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Peter Barden joined CA-CP's board in 2005. He is a Managing Director at Mercury Public Affairs, a New York-based public and government affairs firm. Prior, Mr. Barden served as Managing Director in the corporate finance division of The Seaport Group, an investment banking firm where he focused on financing alternative energy projects. Before that, he was senior VP of Public Governmental Affairs for the New York Power Authority, where he gained experience in controversial issue advocacy and crisis management, including the siting of fossil-fueled power plants in New York and the federal licensing of major hydroelectric plants in Upstate New York. Before joining the Power Authority in 2001, Mr. Barden served as governor Pataki's Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs, where he worked as a liaison between Governor and Legislature. From 1996-1999 Mr. Barden served in various capacities with State Senator Jim Wright, including Chief of Staff, Director of Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee, and Communications Director. Mr. Barden has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University.
Roger C. Dower became the 5th president of The Johnson Foundation in March 2007. Dower joined the Foundation following an extensive career in the for-profit and the not-for-profit sectors. Most recently, Dower was President of the U.S. Forest Stewardship Council, which sets voluntary standards for sustainable forest management. Prior to his work in the forest sector, Dower was President of the eNERGYSolve Corporation, where he managed the marketing of energy services to industrial, commercial, and institutional clients, and also designed and implemented the spin-off of two energy companies. He also was Director of the World Resources Institute’s Climate, Energy, and Pollution Program and spent six years at the Congressional Budget Office. Trained as an economist, he is an expert in public policy analysis, strategic planning, business development, and institutional development. Roger is the author of numerous books, articles, and publications related to energy and environmental policy, many of which concern using the marketplace to help solve critical social issues. He serves on a number of boards, including Clean Air - Cool Planet and the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation.
James Firth is Senior Vice President, Communications, Public Policy and State Government Affairs at Exelon Corporation. He joined Exelon in December 2005, and is responsible for leading internal and external corporate communications, including coordination with Exelon operating companies' communications; managing state government affairs for Exelon Generation; and coordination of the federal and state public policy group. Prior to joining Exelon, Jamie was president of Firth Associates, Inc., a consulting firm based in Cambridge, MA, providing strategic communications and public policy issue management services to numerous corporate clients and industry organizations on a national level. Jamie began his career in Maine state government. In 1985, he joined Central Maine Power Company. In 1988, he was named vice president of public and government affairs for Maine Yankee and held that position until 1993 when he formed Firth Associates, Inc. He received a bachelor's degree in 1977 from Colby College, Waterville, Maine and a master's degree in business administration from the University of New Hampshire, Durham in 1985.
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Steve Hamburg is chief scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund. Steve served as the lead author in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) special report on land-use and land-cover change. He has testified before the U.S. Senate and worked with the House and Senate staff on drafting legislation, as well as briefing the U.S. negotiating team prior to the Hague negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol. He was the founder of the Global Environment Program at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University as well as the Ittleson Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and prior to that the director of the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Kansas, and the first environmental ombudsman at the University. Steve is the author and co-author of numerous articles having appeared in a variety of journals, including Science and Nature, in addition to research reports and books on environmental issues and forest ecology. He received his doctorate and master's in forest ecology from Yale University.
As senior vice president for Public Affairs and Sustainability at PSEG Services Corporation, Anne is responsible for PSEG’s federal and state governmental affairs, corporate philanthropy and sustainability and leads the development of public policy positions on issues affecting the company. She was previously vice president for Federal Affairs and Policy where she was responsible for PSEG’s federal governmental affairs. She is also a member of PSEG’s Executive Officer Group. Prior to joining PSEG, Ms. Hoskins served as senior and regulatory counsel for Verizon Wireless, working from offices in Washington and New Jersey. Ms. Hoskins also served as an associate in the Newark law firm of McCarter and English, an attorney in the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and as Policy Adviser in the Governor’s Office of Policy and Planning in New Jersey. Ms. Hoskins holds a Doctor of Law degree from Harvard Law School, a Masters of Public Affairs degree from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University.
Kathy is Global Leader, Sustainable Engineering, Maintenance & Energy Management with Whole Foods Market. She coordinates green store and facility design and construction programs, onsite renewable and alternative energy projects, strategic energy procurement, energy management programs, and maintenance best practices. She was most recently Director of Business Development for EnerNOC, Inc. working with commercial and industrial national accounts, building beyond demand response to implement improved energy management strategies across their diverse facility portfolios. Prior to joining EnerNOC, Kathy spent eight years as Director of Energy & Environmental Management for Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc., where she was active in the EPA Energy Star and Green Power Partners Programs. She sat on the board of the (Massachusetts) Energy Consortium. Before Shaw's, Kathy worked for Eastern Utilities (acquired by National Grid) for six years. She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and is a Certified Energy Manager through the Association of Energy Engineers. She was a participant on the 2005 New England Roundtable on Federal Renewable Energy Policy and currently serves on the Massachusetts Large Scale Retail Development Solar and Energy Efficiency Sub-committees as well as her town’s Renewable Energy Committee.
Diana retired in 1998 from an 18-year career in finance. After completing her training with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, she joined the bank's international division in the Paris Branch as a lending officer in the chemical and pharmaceutical division. She returned to New York five years later and joined Chase Investment Bank as a Senior Marketing Officer for Derivatives. Later, as Vice President of Marketing at AIG-FP, she was responsible for origination, development, and execution of derivative and structured financial transactions for a wide variety of customer groups. In her final years there, she was responsible for new business development. Diana currently works in institutional development for AmeriCares, a non profit humanitarian relief organization that provides medical support for people in crisis around the world. In addition to her Board work, she is an active volunteer in her community and has assumed leadership roles with the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and New Canaan Country School. She has a BA from Towson State University in Maryland and a Masters from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. A mother of five, she lives in Darien, CT.
Before being appointed as CA-CP’s founding Executive Director in February, 2000, Adam directed the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) international climate campaign, based in Washington DC. He spent 12 years with WWF, based in Switzerland and then the US, and in addition to his climate work helped design and manage campaigns on tropical forests and on toxic chemicals. Adam received his B.Sc. (hons.) from the University of Wales at Swansea, in the UK, where he studied zoology. He worked as a journalist and then on acid rain and ozone layer campaigns for Friends of the Earth in London. He has written and edited several books including A Brief History of Pollution (St. Martins) and Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Forest Ecosystems (Kluwer). He was a contributing author to the forest impacts chapter of the 1995 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report, contributed material on biodiversity impacts of climate change to the US National Assessment and has published on climate change and biodiversity in journals including Bioscience, Climate Research, Climatic Change and Parks.
Yerina Mugica is Associate Director at the Natural Resource Defense Council's Center for Market Innovation, which works to identify and support implementation of profitable solutions to environmental challenges. Yerina focuses on strategies to shift capital towards energy efficiency solutions. Yerina has an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a concentration in Sustainable Enterprise. Prior to joining NRDC, Yerina worked as a consultant to government and private sector clients and as Director of Product Development for an internet start up firm. She has also published case studies on renewable energy, conservation and microfinance programs in Latin America. Yerina is currently working on a range of initiatives to increase transparency and availability of energy efficiency performance data to address the needs of lenders, building owners and other relevant stakeholders.
Chris Pope is a Certified Commercial Investment Member [CCIM] with over 15 years of experience in business and property ownership in Southwest Montana., and now working with NAI Landmark Commercial Real Estate Services in Bozeman, MT.
After graduation, he lived in Washington DC and was a marketing manager for a renewable energy subsidiary of Amoco Corporation in Rockwell, Maryland, before moving to Bozeman in 1991. Chris founded and managed a profitable multiple-location retail company operating in Montana and Utah. Chris has also owned and managed residential apartments in the Bozeman area.
Chris is a noted local community leader and his experience includes being current chair of the Bozeman Parking Commission, which is overseeing the development of a $12 million parking facility in the CityCenter. He was past chair of the Downtown Bozeman Association, the Business Improvement District (representing property owners), and the Downtown Urban Renewal District. Chris also has extensive non-profit leadership and governance experience. He served for several years as Treasurer of the board of the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA) a national non-profit business association of 1300 members. He is past board chair of Eagle Mount, a Bozeman organization providing rehabilitative outdoor recreation for children with disabilities, and was a founding board member of the Yellowstone Business Partnership – a group of businesses supporting sustainable development in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem.
Chris has deep roots in the Northeast and grew up in Bedford, New York. Chris received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon, and a Masters in Public and Private Management from Yale University in 1988.
Dick Raines is President of CARFAX, a leading Internet consumer information business that tracks the history of cars. He has held that position since 1993. Prior to CARFAX, he managed various information services companies. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Harvard College.
Dick is active in a number of conservation groups. He is board chair of the Potomac Conservancy. And, he serves on the board of the Virginia League of Conservation Voters and the American Bird Conservancy. In addition, he serves on several small business boards including Demosphere International and MarinaLife. He has also been involved in international development and co-founded a rural drinking water nonprofit called Agua del Pueblo based in Guatemala, Central America.
Sue is currently with Analysis Group, a national firm specializing in economic consulting services, where she focuses primarily on economic, environmental, regulatory and policy issues affecting clients in the electricity and natural gas industries. Previously, Sue was Assistant Secretary for Policy in the U.S. Department of Energy, where she was involved in national energy policy and climate change issues; Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs, where she was involved in the Boston Harbor Clean Up, Clean Air Act implementation, emissions trading regulations, environmental impact reviews, and energy facility siting; and Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. Currently, Sue serves as Chairman of the Board of the Energy Foundation; she also serves on the board of Clean Air - Cool Planet, Evergreen Solar, Renegy Holdings, Inc., the Northeast States for a Clean Air Future; and works with other organizations involved in clean energy and climate change issues. She recently served as co-chair of the Department of Energy Agency Review Team for the Obama Presidential Transition Team. Raised in California, Sue lives in the Boston area with her husband (and two sons, when they visit at home!).
Dan is Executive Director of the nonprofit Veritè, which works through a network of NGOs to solve labor problems around the world, primarily in the supply chains of multinational companies. Dan is a winner of the 2007 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship for his work to build capacity among civil society organizations to support human rights. Prior to joining Veritè, Dan was CEO of the China Program for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), where he established the Beijing office for the first international environmental nonprofit in China. A graduate of Yale University, Dan also has a master's degree in International Affairs from Columbia University. Dan lives in Amherst, MA with his wife Mary Jo and their two children. |
