Sustainability Committee Members

MEMBERSHIP: The committee membership will consist the Director of the WMU Office of Sustainability, Director of Planning, Design, and Construction (or their representatives) at least 13 members including seven faculty members appointed by the Campus Planning and Finance Council (at least one from each academic college and one at large), a Campus Planning and Finance Council representative as an ex officio member, and a Landscape Services representative as an advisory member, one undergraduate student selected by the Western Student Association and one graduate student selected by the Graduate Student Association.

The Sustainability Committee requires 8 out of 14 voting members to be in attendance to establish quorum, as long as there are no Vacant seats, any Vacant seat(s) should be removed from the voting member total so that one more than half of the new total is needed for quorum. (*indicates a non-voting member)

COMMITTEE OFFICERS

Steven Bertman, Chair

Jeff Spoelstra, Vice Chair

VACANT, Secretary

EX OFFICIO MEMBER

LuMarie Guth
Campus Planning and Finance Council

PERMANENT MEMBERS

Jeff Spoelstra
Director of the Office for Sustainability

Sara VanderVeen
Senior Director of Planning, Design, and Construction

APPOINTED FACULTY MEMBERS

Steven Bertman (2028)
Arts and Sciences

Lynne Heasley (2026)
Arts and Sciences

Valarian Kwigizile (2028)
Engineering and Applied Sciences

Kate Martini (2027)
Arts and Sciences

Timothy Palmer (2027)
Business

VACANT (2026)
Aviation

VACANT (2028)
Education and Human Development

VACANT (2027)
Health and Human Services

VACANT (2026)
Representative-at-Large

ADVISORY MEMBER

*Stephen Root
Landscape Services Representative

STUDENT MEMBERS

Mia Breznau
Western Student Association, Director of Sustainability

Mitchell Luttermoser
Graduate Student Association