Leadership
Evan Thomas, PhD, PE, MPH
Director| Mortenson Endowed Chair in Global Engineering
Laura MacDonald, PhD
Managing Director
Rita Klees, PhD
Associate Director, Outreach | Scholar-in-Residence | Professor of Engineering Practice
Karl G. Linden, PhD
Associate Director | Mortenson Professor of Sustainable Development
Carlo Salvinelli, PhD
Faculty Fellow| Associate TeachingProfessor
Amy Javernick-Will, PhD
Faculty Fellow |Nicholas R. and Nancy D. Petry Professor in Construction Engineering and Management
Zia Mehrabi, PhD
Faculty Fellow| AssistantProfessor | Environmental Studies
Grace Burleson, PhD
Faculty Fellow| AssistantProfessor | Mechanical Engineering
Bernard Amadei, PhD, NAE
Founding Director| Distinguished Professor
Faculty and Staff
Sarah Goodroad
Program Coordinator
Nancy Wright, MS
Financial Manager
Gunārs Platais, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Chantal Iribagiza, PhD
Research Associate
Denis Muthike, PhD
Research Associate
Kat Demaree
Project Manager | Climate Innovation Collaboratory
Laura Hamrick
Program Coordinator | LandPKS
Kelsey Eichbauer
Student Assistant