Professional Staff

Jasmin Barco is an Environmental designer, trained in Architecture, Resource Efficiency and Urban Design with a love for Graphic Design, Outreach and Engagement. She started her journey from the age of 5 when she emigrated from Peru to America; life’s lessons on adaptability and open-mindedness have led her to travel to over 20 countries to date. She believes that integrating experiences and design from abroad is crucial to sustainable design...

The most recent stop on the path of life for Dan Baril has led him to the position of Recycling Program Manager for the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dan decided to take on the responsibility of recycling at CU in the Spring of 2006, bringing him to be involved in one of the most established campus recycling programs in the Nation. This CU Recycling Program is an appropriate destination...

Samuel is a former park ranger and an outdoor enthusiast who is passionate not only about being in nature, but also about having a healthy relationship with it. He has been car-free since 2009 and loves to walk and ride bikes to get around and to enjoy the outdoors. He has worked as a bike mechanic, mountain bike patroller, and education coordinator for a bicycle non-profit where he developed the...

Angie joined the Environmental Center in the Fall of 2015 as the Zero Waste Events Coordinator. She graduated in 2002 in Environmental Biology from the University of Colorado. It was a great fit to return to Boulder as and alum to further her career in the field of sustainability. Since 2010, Angie has worked with ESPN developing programs for waste reduction, environmental education and sustainable practices in television production. Her...

SarahDawn was a student volunteer in 2005, student staff as the volunteer coordinator and the outreach and engagement coordinator 06-08 and a founding member of the CU Environmental Justice committee (aka Assembly for Sustainability and Equity), and has been full time staff since January 2009 in the same role. SD has helped produce large conferences, events of every size, supported zero waste events, trained and supervised many thousands of volunteers,...

Dana Kelly has worked with the Environmental Center since 1995, managing office operations, administering student payroll, and supporting all the E-Center programs and staff. She is continually energized and inspired by the E-Center community's passion to improve people's health and relationship with the rest of the planet. Dana and her husband and teenage son enjoy being outdoors as much as possible, hiking, skiing and snowboarding. They can also often be...

Indya’s appreciation and love for nature started at a very young age growing up in the foothills of the Himalayas in India. She grew up with the understanding of the sacredness of nature and ways to honor and be respectful of the interconnectivity between nature and all its inhabitants as well as being respectful of each other being key to balance for sustainability. In 2017 FLOWS was hosting a community...

Marianne Moulton Martin has been with the Environmental Center since 1998. Currently as Associate Director, Marianne is responsible for managing finances, communications, promotions and marketing, and conferences and events. She also works with student staff on campus sustainability initiatives such as sustainable food, reducing toxics and green purchasing. Marianne served a year-long term as Interim Director of the Center in 2005. Marianne earned a BA in Environmental Conservation, Sociology and...

Jenna is an unconventional environmental educator passionate about equitable and sustainable access to nature for all people. Military service brought Jenna to Colorado Springs where she was a cyber operator for the Air Force. While in Colorado Springs she earned her bachelors in Geography and Environmental Studies from University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. She has volunteered for multiple nonprofits but most recently worked with 350 Colorado, an environmental non...

Dave Newport was appointed Director, Environmental Center, University of Colorado-Boulder, in December 2005. Dave’s background is in environmental and sustainability research, teaching, publishing, and public service. Dave comes to Boulder from his previous post as the University of Florida’s first Director of the Office of Sustainability. At UF, he researched and published higher educations’ first sustainability report compiled to global business standards, led global efforts aimed at unifying sustainability reporting...

This Colombian native became passionate and began educating herself about the concepts of Social Justice, cultural diversity, and intersectional oppression and transformation shortly after migrating north in 2001. Simultaneously, Angela has formed herself as skilled language service provider (Spanish/English/American Sign Language) and in her short experience in this field she has gained a unique understanding around the community’s cultural and linguistic needs, and has been able to facilitate and promote...

Robin has been working with the CU Environmental Center and CU Recycling since his sophomore year of college in 2014. Despite majoring in Religious Studies and History Robin saw sorting recycling at the campus recycling center as the perfect college job for him. Robin now helps manage the campus recycling center and zero waste events, working to ensure CU Boulder’s waste is disposed of as responsibly as possible. When he’s...

Kathy manages the CU-Boulder Green Labs Program, a program she has been building & creating since 2009. She has a doctorate in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Colorado-Boulder, a BS in Chemistry from the College of William and Mary, and 15 years of laboratory research experience within the fields of Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, & Organic Chemistry. Working as a research scientist, she saw a real need for a program...

Brandon was riding mountain bikes and working in bike shops while most of the station employees were still in diapers. He manages the Sustainable Transportation Program which includes the student bus pass program, ski bus, late night transit, and the bike programs for the Environmental Center. Most of his time is spent in the office working on administrative tasks, but when he needs some fresh air he will still come...

David is one of the newer members of the E-Center starting in September 2021. David was born in Cuenca, Ecuador and grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. He received his B.S in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of South Florida. That is where he got a taste of sustainability in higher education and landed his first sustainability job with his alma mater helping them develop their office of...