In September of 2011, Ryan was named the University at Buffalo’s first Chief Sustainability Officer. In his role as the CSO, Ryan connects people across the university with information, innovation, and tools to reduce UB’s footprint on the future and enhance quality of life by improving environmental stewardship, increasing economic efficiency and augmenting cultural values and awareness. He specifically works closely with university partners and employs an integrated campus-wide strategy that leverages the university’s operations, curriculum, external engagement and research to further UB’s sustainability efforts.

Derek works to connect students, staff and faculty across the university with information, innovation and tools to reduce UB’s footprint on the future and enhance quality of life. He does this by improving environmental stewardship, increasing economic efficiency and augmenting cultural values and awareness to the UB community through campus outreach and communication. Derek will coordinate the engagement efforts of the university’s Localizing Buffalo’s Renewable Energy Future project awarded by the State through the REV Campus Challenge.

Erin has over twenty years of experience, expertise and relationships in the sustainability field to move UB’s sustainability work forward.  Erin develops solution-based approaches to help departments achieve sustainability on campus, and assists passionate students in creating and implementing initiatives which further our climate neutrality goal.  Erin coordinates the UBReUSE move-out program, our professional clothing boutique HIRED, and develops collaborative strategies to achieve Zero Waste on campus.  Erin works closely with colleagues in Facilities, and Contracts and Purchasing to institutionalize sustainability practices.

Olivia supports UB Sustainability's unit operations including events, programmatic initiatives, partnerships, and student collaborations. She works to implement sustainable operations and business functions throughout the department while managing the unit's budget, finance, and human resources transactions. Olivia also stewards the use of the GRoW Clean Energy Center, UB’s ultra-energy-efficient demonstration home originally built by students, faculty and staff for a national competition, which now functions as a meeting and event space.