Sustainability Council

Appointed by the Provost

The purpose of the University of Arkansas Sustainability Council is to make recommendations to the chancellor and provost and advise the Office for Sustainability (OfS) in implementing its programs and responsibilities. The Sustainability Council supports the OfS stewardship mission through development and coordination of ideas, information and resources among the university’s student body, academic departments and administrative units to expand the integration of sustainability into operational practices throughout the University of Arkansas and the community. The Sustainability Council is comprised of faculty, staff, students and representatives from the Fayetteville, Arkansas community. All academic and university community representatives are voting members and appointed by their respective unit leaders; extended community representatives are non-voting members of the council, and will serve ex officio from their organizations. 

The OfS convenes quarterly Sustainability Council Meetings, scheduled on an annual basis. The OfS director serves as the executive secretary of the council and as the presiding officer for all meetings. The executive secretary will distribute a draft meeting agenda two weeks before the scheduled council meeting. Council members can amend and revise the agenda until one week prior to the meeting, when a final agenda will be circulated and posted on the OfS website. Council members will represent their organizations at the council meetings and in appropriate work groups, with each council member participating in at least one work group. Council members will identify an alternate representative to attend council meetings in the event they cannot attend. If a member or their alternate is unable to participate in two council meetings within an academic year the executive committee will advise the provost to replace them.

Membership consists of: academic unit representatives nominated by the appropriate dean; one representative, nominated by the Sustainability Council executive committee, from Faculty Senate, Staff Senate, Office of Business Affairs, Division of University Development, University Housing, Alumni Association, University Relations, University of Arkansas Foundation, Razorback Foundation, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, and the Transit and Parking Department; and one community representative from UA Service Providers, Technology Development Foundation, and Fayetteville Director of Sustainability, all serving as non-voting ex officio members. The executive committee of the Sustainability Council shall consist of the Associated Student Government president (or designated representative), executive director of the Office for Sustainability, associate vice chancellor for Facilities Management, and executive secretary for the Office of Sustainability.

Ken McCown Co-chair	Director, Sustainability Academic Programs	standing
Scott Turley Co-chair	Associate Vice Chancellor Facilities Management	standing
Eric Boles	Executive Secretary Office of Sustainability	standing
Mason Berres	President or designee Associated Student Government	2025
Elvis F. Elli	Dale Bumpers College of Agriculture, Food and Life Science	2027
Carl Alan Smith	Fay Jones School of Architecture	2026
Kusum Naithani	J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences	2026
Jon Johnson	Sam M. Walton College of Business	2027
Vinson Carter	College of Education and Health Professions	2026
Darin Nutter	College of Engineering	2026
Claire Luchkina	Honors College	2027
Abi Moser	Global Campus	2027
Guymon Hall	Graduate School	2027
Sara Rollet Gosman	School of Law	2027
Necia Parker-Gibson	University of Arkansas Libraries	2025
Adnan Alrubaye	Faculty Senate	2026
Lance Grigsby	Staff Senate	2027
Whitney Elizabeth Smith	Office of Business Affairs	2026
TBA	University Development
Brent Schlotfeldt	University Housing	2026
Becky Afonso	Alumni Association	2025
Matt McGowan	University Relations	2025
Vickie Ferguson	University of Arkansas Foundation	2027
Will Landreth	Razorback Foundation	2027
Matt Trantham	Department of Intercollegiate Athletics	2025
Anthony Waddell	Transit and Parking Department	2027
Eva Caroline	Graduate and Professional Student Congress	2025
Morgan Stout (Chartwells)	UA Service Providers**	ex-officio
Bruce Wooldridge	Technology Development Foundation**	ex-officio
Peter Nierengarten	Fayetteville Director of Sustainability**	ex-officio