Q: What does it mean to you to be running also representing ASU?Ī: I'm really proud. Since I'm running for a statewide office, it is like nothing I've ever done before. Q: What’s the experience been like running at the state level?Ī: Well, it was interesting, because for me, sustainability ultimately is about equity, and it's about all those pillars of the environment. I've been very involved in politics during my career, and so running for office seemed natural to combine my love of sustainability and service. Then I went to six states for Barack Obama in 20. Q: How did you develop service into your career?Ī: I was a youth coordinator for George McGovern in his 1972 presidential campaign in Suffolk County, Long Island, so that was also impactful. My parents said back then they knew I was the one who’d run for public office. Q: How so? What activities did you participate in while growing up?Ī: Well, my parents volunteered with JFK’s campaign before he was president, and they often recounted the time when he held me as a baby. I've always been an activist since I was a child, honestly. Working on these projects involving water and energy, there's such a deep nexus between water and energy in our state, and I couldn’t sit back and just watch things happen. I've mentored a lot of students and environmental and climate activists during my 25 years with the university. Question: With sustainability and climate change being such a huge issue around the world - but especially here in Arizona, with water rights and usage - how has that influenced your passion to be involved in public service?Īnswer: Well, there are many factors that influenced me from the ASU side. Here’s what she had to say about her dedication to public service. Kennedy’s campaign in the small town of Holbrook, Massachusetts. She holds a master’s degree in public history from ASU and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago.įor Kuby, public service and sustainability were values she learned at a very young age - her parents were volunteers for John F. She served on the board of the nonpartisan Arizona Municipal Water Users Association from 2015 to 2020. Kuby championed the creation of the Tempe Family Justice Commission to promote access to just, safe avenues of care for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and sex trafficking. Today, Tempe leads the state in climate action-planning. During her tenure, Kuby helped lead the city’s sustainability efforts, including creating the Tempe Sustainability Commission, which helped craft the city’s climate policy. A two-term councilmember (2014–22) and former vice mayor of Tempe, Lauren Kuby is a Senior Global Futures Scientist within ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation.
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