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Student Employees

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Office of Sustainability
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 sustainability@esf.edu
 315-470-6701

Student Employees

Meet the Office of Sustainability's student employees below!

EcoReps

The EcoReps are sustainability peer-to-peer educators that live and work in ESF's dorm, Centennial Hall. This program has long been a part of the College's dorm experience, and was reimagined and relaunched for the Fall 2021 semester . Each year, 10 paid students teach their peers about the core tenants of sustainability, encourage sustainable lifestyle choices, and foster a sense of community between the students and the greater Syracuse area. 

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Bella Osborn

Activities Coordinator

Major: Conservation Biology (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2024

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Kathryn Resanovich

Education Coordinator

Major: Environmental Education & Interpretation (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2025

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Max Vodra

Communication Coordinator

Major: Conservation Biology (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2025

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Evalgeline Delovich

Major: Environmental Biology (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2025

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Shannon Dunn

Major: Environmental Science (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2025

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Victoria Murphy

Major: Conservation Biology (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2026

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Timothy Phelps

Major: Construction Management (B.S.)

Year: Class fo 2026

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Lisa Steinberg

Major: Environmental Studies (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2025

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Everett Tucker

Major: Environmental Studies (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2026

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Sam Zilberg

Major: Environmental Studies (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2026

 

Sustainability Engagement Assistants

Our Sustainability Engagement Assistants work to educate the campus community about a variety of sustainability practices and initiatives. They help to promote and integrate College-led programs in campus life and to learn what programs the community would like to see developed in the future. They organize regular activities and collaborate with student groups. You may see them around campus, tabling, "trash talking", or performing a waste audit.

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Jasper Maldonado

Major: Conservation Biology (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2023

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Lisa Steinberg

Major:  Environmental Studies (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2025

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Max Vodra

Major: Conservation Biology (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2025

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Allysia Yanez

Major: Natural Resources Management (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2024

 

Student Garden Assistants

Our Student Garden Assistants help to maintain and cultivate the student garden located at ESF's Lafayette Road Experimental Station in Syracuse. These students get first dibs on the produce and flowers grown in the garden, but much of what is grown is shared with campus.

 

 

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Raquel Mannella

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Carter Rogan

Major: Environmental Science (M.P.S.)

Year: Class of 2024

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Kathryn Resanovich

Major: Environmental Education & Interpretation (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2025

 

Sustainability Program Assistants

Our Sustainability Program Assistants work on a variety of sustainability projects, including the development of ESF's WELL Portfolio, collaboration with the NYS Center for Sustainable Materials Management (CSMM), serving as liaisons between non-profit organizations and ESF and more!

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Ella Copiatti

Major: Environmental Studies (B.S.), concentration: Environmental Policy, Planning, and Law

Year: Class of 2023

Work Focus: Serves as the primary staff support role for the National Recycling Coalition Inc. (NRC). The NRC is a national non-profit supported by ESF through a grant to the College. She also serves as a liaison between the NRC and the NYS Center for Sustainable Materials Management.

 

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Fiona Koye

Major: Natural Resources Management (B.S.), focusing on forestry sampling practices, hydrologic restoration, and soil conservation

Year: Class of 2022 (December)

Work Focus: Assists with sustainability, natural resources, and ecosystem restoration programs on the Puerto Rico island municipality of Vieques. This includes the establishment of an environmental field station on Vieques. This station will be connected to similar stations at ESF as well as the national network of environmental field stations. She serves as a liaison with the College's ecosystem restoration activities.

 

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Eva Sideris

Major: Environmental Studies (B.S.), focusing on environmental justice and natural resources equity

Year: Class of 2023

Work Focus: Supports initiatives of the NYS Center for Sustainable Materials Management. She also is helping lead engagements and interactions by ESF faculty, staff, and students, and other partners working on initiatives in Vieques, primarily those focused on environmental justice and equity. In addition, Eva is assisting with ESF's role as a Pillar Institution with the Planet Forward program based at George Washington University.

 

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Isabel McCullough Valentin

Major: Environmental Studies (B.S.), Concentration: Communications,  Policy, and Environmental Justice

Year:  Class of 2024

Work Focus: Helps coordinate and develop ESF's organizational structure as it relates to increasing initiatives with Vieques and Puerto Rico in general. She is also employed by the Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center (EFC) and serves as a primary liaison between ESF and the EFC as related to both organizations' involvement with Puerto Rico initiatives.

 

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Owen Volk

Major: Environmental Studies (B.S.), Concentration: Communications,  Policy, and Environmental Justice

Year: Class of 2024

Work Focus: Works closely with ESF's Digital Storytelling Studio (DSS) and its Office of Communication and Marketing (OCM). He is helping by being a liaison with DSS, OCM, and the sustainability office. Owen is also a Planet Forward (PF) Correspondent, serving as a representative for ESF with PF, and helping to develop joint PF and ESF programs.

 

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Savannah Wright

Major: Landscape Architecture (B.L.A.)

Year: Class of 2023

Work Focus: Assists with the College's commitment to the WELL Building Portfolio and Equity Standards. She is focused on the development of associated wellness and mental health initiatives. She is also helping lead initiatives on Vieques as they support ESF's Landscape Architecture program. In addition, Savannah is conceptualizing ideas for the potential development of ESF's "Block D" parcel, while also considering its relation to the Interstate-81 project that will remove the raised highway currently located to the west of the Syracuse campus.

 

Sustainability Research Assistants

Our Sustainability Research Assistants focus on specific sustainability initiatives to assist the Office of Sustainability in developing new and refining existing campus sustainability programs. Among other things, their work helps ESF keep and earn new sustainability related certifications and helps to solidify us as one of the leading sustainable colleges. 

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Shirley Chen

Major: Environmental Studies  (B.S.)

Year: Class of 2024

Work Focus: Plastics reduction, food justice, environmental justice, and collaboration between ESF student groups

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Olivia Heilbronner

Major: Environmental Resources Engineering (B.S.), Minor: Renewable Energy

Year: Class of 2023

Work Focus: Energy management and carbon accounting

 

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Abhinaya Polaka

Major: Environmental Science (B.S.), Concentration: Renewable Energy Science

Year: Class of 2025

Work Focus: Energy management and carbon accounting