Bailey College of the Environment

College of Environment Staff

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  Andie Bisceglia

  Administrative Assistant

  Room 203

  (860) 685-2173

  abisceglia@wesleyan.edu

  Bio

  Andie (she/her) comes to the COE with over 15 years of experiential and academic experience in environmental education, farm work, and food systems education in Maine, Connecticut and Georgia. Most recently, she managed a student-run hunger relief and food waste reduction organization at the University of Georgia called Campus Kitchen. She has a B.S. in Environmental Studies from Bates College and an M.S. in Sustainable Food Systems from the University of Georgia. When she's not at the COE, you can find her tide-pooling, gardening, playing music, and eating good food with her family and friends.
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  Laurie Kenney

  Administrative Assistant

  Room 102

  (860) 685-3733

  lkenney01@wesleyan.edu

  Bio

  Laurie (she/her) has been a member of the Wesleyan University community since 2014. A lifelong fangirl, her debut album, Every Apple Does Go Bad Eventually, is available now (October 6, 2023 - Cynical Girl Music Publishing ASCAP). Before joining the Bailey College of the Environment as an administrative assistant, she was a senior writer/editor and the editorial marketing manager in Wesleyan's Office of University Communications. Laurie's professional experience includes 20+ years in publishing, public relations, marketing, and education. A past recipient of a National Make a Difference Day Award and an American Red Cross Community Impact Award, she was the scriptwriter for Wesleyan's 2018 Telly Award-winning video short, "Wes, Actually."
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  Jen Kleindienst

  Sustainability Director

  Room 104

  (860) 685-3242

  jkleindienst@wesleyan.edu

  Bio

  Jen (she/her) began as Wesleyan's first Sustainability Coordinator in 2012 and became Sustainability Director in 2015. Jen is passionate about building a more sustainable world and loves putting ideas into action with Wesleyan and Middletown communities. She oversees Wesleyan’s sustainability strategic planning, which focuses on achieving carbon neutrality, preparing students to become environmental and social leaders, and integrating holistic sustainability into everything that Wesleyan does. Jen leads a team of 30 students and collaborates with campus and community to turn challenging goals into reality and make change. Before coming to Wesleyan, Jen worked in the sustainability offices at Tufts University, St. Michael's College, and MIT. Jen holds an M.S. in Environmental Studies from Antioch University New England and a B.A. from Hamilton College.
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  Malana Rogers-Bursen

  Project Director for Food Security, Environmental Justice and Sustainability

  Room 302

  (860) 685-2037

  rrogersburse@wesleyan.edu

  Bio

  Malana (she/her) is the Project Director for Food Security, Environmental Justice and Sustainability with the Bailey College of the Environment. Malana is a community organizer and urbanist with extensive experience in racial equity, community outreach strategies, participatory democracy, and collaborative research. Before joining the Bailey College of the Environment, she was the program coordinator and co-founder for a community center in Bern, Switzerland. She also worked at Everyday Democracy for ten years as a coach and trainer for community engagement processes. In 2015/2016, she served as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the CT Youth Food Program Alliance (formerly the CT Food Justice Youth Corps). Malana has volunteered with a number of racial justice and immigrant justice groups in the US and Switzerland, including Hartford Deportation Defense, CT Students for a Dream, Black Infinity Collective, the Alliance Against Racial Profiling, and the Racial Justice Student Collective. She has a B.A. in Political Science from Boston University and an M.A. in Critical Urbanisms from the University of Basel. Malana currently lives in Hartford, CT. She loves to sing and dance and is learning how to DJ.