Staff Advisors:

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Amorette Getty, PhD., Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Energy Efficiency, UC Santa Barbara

Amorette Getty’s work focuses on improving the energy and resource efficiency of engineering research laboratories, particularly cleanrooms, through modifications to equipment, retrofits of existing infrastructure, and end-user behavioral changes. She is a staff advisor for UCSB’s LabRATS Program. Getty received her PhD in Materials Engineering at UCSB in 2009, where her graduate research focused on light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for solid state lighting and related applications.

amorette@engineering.ucsb.edu   805-323-6769

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Katie Maynard, Sustainability Coordinator, UC Santa Barbara

Katie received her B.A. in Biology from the UCSB College of Creative Studies in 2005. During her undergraduate experience, she worked in Dr. Case’s laboratory studying pyrocystis, bioluminescent algae and species succession of marine plankton. Katie became a Sustainability Coordinator for UCSB in 2005 and a co-founder of the LabRATS Program at in 2006. Since then, Katie has advised student interns, led fundraising efforts, and managed the LabRATS program. Katie’s broader responsibilities for UCSB, include staffing the Academic Senate Sustainability Working Group, advising PACES, a green department certification program, managing the Sustainability Internship Program, and organizing the CA Higher Education Sustainability Conference.

kmaynard@geog.ucsb.edu   805-448-5111

Jordan Sager, LEED Program Manager, Facilities Management

Jordan Sager earned his masters degree from UCSB’s Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, specializing in energy and climate studies with an emphasis in institutional sustainability. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Management from the University of Redlands, where in 2004 he conducted the University’s first Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory as his thesis project. Jordan now works for the Physical Facilities division at UCSB where he manages the LEED Green Building program and assists in the development of campus energy efficiency projects. Jordan is also a co-founder of Santa Barbara’s Emerging Green Builders organization and maintains a Regional Chair position in the California Central Coast Chapter of the US Green Building Council.

jordan.sager@pf.ucsb.edu   805-893-2661

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