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Energy and Sustainability Organizational Description

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  • Associate Vice President – Bert Bland, P.E.
    • Sustainability Administrator - Careen Arsenault
  • Director of Utilities Production – Joshua LaPenna, P.E.
    • Assistant to Director of Utilities Production – Dede Deeley
    • Electrical Engineer – Jim Ciolek
    • Plant Engineer - Erik Kirakosyan
    • Plant Engineer – Alton O'Neal
    • Plant Maintenance Planner - Scott Morse
    • Industrial Controls System Manager - Scott Williams
      • Sr. I&C Technician – Sean Lynch
      • Sr. I&C Technician – Bernie Rose
      • Sr. Environmental I&C Technician – David Perrine
    • Maintenance Manager / Hydroplant Manager – Alan Griffith
      • Sr. Mechanic – Mark Carlisle
      • Sr. Mechanic – Rich Glezen
      • Sr. Mechanic – Tony Page
    • Central Energy Plant Operations Manager – Garret Quist, P.E.
      • Sr. Water Treatment Operator – Jim Parr
      • Water Treatment Operator – vacant
      • Sr. Plant Operator – Doug Smith
      • Sr. Plant Operator – Kelly Martin
      • Sr. Plant Operator – Dave Wilmot
      • Sr. Plant Operator – Tim Middaugh
      • Sr. Plant Operator – Ron Grose
      • Sr. Plant Operator – Robert Campbell
      • Boiler Operator – John Mendelis
      • Boiler Operator – Dan Pakkala
      • Boiler Operator – Andy Purser
      • Boiler Operator – Chuck Hayward
      • Boiler Operator – Robert Reynolds
      • Boiler Operator – Brendan Lester
      • Boiler Operator – Jeremy Lattrell
    • Water Filtration Plant (WFP) Manager – Andrew Murphy, P.E.
      • Sr. Mechanic / Relief Operator – Mike Brown
      • Sr. Plant Operator/WFP Technician – Keith Cochran
      • Sr. Plant Operator – Matthew Foster
      • Sr. Plant Operator – Alvin Howell
  • Director of Utilities Distribution and Energy Management – Cole Tucker, P.E., CEM
    • Assistant to the Director / UMS Program Manager– Vicki Davis
    • Metering Program Coordinator – Mike Boggs
    • Utilities Distribution Systems Op Specialist – Steve Hubbell
    • Energy Project Coordinator – Jason Collins, EMIT
    • Energy Engineer – Samuel Fairchild, CEM
    • Distribution Engineer – Jason Kelly
    • Electric Enterprise Manager – Jeff LaPar
    • Thermal Distribution Manager – Frank Perry
    • Thermal Distribution Manager –Chas Porter
  • Director of Campus Sustainability – Sarah Carson
    • Assistant Director, Campus Sustainability Office – Kimberly Anderson
    • Sustainability Coordinator – Lisa Kilgore
    • Sustainability Manager – Meredith Rutherford
  • Energy Transition Program Manager – Stacey Edwards
  • Earth Source Heat
    • Wayne Bezner Kerr – Project Manager
    • Burak Erdinc – Geothermal Engineer
    • Inger Aaberg, Project Coordinator (under Facilities Engineering and Project Management)