Anthony Fournier – Financial Manager

In addition to being a student, Anthony is an Air Quality Engineer working in the Innovative Technologies Group for the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control Board.  His undergraduate education was in Mechanical Engineering and Art History which he completed in 2002 at the University of Southern California.  His emphasis at the Bren school is in political economy of the environment.

 

Avra Goldman – Project Coordinator

Avra gained her desire for environmental protection from growing up in both rural Canada and Mexico. The remote fishing village of Yelapa, Mexico was only accessible by boat and had remained untouched by electricity, telephone lines and roads during the time that she lived there.

Later, while pursuing an undergraduate degree in photojournalism at San Francisco State University, Avra simultaneously danced in one of the Bay Area’s 7 salsa dance troupes. She was the winner of the San Francisco International Salsa Dance Competition in 2002.

Avra has interned with The Natural Step and the San Francisco Department of the Environment. She is also the recipient of a Women’s Environmental Council Scholarship, 2006. Avra is specializing in Corporate Environmental Management at the Bren School and plans to work in environmental consulting.

 

Lijin Sun (Jinjin) – Project Manager

Lijin grew up in Shanghai, China. At age of sixteen, she came to America at the first time as a cultural exchange student. After graduating from a high school in California, Lijin went back to China and noticed that her country was having various environmental problems. Desiring to change the environmental conditions, Lijin realized having a good knowledge of the environment was important. However, there was a lack of university programs focusing on systematic environmental studies at that time in China, so Lijin decided to pursue her education in environmental studies in the U.S. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Resources and Management with a specialization in Water Resources Management from California State University, Bakersfield in 2005. Lijin is currently a first year Master’s candidate at the Bren School, where her specializations are Corporate Environmental Management and Water Resource Management. Lijin will intern for Zurich North America Division in Glendale, California this summer.

In her spare time, Lijin enjoys traveling (her favorite place is her hometown, Shanghai), watching sports, and hiking.

 

Mark Weeks – Data and Information Manager

Mark earned his BA in Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley.  In 2004, he studied at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, where he collaborated with Dr. Joseph Holtum in researching the effects of elevated CO2 concentrations on the Crassulacean acid metabolic pathway (a photosynthetic strategy utilized by many cacti, succulents, and orchids).  He is currently working with Blu Skye Sustainability Consulting and URS in renewable energy, LEED building, and GHG management services.  In his free time, Mark enjoys rock climbing, SCUBA diving, traveling, making music, surfing, and art. 

Dr. Magali Delmas, Ph.D. – Faculty Advisor

Magali Delmas is an Assistant Professor at the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California Santa Barbara. Her research examines the interaction between business strategy and public policy. More specifically she analyzes how various forms of regulation impact organizational change and how firms can influence regulation. Previous to embarking on an academic career she worked at the European Commission at the Directorate for Industry. She received her MA in political Science from the University of Paris Sorbonne, and her Ph.D. in Business Policy and Strategy from H.E.C. Graduate School of Management Paris.

 

Dr. Paul Smokler, Ph.D. – Client Advisor

Paul is the Vice President and Regional Sales Director of ENSR.