ALUMNI

Joe Chavez is the deputy director of optimization and energy manager for the New York City Department of Education's Division of School Facilities. In a little over a year, he has managed to double enrollment and participation in the department's Demand Response program.

Christy Everett (’15) founded respondé furnishings, a sustainable furniture manufacturer in 2011. The program provided her with opportunities to connect to the industry, participate in industry panel discussions, and better engage with clients.

As a Vice President in the Finance department at Safari Energy, Dan Giuffrida leads the financing process for all of Safari's commercial and industrial scale solar development projects. This summer he will be launching a new course, Solar Project Development.

James Ossman (’15) is the Global Operations Manager at Etsy. He believes the MSSM program has been the difference between being interested in and passionate about sustainability, and being able to lead sustainability initiatives with authority.

James Kocher (’13) works in the photovoltaics monitoring sector where he helps clients measure and analyze photovoltaic (PV) solar production. His interest in the clean energy sector sparked during first semester in the program, when he took "Financing the Green Economy."