Delivery team

Karen Gallagher

Sustainability Manager

Karen is currently the Sustainability Manager at the University of Exeter and is responsible improving the organisations environmental performance through the development and delivery of sustainability strategies and change management. Karen has been an environmental practitioner for over 10 years.  Previous roles include Energy Manager at the University of Bristol and Energy Consultant with a large engineering consultancy. She is a full member of IEMA, a Chartered Environmentalist and represents the education sector on the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment Southwest Steering Group.

Email: k.m.gallagher@exeter.ac.uk
Phone: 01392 72 5604

Godfrey Whitehouse

Energy Manager

Management of utilities procurement and efficiency, and management of the Carbon Management Plan (v8)

Email: G.Whitehouse@exeter.ac.uk
Phone: 01392 26 2502

Harriet Sjerps-Jones

Sustainability Curriculum Development Manager

Harriet is Sustainability Curriculum Development Manager with the responsibility to coordinate informal and formal learning opportunities for sustainability, link best practice in sustainability research with the curriculum, support staff development and develop (interdisciplinary) innovative learning projects. Previous roles include Director of a Graphic Design Studio, Design & New Media lecturer and Director of Education & Community Engagement at Somerset Wildlife Trust. A two year fellowship researching Education for Sustainable Development led to publications on Student Engagement with Sustainability, Sustainable Design and Sustainability and Teacher Educations. In 2010 she was appointed to the Board of the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges.

Email: H.Sjerps-Jones@exeter.ac.uk
Phone: 01392 72 6133

Julia Jack

Travel Plan Coordinator

Julia graduated from the University of Exeter in January 2010 with an MSc in Sustainable Development. For her dissertation by practice she developed a student communication strategy for the University of Exeter. After she graduated, Julia joined the University's Sustainability team as a Graduate Business Placement (GBP) intern where she concentrated on sustainable travel and communication. During her year long internship, she took the Institute for Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) Associate exam and became an IEMA Associate. In December 2010, Julia started her current role as University's Travel Plan Coordinator.

Julia's role as a Travel Plan Coordinator is to oversee the development and implementation of the University's Travel Plan. She promotes, encourages and facilitates sustainable travel use in all spheres of University life. In addition, she is the project lead for the Degrees Cooler project which consists of the Green Impact Initiative, Student Switch Off and Go Greener initiatives.

Email: J.Jack@exeter.ac.uk
Phone: 01392 72 5776

Tom Brine

Carbon Data Coordinator

Tom is the Carbon Data Coordinator responsible for managing the University’s large utility portfolio. He has two years of experience in the industry having previously worked for EDF Energy where he managed large B2B accounts before moving into the company’s dedicated Green Energy Team. There he administered the Government’s Feed in Tariff for renewable technologies as well as providing expert advice on reducing carbon emissions.
                                                                                   
Tom ensures that the University is able to accurately report on its carbon emissions for purposes of Carbon Reduction Commitment compliance, league table responses and identification of energy and carbon reduction opportunities. He maintains the campus utility transport network by identifying problems, allowing any potential wastage to be averted. He also engages departments in actively reducing their energy consumption to encourage a greener campus and to meet the targets set in the Carbon Management Plan.

Email: T.Brine@exeter.ac.uk
Phone: 01392 72 6382

Kate Groome

Sustainability Projects Officer

Kate is working with the Sustainability delivery team on a Graduate Business Placement, a scheme run by the University of Exeter’s Employability and Graduate Development Service. Kate has a background in community volunteering having worked for the National Trust for two years before starting her undergraduate degree at the University of Exeter. As a student she held several positions in the Students’ Guild volunteering organisation, Community Action. Kate graduated from the University last year with a Masters in European Languages and Cultures.

Kate’s role is focussed on student and staff engagement projects within Sustainability. This year she is leading the University’s Green Impact project and co-leading the Student Reuse Project. Kate’s role also includes communicating Sustainability news and events around the University through the website, monthly Sustainability Newsletter and one-off events.

Email: K.Groome@exeter.ac.uk
Phone: 01392 72 2163

Finn Woodhill

Campaign Manager - Birds & Bees (Biodiversity)

Finn Woodhill is on a Graduate Business Placement at the University. His main role is placed in the Education Enhancement Unit and focuses on supporting student research projects through the Students as Change Agents project which aims to improve approaches to sustainability at the University. Within the Sustainability delivery team, Finn manages the University’s Birds and Bees biodiversity campaign on a part-time basis. This includes working with academics, students, external organisations and the wider public to organise events and activities to improve, engage with and monitor biodiversity on the campus.

Email: f.woodhill@exeter.ac.uk
Phone: 01392 72 2143

Chris Mossop

Waste and Recycling Assistant (Temporary)

Chris is covering the role of Waste and Recycling Assistant. The role focuses on the provision of information and the implementation of waste and recycling initiatives.

Email: C.Mossop@exeter.ac.uk
Phone: 0779 169 8174