Governance and Financing

 

President’s Task Force on Carbon Neutrality and Climate Resilience
Working Group on Governance and Financing

 

The Working Group on Governance and Financing (Working Group 8) focuses on the governance structures (potentially, but not necessarily, taking the form of a Sustainability office or institute) that will ensure that the Climate Action Plan is implemented, communicated, evaluated, and periodically revised, and that maximizes the efficacy and communication of related research, education, engagement, and economic development efforts across Rutgers. It will also examine the relationship between the Climate Action Plan and Rutgers’ budget structure, and opportunities for incentivizing climate-positive investments.

We will aim to have an initial report developed by the end of 2020 that looks at how best to set up the governance structures, given other models at Rutgers in similar issues and at other schools in this area, as well as ways in which budgeting and financing mechanisms could be adjusted/used to support climate action. The governance structure should be clear and have clearly defined roles and activities, with a concrete 5-year work plan.

Energy and Buildings Working Group Members

 

Co-Chairs

Brian Ballentine
Senior Vice President for Strategy and Senior Advisor to the President

Robert Kopp
Director, Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Professor, School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Kevin Lyons
Associate Director, Rutgers Energy Institute
Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick
Rutgers University–Newark

 

Members

Margaret Brennan
Associate Director and Executive Director for Economic Development and Innovation, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Tony Broccoli
Co-Director, Rutgers Climate Institute
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Adam J. Day
Associate Treasurer
University Treasury

Eric (Rick) Garfunkel
Vice President for Global Affairs

Panos Georgopoulos
Professor, School of Public Health and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

Michael Kornitas
Director of Sustainability and Energy, Facilities, Institutional Planning and Operations

Laura Landau
Graduate Student, School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Jack Molenaar
Senior Director of Transportation Services, Institutional Planning and Operations

David Moore
Chief Budget Officer and Assistant Vice President, Financial Planning and Budgeting

Mollie Passacantando
Undergraduate Student, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Rachael Shwom
Associate Director, Rutgers Energy Institute
Associate Professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Frank Wong 
Assistant Vice President, University Planning and Development, Institutional Planning and Operations

 

Ex-Officio Members

Antonio Calcado
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer