As Sustainability Financing Manager, Andrea Putman is the coordinating agent for the partnership between the Clinton Climate Initiative and the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). She also serves on the Implementation Advisory Committee of the ACUPCC. In addition to her work at Second Nature, she is currently co-authoring a book entitled Boldly Sustainable: Hope and Opportunity for Higher Education in the Age of Climate Change which will be published by National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) in 2008.

Previous to joining Second Nature, Ms. Putman was an associate with the Cadmus Group where she supported the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR program and the Southeast Rebuild Collaborative for higher education. Ms. Putman is co-author of The Business Case for Renewable Energy: A Guide for Colleges and Universities published by NACUBO, APPA, and The Society for College and University Planning. She was president of Green Innovations, a woman-owned small business that provided communications, marketing, and analysis for renewable energy initiatives. She helped establish and develop the Higher Education Committee for the American Council on Renewable Energy; sold wind power for Community Energy, and developed a wind power marketing program for Washington Gas Energy Services.

Ms. Putman earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from State University of New York at Binghamton and did graduate work in Environmental Education at New York University.  She was a Certified Energy Manager and is a LEED Accredited Professional.