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Staff and Affiliates Directory

Central Units of the Climate School

Unit	Unit Head(s)
Dean's Office	Alexis Abramson
Office of Finance and Administration	Alicia Roman
Development	Noelle Bannister
Communications	Josephine Parr
Academic Affairs	Jim Glover
Office of Research	Janice Savage
Faculty Affairs	Hande Mutlu-Eren
Inclusive Excellence	Willie Williams
Interdisciplinary Engagement	Sandra Goldmark

Research Units of the Climate School

Unit	Unit Head(s)
Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity	Josh Fisher
Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR)	Michael Puma
Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN)	Alexander de Sherbinin
Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD)	Jacqueline M. Klopp
Center for Sustainable Development (CSD)	Jeffrey Sachs
Columbia Water Center	Upmanu Lall
International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)	Jessica Fanzo
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)	Steven L. Goldstein
Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy (LCSE)	David Goldberg
National Center for Disaster Preparedness	Jeffrey Schlegelmilch
Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions	James Hansen
Program on Sustainability Policy and Management	Steve Cohen
Sustainable Engineering Lab	Vijay Modi

Education at the Climate School

Climate School Degree Programs	Program Head(s)
M.A. in Climate and Society	Lisa Dale
M.S. in Climate	Jason Smerdon Mingfang Ting
M.S. in Climate Finance	Lisa Sachs

Partner Education Programs	Program Head(s)
M.P.A. in Development Practice	Glenn Denning
M.P.A. in Environmental Science and Policy	Steve Cohen
Ph.D. in Sustainable Development	John Mutter
M.S. in Sustainability Management	Steve Cohen
M.S. in Sustainability Science	Brendan Buckley Braddock Linsley
Undergraduate Special Concentration and Major in Sustainable Development	Leah Aronowsky Joerg Schaefer

Affiliated Units

The following units have close affiliation and partnership with the Climate School, and are closely aligned with the School’s mission to develop knowledge-based solutions to address the climate crisis and related issues.

Affiliate/Consortium	Director(s)
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment	Lisa E. Sachs
The Center on Global Energy Policy	Jason Bordoff
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law	Michael Gerrard
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)	Gavin A. Schmidt
The Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center (CEEC)	Alan West Daniel Steingert
Center for Environmental Economics and Policy (SIPA)	Douglas Almond Wolfram Schlenker
Center for Earth Ethics (Union Theological Seminary)	Karenna Gore
Center for the Study of Social Difference (CSSD)
Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes	Kate Orff
Center for Sustainable Futures	Oren Pizmony-Levy
Center for Science and Society	Pamela Smith
Learning the Earth with Artificial Intelligence and Physics (LEAP)	Pierre Gentine