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.

Committee Membership

Ken McCown, Co-Chair - Standing Member - Director, Sustainability Academic Programs

Mike Oestereicher, Co-Chair - Standing Member - Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities

Eric Boles - Standing Member - Executive Secretary for the Office fo Sustainability

Auldyn Faulk - Student Body Representative

Elvis F. Elli - Representative from the Dale Bumpers College of Agriculture, Food and Life Sciences

Carl Smith - Representative from the E. Fay Jones School or Architecture and Design

Kusum Naithani - Representative from the J. William College of Arts and Sciences

Jon Johnson - Representative from the Sam M. Walton College of Business

Vinson Carter - Representative from College of Education and Health Professions

Darin Nutter - Representative from the College of Engineering

Claire Luchkina - Representative from the Honors College

Abi Moser - Representative from Global Campus

Guymon Hall - Representative from the Graduate School

Sara Rollet Gosman - Representative from the School of Law

Nikki Gross - Representative from the University Libraries

Adnan Alrubaye - Representative from the Faculty Senate

Lance Grigsby - Representative from the Staff Senate

Whitney Smith - Representative from the Office of Business Affairs

Katy Nelson - Representative from University Development

Brent Schlotfeldt - Representative from University Housing

Becky Alfonso - Representative from the Alumni Association

Matt McGowan -  Reprentative from University Relations

Vickie Ferguson - Representative from UA Foundation

Will Landreth - Representative from the Razorback Foundation

Matt Trantham - Representative from Intercollegiate Athletics

Adam Waddell - Representatibe from Parking and Transit

Morgan Stout (Chartwells) - Community representative from the UA service providers

Eva Caroline - Representative from the Graduate and Professional Student Congress

Bruce Wooldridge - Ex-officio, non-voting - Representative from the Technology Development Foundation

Peter Nierengarten - Ex-officio, non-voting - Fayetteville Director of Sustainability