Yale Planetary Solutions Steering Committee

Purpose: 

The committee will be tasked with:

  • considering how the broad University Science Strategy Committee (USSC) strategic planning framing and Yale’s existing sustainability plans intersect with the multifaceted reality of today’s planetary challenge needs, and Yale’s commitment to developing and implementing integrative solutions to planetary threats we face;
  • formulating a vision for the Planetary Solutions work that integrates academics and operations, as well as a series of three to four key overarching themes to guide the next phase of bringing all Yale has to bear on the profound environmental issues of our time; and
  • setting priorities for a series of working groups to develop strategic plans for each of the established goals.

Committee Members:

  •  Sunil Amrith
  •  Deborah Berke
  • Jeff Brock
  • Indy Burke
  • Liza Comita
  • Douglas Kysar
  • James Levinsohn
  • Megan Ranney
  • Eric Sargis
  • Karen Seto
  • David Skelly
  • Gerald Torres
  • John Barden
  • Jack Bellamy
  • Peter Boston
  • Alexandra Daum
  • Amber Garrard
  • Renee Kopkowski
  • Anthony Kosior
  • Sara Smiley Smith
  • Ann Staver
  • Scott Strobel
  • Rafi Taherian