Purva Bommireddy is a junior from South Plainfield, New Jersey. She is double majoring in civil engineering and statistics & machine learning and is the community engagement intern. In this role she facilitates connections between CMU community organizations and the Sustainability Initiative. She is developing a program where students across disciplines can support local groups with a shared vision for sustainability.

Cristina Goeller, a masters student studying public policy and management in Heinz College, serves as the Heinz College liaison. From Long Beach, New York, she creates programming for the Sustainability Initiative that has major themes of equity across the public and private sector. She connects with people across disciplines to see how all parts of CMU are working towards equitable development.

Camden Johnson is a junior studying chemistry in the Mellon College of Science. From Belmont, Massachusetts, he is the thematic programming intern where he works to design purposeful programming for the Sustainability Initiative. He wants CMU community members to understand the structure and function of our sustainability network and be able to connect their work to a broad definition of sustainability.

Phidor Kong is a masters student from Kampot, Cambodia studying public policy and management in Heinz College. She acts as the sustainability research intern, focusing on environmental policy and community engagement. She connects with people from different disciplines and interests, and works with them to promote sustainable development practices towards our Global Goals.

Ruben Antonio Quesada, an MBA student in the Tepper School of Business from San Jose, Costa Rica serves as the entrepreneurship intern. He works to promote and connect startups focused on climate technology, sustainability, and decarbonization at CMU with the greater student body. He is connecting Tepper and MBA specific programs to the Global Goals and sustainability programming through collaboration and conversation.

Aleena Siddiqui is a sophomore double majoring in materials science and engineering and environmental and sustainability studies. From Grosse Pointe, Michigan she is the communications intern. She focuses on finding new and meaningful ways to engage with the campus community and shares resources that allow others to think critically about how their work connects to the Global Goals. She works to bridge connections between student groups, staff, and faculty to strengthen CMU’s sustainability network.

Xinran (Joy) Wan is a masters student from Chengdu, Sichuan, China studying computational data science in the School of Computer Science. In her role as the data analytics intern she creates insightful data visualizations, fine tunes data analysis tools, and updates faculty profiles to align with the Global Goals. She is working to bridge the gap between sustainability-focused goals and academic research with meaningful applications of data analysis.