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
Director & Instructional Associate Professor
Sustainability & the Built Environment
College of Design, Construction, & Planning

Vandana Baweja
Associate Professor
School of Architecture
College of Design, Construction, & Planning

Eban Bean
Assistant Professor
Agricultural & Biological Engineering Department
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences

Laura Dedenbach
Instructional Assistant Professor & Graduate Coordinator
Urban & Regional Planning
College of Design, Construction, & Planning

Dan Manley
Lecturer & Graduate Coordinator
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