Joseph Trumpey
Joe Trumpey is the Director of the Michigan Sustainability Community. He is an Associate Professor of Art at the Stamps School of Art & Design and an Associate Professor of Natural Resources at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. He also served as Director of International Engagement for Art & Design for six years and successfully implemented the University’s first International Experience Requirement for all Art & Design students. He is a faculty associate with the University of Michigan’s African Study Center, Program in the Environment, and the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. He currently serves on the Executive Committee for the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute. While at U-M, Trumpey created a BFA Science Illustration Concentration / Curriculum that was successfully offered from 1995 to 2006. He also founded and currently directed Michigan Science Art, one of the largest groups of science illustrators working together in North America. Their most notable achievement is the completion of approximately 5,000 illustrations for the award-winning, 17-volume Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. As a freelance design consultant and illustrator, Trumpey has worked with numerous zoos, museums and publishers across the country including: the Toledo Zoo, the Detroit Zoo, the Smithsonian / National Zoo, the North Carolina Zoo, Houghton Mifflin Publishing, Wolfe Publishing, Lippincot Publishing, Gale / Thompson Publishing, Mosby Publishing, ScienceWorks, Inc., Appleton and Lang Publishing, Glaxo-Welcome Pharmaceuticals, Not A Book Inc., and Stackpole Publishing.
Daisy Hall
Daisy has been the Assistant Director of the Sustainable Living Experience since 2022. She has previously worked in the sustainability field at Albion College and New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation through the Student Conservation Association and AmeriCorps. She graduated with a dual degree from the University of Michigan where she studied Art and Design and Program in the Environment. She was also part of the very first cohort of the Michigan Sustainability Community when it operated as a Theme Community. She is currently pursuing a master or science degree through the School for Environment and Sustainability. She enjoys spending time with her many pets, hiking, and painting in her free time.
