Contact Us: healthsustainability@ucsf.edu
Anna Levitt, Director of Energy, Utilities & Sustainability, PE
Anna Levitt is a licensed mechanical engineer in California with 20 years of experience in energy engineering and program management, 17 of those spent at the University of California. She currently serves a dual role, as Director, Utilities & Sustainability, UCSF Health, and Technical Director, Sustainability, UCSF.
Prior to joining UCSF, Anna served as Energy Manager at UC San Diego Campus and Health, where she managed the campus’s $95 million energy efficiency program.
When she's not managing energy, Anna is playing old-time American fiddle and spending quality time with her wife and two young kids.
Email: Anna.Levitt@ucsf.edu
Seema Gandhi, Anesthesiologist and Medical Director of Sustainability, MD
Seema Gandhi is an anesthesiologist and medical director of sustainability at UCSF Health, playing an instrumental role in environmental efforts that make UCSF a leader in sustainable health care. At UCSF, she has engaged colleagues to eliminate desflurane, an anesthetic gas with the highest global warming potential, and spearheaded a multidisciplinary team to decrease direct emissions of greenhouse gases from the operating room. Ongoing projects include energy utilization and carbon emission mapping for UCSF operating rooms; identifying opportunities for reducing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning energy usage; and creating an operating room equipment shutdown checklist for off-peak hours. Gandhi has presented on health care sustainability and environmental impacts of anesthesia at health care institutions across the country.
Email: seema.gandhi@ucsf.edu
Kaiyi Wang, Sustainability Utilization Analyst
Kaiyi Wang joined UCSF Health sustainability team in 2019. She is passionate about making our clinical practices more sustainable and sustainability research for best practices. She has been working on a variety of clinical mitigation projects for emission and waste reduction, including reducing emissions from inhaled anesthetics, curbing the operating room energy usage through HVAC setbacks, etc. Kaiyi received a master’s degree in environmental health science from University of California Los Angeles. In her free time, she enjoys hiking and snowboarding in the great outdoors and cheering on the Bay Area’s favorite sports team.
Email: kaiyi.wang@ucsf.edu
Isabel Navarrete, Sustainability Analyst
Isabel joined the UCSF Health Sustainability team in 2020 as a sustainability waste analyst. She manages the municipal waste program and works closely with City of San Francisco and waste vendors to ensure the materials we use are disposed appropriately. She received a mechanical engineering degree from UC San Diego. In her free time, Isabel enjoys running, reading, and cooking.
Email: isabel.navarrete@ucsf.edu
Kiani Baetsle, Zero Waste Fellow
Kiani joined the UCSF Health Sustainability team in September
2026. As a Sustainability Fellow, her work focuses on ensuring proper waste diversion and supporting waste reduction efforts. By conducting regular waste audits, hosting educational trainings, and coordinating campus events, she aims to achieve municipal waste compliance goals and to promote environmental health. Kiani is a recent UC Berkeley graduate, having majored in Conservation and Resource Studies and minored in Geospatial Information Science. She enjoys hiking, attending public events, making 3-D art, and exploring cafes in the city.
Email: Kiani.Baetsle@ucsf.edu