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
![](https://dcp.ufl.edu/sbe/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2024/01/DCP_SBE_Faculty_Bahar-Armaghani_v2024-01-22_SquareCropped-1024x1024.jpg)
Bahar Armaghani, Chair
Director & Instructional Associate Professor
Sustainability & the Built Environment
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
352.294.1428 | ARCH 446
![](https://dcp.ufl.edu/sustainability/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2020/08/SBE_Governance_Vandana-Baweja.jpg)
Vandana Baweja
Associate Professor
School of Architecture
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
352.294.1465 | ARCH 242
![Eban Bean](https://dcp.ufl.edu/sbe/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2023/06/SBE_GovernanceBoard_2023_EbanBean.png)
Eban Bean
Assistant Professor
Agricultural & Biological Engineering Department
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
352.392.5684 | Frazier Rogers Hall (Building #0474)
![Laura Dedenbach](https://dcp.ufl.edu/sbe/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2023/06/SBE_GovernanceBoard_2023_LauraDedenbach.jpg)
Laura Dedenbach
Instructional Assistant Professor & Graduate Coordinator
Urban & Regional Planning
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
352.294.1493 | ARCH 466
![](https://dcp.ufl.edu/sustainability/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2020/08/SBE_Governance_Dan-Manley.jpg)
Dan Manley
Lecturer & Graduate Coordinator
Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
352.294.1442 | ARCH ###
![Lisa Platt](https://dcp.ufl.edu/sbe/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2023/06/SBE_GovernanceBoard_2023_LisaPlatt.jpg)
Lisa Platt
Assistant Professor
Interior Design & Florida Institute of Built Environment Resilience (FIBER)
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
352.294.1435 | ARCH 334
![](https://dcp.ufl.edu/sustainability/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2020/07/DCP_CM_RobertRies.jpg)
Robert Ries
Professor
M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
352.273.1155 | RNK 304
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