Steve Russell seeks to share resources and learn together to improve the world

Steve Russell is the Program Manager of Project Cities, an initiative of the Sustainable Cities Network at Arizona State University. Russell holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and Bachelor’s Degrees in Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies, also from ASU. His most recent professional roles include directing the local food program at the nation’s largest coalition of local businesses, Local First Arizona, and launching a carbon management and urban forestry pilot program for ASU. […]

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Kristofer Patrón-Soberano creates eye-opening experiences for local government leaders and university students

Kristofer Patrón-Soberano is the Programs’ manager for SDSU’s Center for Regional Sustainability and program administrator for the Sage Project. He is an economist from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico, but turned green by completing his master’s degree in environmental management at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (El Colef) in Tijuana. His research focused on the economic valuation of natural resources, binational collaboration and US-Mexico governance. After earning his degree, he continued working at El Colef as coordinator of border projects. […]

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Maria Dahmus develops novel ways to engage the public with community-university partnership projects

Maria Dahmus, Ph.D. is the co-founder and director of the Sustainable Communities Partnership (SCP) in the Office of Sustainability Initiatives at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Maria develops and implements the strategic vision for SCP, from multi-year partnerships and project development to daily operations. In 2017, Maria created SCP Arts. […]

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Ilona Ballreich advocating for the entire network and their communities

Ilona Ballreich is the program manager of the Sustainable Communities Collaborative (SCC), a program of the Sustainability Institute at Penn State. Ilona works closely with faculty, students, and community partners to ensure meaningful, experiential student projects focused on the sustainability needs of the community. […]

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Eric L. Ewell working to reinvigorate lost and forgotten communities and people

Eric has worked with youth and adults helping to enrich their lives and produce better outcomes for all. Eric currently serves as the Director of Continuing Education and Co-Facilitator of the Mon Valley Launchbox for Penn State Greater Allegheny. […]

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Aaron Whigham restoring Hope in Pennsylvania

Aaron Whigham Director of Strategic InitiativesChancellor’s Officeamw36@psu.edu412-675-9093On LinkedIn Favorite Thing about My Community My favorite thing about our community is the grit and heart of the people. What was your first interaction with a school-community partnership project?  The first intentional action was a series of analytical meetings we had with the local ministerial community and […]

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Jeewasmi Thapa exploring best practices to achieve meaningful impact in communities.

Jeewasmi Thapa Program CoordinatorTexas Target Communities979.458.3121jthapa@arch.tamu.eduLinkedIn Favorite Place Downtown Bryan. It is a Texas Main Street gem and a success story of good planning that revitalized a declining downtown to a bustling and vibrant community hub, and it’s walkable! What was your first interaction with a school-community partnership project?  My first high impact service-learning project […]

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Gavin Luter leveraging teaching, research, and service to improve communities.

Gavin Luter Managing DirectorUniverCity Alliancegavin@cows.org608-261-1141 Favorite Place Walkability and bike friendliness are the things I love most about my community. It is pretty easy for me to get from downtown to Picnic Point, my favorite place in my community. How did you first learn about EPIC-N? In my previous job as Director of Wisconsin Campus […]

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Daniel Fernandez harnessing the power of higher education for communities

Daniel Fernandez CSUMB EPIC Program (SCYP) ManagerProfessorApplied Environmental ScienceCalifornia State University at Monterey Baydfernandez@csumb.edu(831) 582-3786 Favorite Place So many things…  I do love the bike path along Monterey Bay.  I also love the studio where I practice Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (also known as Body Works) and I love the back country of Fort Ord, where […]

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