Lee Ball

• Executive Director of the Center for the Environment
• Catawba College
• https://catawba.edu/cenv/

Dr. Lee Ball is the new Executive Director of Catawba College’s Center for the Environment. Prior to his appointment to Catawba, Ball served as the Chief Sustainability Officer at Appalachian State University since 2015. There, he played a pivotal role in advancing sustainability initiatives. He held numerous leadership roles at App State, including sitting on the Chancellor’s Cabinet, leading operational campus sustainability initiatives, serving as the lead team administrator of App State’s Solar Vehicle Team, leading the Appalachian Energy Summit, and chairing both their university-wide strategic planning and climate action planning committees. Ball has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in green living, sustainable building design, building science, and climate leadership for the past 22 years. In addition, Ball has led numerous international programs to Peru, Columbia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Russia, Scotland, Egypt, and most recently to Dubai for the UN COP 28.