SMART people 
Don Scavia
Graham Family Professor and Director
Graham Sustainability Institute
Special Counsel to the U-M President on Sustainability
Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
What inspires me about SMART:
I am impressed with SMART’s comprehensive approach to addressing complex issues around accessibility and mobility.
Biography:
Don Scavia is the Graham Family Professor of Sustainability, Professor of Natural Resources and Environment, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute, and Special Counsel to the U-M President for Sustainability. He is on the NWF Great Lakes Leaders Council and Environmental Law and Policy Center Advisory Council, and is science adviser to the Healing our Waters Great Lakes Coalition. He was the Michigan Sea Grant Director (2004-2009), Associate Dean for Research (2004-2006), and Director of the Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (2004-2007). Prior to joining Michigan, Don was Chief Scientist for NOAA’s National Ocean Service, Director of NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Director of NOAA’s Coastal Ocean Program, and a scientist at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.