Faculty Leadership | Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability

Cornell Atkinson’s Faculty Leadership

Cornell Atkinson benefits from the scholarship and experience of faculty from across the university. Their roles at Cornell Atkinson are described within the following categories: Director, Faculty Directors, Cornell Atkinson Scholars, and Senior Faculty Fellows.

Director

The Francis J. DiSalvo Director is the chief executive of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability. Their leadership is complemented by Cornell Atkinson's Faculty Directors, Staff Directors, and Senior Faculty Fellows.

David Lodge — **David M. Lodge**
Francis J. DiSalvo Director

Faculty Directors

On behalf of Cornell Atkinson, Faculty Directors serve as intellectual leaders, connectors, and communication facilitators within their area of domain expertise. Serving three-year terms, Faculty Directors act as ambassadors for Cornell Atkinson within and outside Cornell, and play a central administrative role in the Center’s Executive Committee.

Miguel Gomez — **Miguel Gómez**
David Drinkwater ’94 Faculty Director

**Vibha Kalra**
Kathy Dwyer Marble and Curt Marble Faculty Director

Cornell Atkinson Scholars

These distinguished faculty are hired through the Provost’s Radical Collaboration Initiative. They collaborate with businesses, nonprofits, government agencies, NGOs and others to set a research agenda that can forge long-term, long-range solutions to the world’s most urgent sustainability challenges.

**Billie Faircloth**
Cornell Atkinson Scholar and Senior Faculty Fellow

**Mario Herrero**
Cornell Atkinson Scholar and Senior Faculty Fellow

Catherine Kling - Faculty Director — **Catherine Kling**
Cornell Atkinson Scholar, and Senior Faculty Fellow

**Sheila Olmstead**
Cornell Atkinson Scholar and Senior Faculty Fellow

**Raina Plowright**
Cornell Atkinson Scholar and Senior Faculty Fellow

Senior Faculty Fellows

Senior Faculty Fellows are recognized for their high-level scholarship and effective external engagement on topics related to Cornell Atkinson’s sustainability mission. They provide guidance on external collaborations and programming, thought leadership, and strategic input on our external agenda. This is a 2-year renewable appointment with Cornell Atkinson.