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- If you have a question about recycling on the VU campus, email Recycle@Vanderbilt.edu.
- For answers to all other general questions, email FutureVUSustainability@vanderbilt.edu.
Meet the Staff
Andrea George, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Environmental Health, Safety and Sustainability, PhD, BCEEM, CHMM, PMP
Andrea George served as Associate Director in the Vanderbilt Environmental Health and Safety department from 1997 until 2007 when she was named as 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.
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) and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). George has been elected to the steering committee of the TDEC TN Higher Education Consortium, the steering committee of the TN Climate Network, the advisory council of the Western Kentucky University Physics Department, 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 is also a frequent invited lecturer in Vanderbilt’s Civil and Environmental Engineering and Human and Organizational Development departments.
andrea.george@vanderbilt.edu
phone: (615) 322-4551
Steve Gild, Program Manager, Environmental Compliance, 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) 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
Chelsea Hamilton, Sustainability Program Manager, MS, LEED AP BD+C
Chelsea Hamilton joined SEMO in October 2014 as Sustainability Outreach Coordinator. Chelsea is primarily responsible for sustainability outreach, awareness and education while also collaborating with the various sustainability and recycling programs managed and supported by SEMO. Prior to coming to Vanderbilt, Chelsea promoted home energy efficiency retrofits through the Go Green program of Village Real Estate and was the Waste Management summer intern while obtaining her B.A. in Biology and Anthropology. She completed her Masters in Sustainability from Lipscomb University in 2015.
chelsea.l.hamilton@vanderbilt.edu
phone: (615) 322-9022