Decision Commission
This initial SEAC Decision Commission was appointed to represent a range of expertise including assessment and evaluation, international perspectives, philanthropy, academic program administration, and workforce perspectives. The Decision Commission uses a sociocratic consent-based process to review and discuss each accreditation decision. Commissioners serve for (1) or (2) year terms; a public call for nominations from academic, workforce, nonprofit, and community stakeholders will be issued in early 2027.
Scott Blair Sulitest Commissioner (2)
Davis Bookhart Northeastern University Commission Leader (2)
Marita Mirzatuny Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation Commissioner (1)
Teri Balser University of Calgary Commission Leader (2)
Krista Hiser Commission Secretary (nonvoting)
Daita Serghi Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Commissioner (1)
Ben Packard Community Member Commissioner (1)
Peer Reviewer Community
The 2026-2027 SEAC Peer Reviewer Community includes 24 trained peer evaluators affiliated with academic sustainability programs at a wide variety of institutional types, mostly based in the United States but including international reviewers as well as reviewers with a variety of specializations in areas such as online learning, student learning outcomes assessment, capstone courses, a variety of academic disciplines and of course, Sustainability Education.
Site Visit teams consist of two Peer Reviewers and one Lead Reviewer, with optional local observers. Peer Reviewers are selected for geographic proximity, programmatic parallels, and areas of expertise.
Lead Reviewers plan and coordinate the site visit, compile reviewer input, and author the final report. A unique feature of a SEAC site visit is a “signature activity” designed around the program’s transformative theme, including program stakeholders in a futures-thinking activity.
Lead Reviewer
Jordan King, Ph.D. Sustainability
jordan@sustedu.org
Professor of Practice
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Aaron Allen, UNC Greensboro
Ali Whitmer, Georgetown University
Alice Reznickova, University of Colorado Boulder
Francisco Acoba, Kapi’olani Community College
Gillian Grebler, Santa Monica College
Jacob Bethem, Arizona State University
Jennifer Morgan, Gaia University International
Joy Kenia O’Neil, Independent Scholar
Kim Langmaid, Colorado Mountain College
Laura Zanotti, University of Cincinnati
Meghann Jarchow, University of South Dakota
Lead Reviewer
Aaron Redman, Ph.D. Sustainability
aaron@sustedu.org
Sustainability Scientist
Independent Research Consultant
Peer Reviewer Community
Peer Reviewers have completed a three part virtual training to gain familiarity with the SEAC Guidelines and apply a developmental, holistic evaluation methodology. Certified Peer Reviewers have completed one or more site visit with SEAC.
Mercedes Quesada-Embid
Michaela Zint, University of Michigan SEAS
Nicholas Johnson, Principia College
Rachael Rost-Allen, Johnson County Community College
Rebecca Watts Hull, Georgia Tech University
Rosemary Logan, Northern Arizona University
Siobhan Whadcoat, University of Pennsylvania
Stephanie Lovseth, Principia College
Susan Clark, SUNY Buffalo
Tahira Hoke, Prince Sultan University
Tina Lynn Evans, Colorado Mountain College
Shruti Syal, Virginia Commonwealth University
Support Team
Joy Waters
Waters Hub
Bookkeeping and Compliance Advisor
Krista Hiser
krista@sustedu.org
President and Founder
Acknowledgements
We would like to recognize the support and guidance of the following individuals.
Strategic Advisors
Strategic advisors have provided, or continue to provide, valuable advice and guidance to SEAC.
Bryan Alexander, Academic Futurist
Katja Brundiers, Universität Freiburg
Shelley Kossak, Global Council for Science and the Environment
Christopher Lambert, BCC Advisory
Michelle Wyman, Biosphere Strategies
Michaela Zint, University of Michigan
Sustainability Education Leadership Advisory Council
From 2022-2025, the SELAC served as advisors to the Pathways towards Accreditation initiative at the Global Council for Science and the Environment.
Joshua Abbott, Arizona State University
Manulani Aluli Meyer, University of Hawaii West O’ahu
Jay Banner, University of Texas at Austin
Guia Bianchi, EU Green Comp Framework
Victor Ibaneusi, Florida A&M University
Alex Ramey, Universität of Freiburg
Karen Spiller, University of North Carolina
Dorceta Taylor, Yale University