kendall
Steve Miller (PhD student)
Kurt Heinze (MESM student)
Jeff Simeon (MESM student)
Bryant Wieneke (Staff Coordinator)
Satie Airame (Staff)
Jason Simpson (Staff)
Bren Faculty Involvment in Campus Committees
Economics and Environmental Science (EES) PhD Emphasis Coordinating Committee
Charlie Kolstad (Chair)
Chris Costello
Bob Deacon, Economics
Bruce Kendall, Bren (Ex-officio)
Arturo Keller, Bren (Ex-officio)
Corlei Prieto, Bren (Staff Coordinator)
Mark Patterson, Economics (Staff Coordinator)
Faculty Legislature
Sangwon Suh
Grad Council
John Melack
Budget and Planning
Bruce Kendall, Member
Program Review Panel
Trish Holden, Vice-Chair
Campus Sustainability Committee
Bruce Kendall, Member
Academic Senate Working Group on Sustainability
Bruce Kendall, Member
Council on Research and Instructional Resources
Jim Frew, Chair
Search Committee for the UCSB Associate Vice Chancellor for Development
Arturo Keller
Natural Reserve System Advisory Committee
Frank Davis, Member
Chris Costello, Member
WASC Excellence in Graduate Education Committee
Bruce Kendall, Member
Diversity in Graduate Education Committee
Hunter Lenihan, Member
General Catalog Committee
Chris Costello
MSI Advisory Committee
Sarah Anderson
Frank Davis (Ex-officio)
Trish Holden (Ex-officio)
Diving Control Board Committee
Hunter Lenihan
UCSB Survey Center Advisory Board
Sarah Anderson
Student Commitees
Dean's Advisory (DAC)
1st Yr MESM - TBD
1st Yr MESM - TBD
1st Yr MESM - TBD
2nd Yr MESM - Max Broad
2nd Yr MESM - Joel Cesare
2nd Yr MESM - Kimberlyn Way
Class Chairs
Class of 2012: Dana Jennings and Karly Kaufman
Class of 2013: TBD
Earth Day Committee
1st Yr MESM - TBD
The Sustainability Committee
Sarah Clark (Student Co-Chair)
Danni Storz (Student Co-Chair)
Amy Burgard (Staff Co-Representative)
Kristen Robinson (Staff Co-Representative)
Student Organizations
CalNAEP - California Student Chapter of the National Association of Environmental Professionals
Bren Net Impact