Sara Smiley Smith, MESc MPH, graduated from the joint masters program between the School of Epidemiology and Public Health and the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale in 2007.  She is now pursuing a doctoral degree at the university with a focus in environmental health and risk communication.  Over the past two years, Sara's work in the Office of Sustainability has centered around improving move-out recycling and reuse efforts on the undergraduate campus known as Spring Salvage.  In the coming year, she will be working to envision and implement campus wide events designed to share campus sustainability efforts.  Prior to arriving at Yale, Sara received her B.A. in Environmental Studies and Political Science from Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT in 2004. Sara grew up in the small town of Winslow, Maine, a place she misses most in the fall.

André Mershon is a first year student in the M.E.M. program at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies studying environmental markets and social ecology with a focus on Africa. Prior to Yale, he spent three years in Washington, DC managing international development projects and two years with the Peace Corps living in a small village in Mali. He earned his B.A. in International Studies from the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC.

Over the years, he has worked for an environmental NGO, a rotisserie chicken restaurant, a toy factory, Starbucks, and in residential construction. He grew up a rural corner of northwestern Pennsylvania working in the family garden. Andre’s passions are biking and traveling. He’s been to 40 countries on four continents and eaten a lot of strange foods along the way. 

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Nisa Marks is a sophomore at Yale University, working towards a major in environmental studies with a science concentration. She is particularly interested in sustainable agriculture, global warming mitigation, and plant biology. She spent this past summer in the swamps of western New York working as a biological aide for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. She grew up playing in the family garden, and continues to volunteer at the Yale Farm. She enjoys anything that gets her outside, especially backpacking, long-distance bicycling, bird watching, canoeing, and horseback riding. She is also an avid harpist, playing both classical and Irish music. She is excited to be working for the Office of Sustainability as Master's Tea Coordinator to bring outstanding speakers to campus.