Environment, Sustainability, and Policy Staff

Professor Sherburne "Shere" Abbott
Director, ILM in Environment, Sustainability, and Policy
University Professor, Geography
Office: 121 Eggers Hall
Phone: 315-443-5631
Email: sbabbott@syr.edu
Prior
to her current appointment, Abbott served as Vice President for Sustainability
Initiatives, creating integrated approaches to sustainability, and advancing
the University’s commitment to leadership in sustainability in higher
education. Abbott provided oversight of the Syracuse Center of Excellence in
Environmental and Energy Systems and directed the Center for Sustainable
Community Solutions and its Environmental Finance Center.
Previously, she served as a deputy to
President Obama’s Science Advisor in the Senate-confirmed position of Associate
Director for Environment and Energy in the Office of Science and Technology
Policy; and worked with scientific organizations, including serving as the
Chief International Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science and as director of the Board on Sustainable Development, the Polar
Research Board, and International Organizations and Programs of the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.