Sustainability Strategy

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Marina Astakhova, Faculty Director of Robins Sustainability Initiative

Strategic Goals

Sustainability is an important part of the 2025-2028 Robins School's strategic plan. The goals to promote and expand sustainability initiatives will focus on:

  1. Documenting sustainability research and teaching and creating space for collaborative projects as well as integrating sustainability into co-curricular and extracurricular activities.
  2. Identifying and developing new opportunities for collaboration on sustainability initiatives with other academic institutions and community partners.
  3. Evaluating the outcomes of existing sustainability programs and scaling successful initiatives across multiple departments and functions.

Sustainability Advisory Group

Deniz Besik, Assistant Professor of Analytics & Operations
Jeff ​Carlson, Department Chair, Marketing, Associate Professor of Marketing
Jordyn ​Farizo, Visiting Instructor of Accounting
Mary Lynn Lunn, Visiting Instructor for Fall of 2025/Spring 2026
Binish Rijal, Assistant Professor of Economics
Trey Sutton, Associate Professor of Management
Shital ​Thekdi, Professor of Analytics & Operations, Director of Assessment and Accreditation
Nancy Tran, Assistant Professor of Finance