Role
As a key part of the Office of Sustainability's Campus as Lab program, Gina works across university operations and academics to advance project-based campus efforts and educational opportunities around food systems. Her core responsibilities are to coordinate and manage on-campus demonstration operations, logistics, data, paid student teams, and research efforts. These projects support the goals of the University’s Sustainability Action Plan, intending to develop best practices for food systems sustainability at Princeton as a model for replication, to inform state policy, and to support regenerative community-building and a shared ethos of sustainability in the community. Current projects that Gina manages include food scraps composting operations and research at the Sustainable Composting Research at Princeton (S.C.R.A.P.) Lab, farm operations and internship program support for the Seed Farm, and coordination of Princeton Food Project initiatives.
Background
Prior to her current position, Gina served as the Campus as Lab fellow with the Office of Sustainability and was formerly a policy analyst at APPRISE Inc., a Princeton-based nonprofit research institute dedicated to collecting and analyzing data and information to assess and improve public programs. Gina graduated from Princeton University in 2015 with a major in economics and a certificate in environmental studies, and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Business of Science at Rutgers University with a concentration in Global Agriculture.
Fun Fact
Gina was a competitive runner in high school and college and ran under 5 minutes in the mile.
Contact me about
- S.C.R.A.P. Lab
- Seed Farm
- Princeton Food Project
- Composting & Food Waste Diversion
- Circular Economy
- Food & Agriculture