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John Gardner
Sustainability Data and Project Manager
UMN Twin Cities Office of Sustainability

John joins the Office of Sustainability to direct sustainability reporting and support climate action efforts. John has worked in the climate action and sustainability fields for over a decade, primarily as a Sustainability Planning & Policy Analyst at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. John has also helped institutions and companies around the world develop climate action, environmental, and water stewardship plans since 2015. He holds a passion for stakeholder engagement and leveraging the use of data to make decisions better-informed, and frankly more fun. John holds a Masters in Urban Planning from UW-Milwaukee and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.