Anthony Cortese

Co-Founder of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)

Anthony Cortese, one of the nation’s longtime, pioneering leaders in greening higher education, is president and co-founder (with Senator John Kerry and Teresa Heinz) of Second Nature, a nonprofit working to make healthy, just, and sustainable action a first principle of higher education. He is the principal organizer of the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, co-founder of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), and a consultant on institutionalizing sustainability principles and programs. He is the former Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and Tufts University Dean of Environmental Programs.