EVAN PHILLIPS
Junior Faculty Advisor
Evan Phillips is a freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and attended WYSE as a delegate in 2022! He is passionate about sustainable business and is double majoring in Business and Economics with a sustainability minor. This past semester, Evan worked with the Ackerman Center of Excellence in Sustainability doing research on companies’ sustainability initiatives in North Carolina, short listing them for the annual Kenan-Flagler Sustainability Awards. He is also committed to serving his community through the national service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega where he has gotten to chance to volunteer in tiger reserves and invasive species clean ups! In the rest of his free time he rows for the UNC men’s crew team, practicing 10 times a week.
Lauren Novorska is majoring in Ecosystem Science and Policy and Anthropology and minoring in Sustainable Business and Climate Science and Policy at the University of Miami. She is pursuing a career in environmental policy and education and is passionate about human-wildlife conflict, climate change, and educating students about ecological issues. She is an Everglades Coalition Conference scholarship recipient, serves as the President for the Pi Epsilon National Environmental Science Honor Society, works with the University of Miami Law School Environmental Justice Clinic Shifting Power Course, and is a Lead Educator and Mentor Volunteer for the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. Lauren’s experience as a delegate, intern, and JFA at WYSE has been life-changing, and she hopes to make the conference an incredible experience for other delegates!
Allen Yuan (he/him) is a rising senior at the University of Maryland, where he is a recent graduate of the Design, Cultures, and Creativity Living Learning Program in the Honors College. He is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and Policy with a concentration in Wildlife Ecology and Management, which he hopes to use to aid in creating a sustainable future that is not only environmentally-sound but also successfully serves every demographic. His interest in environmental science began with a childhood obsession with cetaceans, which has unwaveringly transferred to the present. Allen’s hobbies include baking, figure skating, sitting out in the sun, and hanging out with friends. He attended WYSE in 2021 and served on the Youth Advisory Board after the program. He returned as a Junior Faculty Advisor in 2023 and is excited to do it again this summer! He hopes to help make WYSE 2024 as special and valuable of an experience as it was for him.