2011 – 2012 Officers

Ian Winner, President. Ian is a senior Business Management and Leadership Major with an Environmental Principles and Practices Co-Major. He joined Green Oxford in his sophomore year and immediately began leading a group to promote recycling on campus. That year, the group dumped garbage on the lawn near Shriver, sorted through it and found that over 26% of the trash could have been recycled. Green Oxford’s actions raised the awareness of both students and the Administration and led to the introduction of ten outdoor recycling bins on campus.

Last year as an Executive Member of Green Oxford, Ian worked with Bogan Elementary School to sell “Bogan Bags” at sporting events on campus. By buying these reusable bags, patrons supported environmental education at the school. Green Oxford helped raise over $200 for the school. Ian also helped form a partnership between Green Oxford and the Miami Natural Areas to promote the outdoors and trails at the university.

Ian also became a campus intern for the Sierra Student Coalition, the national student-run chapter of the Sierra Club. We introduced the Beyond Coal Campaign at Miami to help eliminate the use of the on-campus coal plant and promote cleaner, renewable energy resources. This campaign successfully worked with the Administration to publish the Sustainability Commitments which, among other things, commits to shutting down the on-campus coal plant by 2025.

Another success of last year was receiving a $1,000 grant from Brita. Ian co-wrote the grant with several Green Oxford members along with Dr. Prytherch, Miami’s Sustainability Coordinator. Green Oxford plans to use this money to install a water filtration system and promote reusable water bottles.

This year, as President of Green Oxford, Ian will continue to collaborate with school, city, and community members to promote sustainability projects. This will be Green Oxford’s most exciting year yet!

Christian Adams, Vice President of Projects.  Christian is a senior Mathematics & Statistics and Geography double major with minors in French, Economics, and Urban/Regional Analysis.  He hails most recently from Cincinnati, OH and has been an active member of Green Oxford since the fall of 2009.  He became engaged with environmental activism through the Power Shift youth climate conferences and has worked on energy and environmental injustice issues since 2010.  He helped build the Coal Week working group in Green Oxford in the spring of 2010 which later became the nucleus for Miami’s Sierra Student Coalition Campuses Beyond Coal Campaign for which he served as the Events Coordinator.  With this work, he was able to speak in front of 10,000 fellow student activists at the National Power Shift Conference in 2011 about Miami’s commitments to kick coal on campus.  He has also worked on local sustainability issues with the Wilks Leadership Institute by jointly drafting an ecological development plan for the south side of Oxford.  Additionally, he is President of the student environmental organization Renew M.U..

Chase Yeakley, Vice President of Communications. Chase is a senior Strategic Communication and Interactive Media Studies double major. Having always been environmentally minded, Chase joined Green Oxford in 2009 and has previously served as the Vice President of Projects. Chase is from Wilmington, Ohio and enjoys hiking and being outdoors. Additionally, he is also an officer in Lambda Pi Eta and is the art director for Miami Quarterly. Chase is also a member of the Public Relations Student Society of America on-campus and is looking forwarding to a great year!

Anne Golembeski, Vice President of Information and Technology. Anne is a senior History major and Environmental Practices and Principles co-major. She is from Wilmette, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago and has been a member of Green Oxford since the fall of 2009. She has been the lead person for the Earth Day 5K for 2010 and 2011. Anne is also President of the Women’s Water Polo Team and is a former Varsity swimmer for Miami. Additionally, she is involved with ComMUnity, a student organization in the Farmer School of Business that works to connect the Miami and Oxford communities. In the fall of 2010, Anne studied abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark where her studies focused on European Sustainability.

Blake Price, Treasurer. Blake is a junior finance major and mathematics minor. He comes to Miami University from the small town of Bellefontaine, Ohio and has been a member of Green Oxford since fall 2009. Since joining the organization, Blake has been a part of the on-campus recycling working group, where he has helped organize a recycling demonstration and write a winning Brita grant. He has also helped with Green Oxford’s annual Earth Day 5K and the Beyond Coal Campaign. During this past summer, Blake traveled to Costa Rica to study eco-tourism and sustainable development.

 

 

Peyton Allen, Member at Large. Peyton is a Sophomore Political Science and Spanish Double Major, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor. Peyton has been in Green Oxford since Fall 2010 and will be the Green Oxford Secretary in Fall 2011. In Spring 2012, she will be studying abroad in Oviedo, Spain with other Miami University Students. Peyton is also involved with Habitat for Humanity and is a member of Kappa Delta sorority. She attended Powershift in Washington, D.C. in Spring 2011 with Green Oxford and Beyond Coal.

 

 

Erica Fox, Secretary. Erica is a junior Anthropology major, Environmental Principles and Practices Co-major and Global Perspectives on Sustainability minor. Erica has been on the University’s Sustainability Committee since fall 2009 and she was the Secretary of Green Oxford for the 2010-11 year. She will be taking over as Secretary again in the Spring of 2012. She also works as a Student Aid in the Anthropology Department. She has co-led the EarthDay 5K in Spring 2011 and helped organize the Trash Pile Display in Spring 2010. She is studying abroad in northern India for Fall 2011 and has an environmental internship while she is there.