Our Team

Jen Britton, Executive Director, Sustainable Development Strategy
jenbritton@drexel.edu

Jen has had several roles at Drexel since 2002, including managing the Drexel Engineering Cities research initiative and serving as the founding director of the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships. She works on linking Drexel’s sustainability agenda with the anchor mission to create local economic impact. With a background in STS – Science, Technology and Society –Jen has published about Drexel’s civic engagement and anchor mission and she additionally pursues a human-animal studies research agenda focused on wild horses and burros. As a wild horse photographer in her free time, she lends her volunteer efforts to wild horse and burro advocacy, with the Assateague Island Alliance and the Wild Horse Photography Collective. Jen lives in Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood.

Bo Solomon, Executive Director, Climate and Sustainability
jbs328@drexel.edu

Bo came to Drexel in 2014 after working at the University of Missouri, the University of Kansas and the University of Texas. He ran the Surplus Property program for the University of Missouri System. Bo operates Drexel’s Surplus Property Program to sell, donate and divert equipment, furniture and other items that are no longer needed by Drexel from the waste stream. He oversees Drexel's annual reporting to AASHE STARS to track sustainability efforts on campus. He is treasurer of the University Surplus Property Association (USPA). He hires and supervises Climate & Sustainability co-op students, who help the team guide sustainability efforts on campus. He is married with three children and lives in South Philadelphia. He bikes, kayaks, tends to outdoor gardens and collects jukeboxes.

General Inquiries

We’d love to hear from you! Send general sustainability-related inquiries and requests to sustainability@drexel.edu.

Climate Action Plan

If you would like to get involved in the Climate Action plan as a subcommittee member, in a support role, as a work-study student, or just to learn more, email to climateactionplan@drexel.edu.

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Office Location

We are located in the PSA Building on Drexel’s University City campus, 3240 Powelton Avenue., on the southeast corner of 33rd Street and Powelton. The building’s entrance can be found at the rear of the building, accessible via the parking lot on Natrona Street.

Mailing address

Drexel Climate & Sustainability
Drexel University
3240 Powelton Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19104