Jon Abe manages the Small Renewable and Large Onsite Renewable Initiatives, and the Utility Congestion Relief Pilot program at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative http://www.masstech.org/. Prior to this, he was a senior consultant at KEMA where he managed renewable development and policy analysis projects.

Robb Aldrich, P.E. received an MS from the University of Colorado Building Systems Engineering Program and has several years experience designing, installing, commissioning and monitoring solar electric and solar thermal systems.  Robb's work with Steven Winter Associates involves helping builders and developers to improve the efficiency and quality of homes while effectively incorporating renewable energy. 

Marilyne Andersen, PhD, is a physics engineer whose principal research interests are the use and optimization of daylight in buildings, which led her to inter-disciplinary exchanges between architecture, physics and environmental concerns. She is an Assistant Professor at MIT in the Building Technology Group of the School of Architecture and Planning. Her current research focuses on advanced glazing and shading systems, on daylight redirecting devices, on visual and thermal comfort, as well as on the graphical representation of daylight in design tools, with an emphasis on goal-driven approaches. She is the author of more than 20 papers published in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. architecture.mit.edu/people/profiles/prander.html

Bruce Anderson is Assistant Professor in the Geography and Environment Department, Boston University. He is an expert in regional climate modeling; regional impacts of climate variability; atmospheric dynamics and hydrodynamics. He has a PhD from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1998)

Jim Armstrong , CPE CEM is senior energy engineer at KEMA Services, where he develops and manages energy efficiency programs for utility programs around the country. He has been responsible for commissioning projects as a program manager/account executive for energy and engineering consultants for NSTAR Electric & Gas and as senior project/application engineer for Shooshanian Engineering and Trigen Boston Energy Corporation. Mr. Armstrong’s earlier experience includes managing utilities and facilities for MassDevelopment at the Devens Commerce Center (formerly Fort Devens) and for institutions such as Colby Sawyer College and the Boston Museum of Science. He also served on the Green Schools Certification Task Force, which developed MASS CHPS, now part of the school construction legislation in Massachusetts. Mr. Armstrong is a graduate of the Calhoon MEBA

George Aronson is a principal and co-founder of CommonWealth Resource Management Corporation, a firm that has been involved in developing more than 100 megawatts of small power production facilities since 1991, including the recent Greater New Bedford Landfill Gas Utilization Project.

Andy Arsenault has more than 20 years experience as an engineer and contractor in the field of HVAC for residential, commercial and industrial buildings. Arsenault received BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of New Hampshire. www.petersenengineering.com

Bill Austin has been living in the Pioneer Valley since 1969. In 2000 he bought a two-room schoolhouse in Colrain with his partner Joan Rockwell which is now the offices of Austin Design inc and Joan S. Rockwell & Associates. As a rural firm, ADi has a variety of residential and commercial projects. Residential projects range from small and simple to large and luxurious. ADi brings its expertise and commitment with sustainable design to all its projects.

Barbra Batshalom is the Executive Director of The Green Roundtable. She implements a variety of rating systems in her consulting work, advises on development of standards and collaborates with local governments and institutions to transform internal practices towards sustainable goals.

John Beldock, PhD, is the CEO of EcoBroker, the energy and environmental training curriculum for real estate professionals, with members in more than 70% of the U.S.  Dr. Beldock is the former Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Analysis Program in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Dr. Beldock has extensive experience in green real estate and investments, and is a licensed Realtor®.

Chris Benedict is a licensed Architect who lives, works and teaches in New York City.  She specializes in buildings that are safe, healthy, durable, and energy efficient. 

Debbie Bentley, a native of Scotland, started her solo architecture practice in London in 1990. Transplanted to Massachusetts in 1997, she re-established her practice as Bentley Design Associates in Carlisle MA concentrating on the residential market. Debbie is a registered architect in the UK, and is Regional Chair of the RIBA in New England.

Harvey M. Bernstein oversees McGraw-Hill Construction's Research and Analytics division, where he works with industry executives to identify industry needs and improve performance through market research, thought leadership, and the development of strategic initiatives, special studies and services.

Terry Brennan is the president of Camroden Associates in Westmorland, NY. He consults and conducts research and training with a special focus on issues where building science and human health intersect.

Laura Briggs is a partner with BriggsKnowles Architecture+Design in New York City, a practice recognized for its intricate use of light and color, and research into the integration of emerging solar and renewable technologies into building surfaces and structures.  Laura is the Director of the BFAAD program at Parsons the New School of Design. She has taught architecture studio and construction technology at the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, and the University of Michigan where she was the Mushenheim Fellow.

Jane Bright is COO for Brightwork, a web application development company. Jane worked in Human Resources for Gillette and Fidelity. She is the HealthLink point-person on the Salem Harbor Generating Station clean up and on passage of Massachusetts power plant regulations.

Michael Bruss has owned and operated Bruss Construction since 1982. Bruss has built multiple successful green projects including the NH Forest Society in Concord, NH and the Harris Center in Hancock, NH, and underway is the Nubanusit co-housing community in Peterborough, NH.

Harvey J. Bryan is a Professor of Architecture and specialist in building technology who has written over sixty papers and articles, with a focus on the interface between technology and the design of ecologically-responsible environments. He has served on the design faculties of MIT, Harvard, and UCLA.

Dennis Carlberg, Associate Principal, AIA, LEED® AP, is an architect with Arrowstreet in Somerville, Massachusetts, and a proponent for sustainable design since his work at the Solar Energy Research Institute in the early 80s.

Bill Capp has been president/CEO of Beacon Power since 2001. Prior to Beacon, Bill was president of the Telecommunications group of Bracknell Corporation. From 1997-2000, he was president of a division of York International. From 1978-1997, he held numerous positions at Ingersoll Rand, including VP/GM of its Compressor Division. Bill has a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University, and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and MBA from the University of Michigan.

Steven M. Caulfield is a registered Professional Engineer (mechanical) and a Certified Industrial Hygienist with Turner Building Science.  Mr. Caulfield has focused on indoor air quality, industrial hygiene, and engineering design for more than 17 years. 

Daniel R. Cohn is currently a senior research scientist at MIT initiating and managing energy research programs in biofuels conversion and high-efficiency vehicles.  He is a co-founder of Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC that develops low-cost technology for high-efficiency gasoline machines. www.psfc.mit.edu

Bruce Coldham studied architecture at the University of Melbourne, before emigrating to the U.S.A and completing the M.E.D. program at the Yale University School of Architecture. Since 1989 he has practiced in Amherst, MA dedicated to producing durable, high performing buildings. www.ColdhamArchitects.com

Stephen L. Cowell founded Conservation Services Group (CSG) in 1984 and is the organization’s chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Cowell has been the founder and director of numerous energy efficiency and renewable energy organizations during his career. For the past 30 years, Mr. Cowell has been involved in conservation programs around the country and has successfully advocated for energy efficiency as an electric power supply option. He has helped create and build the industry through sound public policy, legislation, development of utility company programs, and establishment of trade ally networks and delivery of cost-effective residential and commercial and industrial energy efficiency programs. Under Mr. Cowell’s leadership, CSG has designed and implemented conservation and renewable energy programs for utilities, state agencies, and other groups throughout the U.S. and has provided water and power conservation services to over one million businesses and households.

Sarah Hammond Creighton is Tufts University’s Director of Sustainability and manager of the Tufts Climate Initiative, a project to help the university reduce greenhouse gas emissions.   She is author of Greening the Ivory Tower and a forthcoming book, Degrees that Matter: Climate Change and the University.

John Dalzell is a registered architect and LEED® Accredited Professional, who serves as the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s senior staff to Mayor Menino’s Green Building Initiative and Task Force.  As Sr. Architect for Development Planning, Mr. Dalzell focuses city resources on industrial, commercial and residential development in Boston through several strategic planning initiatives.

Since 1972, David Del Porto has been a practitioner and advocate of building-integrated water efficiency and pollution prevent using the ecological paradigm as a template. Del Porto is a guest lecturer at Harvard, the University of Minnesota and Milwaukee School of Engineering. www.ecological-engineering.com/delporto.pdf

Lise Dondy is the president of the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, having joined the team in March 2004 as its chief operating officer. Previously, she had been managing director, investments for Connecticut Innovations, and served on the board of CiDRA Corporation. She formerly served as a director of LinkSoft Technologies. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Lake Forest College and a master’s degree in business administration from the Yale School of Management.

Helen Donoghue is one of the European Commission’s team dealing with European energy policy, the focus of a new political impetus reflecting energy security and climate issues http://ec.europa.eu/energy/energy_policy/index_en.htm  Normally based in Brussels, Belgium, she is currently the European Union Fellow 2006-2007 in the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. A science graduate , she has worked in various European policy fields during her career with the European Commission, including environment, science and technology, international relations and now energy policy.

James Dunn is the Chief Technology Officer of the Center for Technology Commercialization, in Westborough, MA. and past Director of NASA's NE Technology Transfer Center.  He has a B.S.E.E. from WPI, and is active in alternative energy including fuel cells, hydrogen, renewable energy, energy storage, and hybrid electric vehicles.  Jim developed the Monte Carlo Hybrid Rallye for NESEA’s Tour de Sol, and speaks weekly on This New Car, a talk show on WICN, 90.5 FM. He is also developing the world's first fuel cell powered electric airplane, the E-plane.

Eric Emmons manages the Massachusetts Green Energy Fund. He leads many of its investments in photovoltaics, fuel cells, and other renewable energy technologies. He has also served as Manager of Marketing and Strategic Planning for EPIX Medical, Inc., a venture-backed public biotechnology firm.

Paul Epstein is the Associate Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School.  He has worked with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the National Academy of Sciences, NOAA, and NASA to assess the health impacts of climate change.

Marcus Eriksen, PhD, a native of southern Louisiana, took professional interest in water quality following a 2003 rafting trip 2000 miles down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico on a raft constructed with 232 2-liter plastic bottles.  The Algalita Marine Research Foundation has afforded him the opportunity to observe plastic debris in the North Pacific Gyre, study plastic debris in California watersheds, and build another 800 bottle raft, which sailed the California coast bringing the issue of plastic debris to the public.

Deane Evans is a registered architect and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.  He has over 25 years experience – in both the private and public sectors - in architectural design, construction technology and building performance.  He has worked as: an architect in private practice; the Director of the AIA/ACSA Council on Architectural Research; the Vice President for Research at the American Institute of Architects; the founding Director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing; and, currently, as Research Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Architecture and Building Science Research at New Jersey’s Science and Technology University (NJIT.)

John E. Fernandez, AIA, is a registered and practicing architect, professor of Building Technology in the Department of Architecture at MIT and researcher currently involved in low-income housing for New Orleans, emerging theories of construction ecology and the modeling of urban metabolism for sustainable cities.

Douglas I. Foy is the President of DIF Enterprises, a company focused on investment and strategic counsel for social ventures, primarily in the areas of energy, housing, smart growth, climate change, and sustainable development. Prior to founding DIF Enterprises, Mr. Foy served as the first secretary of the Massachusetts Office for Commonwealth Development, from January 2003 to March 2006, where he oversaw the Executive Office of Transportation, the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Energy Resources.

John O’Sullivan Francis, MBA, is a former White House OMB Health & Community Analyst; President & CEO, Solar & Environmental Workshop; and Director, Renewable Energy/Fuel Cell Program, South End Technology Center, Boston. Former Vice-Chair, NESEA, current board BASEA Member, Cambridge Climate Protection.

Peter C. Frumhoff, PhD, is senior scientist and director of the Global Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Since 1996, he has led UCS's work to bring scientific expertise to bear on U.S. and international policy decisions affecting climate change, deforestation and land-use change, and the spread of invasive species. He is also an adjunct professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Donald Fudge is the Director of Training and Education for Northeast Energy Efficient Partnerships (NEEP).  Don has worked with high performance school work groups throughout the Northeast overseeing the development of the Northeast Regional High Performance School Protocol.  Don is also working with the Rhode Island Regents for K-12 Education to revise their School Construction Approval Regulations adding appropriate high performance standards.

Steven Fugarazzo is Manager of Facilities Engineering for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. He is responsible for facilities design, construction contracting, capital planning, and energy for the $4.2B business unit. His last 4 major projects were designed and built conforming to LEED® protocols. Steve is also the leader of the Raytheon Enterprise Energy Team consisting of the lead energy engineers from the 7 Raytheon businesses representing over 35 million ft2 of facilities with an annual utility budget in excess of $100M. Under his guidance this group has developed and implemented energy conservation measures and programs which have been widely recognized and shared. Raytheon has received the coveted Energy Star Partner of the year award for the Industrial sector from the EPA in 2003, along with various awards from IFMA, the American Energy Engineers (AEE), Energy Planning Network and the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership (NEEP).

Mary Beth Gentleman co-chairs the Energy Technology & Renewables Practice Group at Foley Hoag LLP, a full service law firm of over 240 attorneys, with offices in Boston , Waltham and Washington, D.C. She advises clients regarding market entrance strategies for new technologies, permitting of renewable and conventional energy facilities, acquisition of existing facilities and REC certification and sales issues. Prior to joining Foley Hoag in 1989, Ms. Gentleman served as Assistant Secretary of Energy in Massachusetts for six years and on the staff of the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board for three years. Ms. Gentleman holds a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School and a Masters degree in Public Finance from the School of Management at UMass/Amherst. She is Vice President of the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association, is a member of the MassDEP Commissioner's Advisory Council, and serves on the Board of Conservation Service Group. She has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1995.

Henry Gifford has decades of experience reducing energy use in buildings. He has worked in all sizes and types of buildings in New York City, and understands both the theoretical (white collar) and practical (blue collar) aspects of what it takes to make a building and the systems in it work, and work well enough to keep his beeper from going off at all hours of the day and night.

Joel Gordes has been involved in energy efficiency, renewables energy and energy security for over thirty years undertaking such activities as renewable energy technology development and deployment, business strategy and political aspects. http://home.earthlink.net/~jgordes

Linda Gunter is the director of Beyond Nuclear (project in NIRS). She was a journalist for 20 years, writing for the New York Times and The Times UK; a broadcaster with USA and Prime networks; and press secretary for UCS and Safe Energy Communication Council.

Kenneth Guscott, PhD, is President & CEO of Long Bay Management Company of Boston, working in housing & management. Manager of Coalitions providing linkages of past and current Jamaican and Caribbean students and residents in the nature of two-way investments and technology transfer.

Bruce Hampton is a partner in Elton+Hampton Architects, a full service architectural firm focused on community based, energy efficient, multi-family residential and commercial projects. EHA specializes in greening affordable housing. Our clients are generally non-profit community development groups, and elderly, child, and mental health providers.

Larry Harmon has managed local and state level efficiency programs, helped found the Building Performance Institute, and performed retrofit work on residential and commercial structures. He has also consulted for utilities, state governments, the federal government and other private entities. www.airbarriersolutions.com

Steve Haskins is the principle in Haskins Construction of Williamstown, MA. He has previously built and renovated several Energy Star homes in western Massachusetts.

Roberta Hotinski, PhD, is a science communicator who has worked at U.S. News & World Report and the National Science Foundation. She is currently working with the Princeton Environmental Institute's Carbon Mitigation Initiative.

Chris James is the Manager of Climate Change and Energy Programs at the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. His responsibilities include implementing the state's climate change action plan as well as integrating energy and environmental policies. As the new team leader and Connecticut's representative to RGGI, he is focused on developing and implementing innovative programs that encourage integrated systems thinking approaches to problem solving.

Claire Broido Johnson worked at Constellation Power, Enron, GE Capital and Deloitte & Touche prior to cofounding SunEdison. Claire was involved with portfolio and asset valuations, load-serving and load-following product sales, non-recourse debt financing, originating new electricity deal structures and managing renewable energy contracts.

Jane Jones oversees the development of affordable rental and homeownership opportunities for Homeowner’s Rehab. Inc, a non-profit affordable housing developer in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ms. Jones also initiated the framework for HRI to incorporate sustainability in all their developments (new construction and existing housing stock which is over 950 affordable units.)  She recently completed Trolley Square, a sustainable development of 40 affordable units, commercial and open space.

Michael Kellett is the cofounder and executive director of RESTORE: The North Woods, a regional conservation organization working to restore and preserve wilderness and wildlife in New England since 1992. His major priority has been the creation of a 3.2-million-acre Maine Woods National Park & Preserve. Michael has been a national parks and wilderness activist for more than 20 years and has also been involved in preserving Walden Woods and Thoreau's birthplace. From 1986 through 1992, he worked as the northeast director and Michigan representative of The Wilderness Society.

Christa Koehler is the Community Program Manger for Clean Air Cool Planet (CA-CP). As Community Program Manager for CA-CP, Christa guides communities to become energy independent, reduce traffic congestion, local air pollution, and creates sustainable local economies. 

David Kopans has served as a senior executive of publicly traded and early-stage companies that have increased the value of Distributed Resources through the use of information technology. At Fat Spaniel Technologies David serves as the Director of Regulatory Affairs and oversees the development of the company’s Revenue Grade Services.

Warren Leon became Director of the Renewable Energy Trust at the beginning of 2006 after serving in several other capacities at the Trust. Before joining MTC, he was NESEA’s Executive Director and the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Deputy Director for Programs.

Paul Lipke co-leads a program with Bill Ravanesi to help Boston hospitals build and operate 21st century, total healing environments that truly “do no harm.” Lipke is a wood and building scientist, with expertise in teamwork, strategic questioning, and the principles and practices of sustainability. He’s also Project Leader for NESEA’s MTC-funded research into the use of high performance teamwork to advance green building.

Kathy Loftus coordinates strategic energy procurement/ management and O&M best practices as well as green store development for Whole Foods.  Formerly Director of Energy & Environmental Management for Shaw's Supermarkets, Kathy has been active in EPA programs and was a resource for the United States Green Building Council on LEED® for Retail.She was a participant on the 2005 New England Roundtable on Federal Renewable Energy Policy and currently serves on the Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust.

Fred Loxsom, PhD, is the endowed chair in sustainable energy studies at Eastern Connecticut State University. He earned a BA from Bowdoin College and a PhD in physics from Dartmouth College. He has written more than 50 published research articles. www.easternct.edu/personal/faculty/loxsomf

Joseph Lstiburek, PhD, PEng, is a principal of Building Science Corporation. He is a building scientist who investigates building failures and is internationally recognized as an authority on moisture related building problems and indoor air quality. Lstiburek is an ASHRAE Fellow and past chairman of ASTM E241 - Increasing the Durability of Building Assemblies from Moisture Induced Damage and a contributor and reviewer of Chapters 21 and 22 of ASHRAE Fundamentals. He is a voting member of ASHRAE Standard 62.2 – Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality. He has appeared on PBS NOVA ("Can Buildings Make You Sick?").  He is the author of the U.S. DOE Handbook on Moisture Control and a special contributor to the EPA guidance document on Building Air Quality: A Guide for Building Owners and Facility Managers. 

Maureen Mahle is an engineer engaged in researching green and high performance building technologies for Steven Winter Associates, Inc., a leading research/design firm specializing in energy efficient and sustainable buildings working with the U.S. Department of Energy under the Building America initiative and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) program.

Grahame E. Maisey, PE, Chief Engineer, Building Services Consultants has 40 years experience in environmental control engineering in design, construction and commissioning. He is a sought after lecturer and writer on sustainable, High Performance HVAC systems.

Charlotte Matthews has exceptional knowledge of green building stemming from five years experience as a green building consultant and several years in construction management with Bovis Lend Lease, building green buildings. Since completing construction and documentation of the LEED® Gold-certified Tribeca Green residential tower in Battery Park City, Charlotte has been appointed by the Principal in Charge to direct the New York office's green building efforts. Charlotte is currently working on the World Trade Center Memorial & Museum project and several residential towers.  Charlotte sits on the USGBC LEED® for New Construction and LEED® Application Guide for Laboratories core committees.

James J. McCarthy is Harvard University's Agassiz Professor of Oceanography. He led the 2001 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change working group on impacts, and was a lead chapter author on the 2005 Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, and a vice chair of the 2006 study of North East Regional Impacts of Global Climate Change.

Don McCauley is a business attorney with offices in Waltham, Massachusetts, whose practice for the last 20 years has focused on independent power plant development, electric power sales and trading and associated regulatory issues.  He was general counsel of Citizens Power LLC and is a graduate of Harvard Law School.  He is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Town of Wellesley and is Vice Chair of the American Bar Association's Renewable Energy Resources Committee. Don is one of the principal owners of Minuteman Wind, formed in 2003. The company is owned by a group of energy professionals living in New England who believe in the need for an independent, renewable energy future. Minuteman Wind is currently working on wind projects in Savoy and Orange, MA. 

Bill McKibben is the author of ten books, including The End of Nature; The Age of Missing Information,;and Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age. A former staff writer for The New Yorker, he writes regularly for Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Review of Books, among other publications. He is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College and lives in Vermont with his wife, the writer Sue Halpern, and their daughter. http://www.billmckibben.com/

Jim Merkel is the author of Radical Simplicity and the Sustainability Coordinator at Dartmouth College. Originally a military engineer, Jim redirected his life after the Exxon Valdez disaster. He founded the Global Living Project (GLP) and the GLP Summer Institute where teams of researchers attempted to live on an equitable portion of the biosphere. www.dartmouth.edu/~sustain/jbio.html

Naomi Mermin is a nationally known expert on the connections between housing and health.  She is the principal of Naomi Mermin Consulting, an environmental consulting firm in Portland, Maine providing healthy housing, green gardening, smart growth and strategic planning services. She is an adjunct Professor of Community Health at Tufts University School of Medicine. www.centerforhealthyhousing.org

Catherine Miller is a Principal Planner in the Land use / Environment section of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, where she is responsible for sustainable development. Catherine has 22 years of professional experience in grassroots community development and planning.

Margot Moomaw and her husband Bill are clients for building a zero emissions house. She has worked in the field of public health and hospital administration and wrote the initial High Performance Schools Report for the Kendall Foundation.

Bill Moomaw is Professor of International Environment and Resource Policy at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. He works on climate change mitigation through his research and with the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change.

Courtney Moriarta is a senior engineer for Steven Winter Associates. She has over a decade working in the residential energy and green building industry. Courtney has inspected thousands of homes, trained building and energy professionals nationwide, and authored technical standards on building performance issues.

Rebecca Morley, executive director of the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), leads NCHH’s multi-disciplinary staff in developing and promoting practical methods to protect children from environmental health hazards, while preserving affordable housing. She has authored numerous articles and publications on the topic of housing-related health hazards.

Shashank (“Sash”) S. Nadgauda is President of Renova Engineering P.C., an engineering and management consulting firm based in Staten Island, New York. He received his Ph.D. from the Cooper Union in New York City and has over 35 years of experience in conventional and alternate energy projects. He has authored several assessment reports for U.S. Congress on oil replacement and new electric generation technologies.  His biomass gasification experience dates back to the early 1980s. Currently he is pursuing development of several biomass gasification CHP projects.

Gregory A. Norris teaches Life Cycle Analysis at Harvard and the University of Maine. He founded an LCA research consulting practice, Sylvatica, which he continues to manage. His work focuses on bringing the benefits of sustainability and green innovation to those most in need.

Sam Nutter is the Project Manager responsible for the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Green Schools Initiative. Prior to joining MTC, Sam developed and managed utility energy efficiency programs for electric and gas utilities. Sam has spent over 20 years in the renewable energy and commercial buildings energy efficiency fields. Sam is a Certified Energy Manager and a LEED® Accredited Professional. 

William Osborn manages Commons Capital, a "double-bottom-line" venture fund investing in promising young companies with significant growth potential in the clean energy, environmental, healthcare, and education sectors. He has been a special partner with Arete Corporation, which manages $135 million and in which he has been responsible for monitoring investments in companies in the telecommunications, software and energy industries.

With key responsibility for the marketing and sales of RECs and environmental attributes, Nubia Pérez has been involved in the rule-making process for the Rhode Island Renewable Energy Standard, as well as following the policy developments of other states including Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and the PJM-GATS and WREGIS tracking systems. Prior to joining Conservation Services Group (CSG), Ms. Pérez helped develop a comprehensive filing system for the first Compliance Year of the Massachusetts Renewable Portfolio Standard at the Division of Energy Resources (DOER). While at the DOER, she also worked on developing Wind on Agricultural Lands on Cape Cod, and researched policy recommendations regarding small-scale hydropower and alternative fuel vehicles. Other prior experience includes working and leading sustainable development projects in Brazil, Nicaragua, Kenya, and Ecuador.

Anne Perkins, Director of Home Ownership Programs, Rural Development, Inc. (RDI), has been a Massachusetts Licensed Construction Supervisor, a carpenter, and a contractor specializing in solar and energy efficient construction for over thirty years, always focusing on affordable homes. She has secured the necessary funding to build RDI homes, to upgrade to the Energy Star rating since 2000, and to include photovoltaics in affordable homes since 2004.  In 2003 the Home Ownership Program won the Energy Star Builder Achievement Award for Affordable Housing in Massachusetts. In 2005 the program won the national Award of Excellence for Affordable Housing Built Responsibly from the Home Depot Foundation. RDI is currently building LEED® certified homes, has just completed its first almost "Zero Energy" home, and is embarking on the development of a twenty unit solar village in the town of Greenfield.

Jerry Peters is Senior VP for Project Finance at TD Banknorth, a world leader in providing equity and debt financing for clean and renewable energy projects. Their portfolio includes combined cycle natural gas, fuel cell, wind, geothermal, hydro, landfill gas, biomass, PV, ethanol and biodiesel projects. 

James Petersen founded Petersen Engineering in 1991 and has dedicated his firm to producing quality green HVAC designs which are integrated, serviceable, simple, efficient and durable. Petersen has degrees in philosophy and mechanical engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

Steve Pitney has extensive experience lecturing about, installing, servicing, and designing solar thermal systems since 1974. Steve operates Alternate Energy, LLC, Plymouth, MA, a full-service firm supplying solar, wind and bio-energy. www.dcsolar.net

Duncan Prahl is a registered architect and Research Manager with IBACOS Inc., a research and consulting firm in Pittsburgh PA. His primary focus is the oversight and management of IBACOS' advanced systems and applied building science research projects, including those sponsored by the DOE's Building America Program. Duncan's specific research investigates builders' business and operational processes that enable local implementation of higher performance homes using Building America research results. He also works with community developers to establish a process by which higher performance housing can be implemented by a number of builders throughout master planned communities. His past research includes evaluating community scale power generation strategies such as fuel cells and other residential onsite power generation systems, and the correlation of house size to energy efficiency and consumption.

Rob Pratt, formerly the Director of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Renewable Energy Trust, and CEO of Energia Global, one of the largest renewable energy companies in Central America, joined the Kendall Foundation in 2006 because it offers a unique outlet for his entrepreneurial spirit and passion for climate change action. 

Harald Prell is General Manager of Viessmann Manufacturing Company Inc. He was born and educated in Germany in the field of hydronic heating and ventilation. He has served on the Canadian Hydronics Council, the Plumbing Industry Advisory Council and on the board of CIPH.

Bill Prindle directs ACEEE’s energy policy program, which conducts policy analysis and advocacy on energy efficiency issues at the national and state levels.  He also oversees organization development, communications, conferences, publications, operations, and the buildings and utilities programs. In more than 30 years in the energy field, he has worked in energy efficiency advocacy, management consulting, and association management. 

Bill Ravanesi is in his ninth year as Boston Regional Director for Health Care Without Harm. His background includes both public health (toxics and materials) and health care sustainability. Bill’s HCWH work centers on pollution prevention and high performance design and construction in the health care sector.

Tom Reed worked on renewable fuels from biomass at MIT in the 1970’s and subsequently at the National Renewable Energy Lab and the Colorado School of Mines. He is currently developing gasifiers for distributed power from biomass.

Richard Renner, of Richard Renner | Architects, concentrates on environmentally responsible design; projects include numerous residences Maine Audubon's Environmental Center, new facilities for Maine College of Art, and a Science Center for the White Mountain School. Recently, as a Mellon Fellow at Bates College, he taught a seminar entitled "Architecture and Sustainability".

Daniel Rieber is starting his fourteenth year as Weatherization Director at the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC), and has over 18 years experience working in the Weatherization Program. Dan has continued conducting energy audits and construction management for NMIC, work that started with the Weatherization Department of New York City Housing Preservation and Development's Energy Conservation Division.  Dan has also been an active board member of the Association for Energy Affordability (AEA) for the last eleven years. He is certified as an EPA Lead Paint Supervisor.

Marc Rosenbaum, PE, is the principle in Energysmiths based in Meriden, NH. He is widely recognized for his pioneering work on engineering integrated building design, and is the winner of numerous awards for his innovative work. His integrated systems design approach helps people create buildings and communities which connect us to the natural world, and support both personal and planetary health.

Carolyn Sarno is the Northeast High Performance Schools Exchange Program Manager for NEEP.  The goals of the Exchange include leading the region towards implementation of high performance design and construction principles in the majority of new and renovated schools.  Carolyn has over 11 years of hands on Facilities Management experience including at the City of Newton where she managed and coordinated facilities operations and maintenance activities for 85 public buildings, including 22 schools.

Walter Simpson is University Energy Officer and director of the UB Green Office of SUNY Buffalo. He leads a campus energy program credited with over $60 million in savings.  He was project manager for UB’s $17 million comprehensive energy project – awarded “Energy Project of the Year” by AEE.  Walter was inducted in the AEE’s Energy Manager’s Hall of Fame. 

Kenneth G. Smith has managed YouthBuild since co-founding the organization in 1997. YouthBuild strengthens youth and rebuilds communities by introducing skills in conservation, renewable energy, photovoltaics and construction methods to inner-city students, leading to certification in the construction and building trades.

John Snell founded Snell Infrared in 1986 to teach others to use thermogaphy. He has served as Chair of Thermosense and has worked on standards committees with ASNT, ISO, ASTM, EPRI, BINDT and NETA. He is the first thermographer to receive an ASNT Level III Thermal/infrared certificate.

Patricia Stanton directs Conservation Services Group’s (CSG) participation in emerging energy markets, green power products, and public policies related to renewable energy. She manages the introduction of new products and services, addressing a range of renewable generation resources such as small hydro, solar, landfill gas, wind, and biomass. Prior to joining CSG, she was Deputy Commissioner at Massachusetts DOER, where she contributed award-winning program design. Before that, she was Assistant Commissioner of Waste Prevention at Massachusetts DEP and was a director of DEP’s Division of Water Supply.

Thomas Starrs is VP and COO for the Bonneville Environmental Foundation in Oregon. Tom has spent over two decades as a leader in businesses and non-profits supporting the development of a sustainable energy future, including recent service as Chairman of the American Solar Energy Society.

Bill Stillinger is General Manager of PV Squared (PV2), a solar installation company organized as a worker-owned cooperative. He serves on the board of directors of NESEA.

Paul Stoller is a director of the New York office of Atelier Ten. His specialist knowledge includes daylight design, radiant conditioning systems, innovative ventilation systems, and active thermal mass buildings. Paul is a LEED Accredited Design Professional and frequently speaks on environmental design for architecture schools, practices, and conferences.

John Straube, PhD, has been deeply involved in the areas of building envelope design, moisture physics, and whole building performance as a consultant, researcher, and educator. He is a faculty member in both the Department of Civil Engineering and the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/beg

Steven Strong founded Solar Design Associates in 1974 and has earned the firm an international reputation for the pioneering integration of renewable energy systems with environmentally responsive building design.  TIME magazine named him an ‘Environmental Hero of the Planet’.

Marilyn Strong is Vice President of Solar Design Associates, a Registered Nurse, master Reiki practitioner and a big Pink Fairy. All energy is interrelated and the health of our planet, our plants, animals and humanity depend on how we manage energy.

Peter Talmage has worked in the wind, solar electric, solar thermal and energy efficiency fields for over 30 years, His present consulting business Energy and Design is focusing more on high efficiency house retrofits.

Kurt Teichert heads Brown University’s campus sustainability efforts and has been involved in the energy management, design and construction of high performance educational facilities for 20 years. Kurt is Resource Efficiency Manager in Facilities Management and Adjunct Lecturer in the Center for Environmental Studies.

Stephen C. Terry is Senior Vice President for Corporate and Legal Affairs for Green Mountain Power, a Vermont electric utility serving 90,000 customers. Mr. Terry has been employed for Green Mountain Power for more than 20 years in a variety of management positions. He is currently the officer responsible for the utility's legal, environmental and corporate public policy. Prior to Green Mountain Power, Mr. Terry served as managing editor of the Rutland (VT) Daily Herald, his last job during a 16-year career in journalism that began as a reporter covering the Vermont State Government.  He also served for six years as Legislative Assistant to the late U.S. Senator George D. Aiken. 

Eleanor Tillinghast is a co-founder of Green Berkshires, Inc. She is also a co-founder of the Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters, and a board member of the Massachusetts chapter of the Conservation Law Foundation. She sits on the board of the Berkshire Regional Planning Commision, and serves on various boards and committees in her home town of Mount Washington, Massachusetts.

Ellen Tohn is an environmental and health consultant with over 20 years of experience.  She is expert on lead poisoning prevention and housing based environmental health threats that include molds, moisture, dust allergens, pests, and carbon monoxide.  She recently directed a project to develop Guidance for EPA’s Energy Star Indoor Air Quality Specifications and serves as an advisor on indoor air quality issues to the US Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes standards setting process.  www.ertassociates.com

Solitaire Townsend is co-founder and Managing Director of Futerra. She leads their consultancy work with business and government, including internal communications, media management and strategy for sustainable development. She has experience of communications over a wide diversity of sectors.   Solitaire is a member of the United Nations Advisory Group on Advertising and Sustainable Development, the Institute of Public Relations Steering group on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Forum for the Future Steering Group on Marketing and Sustainable Development. She gained a masters degree in Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon and a second masters in Sustainable Development at Middlesex University.

Richard Trethewey has appeared on This Old House for more than 26 years. He also appears on the Emmy Award-winning shows Ask This Old House and Inside This Old House. Richard founded (1990) and owns RST Inc., representing the best quality hydronic heating and cooling \

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Gordon Tully, long a Boston area resident, consults from his home office in Norwalk, Connecticut. A leading solar architect in the 1970’s and 1980’s, he currently does LEED consulting for Steven Winter Associates, and is an expert witness. He teaches a summer seminar in building technology at Harvard.

William A. Turner, PE, is President/CEO of Turner Building Science & Design, LLC. Since 1975 he has focused primarily on  “Building Science” issues including indoor air quality, moisture problems, energy efficiency, sustainable design, building shells, displacement HVAC and building commissioning.

Fred Unger has worked as a real estate developer, consultant in the building and renewable energy industries, and co-founder of a leading provider of remote monitoring for the renewable energy industry. Fred served as NESEA’s Treasurer and BE 2003 Conference Chair. www.HeartwoodSolutions.com

Quincy Vale is the founder and CEO of PowerHouse Enterprises, a leading provider of residential green building solutions to builders, developers and homeowners.

Walt Vernon, PE, LEED® AP, Principal of Mazzetti & Associates, is also Co-coordinator for Green Guide for Healthcare, and a member of the Steering Committees for LEED®  for Existing Buildings, the USGBC’s Greening the Codes, and Kaiser Permanente’s High Performance Building. Mazzetti & Assoc. has offices in San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland, and Irvine. Over the past twenty years, they’ve designed electrical systems for dozens of hospitals in California and across the country.

Jay Waterman is a principal of Evergreen Communities, LLC, a Portland Maine based affordable housing development company, and manages its day-to-day operations. Jay has a background in multifamily finance, urban and regional planning and construction and has been a developer of single- and multi-family affordable housing for over 9 years, focusing on sustainable communities. Jay's community involvement includes having served on the Loan Committee for the Maine Community Reinvestment Corporation, on the Steering Committee of the Bayside Neighborhood Association in Portland and as Co-Chair of the Housing and Land Use Committee for the Town of Yarmouth's Comprehensive Plan. He is a founding member of the Maine Chapter of the US Green Building Council. He is currently the Chapter's Treasurer and sits on the Board of Directors

Steven Whitman, AICP is a planner with Jeffrey H. Taylor and Associates of Concord, New Hampshire and has worked on planning issues at the state, local and regional level in New Hampshire.  Mr. Whitman is also an adjunc