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Ohio State EmPOWERment Program – Leadership Team

July 31, 2025

Jeffrey M. Bielicki, Program Director and PI
Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering & John Glenn College of Public Affairs

Christian Blanco, Team Member 
Assistant Professor, Operations and Business Analytics

Diane Boghrat, Program Coordinator 
Integrated Systems Engineering

Cinnamon Carlarne, Team Member* 
Associate Dean for Faculty and Intellectual Life, Moritz College of Law

Chen Chen, Co-PI 
Assistant Professor, Integrated Systems Engineering

Emily Creamer, Program Evaluator 
Research Director, College Impact Laboratory, College of Education and Human Ecology

Jeff Froyd, Team Member* 
Professor, Engineering Education

Mahesh Illindala, Core Faculty* 
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Elena Irwin, Co-PI 
Director, Sustainability Institute, Distinguished Professor Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

Jeffrey Jacquet, Team Member 
Associate Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources

Gina Jaquet, Director, Sustainability Education and Learning 
Sustainability Institute

Matthew Mayhew, Co-PI 
Professor, Educational Studies

Eric McChesney, Program Evaluator* 
Doctoral Student, College of Education and Human Ecology

Elizabeth Newton, Core Faculty* 
Executive Director, Battelle Center for Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

Steven Quiring, Core Faculty 
Professor, Atmospheric Sciences Program and Geography

Rajiv Ramnath, Co-PI 
Professor of Practice, Computer Science and Engineering

Ethan Rivera, Student Programming Lead 
Battelle Center for Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

Kari Roth, External Engagement* 
Innovation Manager, Institute for Materials Research

Jay Sayre, Core Faculty 
Director of Innovation, Institute for Materials Research, Associate Professor Materials Science & Engineering

Ajay Shah, Team Member 
Professor, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering

Nicole Sintov, Team Member 
Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources

Ramteen Sioshansi, PI* 
Professor, Integrated Systems Engineering

Yun-Han Weng, Program Evaluator 
Doctoral Student, College of Education and Human Ecology

Katie Zimmerman, Program Manager 
Sustainability Institute

*Former member