Engineering for Sustainable Development: Who We Are

ASME Engineering for Sustainable Development Committee

The Engineering for Sustainable Development Committee works together to advocate for the role of engineers in sustainable development, collaboration, and innovation among private and public sectors and allied programs worldwide.

ESD Committee Members serving 2024-2027 include:
 

• Amy Bilton; Director, Centre for Global Engineering, University of Toronto
• Ananth Aravamudan; Chief of Strategy and Sector Lead – Climate Action & Agriculture, Villgro
• Angela Hariche; CEO, Catapult Design
• Anne Hilby; Deputy General Counsel, Zipline
• Christopher Mattson; Chair, ESD Committee; Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University
• Eddine Sarroukh; Innovation Lead, Philips Foundation
• Evan Thomas Director, Mortenson Center, Mortenson Endowed Chair in Global Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Itoro Atakpa; Founder, GreenOrg Strategies
• Jesse Austin-Breneman; Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
• Johnson Kiwango; Managing Director, ZOLA Electric
• Susan Amrose; Research Scientist, MIT

 
Staff
 

• Leah Putman; Director, Engineering for Sustainable Development, ASME; Director, Engineering for Change (E4C)
• Allie Alvarez, Sr. Program Manager, Engineering for Sustainable Development, ASME
• Jonathan Kemp; Program Specialist, Engineering for Change (E4C)
• Carolina Rojas; Program Specialist, Engineering for Change (E4C)
• Erin Peiffer; Program Coordinator, Engineering for Sustainable Development, ASME

 

For more information on ASME's commitment to Sustainability, visit https://www.asme.org/about-asme/sustainability.