Tara Federoff

In her position as Assistant Director of Communications and Outreach, Tara (she/her) performs a dual role working with both sustainability integration and communications and with co-curricular programming, education, and outreach.

In her integration and communications role, Tara helps to develop communications strategies that amplify sustainability progress across Middlebury’s campuses, as well as opportunities and growth. In addition to this, she works closely with campus partners to advance and communicate about initiatives such as Energy2028 and Environmental Council and co-leads the data collection and analysis for the Middlebury STARS Report.

She also happily works directly with students in an outreach capacity through teaching a class (ENVS 0101 Reimagining Sustainability) and advising co-curricular opportunities including the Sustainability Solutions Lab (SSL) and EcoReps programs. Additionally, she works closely with student initiatives including Green Panthers, Global Partnerships for Sustainability, and the Solar Decathlon Houses. Through this advising and outreach, she helps students to navigate and learn about sustainability on campus and beyond and develop skillsets to serve them in their interactions with the world and in their future careers. 

Before Middlebury, Tara attended the Robert E. Cook Honors College for her undergraduate degree, double majoring in Environmental Anthropology and Political Science, and later the University of Edinburgh for her masters studying Political Ecology. In the interim, she worked in a number of fields and spaces, living in 4 different US states and 3 countries, and integrated sustainability and environmental advocacy into her surroundings wherever she found herself. She is passionate about intersectional sustainability, climate justice, and accessible climate communication and is driven by hope for the future and a deep belief in the role of humans as stewards of the earth.

Feel free to reach out to her anytime, she’s always happy for a chat and to help connect you and your unique interests and passions with sustainability and climate action opportunities at Middlebury and beyond!