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EcoIQ Advisors possess experience which is broad in focus, lengthy in tenure, and high in level of responsibility. They are accomplished and multi-talented individuals. They are people who are known well by EcoIQ for the high quality and significant impact of the work they have done. And they are people who are willing to make their very significant experience and expertise available to EcoIQ. Donald Aitken, Ph.D.
Rob Caughlan
Duane Elgin
David Gershon
Huey Johnson
J.J. Martin
Walter McGuire
Gary J. Schoennauer
Edward Vine, Ph.D.
Karen Walz
Michelle Yesney
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Principal
of Donald Aitken Associates, a consulting firm specializing in design
work on environmental, daylighting and energy-efficient commercial
buildings. Aitken is an internationally known physicist and expert
on renewable energy. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Frank
Lloyd Wright School of Architecture and is a principal consultant
for the Taliesin Architects of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
Aitken was the founder of the San Jose State University Department
of Environmental Studies, and he served as Executive Director of the
Western Regional Solar Energy Center of the U.S. Department of Energy.
He gives professional training workshops on passive solar housing
for the Passive Solar Industries Association as well as for architects,
engineers, and other professionals in the building industry.
Senior
Vice President of The Roanoke Company, a full service advertising
and public relations firm. Caughlan's work spans corporate, political,
and organizational communications with an emphasis on media concept,
production of print, video, and television materials, press relations,
and campaign strategy. Caughlan was a member of the White House staff
under President Carter, was a special assistant at the Environmental
Protection Agency, and was general partner inVoice of the Planet,
a ten-part television series on global environmental issues produced
by Turner Broadcasting. He was also President of the Surfrider Foundation,
and led that organization to victory in one of the nation's largest
Clean Water Act enforcement lawsuits.
Project
Leader of The Millennium Project. He is the primary author of The
Millennium Project report Global Consciousness Change: Indicators
of an Emerging Pardigm. Elgin served as a senior staff member
of the joint Presidential/ Congressional Commission on Population
Growth and the American Future. He was a senior social-scientist with
SRI International, where he co-authored major studies on the long-range
future for the Environmental Protection Agency, the President's Science
Advisor, and The National Science Foundation. He is the author of
Awakening Earth (Morrow, 1993) and Voluntary Simplicity
(Morrow 1981, 1993). Elgin has an M.B.A. from the Wharton Business
School and an M.A. in Economic History from the University of Pennsylvania.
Founder,
Chairman and President of Global Action Plan for the Earth (GAP).
GAP created and implements a behavior change program fostering more
environmentally sustainable lifestyles. In 1995, GAP was cited by
Renew America as the best program in the country for mobilizing participation
in environmental education within a community. In 1986, Gershon organized
the First Earth Run under the auspices of the United Nations. A torch
was passed through sixty-two countries, encircling the planet. Twenty-five
million people and forty-five heads-of-state participated. Gershon
served on the Public Education Task Force of the President's Council
on Sustainable Development. He is the author of Empowerment: The
Art of Creating Your Life As You Want It.
As
the founder and president of the Resource Renewal Institute, Huey
Johnson has been the leading U.S. proponent of "Green Plans"
-- long-term, comprehensive strategies for achieving environmental
sustainability. He founded and served as president of the Trust For
Public Land, now America's fifth largest environmental organization.
From 1978 to 1982, he served as California's Secretary of Resources,
the state's top environmental official. He administered fourteen statewide
departments with 14,000 employees and an annual budget of $900 million.
As a Cabinet member, he advised the governor on program and policy
formulation. In March 1996, the President's Council on Sustainable
Development awarded him a Presidential Honor for his pioneering work.
He is the author of Green Plans: Greenprint for Sustainability.
Senior
Project Manager for Zenger Miller, a leading international consulting,
educating, and training company. Martin has been in the field of management
training for twenty years. At Zenger Miller, she produces training
videotapes, manages print product production and intellectual property
rights, and customizes training products to meet the particular needs
of clients. Her current focus is on the development and delivery of
internet training programs. Prior to her work for Zenger Miller, Martin
was the Manager of the Center for Organization and Management Development
in the School of Business at San Jose State University. The Center
provides training for working professionals in engineering and business.
President
of The Environmental Policy Center. The Environmental Policy Center
is the home of The Global Cities Project, a leading educational and
research organization promoting sustainable communities. McGuire advanced
presidential trips for the Carter White House, and he served as the
legislative advocate for the California Governor's Office in the early
1980s. He is one of the leading event organizers in the United States.
He played a pivotal role in preparing for the 1984 Olympic Games in
Los Angeles, advanced the Pope's trip to the United States, and organized
two Olympic Torch Runs. McGuire was the national field director for
Earth Day 1990, the largest environmental event in United States history.
Principal
of The Schoennauer Company, a planning consulting firm. As the Director
of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement, he was the most influential
planning official in the City of San Jose for twenty-five years. During
his tenure, San Jose changed from the focus of wide-spread criticism
for its policies promoting urban sprawl into a positive model of compact
sustainable development widely admired by planning professionals throughout
the United States. Under his leadership, San Jose's 2020 General Plan
combined firm urban growth boundaries with equally firm commitments
to higher intensity infill development -- and put all these policies
into a General Plan Sustainable City Major Strategy. In 1997,
Schoennauer was given the American Planning Association's highest
honor, the National Planning Award for Distinguished Leadership as
a Professional Planner.
Scientist
at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Vine has been engaged in
energy efficiency and technology research and evaluation for twenty
years at LBNL. In addition to scores of projects throughout the United
States, he has completed assignments for The World Bank, The Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and for clients in
Japan, Austria, Denmark, Korea, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Canada,
and Lithuania. He is currently the President of the Presidio Center
on Global Change. Vine has written two books and more than two hundred
articles, reports, and presentations. He is currently an Affiliated
Faculty Member of the Energy and Resources Group at the University
of California, Berkeley and serves on the Board of Directors of the
Association of Energy Services Professionals.
Principal
in Strategic Community Solutions. SCS provides strategic planning,
consensus building, and community involvement services. A significant
current client is The Dallas Plan, a public-private planning program
for Dallas' long-range future. Prior to forming SCS, Walz was Director
of Planning for Freilich, Leitner and Carlisle, managing planning
projects for clients nationwide. She has also served as the Manager
of Comprehensive Planning for the City of Austin and as Special Assistant
for Economic Policy at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Ms. Walz
received a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Earth Sciences from
Stanford and a Master of City and Regional Planning from Harvard's
John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Principal
of David J. Powers & Associates, a consulting firm specializing
in Environmental Impact Reports, Environmental Impact Statements,
environmental constraints analyses, and land use studies. Yesney served
as Director of the Office of Environmental Management for the City
of San Jose. She was instrumental in the development and management
of San Jose's innovative recycling programs, energy and water conservation
programs, and creation of municipal programs for water reclamation
and nonpoint source pollution. San Jose's Office of Environmental
Management created what may have been the first "Sustainable
City Program" integrated into day-to-day city functions.