Meet the Staff

Andrea George,  Director, PhD, CHMM

Andrea George served as Associate Director in the Vanderbilt Environmental Health and Safety department from 1997 until 2007 when she was named as a the first Director of the Sustainability and Environmental Management Office. As SEMO’s Director, she is responsible for development, management, and coordination of sustainability and environmental compliance programs across the academic campus and medical center. George also plays a central role in strategic planning efforts to promote the long-term sustainability of the university. Prior to joining Vanderbilt’s Environmental Health and Safety Department in 1997, George managed radioactive waste remediation projects for Oak Ridge National Laboratory and throughout the U.S. for Bechtel National, Inc. earning the 1996 Department of Energy’s Pollution Prevention Award. George has been elected to the Executive Board of the Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA) and the Advisory Council of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). She was awarded Bachelor of Science degrees from Western Kentucky University in physics and mathematics (1992) and then earned her Master of Science Degree in environmental engineering from Vanderbilt (1994). George graduated from Vanderbilt for the second time in 2007 with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Environmental Engineering and is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM).

andrea.george@vanderbilt.edu
phone: (615) 322-4551
fax: (615) 343-4951

Steve Gild, EMS Coordinator & Senior Safety Officer, MS, CHMM

Steve Gild was hired as Vanderbilt’s Environmental Management System (EMS) Coordinator in 2007.  Gild’s primary responsibility is to gather and ‘crunch’ data related to Vanderbilt’s sustainability initiatives, such as recycling, waste disposal, greenhouse gas emissions, fuel and energy use, alternative transportation use, and other sustainability metrics.  Vanderbilt’s EMS also keeps track of VU’s compliance to environmental regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Tennessee.  Prior to coming to Vanderbilt, Gild worked to improve the EMS of multi-national corporations and manufacturers such as General Electric, NBC/Universal, Johnson Controls, and Carrier Corporation.  He has a B.S. in Natural Resource Management from Michigan State University (1991), a M.S. in Environmental Science from Tennessee State University (2001), and is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM).

steve.gild@vanderbilt.edu
phone: (615) 322-3745
fax: (615) 343-4951

Dejan Stjepanovic, Assistant Campus Recycling Coordinator

Dejan Stjepanovic joined SEMO in November 2011 as VU’s Assistant Recycling Coordinator. Dejan will provide support to thecampus recycling program by assisting with special events and athletics recycling and managing the student residential area recycling programs. Stjepanovic graduated from Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in May 2011 where as a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity, he started a nonprofit focused on recyclingwith all proceeds from recovered materials being used to fund a music scholarship. In his free time, you might find Dejan reading, watching documentaries, spending time with friends and family, cooking vegetarian/vegan meals, eating veggie burgers at Fat Mo’s, or at the Bonnaroo music festival.

dejan.stjepanovic@vanderbilt.edu
phone: (615) 343-7781
fax: (615) 343-4806