Nurit Katz
Sustainability Coordinator, University of California at Los Angeles

Nurit Katz is UCLA's first Sustainability Coordinator. In this position she is working to foster partnerships among academic, research, and operational departments and further the goals and initiatives of the campus sustainability program.

Before starting in this position she founded the UCLA Sustainable Resource Center in 2005 to provide resources for the community on sustainability. As Director of the program she hosted numerous events that brought together leaders in the public and private sectors.

She then served as President of the Graduate Students Association and helped Dr. Charles Corbett to create a new interdisciplinary graduate certificate program- Leaders in Sustainability. She has worked on a variety of sustainability projects including a project for the City of Los Angeles that focused on transit-oriented development along the Expo Light Rail Line. Her essay on the topic was published in the UCLA Anderson Forecast's "Solutions for Our City".

Nurit holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a Masters in Public Policy from the UCLA School of Public Affairs. She is Co-President of the Los Angeles Professional Chapter of Net Impact, an international organization focused on using business to create a positive social impact.

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