Sustainability Office Staff

Wes is the current Director of Sustainability for the college. He is a 1992 Amherst alumnus who returned to the college after having been a professor of Earth, Environmental, and Sustainability Sciences for twenty years at Furman University and UMass Boston. Wes has been building out the office’s faculty, staff, and student programs and working to integrate sustainability across the college's curriculum, co-curriculum, and operations.

Audrey Woods is a recent graduate (‘24E) of Amherst College with a degree in Political Science. As a student, she explored sustainable development in the built and natural environment through her time as a greenhouse worker, Book and Plow farmer, and member of the Food Justice Alliance. She also studied sustainability and renewable energy systems in Copenhagen, Denmark. Beyond Amherst, Audrey was also a legal intern and an Environmental Educator for Mass Audubon, helping to develop programming for the launch of the Nature in the City Program in Springfield, MA. She is overjoyed to return to Amherst as a Green Dean and hopes to empower students of all majors to situate sustainability in their disciplines. When she’s not working, you’ll find her on a nature walk, listening to podcasts, or getting lost in an upcycling or restoration project.