Pollinator Habitat Advisory Committee

In an effort to further the goals of the Pitt Sustainability Plan, the University has created a diverse and interdisciplinary Pollinator Habitat Advisory Committee to help make our campus environment more supportive of healthy, native pollinator populations.

A subcommittee of the Chancellor’s Advisory Council on Sustainability, the University of Pittsburgh’s Pollinator Habitat Advisory Committee’s goals are to:

• Create and advise on the implementation a Campus Pollinator Habitat Plan, which sets guidelines for plant choices and landscaping practices
• Lead the University’s annual Bee Campus USA application through the Xerces Society.

Committee Members

Sarah Hart, Matthew Golub, & groundskeeper Steven Michael Siweckyj install bee homes on campus (June 2019)

• CHAIR: Andy Moran, Senior Manager of Grounds, Facilities Management
• Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
• Kim Barlow, Communications Manager, Communications
  
• Sarah Cutshall, Undergraduate Student & Founder, Bee Friendly Pitt
• Matthew Golub, Undergraduate Student & Founder, Bee Friendly Pitt
• Samatha Ford, Sustainability Projects Coordinator, Office of Sustainability
• Sarah Hart, Undergraduate Student & Founder, Bee Friendly Pitt
• Beth Ann Mayer, Undergraduate Student, Events Coordinator, Students for Sustainability
• Mary Beth McGrew, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Planning, Facilities Management
• Dr. Aurora Sharrard, Director of Sustainability, Office of Sustainability

• The best wildflowers for wild bees (Nichols et al. 2019)

• Considering the unintentional consequences of pollinator gardens for urban native plants: is the road to extinction paved with good intentions?  (Johnson et al. 2017)