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Dr Tina M. Kruger completed her PhD in Gerontology at the University of Kentucky in 2011. She is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies at Indiana State University. She teaches undergrad and grad courses and is active in many research projects related to the pedagogy of gerontology, sustainability and aging, health behavior and employment in the field of aging. Dr Kruger conducts community-based research related to lifelong health and well-being, primarily in low resource areas. She has won multiple state and national awards for her community engaged work. She is passionate about promoting health and well-being for all and views access to resources as a human rights issue.

Nicholas McCreary is the Sustainability Coordinator at Indiana State University. The Office of Sustainability at Indiana State University promotes environmental responsibility and economic vitality, while fostering society equity on campus and in the surrounding communities. In addition to overseeing the Office of Sustainability, Nick teaches in the Department of Earth and Environmental Systems at ISU. Nick studied geology and political science at DePauw University and sustainability at Saint Louis University.

Brandon L. Verhoff is an Independent Researcher with over 12 years of experience working in higher education and business sectors. As a graduate of the Higher Education Administration doctoral program at Saint Louis University, he completed his dissertation titled, “Influences of Student Sustainability Literacy in a University Setting.” Brandon puts theory into practice, as the past Director of Sustainability and Benchmarking for Saint Louis University he has guided process improvement projects, influenced the adoption of institutional sustainability standards, educated the University community on sustainable operations, cultivated sustainability leaders and led sustainability initiatives and strategic plans. Brandon grew Saint Louis University’s sustainability practices and status, which was recognized by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education through the Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating, System program, increasing the University’s rating to a Silver status. Brandon also advances sustainability initiatives through volunteer and community involvement including: board member and Treasurer of the Young Friends of earthday365 and Education Committee chair of the USA Green Building Council’s Gateway Chapter.

Virgil Sheets earned his PhD in Environmental Psychology at Arizona State University in 1993. He teaches at Indiana State University where his research focuses on close relationships as well as meaning in, and connection to, the physical environment.

Dr James H. Speer is a Professor of Geography and Geology at Indiana State University. He received his Bachelors and Master’s Degree from the University of Arizona in Geosciences and his PhD from the University of Tennessee in Geography. He is a biogeographer who uses tree-rings to reconstruct environmental variables such as fire history and insect outbreaks. Through his years of studying environmental history he has realized that humans are operating outside of the natural range of variability for most natural systems, which has motivated him to give back to society by being a champion for sustainability at Indiana State University and in the Wabash Valley. Dr Speer is a Senior Scholar for the Institute for Community Sustainability, which was established in February 2012. He is the President for Our Green Valley Alliance for Sustainability, on the board for the Terre Foods Cooperative Market, on the Tree Advisory Board for Indiana State University, is a past-president of the Geography Educator’s Network of Indiana, and a past-president of the Tree-Ring Society.

Dr Stephen P. Aldrich is an Associate Professor of Geography at Indiana State University. He is a human–environment geographer with a focus on the human dimensions of environmental change, particularly land use and land cover change. He has worked on land use decision-making and land conflict- driven deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, and uses spatial and statistical methods to uncover social-process drivers of environmental change. Dr Aldrich received his PhD in 2009 from Michigan State University and has a Doctoral Specialization in Environmental Science and Public Policy.