Our Team
Engineers for a Sustainable World is run by a group of dedicated volunteers distributed across the United States. The Leadership Team provides support for our global chapter network and programs. We are supported by our volunteer Board of Directors and Advisory Board.
For ESW Chapters: Please send all inquiries through your regional Chapter Relations Coordinator (CRC).
For General Inquiries: Please send all general inquiries to info@eswusa.org.
Executive
The Executive Department works across ESW to ensure that our volunteers have strong leadership support, alignment on our goals, and a solid operating foundation.
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Chief Operating Officer Sarah Innocenzi sinnocenzi@eswusa.org |
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Recruiting Manager Veronika Usmanova vusmanova@eswusa.org |
Development
The Development Department is in charge of individual giving, major gifts, and foundation relations.
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Acting Executive Director Sohn Cook scook@eswusa.org |
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Development Manager Vicky Martin vmartin@eswusa.org |
Programs
The Programs Department is in charge of running ESW's national and global programming such as Build Day, Project Grants, and the Resilient CommUnity Design Challenge.
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Build Day Program Director Zoe Bottcher zbottcher@eswusa.org |
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CommUnity Program Director Alex Julius amjulius@eswusa.org |
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Project Grants Director Laura Lilienkamp llilienkamp@eswusa.org |
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Chapter Liaison Coordinator Sanjay Jain sjain@eswusa.org |
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Programs Coordinator Thamee Thet tothet@eswusa.org |
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Programs Coordinator Sayan Basak sbasak@eswusa.org |
Conference & Events
The Conference and Events Department is in charge of developing ESW's largest event (the Biennial Conference), as well as planning regional, digital, and company events. The Biennial Conference brings together some of the brightest minds in sustainability and engineering to explore what it means to build a better world. Each conference is held at a different school within the ESW network to highlight the campus, community, and chapter accomplishments.
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Events Director Alyssa Owens aowens@eswusa.org |
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Conference Manager Gabby Hall ghall@eswusa.org |
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Event Partnerships Coordinator Elisa Rivera erivera@eswusa.org |
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Content Coordinator Maria Plessia mplessia@eswusa.org |
Chapter Relations
The Chapter Relations Department at ESW-HQ is made up of a team of dedicated Chapter Relations Coordinators (CRCs) who act as the main connection between ESW chapters and ESW-HQ.
They work with chapter leaders and members to do all of the following:
- Maintain open communication between the chapter and the rest of the ESW network
- Ensure chapters know about current ESW-HQ initiatives
- Help chapter leaders with strategic challenges
- Create useful content for student chapters
CRCs also reach out to new schools in target geographical areas to find faculty and students that may be interested in starting new ESW chapters. CRCs are instrumental in onboarding these new chapters and helping them get off to a successful start.
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Chapter Relations Director Sarah Barr Engel sbarrengel@eswusa.org |
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New Chapter Development Amelia Veitch aveitch@eswusa.org |
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CRC: Northeast Savanna Smith sksmith@eswusa.org |
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CRC: Mid-Atlantic Emma Burke eburke@eswusa.org |
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CRC: Northeast/Midwest Josh Loveland jloveland@eswusa.org |
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CRC: Midwest Carly Cohen ccohen@eswusa.org |
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CRC: New England Sarah Barr Engel sbarrengel@eswusa.org |
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CRC: Southeast + Amelia Veitch aveitch@eswusa.org |
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CRC: South-Central + Molly Patterson mhpatterson@eswusa.org |
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CRC: West Matthew Vu mvu@eswusa.org |
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CRC: West Sabeena Sebastian ssebastian@eswusa.org |
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Professional Member Development
The Professional Member Development Department helps start new professional chapters and oversees our professional member programming.
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Professional Member Development Director Andrea Oaks amoaks@eswusa.org |
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Professional Chapter Development Mike Simmons msimmons@eswusa.org |
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Professional Member Development Coordinator Sebastien Selarque sselarque@eswusa.org |
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Professional Member Development Coordinator Austin Izzo aizzo@eswusa.org |
Communications & Technology (CommTech)
The CommTech Department handles everything from tech support to media development.
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CommTech Director Sophie Hopps-Weber shoppsweber@eswusa.org |
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Public Relations & Marketing Director Egoamaka Egbe eegbe@eswusa.org |
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Social Media Coordinator Maria Zhra Ali mzali@eswusa.org |
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Technology Coordinator Chris Kratzer ckratzer@eswusa.org |
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Branding Coordinator Justin Feldis jfeldis@eswusa.org |
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors provides oversight and long-term planning for ESW.
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Board Chair Kyle Gracey kgracey@eswusa.org |
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Human Resources Rena Chen rchen@eswusa.org |
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Strategic Planning Brian Lange blange@eswusa.org |
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Risk Management Paulo Lopes plopes@eswusa.org |
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Risk Management Hendrik van Hemmen hvanhemmen@eswusa.org |
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Fundraising & Corporate Partnerships Sébastian Hoyos shoyos@eswusa.org |
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Fundraising & Corporate Partnerships Miguel Fraga mfraga@eswusa.org |