Iesha Baldwin serves as Spelman College’s inaugural sustainability coordinator and manages Sustainable Spelman, the College’s campus-wide sustainability initiative designed to advance environmental leadership, institutional resilience, and campus engagement in sustainability.
In her role, she strengthens and translates Spelman’s leadership in sustainability while fostering awareness and action across the campus community. She also serves as Principal Investigator for the Building Improvment Toolkit Program, a sustainability and infrastructure FMS initiative designed to enhance building performance, reduce environmental impacts, and prepare students for careers in clean technology and clean energy through hands-on, interdisciplinary learning and industry partnerships.
A graduate of Spelman College, Baldwin earned her degree in environmental studies /science. Before returning to Spelman, she served as the inaugural AI-Manufacturing PIN and Georgia-AIM Fellow at Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies. In her role, she supported workforce development initiatives in clean technology and additive manufacturing, contributed to research on alternative energy solutions, and led the development of an inventory management system designed to reduce waste and achieve significant cost savings for a high tech manufacturing facility. She also served as a fellow at the University of California, Davis, where she collaborated with faculty and community partners on clean technology and education solutions.
With over a decade of experience in sustainability strategy, environmental innovation, and workforce development, Iesha uses her skills to advance Spelman’s sustainability impact. Her work exemplifies how innovative ideas, paired with actionable solutions, can drive meaningful environmental, social, and economic outcomes while preparing students for opportunities in sustainability and clean technology.
Speaking Topics
Spelman's efforts in sustainability, Resilience, AI in Sustainability, Clean Technology, Climate Justice/Environmentalism