SBE Governance Committee
The Sustainability and the Built Environment (SBE) Program is governed by a committee of interdisciplinary faculty, both within the College of Design, Construction, and Planning (DCP), as well as University of Florida academic units beyond DCP. We plan strategically in a five year cycles.
Faculty Members
Bahar Armaghani, Chair
SBE Director & Instructional Associate Professor
Sustainability & the Built Environment
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
Vandana Baweja
DCP Welfare Officer, Interim SBE Director (Spring 2025), & Associate Professor
School of Architecture
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
Eban Bean
Associate Professor
Agricultural & Biological Engineering Department
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Laura Dedenbach
URP Director of Academic Programs & Instructional Assistant Professor
Urban & Regional Planning
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
Dan Manley
DCP Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Facilities
Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
Lisa Platt
Assistant Professor
Interior Design & Florida Institute of Built Environment Resilience (FIBER)
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
Robert Ries
Professor
M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
Emeritus Governance Committee Members
Kathryn Frank
GBLC (2014-2019)
Urban & Regional Planning
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
Pierce Jones
GBLC (2019-2022)
Program for Resource Efficient Communities
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Genesis Okken
GBLC (2016-2019)
Interior Design
College of Design, Construction, & Planning