CUNY Climate Scholar Directors

Mindy Engle-Friedman

Dr. Mindy Engle-Friedman

Program Director
Baruch College

Dr. Brett Branco


Program Co-Director
Brooklyn College

Dr. Chester Zarnoch

Program Co-Director
Baruch College

Philip Neal

Dr. Neal
Philip

Program Co-Director
Bronx Community College

William Solecki

Dr. William Solecki

Program Co-Director
Hunter College

Baruch Climate Action Collaborative

Mindy Engle-Friedman

Dr. Mindy Engle-Friedman

Psychology
Weissman

Dr. Chester Zarnoch


Natural Sciences
Weissman

Dr. Cynthia Thompson

Management
Zicklin

Dr. Junghoon Park

Dr. Junghoon Park

Strategy and Corporate Sustainability
Zicklin

Dr. Lin Peng


Finance
Zicklin

Stephen Gosnell

Dr. J. Stephen Gosnell

Natural Sciences
Weissman

Dr. Emily Johnson


Journalism
Weissman

Dr. Christina Balboa


Public Affairs
Marxe

Dr. Deborah Balk

Public Affairs
Marxe

Anna D'Souza

Dr. Anna D'Souza

Public Affairs
Marxe

Dr. Shelly Eversley

Black and Latino Studies
Weissman

Dr. Mehmet Ozbilgin


Accounting
Zicklin

Dr. Yao Shen


Finance
Zicklin

Dr. Jun Wang


Finance
Zicklin

Joonsung Francis Won

Finance
Zicklin

Dr. Yildiray Yildirim


Real Estate
Zicklin

Dr. Rianne Subijanto

Communication Studies
Weissman

Dr. Gang He

Public Affairs
Marxe

Ben Iuliano

Environmental Studies
Weissman

Dr. Lucrezia Nava

Environmental Studies
Weissman

Dr. Dan Li

Philosophy
Weissman

Dr. Elizabeth Edenberg

Philosophy
Weissman

Dr. Svenja Dube

Accountancy
Zicklin

Program Managers

Lily Ameling


Program Manager 2023-25

Farzad Mousavi


Program Manager 2023-25

Program Support Coordinators

Eric Liu


Program Support Coordinator
2024-25

Talla Hamouche


Program Support Coordinator
2024-25

Program Coordinators

Charlie Overton


Program Coordinator 2022-23

Parisa Setayesh

Parisa Setayesh


Program Coordinator
2022-23

Chelsea Wepy


Program Coordinator 2021-22

Jenna Tipaldo

Jenna Tipaldo


Program Coordinator
2020-21

Karla Ruiz Cravioto

Program Coordinator 2021-22

Baruch Climate Communications Team

Lauren Kraker

Coordinator Lead

Katherine Quach

Co-Coordinator

Subarno Rahman

Co-Coordinator

YaYin Ruan

Co-Coordinator

Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Rebecca Bratspies

CUNY School of Law

Dr. Peter Groffman


Brooklyn College, CUNY

Dr. Roger Karapin


Hunter College, CUNY

Dr. Ilias Kavouras

Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, CUNY

Dr. Mike Menser

Brooklyn College, CUNY

Dr. Michael Bobker

City College, CUNY

Dr. Sophia Suarez

Brooklyn College, CUNY

Dr. Tammy Lewis

Brooklyn College, CUNY

Dr. Marijaneh Issapour

Farmingdale University


Dr. Aurash Khawarzad

Graduate Center, CUNY


Dr. Ashley Dawson


Staten Island, CUNY


Dr. James F. Booth


City College & Graduate Center, CUNY

Dr. Nir Krakauer


City College, CUNY


Dr. Cheryl J. Fish

Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY


June Williamson


City College, CUNY


Dr. Chiaki Yanagisawa

Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY

Julio Salcedo Fernandez

City College, CUNY


Dr. Zihao Zhang


City College, CUNY


Dr. Constantin Cranganu

Brooklyn College, CUNY


Dr. Hamid Norouzi

College of Technology & Graduate Center, CUNY

Dr. Chuixiang Yi

Queens College, CUNY


Dr. Kenneth Gould

Brooklyn College & Graduate Center, CUNY


Emily Laber-Warren

Newmark J-School, CUNY


Dr. Allan Frei

Hunter College, CUNY

CUNY Climate Scholars

Alexandra Acevedo

2022-2023

Barbara Dayan

2022-2023

Eric Soto

Eric Soto

2022-2023

Farzad Mousavi

2022-2023


Ishrat Jahan

2022-2023


Julianna Lentini

2022-2023


Laila Gad

2022-2023


Aika Koikai

2022-2023

Carolina Perez

2022-2023

Lillian Ameling

2022-2023

Bruno Santos Rodriguez

Bruno Santos Rodrigues

2021-22

Chelsea Wepy


2020-21

Karla Ruiz Cravioto

2020-21

Manav Tilwani

2020-21

Osvaldo Garcia

2020-21

Emily Salinas Bermudez

2021-22

Hyosik Shin


2021-22

Ivette Evangelista


2021-22

Jennifer Pizarro Carrion

2021-22

Josephina Gjonaj

2021-22

Joseph Rizzotti


2021-22

Julie Margolin


2021-22

Meteja Tokic

2021-22

Noa Heller

2021-22

Stacy Kim

2020-21