Matthew St. Clair

Matthew St. Clair is the first sustainability manager for the University of California’s Office of the President; since 2004, has led sustainability efforts across the 10-campus UC system.

Matthew is a founding member of the Board of Directors for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Strategic Energy Innovations, a nonprofit organization implementing energy conservation programs in California. He serves on the Chancellor’s Advisory Committees on Sustainability at UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Merced. He is a co-founder of the Berkeley Environmental Alumni Network.

Matthew has delivered lectures at numerous universities, been an invited keynote speaker at regional and national conferences, and has advised the U.S. House of Representatives on the formation of an Office of Sustainability for the U.S. Capitol. He has been profiled in Business Week and Business Officer magazines, and was given the 2007 Sustainability Champion award at the 6th Annual California University Sustainability Conference in June 2007. Matthew has a background in environmental policy and advocacy and is a LEED Accredited Professional.