2022

Blake Rupe has served in various capacities at the University of Iowa since 2015. After receiving her masters, Blake began her career at the University in the UI College of Engineering, where she served as the Sustainable Water Development Program Coordinator. Blake then moved to the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences as the Program Manager in the Office of Sustainability. Blake has been the Program Director of the UI College of Law’s environmental law initiative since May 2022.

2022

Beth MacKenzie joined the University of Iowa's Office of Sustainability in 2016 as Recycling Coordinator and is now serving as Sustainability Program Manager.  Prior to joining the University, she spent a decade in St. Louis, where she held various sustainability positions.  She served as a Recycling Program Manager and an Environmental Health Officer for the City of St. Louis and later became the first Sustainability Program Manager for a non-profit organization called Brightside St. Louis.

2022

Stratis Giannakouros comes to the UI from Arizona State University, where he served as project manager and program manager for the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability. Prior to that, he was the assistant director at the Center for Sustainable Communities at Luther College and sustainability outreach coordinator at Colorado State University. Giannakouros has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Loras College and a master’s degree in Environmental Politics and Policy from Colorado State University.