Global Climate Leadership Council

The Global Climate Leadership Council was formed in 2014 to advise UC on its ambitious climate goals and to provide guidance on integrating the University’s sustainability goals into its teaching, research and public service mission.

The council is comprised of faculty, administrators, students and experts from inside and outside UC. Its focus spans energy services, applied research, communications and government relations, faculty engagement, student engagement, policy, climate action planning, climate equity and justice, UC Health and financial strategies. Additionally, the council engages the entire University community in its effort to seek out the best practices, policies and technology to pursue a fossil-free future.

Council members

The council is co-chaired by:

  • Nathan Brostrom, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (UCOP)
  • Fonna Forman, Professor of Political Science and Director, UCSD Center on Global Justice (UCSD)

Council members include UC officials and students:

  • Ken Alex, Director, Project Climate (UCB)
  • Roger Bales, Professor of Engineering (UCM)
  • Matt Barth, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education (UCR)
  • Michael Beck, Vice Chancellor, Administration (UCLA)
  • Wendell Brase, Associate Chancellor for Sustainability (UCI)
  • Ann Carlson, Professor and Faculty Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (UCLA)
  • John Davis Rodríguez, Vice Chancellor of Education and Student Affairs (UCSF)
  • John Elliott, Chief Sustainability Officer (LBNL)
  • Marc Fisher, Vice Chancellor, Administration (UCB)
  • Erin Gore, Senior Vice Chancellor for Finance & Administration (UCSF)
  • Glenda Humiston, Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCOP)
  • Theresa Maldonado, Vice President, Research and Innovation (UCOP)
  • Beth Rose Middleton, Professor of Native American Studies, Associate Director of Environmental and Climate Justice, Institute of the Environment (UCD)
  • Juan Muñoz, Chancellor (UCM)
  • Rachael Nava, Executive Vice President-Chief Operating Officer (UCOP)
  • Zoanne Nelson, Associate Vice President of Finance and Administration, UC Health
  • Katherine S. Newman, Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs (UCOP)
  • Tracey Osborne, Associate Professor, School of Engineering (UCM)
  • Ahmet Palazoglu, Academic Senate Vice Chair (UCOP/UCD)
  • David Phillips, Associate Vice President, Capital Programs, Energy and Sustainability (UCOP)
  • Janet Reilly, Chair, UC Board of Regents
  • Bella Santos, Undergraduate student representative (UCB)
  • Mohit Saraswat, Graduate student representative (UCM)
  • Susannah Scott, Academic Senate Vice Chair (UCOP/UCSB)
  • Rachel Segalman, Vice Chancellor for Research (UCSB)
  • Leah Stokes, Associate Professor of Political Science (UCSB)
  • Meredith Turner, Senior Vice President, External Relations and Communications (UCOP)
  • Stephanie Valadez, President, UC Graduate and Professional Council (UCSC)
  • Ellen Vaughan, Assistant Director of Sustainability for Operational and Strategic Initiatives (UCSC)
  • Sheri Weiser, Professor of Medicine and Internist in Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine (UCSF)

External Advisors:

  • Jeffrey Clary, Senior Director, Climate Strategies, Foundation for California Community Colleges
  • Paul Gannoe, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Capital Planning, Design and Construction, The California State University
  • Ramé Hemstreet, Vice President, Operations, Kaiser Permanente