Green Ambassador Council Representatives and Roles

The Green Ambassador Program is run for students, by students. The Sustainability Council is comprised of student volunteers who have been voted in by their peers and select staff representatives who guide the students with their expertise. Each Council representative has a select role and portfolio. Together, they work to engage the UQ community around the sustainability strategy, performance, governance and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Secretary

The main administrator and showrunner of Council meetings, the Secretary has excellent written skills, organisation, independent proactivity and a passion for communications. They write and maintain agendas and minutes, manage the GAP webpage, maintain correspondence, record activities, write reports and liaise with other Council representatives to ensure the communication strategy is fulfilled.

2023 – Aryan Rustagi
2022 – Sophie Waldron
2021 – Shanu Gunasinghe
2020-2021 – Fatima Sabdia

Events Planner

The Events Planner is focused on brainstorming, planning and running events to engage the GAP community. They are skilled in running events, liaising with professionals, working with others, and can set boundaries to ensure compliance with rules and regulations. They liaise with the Social Media Manager to promote upcoming events and are committed to ensuring each event achieves the goals of GAP and the Sustainability Strategy.

2023 – Hayley Kwok
2022 – Kimberly Luk
2022 – Nguyen Tran
2021 – Tianjiao Yu
2020-2021 – Bora Aska

Social Media Manager

Always organised and in control of various social media channels, the Social Media Manager creates the primary correspondence between the Council and GAP membership, through Facebook and Instagram. Liaising with the Engagement Officer, they ensure social media engagement, and create events on behalf of the Events Planner. They ensure all post content is appropriate, adheres to the Code of Conduct and Facebook group rules, and create a fun and open atmosphere online.

2023 – Charlotty Lama
2022 – Tash Neradil
2021 – Emma Jarratt
2020-2021 – Jayana Jayana
2020 – Erin Carroll

Student Engagement Officer

Focused on engaging the GAP cohort, the Student Engagement Officer ensures students are active in the GAP space. This involves liaising with the Social Media Manager to conduct outreach social media campaigns, running competitions, gathering feedback, and acting as a contact for student experience. To ensure a student majority in GAP, they also outreach to UQ students, organise networking and introduction events.

2023 – Yujia Sun
2022 – Payton Te Ngaio
2021 – Hanis Lyna Izzatie
2020-2021 – Lalith Kishore

Student Resource Manager

The Student Resource Manager creates and maintains connections to aid the sustainability ideas of GAP members. Utilising professional communication and correspondence, they approach staff, organisations and resources that may benefit the program, and maintain these working relationships. They have a broad knowledge of grants, programs and tools, and maintain records of all resources and ideas for future utilisation.

2023 – James Steadman
2022 – Lily Pan
2021 – Evelyn Alicia Gomez Juarez
2020-2021 – Jasmine Palmer

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Manager

Maintaining a connection to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, the SDG Manager ensures all actions within GAP align and work towards these goals. They communicate the SDGs to the GAP community with help from the Social Media Manager, and ensure students know UN resources by liaising with the Student Resource Manager. The SDG Manager will be responsible for organising student involvement in UN events and running UN-led initiatives on campus.

2022 – Jayana
2021 – Jacques Dennison
2020-2021 – Lauren Tipping

Sustainability Office

Facilitating GAP on behalf of UQ’s Sustainability Office, this representative offers advice to Council, ensures support, resources and opportunities for Council representatives, and reports on GAP in the Annual Report. They are informed of all GAP events and proceedings, ensure GAP’s Code of Conduct is maintained and that the program aligns with the Sustainability Strategy and UQ.

This is a student and staff representative role, filled by a current student who is also a Sustainability Office staff member.

2021-2022 – Jasmine Palmer
2020-2021 – Emily Conn

UQ Unwrapped (Staff representative)

Working to support GAP as a member of the UQ Sustainability Office team, the UQ Unwrapped representative brings opportunities for collaboration on projects focusing on waste reduction and engagement. This includes coordinating projects such as the Reuse and Recycling Hub, and any other waste reduction initiatives which the members of GAP wish to support.

This is a staff representative role.

2020-2022 – Sophie Rutter

UQ Life (Student and staff representative)

Working with the UQ Life team, this representative acts as a point of contact between UQ Life and GAP to encourage and facilitate collaborative initiatives and events. They support the Council representatives and share the various resources UQ Life has on offer, liaising between both groups.

This is a student and staff representative role, filled by a current student who is also a UQ Life staff member.

2020-2022 – Cassidy Mogg

Green Programs - Office & Labs (Staff representative)

The Green Programs representative is a UQ staff member that is involved in either the Green Office and/or Labs staff engagement program. They are aware of these programs’ events, members and initiatives. They offer advice and resources to Council and support the student volunteer members in their endeavours.

This is a staff representative role.

2022 – Marce Walker
2020 – Christine McCoy