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

Lisa Sundahl-Platt
Program Director & Assistant Professor
Sustainability & the Built Environment | Interior Design | Florida Institute of Built Environment Resilience (FIBER)
College of Design, Construction, & Planning

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

Laura Dedenbach
Chair & Instructional Associate Professor
Urban & Regional Planning
College of Design, Construction, & Planning

Andrea Galinski
Assistant Professor
Landscape Architecture
College of Design, Construction, & Planning

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

Robert Ries
Professor
Construction Management
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
Past Membership
Chairs
Bahar Armaghani
SBE Governance (2018-2024)
Instructional Associate Professor | LEED Fellow
Sustainability & the Built Environment | Construction Management
College of Design, Construction, & Planning
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