Session 1: Geothermal Leadership in Massachusetts

Dano Weisbord joined Tufts in 2022 and serves as Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Director of Campus Planning. This joint role is intended to further Tufts’ commitment to be a higher education leader in sustainability and climate.

Dano came to Tufts from Smith College where he was Associate Vice President for Campus Planning and Sustainability. Dano was responsible for projects at Smith including the electrification and decarbonization of a thermal and electric district energy system and a Landscape Master Plan. Earlier in his career, Dano worked for CLF Ventures, the former consulting arm of the Conservation Law Foundation. In that capacity he worked on projects around Boston in energy and real-estate sectors. Dano spent four years aboard working for ActionAid International and served as a director of the Global Association of Corporate Sustainability Officers in London.

Dano has a Master of Arts in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from Rhode Island School of Design.