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.

	Chief Operating Officer Sarah Innocenzi sinnocenzi@eswusa.org
	Recruiting Manager Veronika Usmanova vusmanova@eswusa.org

Development

The Development Department is in charge of individual giving, major gifts, and foundation relations.

	Acting Executive Director Sohn Cook scook@eswusa.org
	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.

	Build Day Program Director Zoe Bottcher zbottcher@eswusa.org
	CommUnity Program Director Alex Julius amjulius@eswusa.org
	Project Grants Director Laura Lilienkamp llilienkamp@eswusa.org
	Chapter Liaison Coordinator Sanjay Jain sjain@eswusa.org
	Programs Coordinator Thamee Thet tothet@eswusa.org
	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.

	Events Director Alyssa Owens aowens@eswusa.org
	Conference Manager Gabby Hall ghall@eswusa.org
	Event Partnerships Coordinator Elisa Rivera erivera@eswusa.org
	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.

	Chapter Relations Director Sarah Barr Engel sbarrengel@eswusa.org
	New Chapter Development Amelia Veitch aveitch@eswusa.org
	CRC: Northeast Savanna Smith sksmith@eswusa.org
	Cornell University Rochester Institute of Technology University of Buffalo University of Guelph University of Rochester
	CRC: Mid-Atlantic Emma Burke eburke@eswusa.org
	American University Elizabethtown College Pennsylvania State University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Stevens Institute of Technology
	CRC: Northeast/Midwest Josh Loveland jloveland@eswusa.org
	Carnegie Mellon University Ohio State University Purdue University University of Akron University of Pittsburgh
	CRC: Midwest Carly Cohen ccohen@eswusa.org
	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 Sarah Barr Engel sbarrengel@eswusa.org
	Brown University Clarkson University Smith College University of Massachusetts: Lowell University of Rhode Island
	CRC: Southeast + Amelia Veitch aveitch@eswusa.org
	Eastern Mennonite University Georgia Institute of Technology Miami Dade College University of Arizona
	CRC: South-Central + Molly Patterson mhpatterson@eswusa.org
	Midwestern State University Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University University of Kentucky: Paducah University of Texas: Austin University of Texas: El Paso
	CRC: West Matthew Vu mvu@eswusa.org
	California State University: Los Angeles Stanford University University of British Columbia: Vancouver University of California: Berkeley University of California: Merced
	CRC: West Sabeena Sebastian ssebastian@eswusa.org
	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 Member Development

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

	Professional Member Development Director Andrea Oaks amoaks@eswusa.org
	Professional Chapter Development Mike Simmons msimmons@eswusa.org
	Professional Member Development Coordinator Sebastien Selarque sselarque@eswusa.org
	Professional Member Development Coordinator Austin Izzo aizzo@eswusa.org

Communications & Technology (CommTech)

The CommTech Department handles everything from tech support to media development. 

	CommTech Director Sophie Hopps-Weber shoppsweber@eswusa.org
	Public Relations & Marketing Director Egoamaka Egbe eegbe@eswusa.org
	Social Media Coordinator Maria Zhra Ali mzali@eswusa.org
	Technology Coordinator Chris Kratzer ckratzer@eswusa.org
	Branding Coordinator Justin Feldis jfeldis@eswusa.org

Board of Directors

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

	Board Chair Kyle Gracey kgracey@eswusa.org
	Human Resources Rena Chen rchen@eswusa.org
	Strategic Planning Brian Lange blange@eswusa.org
	Risk Management Paulo Lopes plopes@eswusa.org
	Risk Management Hendrik van Hemmen hvanhemmen@eswusa.org
	Fundraising & Corporate Partnerships Sébastian Hoyos shoyos@eswusa.org
	Fundraising & Corporate Partnerships Miguel Fraga mfraga@eswusa.org