Staff and Interns
Staff

Tanja Srebotnjak, Director (she/her/hers)
Class of ’66 Environmental Center | Room 206 | 413-597-4197 | [email protected]
Tanja has worked on sustainability since 2000 and in a variety of settings, including at the United Nations, the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental think tank, academia, and an independent K-12 school. She holds a Masters in statistics from Dortmund Technical University and a PhD in environmental statistics and policy from the Yale School of the Environment.
Mike Evans, Deputy Director (he/him/his)
Class of ’66 Environmental Center | Room 208 | 413-597-4462 | [email protected]
Mike joined the Zilkha Center team in 2014. Prior to his time at Williams, he worked in nonprofits focusing on food security, youth empowerment, sustainable agriculture, and food justice in Boston, Austin, and Salt Lake City. Mike received a B.A. in African and African American Studies from Dartmouth College and an M.A. in Community Leadership from Westminster College.

Christine Seibert, Sustainability Coordinator (she/her/hers)
Class of ’66 Environmental Center | Room 207 | 413-597-4422 | [email protected]
Christine has a background in environmental education, student engagement, and municipal greenhouse gas accounting. One of her greatest joys in life is seeing young people empowered to make positive change in their communities. She holds a B.S. in biology from Gordon College and is working on her masters in sustainability at Harvard Extension.
DeeDee Lewis, Administrative Coordinator (she/her/hers)
Class of ’66 Environmental Center | Room 108 | 413-597-2346 | [email protected]
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Jennifer Hernández ‘23 (she/her) • Alexandria, Virginia • EcoRep • I'm really excited to bring new sustainability practices to my peers, especially related to zero waste! • Favorite dessert: Madelines
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Safiyah Anwar-Chuku ‘25 (she/her) • New York City, New York • EcoRep • I’m excited to interact with students and faculty about sustainability • Favorite dessert: Almond Barfi
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Ainsley Ogletree ‘25 (she/her) • Charlotte, North Carolina • EcoRep • I'm really looking forward to hosting monthly programming to help educate about sustainability topics! • Favorite dessert: Fruit parfait
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Sonia Dhingra ‘26 (she/her) • Dallas, Texas • EcoRep • I’m excited to collaborate as an intern group and with other groups across campus. • Favorite study spot: Sawyer third floor
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Josh Bruns ‘25 (he/him) • Dakar, Senegal • EcoRep • Talking about environmental issues is something I'm really looking forward to. There are so many different ecological and waste issues to discuss and angles to approach dealing them with. I don't think anyone has perfect answers to solve our major environmental crises, however, through being an ECOREP, I'm really excited to add my own input, and facilitate discussions with the wider campus community towards improving our environmental footprint. • Favorite dessert: 100% Lemon bars
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Diliara Sadykova ‘26 (she/her) • Kazan, Russia • EcoRep • I’m excited to share my academic environmental knowledge and hang out with like-minded people 🙂 • Favorite study spot: Wachenheim
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Kaon Suh ‘26 (she/her) • Irvine, California • EcoRep • I’m excited to make connections with other people and share information about environmental justice with people on campus! • Favorite dessert: I like all desserts but I’m really craving mango right now.
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Marta Symkowick ‘25 (she/her) • Piedmont, California • EcoRep • I am excited to meet new people and work with the Zilkha Center again! I am also looking forward to learning more about sustainability and, hopefully, helping to show students that there are actions they can take to help combat climate change. • Favorite study spot: The porch of the Zilkha Center!
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Ari Quasney ‘25 • Water Bottle LCA Project Intern • I’m excited to critique water bottles. • Favorite study spot: '66 Envi Center (a completely unbiased take)
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Abby Moffett ‘25 (she/her) • Kenai, Alaska • Winter Blitz • I’m excited to see how the changes we are making to the program play out. • Favorite dessert: Cherry goat cheese cheesecake
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Blue Jordan ‘23 (they/them) • Northhampton, Massachusetts • Winter Blitz • I’m excited to get a more behind-the-scenes, look at how the ZC interacts with partners inside and outside of Williams, and how we’re able to have a concrete impact on our communities. • Favorite study spot: South Science side rooms
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Saumya Shinde ‘26 (she/her) • Mumbai, Maharashtra • Zero Waste • I’m excited to collaborate and learn more about my topic, the parallels back to my homeland, and changemaking at Wiliams!! • Favorite dessert: Cheesecake, caramel custard, cinnamon bun (and I recently tried something new - fried ice cream!?)
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Brian Lavinio ‘24 (he/him) • Pittsfield, Massachusets • Zero Waste • I’m excited to find new ways to help Williams truly reach zero waste! • Favorite study spot: Anywhere outside of the '66 Envi Center
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Isabella Hayden ‘26 (she/they) • Los Angeles, California • Communications • I’m excited to learn/discover what effective communication looks like from a new perspective, and put it to good use. Also, the Zilkha Center is awesome and I am just hyped to be a part of it. • Favorite dessert: Red bean dumplings or matcha ice cream with red bean paste. Anything with red bean paste, actually.
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Jeremy Torres ‘23 (he/him) • Bronx, New York • Communications • I am looking forward to working with the ZC staff and other interns to hopefully foster a community where people bounce ideas off of each other and work collaboratively. • Favorite dessert: Milkshakes (especially the Maple Cream shake from Lickety)
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Gabriela Quizhpi ‘26 (she/her/they/them) • Queens, New York • Gardening • I'm excited to help make the garden more well-known throughout the Williams community and get to know people through activities surrounding the garden. • Favorite dessert: Ice cream!
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Martha Carlson ‘25 (she/her) • Duluth, Minnesota • Gardening • I’m really excited to meet and collab with the other interns! • Favorite study spot: I like to read in that circle of couches on the first floor of Schapiro.
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Simon Wainaina ‘26 (he/him) • Eldama Ravine, Kenya • Sustainable Food • I am excited to meet new people and work with them, learning new skills and also exploring the environment and getting to know more about it. • Favorite dessert: Macaroons
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Julia Friedberg ‘23 (she/her) • Rochester, New York • Sustainable Food • I’m excited to improve food sustainability at Williams! • Favorite study spot: Goodrich
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Cyrus Naider ‘23.5 (he/him) • Cleveland, Ohio • ZC/DC Intern • I'm really excited to work with the ZC and DC to connect sustainability and environmental justice with social justice and just work to increase engagement between the two offices and with students. I absolutely loved working with the ZC this summer and I'm happy to have another chance to work as a ZC intern. • Favorite study spot: My bestie's room
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Micaela Foreman ‘23 (she/they) • Chicago, Illinois • Community Engagement • I am excited to integrate Williams into the greater Berkshire community. • Favorite dessert: Cheesecake
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Sasha Horvath ‘25 (she/her) • Brooklyn, New York • Sustainability Dashboard • I’m excited to help create a resource that the Williams community can use to better understand and research campus sustainability. • Favorite dessert: Lemon Squares
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