Sustainability: Meet the Staff

 Morgan King

Morgan King

Climate Action Analyst
Morgan.King@humboldt.edu
Facilities Management Room 113

(707) 826-5899

Morgan facilitates climate action and resiliency planning, advises students, and furthers the infusion of sustainability into campus operations and academics. He is the chair of the Sustainable Transportation Committee and a co-chair of the Humboldt Advisory Committee on Sustainability, the staff advisor for the Waste Reduction & Resource Awareness Program, and volunteer faculty in the College of Natural Resources and Sciences. Morgan has over 20 years of experience working in sustainability, environmental education and green workforce development, having managed student driven energy efficiency education programs at California universities and public schools, developed high school level sustainability curriculum and teacher trainings, coordinated gardening, waste reduction and environmental education programs for public schools, and taught a certified energy auditor training series.  He holds a Master's degree in Social Science - Environment and Community from Cal Poly Humboldt, a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of California Santa Cruz, and was a Fisheries Extension Volunteer in Peace Corps Nepal. Morgan is an avid surfer, cyclist and world traveler with his wife and daughter.

 

Katie Koscielak

Katie Koscielak

Sustainability Analyst
kmk928@humboldt.edu
Facilities Management Room 113

(707) 826-5945

Katie Koscielak is a Sustainability Analyst at Cal Poly Humboldt, where she coordinates the campus STARS report, produces outreach materials, advises students, and helps identify areas for infusing sustainability in the cultural, academic, and operational fabric of the campus. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Science with concentration in Environment & Community from Cal Poly Humboldt and a Bachelor’s degree in Geography from UC Berkeley. She is passionate about the power of art to connect people, create dialogue, and motivate social change. Katie has devoted her career to establishing, organizing, and maintaining inclusive, just and sustainable communities through her work in the food, energy, education, and creative sectors.  In the past, she has worked on projects with the Redwood Coast Energy Authority, Portland Farmers Market, the Napa Valley Film Festival, and Making Waves Education Program, among others. Having served on the Board for local non-profits, she brings grassroots and community organizing perspectives to her work throughout the Humboldt Bay region. Katie also sometimes lectures in the Environmental Studies and Geography departments, teaching the ENST Capstone class and Human Geography concepts.

 

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Andrea Alstone

Energy Planner & Analyst
ala25@humboldt.edu
Facilities Management Room 113

(707) 826-5990

Andrea joined the Office of Sustainability, Energy, and Grounds as Energy Planner & Analyst in 2017. In this role she monitors campus energy use, works to find ways to reduce it, and helps in planning for a more sustainable energy future. Andrea is an all around energy nerd. She has worked at Redwood Coast Energy Authority, helping to launch Humboldt County’s Community Choice Energy program, at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, developing techno-economic assessments of the impact of energy efficiency standards on lighting products, at the Schatz Energy Research Center, researching a variety of local energy issues, and at UC Santa Barbara as part of the high energy physics collaboration went on to experimentally verify the existence of the Higgs Boson. Andrea holds an M.S. in Environmental Systems (Environmental Resources Engineering emphasis) from Humboldt and a B.S. in Physics from UC Santa Barbara. When she’s not thinking about energy, Andrea can often be found elbow deep in wool, either spinning, dyeing, or knitting it.