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Sustainability Advisory Committee
Description
The Sustainability Advisory Committee will advise and support the City’s commitment pursuant to the Global Covenant of Mayors to develop a Climate Action Plan for the city of Nashville. The Committee also will provide advice on a range of sustainability issues and review active proposals as they are being advanced and implemented by the Mayor and Metro Council through legislation, executive orders, policy changes and practices.
Read about Mayor Cooper’s initiatives to combat climate change and promote sustainability and joining of the Global Covenant of Mayors.
The Committee will draw on best practices and synthesize and prioritize the good work that already has been done to implement sustainability plans and recommendations for the City—including the work of Livable Nashville, NashvilleNext, the Green Ribbon Committee and Plan to Play.
Committee members represent various perspectives surrounding sustainability efforts, including those of nonprofit agencies, businesses and academia.
Related Department
Mayor's Office
Members
Eric Kopstain, Vanderbilt University vice chancellor for administration, and Linda Breggin, senior attorney with the Environmental Law Institute, project director for the Nashville Food Waste Initiative and lecturer at Vanderbilt Law School, will co-chair.
Subcommittees
| Name |
Organization |
Subcommittee |
| Linda Breggin |
Environmental Law Institute and NRDC’s Nashville Food Waste Initiative |
Co-chair |
| Eric Kopstain |
Vanderbilt University |
Co-chair |
| David Bailey |
Hastings Architecture |
Green Buildings |
| Holly Baird |
MilePost |
Green Buildings |
| Sue Ballard de Ruiz |
Tennessee State University |
Mobility |
| Darek Bell |
Bell Construction |
Green Buildings |
| Jason Carney |
Tennessee Solar Energy |
Energy |
| Michael Connolly |
CSX |
Mobility |
| Terry Cook |
The Nature Conservancy |
Natural Resources |
| Anne Davis |
Attorney |
Energy |
| Mark Deutschmann |
Village Real Estate Services, Core Development Services; ULI |
Mobility |
| Paul Farley |
Waste Management |
Waste Reduction |
| Bob Freeman |
State representative; Freeman Applegate Partners |
Green Buildings |
| Dodd Galbreath |
Lipscomb University |
Natural Resources |
| Brian Gant |
SCS Engineers; Chamber of Commerce representative |
Mobility |
| Amanda Garcia |
Southeastern Environmental Law Center |
Green Buildings |
| Gary Gaston |
Nashville Civic Design Center |
Mobility |
| Beth Prichard Geer |
Office of Al Gore |
Natural Resources |
| Andrea George |
Vanderbilt University |
Waste Reduction |
| Erin Hafkenschiel |
Vanderbilt University |
Mobility |
| Brad Hall |
Office of Al Gore |
Energy |
| Singwe Herring |
Earth Matters |
Waste Reduction
|
| Rob Horton |
Trap Gardens |
Natural Resources |
| Mekayle Houghton |
Cumberland River Compact |
Natural Resources |
| Daniel Joranko |
Vanderbilt University Divinity School |
Energy |
| Nora Kern |
Walk Bike Nashville |
Mobility |
| Steve Law |
Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation |
Natural Resources |
| David Lawrence |
Hines |
Natural Resources |
| Todd Lawrence |
Urban Green Lab |
Waste Reduction |
| Geoff MacDonald |
Vanderbilt University |
Energy |
| Liz Edsall McLaurin |
Land Trust for Tennessee |
Resilience/Adaptation |
| Jaclyn Mothupi |
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation |
Resilience/Adaptation |
| Jenny Park |
The Trust for Public Land |
Natural Resources |
| Katie Poss |
Turner Construction Company |
Waste Reduction |
| David Proffitt |
Metro Nashville Public Schools |
Energy |
| Ian Prunty |
Building Robotics Inc. |
Green Buildings |
| John Sherman |
Solid Waste Board |
Waste Reduction |
| Kim Shinn |
TLC Engineering Solutions |
Green Buildings |
| Ryan Stanton |
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation |
Energy |
| Grace Stranch |
Sierra Club, Middle Tennessee |
Waste Reduction |
| David ter Kuile |
Vanderbilt University |
Waste Reduction |
| Mary Vavra |
Transit Now Nashville |
Mobility |
| Robert Waits |
Hodgson Douglas |
Natural Resources |
| Ed Wansing |
The Compost Company |
Waste Reduction |
| Erica Weeks |
Hastings Architecture |
Green Buildings |
| Tiffany Wilmot |
Wilmot Inc. |
Energy |
| Robert Wingfield |
Fisk University |
Energy |
| Manuel Zeitlin |
Manuel Zeitlin Architects |
Green Buildings |
Energy
Chairs: Anne Davis, attorney; Tiffany Wilmot, president of Wilmot Inc.
Green Buildings
Chairs: Bob Freeman, Tennessee General Assembly state representative and partner at Freeman Applegate Partners; Amanda Garcia, managing attorney at the Tennessee office of the Southeastern Environmental Law Center
Mobility
Chairs: Erin Hafkenschiel, executive director of mobility at Vanderbilt University; Mary Vavra, Transit Now Nashville
Natural Resources
Chairs: Mekayle Houghton, executive director of the Cumberland River Compact; Jenny Park, state director for The Trust for Public Land
Waste Reduction
Chairs: Todd Lawrence, executive director of the Urban Green Lab; John Sherman, Solid Waste Regional Planning Board
Resilience/Adaptation
Chairs: Liz McLaurin, president and CEO of The Land Trust for Tennessee; Jaclyn Mothupi, regional director of external affairs for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
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