Meet the team
Meet the people who are making this work a priority for Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.
Meet our office
Director of Access & Belonging (DAB) 2024-2027
The DAB is a school-wide leadership role that serves as a bridge between departments, programs, and the broader school community. In this position, faculty engage in a cohort-based experience where they explore effective practices in recruitment, admissions, and mentorship alongside peers who share a commitment to fostering a more equitable and welcoming educational environment. This role equips DABs with both the tools and platform to strengthen outreach and recruitment efforts within their own communities and across their faculty networks.
- Khalid Osman, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Ilenia Battiato, Associate Professor, Energy Science Engineering
- Leo Hollberg, Professor, Physics and Geophysics
- Krish Seetah, Associate Professor, EIPER
- Giulio De Leo, Professor, Oceans
- Erik Sperling, Associate Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Anne Dekas, Associate Professor, Earth Systems Science
Student & postdoc Access, Belonging & Community (ABC) liaisons
A program to support students who are leaders and postdoctoral researchers to expand outreach, recruitment and leadership opportunities in their departments/programs.
Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Excellence in Community Award
If you work, advise, or study with someone who regularly go above and beyond what is expected to create a more inclusive, respectful, and welcoming community, you can nominate them for an Excellence in Community award!
Learn more about eligibility and nomination criteria
Community councils
The community councils are established as a platform for partnership-building to address and strengthen the Doerr School's goals within the community.
The Councils consist of two related entities – the Advisory and the Governance Council, each one fulfilling different functions and yet overlapping to collaboratively direct the School towards its recruitment, community engagement and student professional development goals. The overarching roles of the Councils are to (1) provide a voice to the members of our community at the grassroots; (2) act as change agents for and within the School and (3) help institutionalize practices that support and accelerate Stanford's IDEAL initiative and the school's community vision.
Governance Council members
This council implements the mission and values of our action plan and engages with the advisory council to: Track progress & metrics, allocate resources, determine awards, and uphold a respectful and inclusive behavior policy.
Advisory Council members
This council acts as an ear to the ground and has a finger on the community's pulse to: Identify inclusion needs, share resources with the broader community, suggest programming, and be a local advocate.