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 [email protected].

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.

	Chief Operating Officer Sarah Innocenzi [email protected]
	Executive Director Thomas Loughlin [email protected]

Finance and HR

The Finance and HR department manages most of our organization's day-to-day hiring and finances.

	Recruiting Manager Veronika Usmanova [email protected]
	Recruitment Coordinator Benita Manoharan [email protected]

Development

The Development Department is in charge of individual giving, major gifts, and foundation relations. For partnerships with ESW, please contact either Thomas for general or organizational partnerships or Sohn for program partnerships.

Deputy Director Sohn Cook [email protected]

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. Please contact [email protected] for more information about our programs. 

The Programs Department is also 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.

	Program Manager Jesse Morales [email protected]
	Program Coordinator Sebastien Selarque [email protected]
	Program Coordinator Allyson Schroepfer [email protected]

Student Membership

The Student Membership Department at ESW-HQ is made up of a team of dedicated Chapter Relations Coordinators (CRCs) who act as the main line of communication 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.

	Chapter Relations Director Sarah Barr Engel [email protected]
	New Chapter Development Amelia Veitch [email protected]
	CRC: Northeast Savanna Smith [email protected]
	Cornell University Rochester Institute of Technology University of Buffalo University of Guelph University of Rochester
	CRC: Mid-Atlantic Emma Burke [email protected]
	American University Elizabethtown College Pennsylvania State University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Stevens Institute of Technology
	CRC: Northeast/Midwest Josh Loveland [email protected]
	Carnegie Mellon University Oakland University Ohio State University Purdue University University of Akron University of Pittsburgh
	CRC: Midwest Carly Cohen [email protected]
	Michigan State University Northwestern University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology University of Illinois: Chicago University of St. Thomas University of Wisconsin: Madison
	CRC: New England Charlotte Kuhl [email protected]
	Brown University Clarkson University Smith College University of Massachusetts: Lowell University of Rhode Island
	CRC: Southeast + Kavya Niranjan [email protected]
	Eastern Mennonite University Georgia Institute of Technology Miami Dade College University of Arizona Iowa State University
	CRC: South-Central + Molly Patterson [email protected]
	Midwestern State University Texas A&M University University of Kentucky: Paducah University of Texas: Austin University of Texas: El Paso
	CRC: West Matthew Vu [email protected]
	California State University: Los Angeles Seattle University Stanford University University of British Columbia: Vancouver University of California: Berkeley University of California: Merced
	CRC: West Daniel O'Brien [email protected]
	California Polytechnic Institute: San Luis Obispo California State University: Long Beach Harvey Mudd College University of California: Irvine University of California: San Diego University of Hawai'i: Mānoa

Professional Membership

The Professional Membership Department helps start new professional chapters and oversees our professional member programming.

	Professional Membership Director Andrea Oaks [email protected]
	Professional Recruitment Manager Mike Vasudevan [email protected]
	Professional Membership Coordinator Austin Izzo [email protected]
	Professional Recruitment Coordinator Alessia Carreon [email protected]

Marketing & Communications (MarComm)

The MarComm Department handles everything from tech support to social media and outreach. 

	MarComm Director Sophie Hopps-Weber [email protected]
	Public Relations Manager Gwen Newman [email protected]
	Public Relations Coordinator Sophia Atwell [email protected]
	Social Media Manager Stephanie Toft [email protected]
	Social Media Coordinator Maria Zhra Ali [email protected]
	Technology Coordinator Chris Alice Kratzer [email protected]
	Branding Coordinator Justin Feldis [email protected]
	Newsletter Coordinator Elisabeth Strayer [email protected]

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors provides oversight and long-term planning for ESW.

	Board Chair Kyle Gracey [email protected]
	Human Resources Rena Chen [email protected]
	Strategic Planning Brian Lange [email protected]
	Strategic Planning Alex Julius [email protected]
	Risk Management Hendrik van Hemmen [email protected]
	Fundraising & Corporate Partnerships Sébastian Hoyos [email protected]
	Fundraising & Corporate Partnerships Miguel Fraga [email protected]