UMACS Staff

UMACS is staffed by student interns and Megan Voorhees, our part-time Executive Director. Megan's career has primarily focused on leading higher education and community programs designed to help participants effectively address complex social and environmental issues. Most recently, she was the Director of Experiential Education and Graduate Programs at the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota, where she also was Affiliate Faculty at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. From 2000-2013, she was the Assistant Dean of Students and Director of the Public Service Center at the University of California, Berkeley.  She has also led youth development and youth employment programs in the non-profit sector. Megan has a BA In Sociology and Anthropology from Lewis & Clark College and Masters in Theological Studies from the Graduate Theological Union.  

2023-2024 UMACS Steering Committee

Troy Goodnough, Sustainability Director, University of Minnesota, Morris
Meghann Jarchow, Chair of Sustainability and Environment, University of South Dakota
Jon Jensen, Director, Center for Sustainable Communities, Luther College
Samantha Kaplan, Professor of Geography, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
Jordan Lutz, Sustainability Project Manager, Bemidji State University
Chelsea Malacara, Sustainability & Energy Management Coordinator, Marquette University 
Casey Meehan, Director of Sustainability and Resiliency, Western Technical College
Ben Newton, Environmental Sustainability Director, Central Community College
Eric O'Brien, Director of Sustainability, University of Northern Iowa
Alan Turnquist, Director of Sustainability and Resilience, Michigan Technological University
Megan Voorhees, Executive Director, Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability