Denny Cochrane named energy and sustainability coordinator
Denny Cochrane of Blacksburg has been appointed energy and sustainability coordinator at Virginia Tech. He will report to Sherwood Wilson, vice president for administrative services.
“Building a sustainable campus is a priority at Virginia Tech,” said Wilson. “To accomplish this goal, we decided to create a new position dedicated to investigating and implementing energy and sustainability initiatives.”
In this new role, Cochrane is responsible for planning, developing, coordinating and administering programs related to energy and sustainability. In addition, the university will look to him to provide advice related energy and sustainability policy and execution. Serving as a liaison between the administration, students, faculty, staff, the local community and private enterprise in the implementation of sustainability initiatives, Cochrane successfully coordinated all university programs and activities for Sustainability Week 2007.
As energy and sustainability coordinator, he will serve on the recently established Committee for Energy and Sustainability, which reports to the Commission on University Support.
Prior to accepting his new role, Cochrane was selected by the president’s office to assist with the establishment of the new Virginia Tech Office of Recovery and Support.
Cochrane joined Virginia Tech in1996 as Commander and Department Head of the Army ROTC program. In 2000, he accepted the position of executive assistant to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Since 2004, Cochrane served as the assistant to the Vice President for Administrative Services.
Cochrane received his bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech in 1970.
Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college, Virginia Tech is the most comprehensive university in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is among the top research universities in the nation. Today, Virginia Tech’s eight colleges are dedicated to quality, innovation, and results through teaching, research, and outreach activities. At its 2,600-acre main campus located in Blacksburg and other campus centers in Northern Virginia, Southwest Virginia, Hampton Roads, Richmond, and Roanoke, Virginia Tech enrolls more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries in 180 academic degree programs.
