Committee

The TGIF Committee is the decision-making body for The Green Initiative Fund. The committee chooses which projects receive money, approves changes to awards, and guides the general direction of TGIF. The Committee is organized and facilited by the TGIF Coordinator. The Coordinator presents and reports to the Committee all information regarding TGIF funded projects and the TGIF program.

Voting Members

• One graduate Student appointed by the Chair of the Environmental Sustainability Committee of the Graduate Assembly (GA)
• One undergraduate Student appointed by the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) Environmental Sustainability Director
• One Student appointed by the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS)
• One undergraduate Student, selected by the Grant-Making Committee after the other three student members have been selected
• One Faculty member selected by the Academic Senate
• One Staff member from Administration, selected by the Vice Chancellor for Administration
• One Staff member from Facilities Services, selected by the Vice Chancellor of Facilities Services

 
The duties of the voting committee members are to:

1. Attend monthly committee meetings
2. Select which projects receive funding during grant review
3. Vote on issues which require committee approval, such as project adjustments
4. Provide feedback to and help support all grantees

Non-Voting Members

The campus Sustainability Director, a member of the Committee on Student Fees, and a representative of the ASUC Senate shall attend Committee meetings as non-voting Members, and the Committee shall invite experts/guests to provide information and expertise as needed.

The duties of the non-voting committee members are to:

1. Attend monthly committee meetings
2. Provide advice and background information to the committee during grant review
3. Provide feedback to the committee on issues which require committee approval, such as project adjustments
4. Provide feedback to and help support all grantees

2012-2013 TGIF Committee

Voting Members	Name & Contact	Bios
Administration	Kira Stoll This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Kira has worked for University of California for over 20 years developing and administering sustainability and transportation initiatives. As UC Berkeley's Sustainability Manager she oversees the campus climate action planning, reporting, and greenhouse gas emissions inventory, leads Office communications, and coordinates various other sustainability efforts and student teams to green the campus operations. In her previous work in sustainable transportation planning, Kira implemented state-of-the-art initiatives that resulted in lasting increases in the number of commuters cycling, walking, using transit, and ridesharing. Kira has a B.A. from UC Santa Cruz and is a certified urban planner.
Associated Students of the University of California	Jacqueline Hsu This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Jacqueline is a second year student from Los Angeles County and currently pursuing a double major in Environmental Economics and Policy and Conservation and Resource Studies. Her interest in issues has spurred her participation in student organizations such as the ASUC Sustainability Team, PowerSave Green Campus, and Bay-area Environmentally Aware Consulting Network. In her free time, she enjoys watching movies, hunting for bargains and deals, discovering do-it-yourself ideas, and spending time with her friends and family.
Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Sustainability	Brynn Cook This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Brynn is a fourth-year environmental science student at Cal. As a transfer student to UC Berkeley, Brynn was completely stunned by the level of involvement and passion she found in student groups on Berkeley's campus. During her second semester at Cal, Brynn served as a project group leader for Steam, where she had the opportunity to work with inspiring student environmental activists. In her spare time, Brynn likes reading and writing poetry, and going backpacking, and trying new boba places in Berkeley!
Student At-Large Representative	Shilpa Sure This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Shilpa is a third year Environmental Economics and Policy major originally from Cupertino, California. Shilpa has also been involved with the student group BEACN (Bay-area Environmentally Aware Consulting Network) for three semesters. When she has free time, Shilpa enjoys watching TV and exploring flea markets.
Faculty	John Chiang This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	John is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and at the Berkeley Atmospheric Sciences Center. John grew up in South Africa and moved to the United States intending graduate studies in physics, but soon realized an applied bent and budding interest in the global environment. His group's research focuses on the climate dynamics of the global atmosphere and its interactions with the ocean and land systems. You can visit John's Faculty Profile.
Facilities Services	Kevin Ng This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Kevin is an analyst with the newly-established Energy Office on campus. As a licensed mechanical engineer, he has chosen to focus his career in the field of all things related to energy. He is proud and excited to serve on the TGIF committee, and has been continuously impressed with the efforts of students and staff on making the campus more sustainable. He has a knack for identifying and solving problems – in his free time, you may find him running tenant energy efficiency improvement projects for his Dalmations' kennel.
Graduate Assembly	Daniel Riffe This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Daniel is a second year PhD student (Materials Science) studying rare earth electrochemistry in ionic liquids. In addition to research, Daniel represents his department on the university wide Graduate Assembly, where he sit on the Environmental Sustainability Committee. He is also a member of the Campus Bike Committee, Cal Triathlon, and various LGBTQ organizations at Cal. He is thrilled to be part of TGIF and is looking forward to a successful year!
Non-Voting Members
Committee on Student Fees	Conner Nanni This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Connor is studying Political Economy of Industrialized Societies with a concentration in modern financial systems '13. He is originally from Culver City, CA but plans to stay in the Bay Area after graduation. Connor is a member of the Committee on Student Fees and Budget Review. He grew up hanging my clothes on a line to save energy and have solar panels on my house.
ASUC Senator	Megan Majd This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Megan is a third year interdisciplinary studies major with a concentration in human rights and environmental issues. She is a senator with the ASUC and last year she ran a campaign with CALPIRG to ban plastic bags in Alameda County. She also works with ECO and many other environmental organizations to make Berkeley more sustainable.
Ex-Officio, Capital Projects	Judy Chess This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Judy, the Assistant Director of Green Building Programs, has over twenty-five years of planning experience in campus long range and master planning, project management, facilities and capital projects administration. She specializes in integrating sustainability goals and green building measures into all of UC Berkeley's capital projects. Ms. Chess helped establish Berkeley's Office of Sustainability and works on the new Energy Management Initiative program that will accomplish almost half of the GHG reductions required to meet Berkeley's emissions reduction target. She serves as Facilities' liaison to campus research and teaching activities in sustainability, provides oversight to the Chancellor's Committee on Sustainability and Building Sustainability @ Cal, a service learning programs that provides students with the opportunity to work directly with campus users on sustainability measures. Judy is a LEED AP BD+C and holds Masters in Landscape Architecture and City and Regional Planning from UC Berkeley and a B.E.S. from University of Manitoba, Canada.
Ex-Officio, Office of Sustainability	Lisa McNeilly This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Lisa has over fifteen years of experience working in the sustainability field. As Director of Sustainability at UC Berkeley, she has focused on sustainability planning and on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, and waste generation. She publishes annual sustainability reports and compiles sustainability metrics to emphasize transparency and accountability. Prior to her arrival at University of California, she served as regional program director for the Nature Conservancy, managed sustainability and compliance for facilities at the Grand Canyon, directed international programs at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and served as special assistant to the White House Climate Change Task Force. She holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from Princeton and an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Davidson College.
TGIF Coordinator	Katherine Walsh This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Katherine has had the honor of being the TGIF Coordinator since September 2010. She has a B.A. in Political Science and Environmental Studies from Boston College, where she led the student environmental group, Ecopledge, and interned for the Director of Sustainability. Katherine is an ex-officio on the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Sustainability and is a member of the Zero Waste Working Group. She loves working at UC Berkeley and is constantly impressed by the students!

Past TGIF Committees

2011-2012

2010-2011

 

2009-2010

2008-2009

2007-2008