News Release: NREL Announces Participants for Executive Energy Leadership Program
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected 21 leaders to participate in its 2015 Executive Energy Leadership program (Energy Execs), which empowers executives to integrate clean energy solutions in their communities.
The five-month program offers executive decision-makers from throughout the U.S. an in-depth look at renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. As part of the experience, participants are briefed by NREL technology experts, tour research laboratories and visit renewable energy installations.
"The continued transformation of our energy systems toward a more sustainable future requires informed decision-makers who are leading the way," NREL Director Dan Arvizu said. "NREL is pleased to welcome these business, community and government leaders so they can better understand the implications of their energy decisions and demonstrate leadership for the long-term clean energy economy".
At the conclusion of the program, participants will present a viable clean energy project. Since its inception, more than 200 representatives of industry, government and non-profit organizations have completed the Energy Execs program, delivered through the Executive Energy Leadership Academy.
NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL is operated for DOE by The Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.
Editors please note: A complete list of 2015's Energy Execs participants follows.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2015 Executive Energy Leadership Program Participants
Sam Anderson - Colorado Department of Agriculture
Robert Anselmi - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Michael Buckner - Creative Sensor, Inc.
Ellen Edwards - University of Colorado, Boulder
Robert H. Edwards, Jr. - Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Maria Eisemann - Northern Colorado Clean Cities
Julia Ferguson - Adams County (Colorado) Government
Joel Hendrickson - Colorado Public Utilities Commission
Shari Kelley - New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
Jeffrey King - Colorado Energy Office
Robert Kirkpatrick - U.S. General Services Administration - Public Buildings Service
Ann Livingston - Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
Pedram Mohseni - Duke Energy
William Peck - Cummins Rocky Mountain
Richard Pinkham - Booz Allen Hamilton
Eileen Prado - Solar Rating & Certification Corporation
Donald Rosier - Jefferson County (Colorado) Commissioner
Stan Rosinski - Electric Power Research Institute
Alyssa Schear - Saunders Construction
James Stevens - Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas & Company
LeeAnn Westfall - Douglas County (Colorado) School District