UC’s Carbon Abatement Technical Committee

UC’s Carbon Abatement Technical Committee is advising the development of UC’s offset procurement strategy. This committee is composed of at least one representative from each of UC’s ten campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and staff from the UC Office of the President Energy and Sustainability Department.


UC’s Offset Strategy Development Project Lead, Barbara Haya, PhD, Research Fellow, California Institute for Energy and Environment

Committee Co-chair, Camille Kirk, UC Davis, Director of Sustainability and Campus Sustainability Planner, (530) 752-7954 

Committee Co-chair, Jewel Persad, UC Santa Barbara, Campus Sustainability Manager/TGIF Grant Manager

UC Office of the President Liaisons: 

UC-initiated offset program: Eric Eberhardt, Director of Energy Services
Voluntary market offset purchases: Cynthia Clark, Renewable Energy Manager 
Energy Services Governing Board Sponsor: Wendell Brase, Associate Chancellor for Sustainability, UCI 
 

Campus committee members: 

UC Berkeley, Kira Stoll, Director of Sustainability

UC Davis, Camille Kirk, Director of Sustainability and Campus Sustainability Planner

UC Irvine, Carrie Metzgar, Sustainability & Planning Analyst

UCLA, Nurit Katz, Chief Sustainability Officer

UC Merced, Mark Maxwell, Interim Director of Sustainability

UC Riverside, Fortino Morales, Sustainability Officer

UC San Diego, Michelle Perez, Energy and Sustainability Manager

UCSF, Gail Lee, Sustainability Director

UC Santa Barbara, Jewel Persad, Campus Sustainability Manager/TGIF Grant Manager

UC Santa Cruz, Ellen Vaughan, Water and Climate Action Manager

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, John Elliott, Chief Sustainability Officer