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

Ravi Srinivasan, Chair

Interim Director of the SBE Program | Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Initiatives
Sustainability & the Built Environment | Construction Management
College of Design, Construction & Planning

352.294.1406 | AH 311C

Vandana Baweja

DCP Welfare Officer & Associate Professor
Architecture
College of Design, Construction, & Planning

352.294.1465 | AH 242

Laura Dedenbach

Laura Dedenbach

URP Director of Academic Programs & Instructional Assistant Professor
Urban & Regional Planning
College of Design, Construction, & Planning

352.294.1493 | AH 466

Andrea Galinski

Assistant Professor
DLandscape Architecture
College of Design, Construction, & Planning

352.294.1494 | AH 442

Gopal Kakani

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Associate Director of Research, Global Food Systems Institute
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences

352.294.6746

Lisa Platt

Assistant Professor
Interior Design & Florida Institute of Built Environment Resilience (FIBER)
College of Design, Construction, & Planning

352.294.1435 | AH 334

Robert Ries

Professor
Construction Management
College of Design, Construction, & Planning

352.273.1155 | RNK 304

Emeritus Governance Committee Members

Eban Bean
SBE Governance (2022-2025)
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences

Kathryn Frank
SBE Governance (2014-2019)
Urban & Regional Planning
College of Design, Construction, & Planning

Pierce Jones
SBE Governance (2019-2022)
Program for Resource Efficient Communities
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences

Dan Manley
SBE Governance (2019-2024)
Landscape Architecture
College of Design, Construction, & Planning

Genesis Okken
SBE Governance (2016-2019)
Interior Design
College of Design, Construction, & Planning

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