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Mike Piehler

July 13, 2023

Mike Piehler is a professor, director of the UNC Institute for the Environment, chief sustainability officer and special assistant to the chancellor for sustainability at UNC-Chapel Hill. He holds faculty appointments in the Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences Department; Department … Read more

Ileana Fenwick

July 10, 2023

Ileana graduated from Hampton University in 2020 and is now a fourth year Ph.D. student in the Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences program at UNC-Chapel Hill. Working in the Nye Quantitative Fisheries Ecology Lab, evaluates marine community responses to climate … Read more

Victoria Farella

July 9, 2023

Victoria Farella is an environmental sciences major, also minoring in data science. She serves as a general staff member on UNC Student Government’s Executive Branch. She currently works as a research intern for the North Carolina Collaboratory.   Read more … Read more

Elizabeth Havice

July 9, 2023

Elizabeth Havice is an economic and environmental geographer in the UNC-Chapel HIll’s Department of Geography and the Environment. Havice studies the intersections among political economy, environmental politics, critical development studies and science studies. She studies these areas with the lens … Read more

Alex Hopkins

July 8, 2023

Alex Hopkins is the associate director of the Energy Transition Initiative (ETI), a joint program of the UNC Institute for the Environment and the UNC School of Law’s Center for Climate, Energy, Environment & Economics (CE3). His work focuses on … Read more

Nikhil Kaza

July 8, 2023

Dr. Kaza works at the intersection of urbanization patterns, local energy policy, and equity. He takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying how institutional innovations help or hinder cities, how organizations achieve their energy and environmental goals, and how these innovations … Read more

Noah Kittner

July 7, 2023

Noah Kittner joined the Carolina Sustainability Council in fall 2024. He is an assistant professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering. Kittner studies energy systems at multiple scales, from regional and … Read more

Jeff Mittlestadt

July 7, 2023

Jeff Mittelstadt teaches courses in sustainable enterprise and is executive director of the Ackerman Center for Excellence in Sustainability. He is a career sustainability professional dedicated to using the triple bottom line and breakthrough capitalism concepts to drive profitable business … Read more

Natalie Murdock

July 6, 2023

Natalie Murdock is a UNC-Chapel Hill alum and current member of the North Carolina State Senate. She has a decade of experience working in transportation, economic development and government affairs. She served in local politics before making her way to … Read more

Ellie Prosser

July 5, 2023

Ellie Prosser is pursuing undergraduate degrees in environmental studies and public policy. She is also minoring urban studies & planning. She currently serves as the networking chair for solar equity.