Sustainability Fellows Current and Past Participants

Jake is a recent graduate from the University of New Hampshire where he studied Environmental Science, Environmental Economics, Spanish, and Business Administration. His passion in life and career is to shift society toward sustainability and peace. As an undergraduate researcher, he completed…

Alexandra Duprey completed her Fellowship while pursuing a dual degree M.A. in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, and Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Alexandra worked with the Town of Kittery to compile best practices for coastal flood resilience and map vulnerable neighborhoods.…

Originally from Tacoma, WA, Gabe Desmond was a rising senior at Middlebury College pursuing a dual BA in Environmental Studies and Philosophy. He interned at Middlebury's Office of Sustainability Integration where he worked on projects including the FY20 GHG inventory, a proposal for an internal…

Ariella Sela is currently pursuing her MS/MPH in Agriculture, Food, and Environment at the Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy at Tufts University. Before Friedman, she held various roles within corporate sustainability, most recently consulting for Fortune 500 companies across the food value…

Mary Potts worked with the Town of Durham, NH to conduct an inventory of the Town’s municipal carbon and nitrogen emissions. Using the Sustainability Indicator Management Analysis Platform, she quantified Durham’s carbon and nitrogen footprints, recommended strategies to reduce municipal emissions…

Carly Peruccio is an audio producer with an interest in state and municipal policy. As a Sustainability Fellow, she worked with the City of Keene to engage community members in Keene’s sustainable energy planning process, using audio storytelling to encourage local support for Keene’s energy goals…

Hetal Patel worked with the Town of Groton, Connecticut to build upon the Town's benchmarking and greenhouse gas inventory, and analyze the effectiveness of previously implemented conservation and energy efficiency actions. The analysis informed recommendations on how to improve and expand the town…

Jacob is a farmer, teacher and community organizer focused on bringing people together to build resilient local food systems. With the New Hampshire Food Alliance, he led a grassroots listening tour with partners across the New Hampshire food system to understand “who is doing what?” to promote…

Rachel Nadolny participated in the Fellowship program while completing a Master of Science in Sustainability Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She worked for the Town of Exeter, NH, conducting a municipal greenhouse gas emissions inventory. Prior to attending UMass Amherst, she…

Emily Mello was a fellow with the UNH Sustainability Institute in the summer of 2020. During her fellowship, she analyzed the upstream greenhouse gas emissions from two commonly used sources of energy—fuel oil and natural gas. Her data will be used to expand the Sustainability Indicator Management…

Narges Matini is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Pavement Engineering at North Carolina State University. The recent increase in the frequency and infrastructure impacts from extreme events has increased her awareness of and desire to research the impact of flooding and heatwave on the structural…

David Larson was a rising senior at Amherst College in Massachusetts, pursuing a B.A. in Environmental Studies and English. During the summer he worked with Unitil, a small investor-owned utility company, to develop their first…