CCI Steering Committee
During the past 3 years the Earth Institute has established the Cross Cutting Initiatives as a means to tackle complex multi-disciplinary problems related to sustainable development. It guides the investment of seed funding, coordinates the seminar series on sustainable development, and is overseeing the writing process of the book 'Is Sustainable Development Feasible?' The CCI is guided by a steering committee with representation from all relevant disciplines. The CCI Steering Committee is comprised of the following members, with their respective cross-cutting theme indicated:
Peter Schlosser, Chair
Associate Director, The Earth Institute
Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering
Steven A. Cohen, Ex Officio
Executive Director, The Earth Institute
Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs and Earth Institute
Director, Concentration in Environmental Policy Studies, School of International and Public Affairs
Dr. Paul Brandt-Rauf, Environmental Public Health
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health
Geoffrey M. Heal, Social Sciences
Director, Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development, The Earth Institute
Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, School of Business
Yochanan Kushnir, Climate and Society
Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Klaus S. Lackner, Energy
Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, The Earth Institute
Ewing-Worzel Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Upmanu Lall, Water
Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering and of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering
Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Earth Institute
Art Lerner-Lam, Hazards
Director, Center for Hazards and Risk Research, The Earth Institute
Doherty Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
John C. Mutter, Hazards
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cheryl Palm, Food, Ecology and Nutrition
Director for Research, Millennium Villages Project, The Earth Institute
Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Earth Institute
Richard Plunz, Urban
Director, Urban Design Lab, The Earth Institute
Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Madeleine Thomson, Health
Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Earth Institute
Maria Uriarte, Ecosystems
Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Lex van Geen, Water
Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory