The CSD Team
Our office is comprised of full time staff and students working together to advance sustainability initiatives across campus.
Center for Sustainable Development Team

Meet the Team
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CSD Staff Members
Nicole Killen (she/her)
Director of Sustainability
Nicole first came to the College as a graduate student in the concurrent Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Public Administration programs. As a graduate assistant with the CSD, Nicole worked on student-facing programming. Her thesis was on creating sustainable behavior change with recycling in athletic facilities at the College. She moved into a full time role as the Associate Director of Student Engagement in 2023, then transitioned to the Director of Sustainability a year later in 2024. Her primary focus as director is overseeing sustainability-related initiatives at the College, and guiding the implementation of the Sustainability Action Plan. Some other fun information about Nicole is that she was a collegiate softball player and has been to 46 out of the 50 states.
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Associate Director of Student Engagement
Katie Doherty (she/her)
Zero Waste Manager
She is responsible for the strategy, management and continuous improvement of the College's zero waste initiatives. She's an advocate for sustainable waste management, manages partnerships with stakeholders, and works on improving the infrastructure, programs and services for our campus community. In her free time, she helps care for birds of prey at the Avian Conservation Center!
Bailey Crane (she/her)
Zero Waste Coordinator
Baily is a senior Marine Biology and ENSS double major at the College. As the Zero Waste Data Lead at the Center for Sustainable Development. Baily tracks, compiles, and summarizes all of the data streams related to waste management. She is also an Atlas Fellow with the Post Landfill Action Network (PLAN) where she is developing a Zero Waste Action Plan to guide us in reaching our goal of 90% diversion by 2035. A fun fact is that she had an art exhibit in Greenville's Artisphere!
Will Roberts (he/him)
Graduate Assistant
Will is a first-year graduate student in the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Master's Program at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. He received his B.S. in Environmental Science from Assumption University in Worcester, MA. As a Graduate Assistant at the CSD, Will helps develop sustainability reports, manages Zero Waste and Climate data, leads the greenhouse gas inventory to continue developing the College's Climate Action Plan, manages climate-related events and initiatives, and assists staff with various other tasks. A fun fact about him is that he played ice hockey in college.
Zero Waste Team
Robert Fields (he/him)
Keith Freeman (he/him)
Jerome Smalls (he/him)
Carlos Summersett (he/him)
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CSD Student Interns
Eric Dowd (he/him)
Zero Waste Lead
Abby Malloy (she/her)
Campus Outreach Lead
Abby is a junior Environmental & Sustinability Studies major at the College. She works as the Campus Outreach Lead for the Center for Sustainable Development. She helps plan and coordinate events, such as BEst FEST and Sustainability Week, and goes out of her way to connect people on campus with sustainability. A fun fact is that she is trying to go to every coffee shop on the peninsula before graduation!
Nick Bove (he/him)
Project Implementation Lead
Nick is a rising senior majoring in Economics at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. As a Project Implementation Lead Intern for the Center of Sustainable Development, he keeps an eye on previous projects the Center has funded, determines the feasibility of new projects as they appear, and brings attention to projects as they are completed. He also serves as an advisory member for the Cougar Changemaker Committee. A fun fact about Nick is that he high-fived Jason Kelce at the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl LIX Parade.
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CSD Rotation Interns
No current participants.
Program will restart in the fall semester!
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Living Labs Program Participants
No current participants.
Program will restart in the fall semester!