Engineers For A Sustainable World - Overview

Overview

ESW has eleven officers who comprise its national team. They include the Executive Director, Office Manager, Development Director, Education Director, Projects Director, Outreach Director, Technology and Events Director, Communications Director, and two Chapter Relations Directors. The executive director, Dr. E. Daniel Hirleman, and office manager, Rosalina Aranda, are full-time employees of UC-Merced. The remaining officers are student members of university chapters.

ESW National Team

Name	Position	University Affiliation
Dr. E. Daniel Hirleman	Acting Executive Director	University of California, Merced
Rosalina Aranda	Office Manager	University of California, Merced
Alex Devaux	Chapter Relations East Director	Pennsylvania State University
Ben Gould	Chapter Relations West Director	University of California, San Diego
Alexander Dale	Education Director	University of Pittsburgh
Alexandre David	Development Director	University of Rochester
Erin Rose Briggs	Assistant Development Director	Cornell University
Rob Best	Projects Director	Stanford University
Erin Lennox	Outreach Director	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Justin Hess	Technology & Events Director	Purdue University
Verena Kwan	Communications Director	University of California, San Diego

ESW also has an advisory board with members from academia and corporations.

ESW Advisory Board

Name	Affiliation
Dr. E. Daniel Hirleman (chair)	University of California, Merced
Rob Best	Stanford University
Dr. Moira Gunn	National Public Radio
Dr. James Jensen	University at Buffalo
Dr. Craig Just	University of Iowa
Christopher Llop	Analysis Group

On its official website, ESW defines its vision as the following:

A world of environmental, social, and economic prosperity created and sustained by local and global collective action

ESW defines its mission as:

To forge innovative, lasting solutions to local and global sustainability challenges. We:

• Design and implement sustainable projects through our student and professional chapters.
• Educate and train individuals and organizations on sustainable policies and practices.
• Build a global network of communities with a shared culture of sustainability.

ESW defines its goals as:

In support of the mission, ESW's primary goals are to:

• Stimulate and foster an increased, and more diverse community of engineers;
• Bring together students and professionals of various disciplines to create lasting solutions with immediate impacts;
• Infuse sustainability into the practice and studies of every engineer;
• Encourage innovative ideas that promote environmental, economic, and social sustainability;
• Increase community participation in sustainable engineering and development worldwide.