Dr. Ann Scheerer was born and raised on the shores of Lake Michigan in western Michigan. She has spent nearly twenty years exploring sustainability through sustainable community development work in the public, non-profit and academic sectors. Ann has worked with local governments and nonprofits on the ‘human’ side of urban sustainable infrastructure planning in the Puget Sound region. She has developed sustainability programs in higher education including University of Colorado Denver’s Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems, University of Oregon’s Leadership in Sustainability Graduate Certificate, and Oregon State University’s Sustainability Double Degree Program.

Ann recently completed a PhD, Design and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning as a National Science Foundation IGERT sustainable urban infrastructure research fellow. Her research has focused on local climate action planning. Her teaching has focused on sustainable communities, leadership for sustainability, and sustainability assessment. Ann has also obtained a MPA from University of Washington; MSc, Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability from Blekinge Institute (Sweden); BS, Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan; and a BA (Physics) from Kalamazoo College.