Student Committees
Student-Faculty Representatives
Risa Lewis, PhD student representative
Dana Cohen-Kaplan, MESM student representative
Leilanie Rubinstein, MEDS student representative
Andrew Plantinga, Faculty Coordinator (FEC Chair)
Graduate Advisor
Satie Airamé
MESM Class Chairs
Class of 2025: Sofia Gutierrez, Rence Balitaan, Jake Cosmo
Class of 2026: Kyle Alves and Karina Kays
MEDS Class Chairs
Class of 2025: Eva Newby and Brooke Grazda
Bren School Graduate Student Association (GSA)
Akshaya Jagannathan, 2nd year MESM Student Representative
Justin Gutierrez, 1st year MESM Student Representative
Satie Airamé, Staff Sponsor
Bren Seminars
Ruth Oliver, Faculty Representative
Jaenna Wessling, PhD Student Representative
Caroline Edmonds, MESM Student Representative
Anissa Stull, MESM Student Representative
Miranda Scalzo, MESM Student Representative
Aleah Van Woert, Staff Coordinator
The Green Initative Fund Representative (TGIF)
Lauran Londoño, 2nd year MESM representative
Faculty Committees
Faculty Executive Committee (FEC)
Andrew Plantinga (2nd year), Chair (ending 9/25)
Hunter Lenihan (1st year)
Kyle Meng (1st year)
Samantha Stevenson (2nd year)
Steve Gaines, Ex officio (sabbatical in F24)
Bruce Kendall, Ex officio (sabbatical in 2024-2025)
Sarah Anderson, Ex officio
Kelly Keogh, Staff Coordinator
Satie Airamé, Staff Consultant
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
Ben Halpern, Chair
Joan Dudney, Faculty Representative
Jay Chakraborty, Faculty Representative
Sarah Anderson, Ex officio
Steve Gaines, Ex officio (sabbatical in F24)
Lesley Figueroa, PhD Student Representative
Michael Roysner, MESM Student Representative
Marina Kochuten, MEDS Student Representative
Kristine Duarte, Staff Coordinator (or DEI Coordinator)
Satie Airamé, Staff Consultant
Kelly Keogh, Staff Consultant
Seneca Ryan, Staff Consultant
Recruitment, Admissions, and Support Committee
Eric Masanet, Chair (confirmed)
Chris Costello, Faculty Representative
Roland Geyer, Faculty Representative
Andrew MacDonald, Faculty Representative
Kristine Duarte, Staff Coordinator
Seneca Ryan, Staff Consultant
Kimberly Yom, Staff Consultant
Master's Curriculum Committee
Jim Salzman, Chair (leave in F24)
Trish Holden, Faculty Representative
Kelly Caylor, Faculty Representative (maybe Chair in F24)
Max Czapanskiy, Faculty Representative
Natalie Mayer, 2nd Year MESM Student Representative
Emma Bea Mitchell, MEDS Student Representative
Satie Airamé, Staff Consultant
Kristine Duarte, Staff Consultant
Jamie Montgomery, Staff Consultant
PhD Program
Mark Buntaine, Chair
Ashley Larsen, Faculty Representative
Kelly Garvey, PhD Student Representative
TBD, PhD Student Representative
Satie Airamé, Staff Coordinator
Kristine Duarte, Staff Consultant
Economics and Environmental Science (EES) PhD Emphasis
Chris Costello, Faculty Advisor
Interdepartmental PhD Emphasis in Environment and Society
Kelly Caylor, Faculty Advisor
Eco-Entrepreneurship (Eco-E) Program
Kyle Meng, Chair
Don Fullerton, Faculty Representative
Steve Gaines, Faculty Representative
Emily Cotter, Staff Coordinator
Eco-E Focus Advisor:
Emily Cotter
Building/Space Committee
Ashley Larsen, Chair
Arturo Keller, Faculty Representative
Steve Gaines, Ex Officio
Sage Davis, Staff Coordinator
Kim Fugate, Staff Consultant
Personnel
Matt Potoski, Co-Chair
Naomi Tague, Co-Chair
Bren Faculty
Kelly Keogh, Staff Coordinator
MESM Group Project
Arturo Keller, Chair
Mark Buntaine, Faculty Representative
David Tilman, Faculty Representative
Satie Airame, Staff Coordinator
Jaenna Wessling, Staff Coordinator (filling in for Sean Kerr in F24 and W25)
Beth Pitton-August, Staff Consultant
Wesley Noble, Garrett Craig, and Caroline Smith, MESM Student Representatives
MEDS Capstone Project
Ruth Oliver, Chair
Carmen Galaz Garcia, Faculty Representative
Emily Case, Staff Coordinator
Jamie Montgomery, Staff Consultant
Haylee Oyler and Joshua Mull, MEDS Student Representatives
Environmental Communication (Comm) Program
Alex Phillips, Chair
Scott Jasechko, Faculty Representative
Satie Airame, Staff Consultant
Environmental Communication (Comm) Focus Advisor:
Alex Phillips
Ad Hoc Committees
MEDS Curriculum Cohesion Committee
Carmen Galaz Garcia, Chair
Ruth Oliver, Faculty Representative
Naomi Tague, Faculty Representative
Ben Halpern, Faculty Representative
Jamie Montgomery, Staff Consultant
Emily Case, Staff Coordinator
MESM Dean's Advisory (DAC)
Natalie Smith, 2nd year MESM student representative
Tulsi Mistry, 2nd year MESM student representative
Tatianna Suriel, 2nd year MESM student representative
Steve Gaines, Dean (sabbatical in F24)
Sarah Anderson, DEI Associate Dean
Charlyna Meraviglia, Staff support
PhD Dean's Advisory (PhD DAC)
Sadie Cwikiel, PhD Student Representative
Allie Caughman, PhD Student Representative
Steve Gaines, Dean (sabbatical in F24)
Sarah Anderson, Acting Dean F24, Associate Dean for DEI (sabbatical in W25)
Charlyna Meraviglia, Staff support
Computing Committee
Sam Stevenson, Chair
Ben Halpern, Faculty Representative
Brad Hill, Staff Coordinator
Garrett Favre-Schwan, Staff Consultant
Katherine Le, Staff Consultant
H. William Kuni Bren Interdisciplinary Research Project Selection Committee
Roland Geyer, Chair
Hunter Lenihan, Faculty Representative
Satie Airamé, Staff Coordinator
Lotus Vermeer, Staff Consultant
Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitor Program Selection Committee
Ranjit Deshmukh, Chair
Eric Masanet, Faculty Representative
Satie Airamé, Staff Coordinator
Lotus Vermeer, Staff Consultant
Campus Committees
Faculty Legislature Representative
Ruth Oliver
Committee on Academic Personnel
Patricia Holden (2024-2027)
Graduate Council
Matt Potoski (2024-2027)
Program Review Panel
Roland Geyer, Chair
Jim Salzman, Member (2023-2026)
Central Fellowship Competition
Hunter Lenihan