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.

	Executive Director Thomas Loughlin [email protected]
	Deputy Director, Strategic Planning Sohn Cook [email protected]

HR

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

	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 Thomas for program partnerships.

Executive Director Thomas Loughlin [email protected]

Community Projects (formally 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.

	Community Projects Director Ariel Yeh [email protected]
	Events Director Christina Gartrell [email protected]
	Project Grants Coordinator Sohn Cook [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 mainline 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 Emma Burke [email protected]
	Rochester Institute of Technology University of Buffalo University of Guelph University of Rochester
	CRC: New York Karlye Wong [email protected]
	Renssaler Polytechnical Institute Cornell University Clarkson University Stevens Institute of Technology
	CRC: Pennsylvania Chernelle Zaide [email protected]
	Carnegie Mellon University Pennsylvania State University Elizabethtown College University of Pittsburgh
	CRC: Midwest E Joshua Loveland [email protected]
	University of Akron Purdue University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Oakland University University of Illinois: Chicago
	CRC: Midwest W Carly Cohen [email protected]
	University of Wisconsin: Madison Michigan State University Northwestern University University of St. Thomas Iowa State University
	CRC: New England Charlotte Kuhl [email protected]
	University of Massachusetts: Lowell University of Rhode Island Brown University American University
	CRC: Southern Kavya Niranjan [email protected]
	University of Kentucky: Paducah Eastern Mennonite University Georgia Institute of Technology Miami Dade College
	CRC: South Central Molly Patterson [email protected]
	Midwestern State University Texas A&M University University of Texas: Austin University of Texas: El Paso
	CRC: Northwest Matt Vu [email protected]
	Stanford University University of British Columbia: Vancouver University of California: Berkeley University of California: Merced Seattle University University of Hawai'i: Manoa
	CRC: West Danny 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

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 Membership Coordinator Austin Izzo [email protected]

Marketing & Communications (MarComm)

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

	MarComm Director Justin Feldis [email protected]
	Public Relations Manager Gwen Newman [email protected]
	Public Relations Coordinator Sophia Atwell [email protected]
	Social Media Coordinator Maria Zhra Ali [email protected]
	Technology Coordinator Chris Alice Kratzer [email protected]
	Branding Coordinator Ramsey Gunter [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]
	Strategic Planning Brian Lange [email protected]
	Strategic Planning Alex Julius [email protected]
	Risk Management Hendrik van Hemmen [email protected]
	Fundraising & Corporate Partnerships Miguel Fraga [email protected]
	Governance/Finance Mark Langley [email protected]
	Board Member Dr. David Tsetse [email protected]

Advisory Board

Our advisors provide additional support and expertise.

Human Resources Rena Chen [email protected]