The Sustainability Council is made up of top-tier leaders on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus with the Chancellor as its chair. It provides strategic direction and oversight of campus sustainability, including major campus policies and large-scale expenditures regarding sustainability, energy conservation, and eco-friendly practices.
2025-26 Sustainability Council Members
- Chair: Charles L. Isbell, Jr., Chancellor
- Vice Chair: Madhu Khanna, Director, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE)
- Morgan White, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor, Facilities & Services
- Rashid Bashir, Dean, Grainger College of Engineering
- Germán Bollero, Dean, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences
- Brian Bundren, Assistant Provost for Capital Planning
- Ellen Cha, Chair, Student Sustainability Committee (SSC)
- John Coleman, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost
- Gabriella DalSanto, President, Illinois Student Council (ISC)
- Aimee Heeter, Senior Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration
- Emily Knox, Interim Dean, School of Information Sciences
- Angela Lyons, Senate Chair
- Susan Martinis, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation
- Lowa Mwilambwe, Associate Vice Chancellor for Auxiliary Operations, Health & Wellbeing
- Venetria Patton, Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Natalie Reed, President, Green Leadership Council (GLC)
- Tim Knox, Assistant Director of Athletics (Facilities & Capital Projects)
- Dale Wright, Vice Chancellor for Advancement
- Danita Brown Young, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
- Non-voting members: Jennifer Fraterrigo, iSEE Associate Director for Campus Sustainability and Co-Chair of the iCAP Working Group; Miriam Keep, iSEE Sustainability Programs Coordinator; Elizabeth Murphy, iSEE Managing Director