Sustainability Strategy
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:
- Documenting sustainability research and teaching and creating space for collaborative projects as well as integrating sustainability into co-curricular and extracurricular activities.
- Identifying and developing new opportunities for collaboration on sustainability initiatives with other academic institutions and community partners.
- 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