Filling the role of Sustainability Project Manager, Keri Enright-Kato is the newest team member to the Yale University Office of Sustainability. In this role, Keri will be responsible for overseeing our initiatives with respect to Climate, Land, Water and Biodiversity on campus. Keri comes to Yale from SmartPower, where she was directly responsible for the day-to-day operations of the 20% by 2010 Clean Energy campaign – a program in which Connecticut towns and cities made a commitment to purchase 20% clean energy by the year 2010. Keri has a professional history of active involvement with sustainability issues ranging from her grassroots experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer to marketing clean energy technologies. Her work also includes previously working at the American Council on Renewable Energy, analyzing the role of education and awareness in the adoption of renewable energy technologies. This analysis was also a focus for her while earning her Master's degree in Sustainable International Development from the Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.

Keri’s passion for sustainability developed during her stint as a Community Developer in the country of Tonga for the Peace Corps and her extended travels throughout Southeast Asia. These experiences enabled her to gain an understanding of the relationship between developing communities and their local environment and have driven her to pursue a career in which she is actively involved in developing strategies that encourage sustainable practices.