Susanne Desroches

Susanne Desroches is the sustainable design manager for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, where she is responsible for agency-wide sustainable design efforts and technical reviews for sustainable design efforts including the World Trade Center and LaGuardia Airport. She also serves as the Port Authority engineering department's representative on New York State Climate Action Council and New York City Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability's Climate Change Adaptation Task Force. She has an M.P.A. in environmental science and policy from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, and a bachelor's degree in industrial design from the Pratt Institute.