
Ms. Andrea Putman

Andrea Putman, Senior Vice President at Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation, has dedicated her career to communications, outreach, and building partnerships to advance agricultural, climate, renewable and energy efficiency issues.
She
developed FedByScience, a collaboration of universities focused on
“storytelling” to highlight the value of scientists’ research. Ms. Putman
recruited 20 universities and an Advisory Committee of 9 chancellors, vice
presidents, and deans. She writes and oversees the Retaking the Field
series (5 volumes).
Previously,
Ms. Putman was Director of Higher Education at ecoAmerica, a non-profit that that uses research and strategic
partnerships to build awareness and action for climate solutions among mainstream Americans. She engaged 20 senior leaders of universities
to serve on the Solution Generation (higher ed) Executive Committee.
She served
as Second Nature’s Director of Corporate Partnerships for the American College
and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, a network of over 670 presidents
and chancellors who have made institutional
commitments to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions from campus operations.
Ms. Putman recruited donors including Lockheed Martin, Waste Management,
Sodexo, Staples, Trane, and others. As Director of Sustainability Financing at
Second Nature, she co-managed the partnership between the Clinton Climate
Initiative and ACUPCC.
Ms. Putman
has written extensively on agricultural science, climate, renewable and energy
efficiency, financing, and sustainability. She is the co-author of two books (Boldly
Sustainable: Hope and Opportunity for Higher Education in the Age of Climate
Change and The Business Case for Renewable Energy: A Guide for Colleges
and Universities), editor of one book (Financing Sustainability on
Campus) and co-author of multiple articles and reports.
She was President
of Green Innovations, a woman-owned small business that provided expertise on
innovative best practices to transition academic institutions toward net-zero
energy campuses profitably.
Ms. Putman served on the Association for the
Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Advisory Council. She was a developer/facilitator for Ithaca
College’s Professional Certificate in Sustainability Leadership, a Certified
Energy Manager, and a LEED Accredited Professional.