Sustainability Alumni News
Sustainability grad influences water management reform
Bolstering rural Costa Rican farmers' ability to cope with limited market access and frequent drought, a School of Sustainability doctoral student's research has contributed to a multi-organizational effort to reshape agricultural water management policy.
Meet our alumni: Jessica Fox
Now working to bring renewable surface water from the Colorado River to Central Arizona, School of Sustainability graduate Jessica Fox has a long-standing interest in Western water planning.
Kao is first to graduate with Master's in Sustainability Solutions
As a student, Karen Kao studied abroad in the UK, served as a research assistant for Reinvent PHX, and worked as a project manager for ASU's Sustainability Solutions Services. She is now a sustainability program coordinator for GreenerU.
Sustainability alum advises hospitals on waste, recycling
School of Sustainability graduate Rud Moe is the hospital sustainability specialist for Stericycle, organizing safe recycling and disposal of hospital waste products.
Sustainability alum's career adapts to changing world
A native of Mexico, School of Sustainability graduate Emma Huizar-Felix hopes to return home to implement sustainability practices and consult for local businesses.
Sustainability a means of achieving change for alumnus
Mariela Castaneda is a water resource specialist at the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR), a job she attained following an internship there during her senior year at Arizona State
ASU sustainability grad joins VF Corporation as sustainability coordinator
School of Sustainability master's graduate Andrea Baty develops employee engagement programs, finds volunteer opportunities, and devises sustainability strategies for the Sportswear division of VF Corporation, an $11 billion clothing company.
School of Sustainability alum now environmental program manager for City of Avondale
Daniel Culotta is organizing a team of city officials, stakeholders, and planning experts to devise the city's first-ever integrative sustainability master plan using existing evidence and community participation.
Juggling solutions, experts is all in a day's work for sustainability grad
Doctoral graduate Rajesh Buch is a practice lead with the Sustainability Solutions Extension Service, organizing students and faculty members into consulting groups for private and public sustainability projects.
Sustainability alum takes the 'hazard' out of 'hazardous waste'
As a hazard waste compliance officer for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Bradley Baker conducts inspections of facilities and assist owners in providing a healthy environment for employees.
Sustainability alumna turns food waste into a career
Natalie Fleming graduated from the School of Sustainability in 2012 and a month later, she obtained a position at a Utah startup called EcoScraps. The company collects food waste from
University anthropologist receives Ecological Society of America Award
Shauna BurnSilver is part of a national and international research team given the Sustainability Science Award for their work in East Africa.