Energy and Environment Program
Energy and Environment Program
Past Forum Scholars
2012 - 2008 Aspen Environment Forum Scholars
2012
Jean-Christophe Amado, Climate Change Risk Manager, Acclimatise North America
Lawrence Berliner, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver
Eva Cermáková, Assistant Executive Director, Zden k Bakala’s Global Non-Profit
Whitney Clark, Executive Director, Friends of the Mississippi River
Greg Costello, Executive Director, Western Environmental Law Center
Catherine Craig, President, Conservation through Poverty Alleviation International
Chester Culver, President, Chet Culver Group, former Governor of Iowa
Jennifer Curtin, Attorney, Booz Allen Hamilton
Cait Dmitriew, Adjunct Professor/Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Colorado-Boulder
Luis Fernandez, Research Associate, Carnegie Institution for Science
John Fialka, Editor, ClimateWire, E&E Publishing, LLC
Stephanie Gripne, Director of the Initiative for Sustainable Development, University of Colorado
Marce Gutierrez, Founder, Executive Director, Azul
Jennifer Gooden, Director, Office of Sustainability, City of Oklahoma City
Joe Hsueh, Phd Student, System Dynamics Group, MIT Sloan School of Management
Joshua Humphreys, Fellow, Tellus Institute
Kate Knuth, Representative, Boreas Leadership Program Coordinator, State of Minnesota/ University of Minnesota
Daniel Lawse, Assistant Director of Campus Planning and Sustainability, Metropolitan Community College
Allen Manser, Technology Investment Associate, Zouk Capital
Melissa Ocana, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Fellow, Assistant to the Climate Change Policy Advisor, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Brian Palm, Director of Environmental Stewardship, Brooks School
Robert J. Phocas, Energy and Sustainability Manager, City of Charlotte
Sarah Finnie Robinson, Founding Partner, Head of Social Programming, Practically Green
Emily Rubenstein, Senior Policy Advisor, New York City Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability
Hrishabh Sandilya, Vice-President, Anglo-American University
Romeo Santos, Executive Director, WorkLand M&E Institute, inc.
Marco Seeman, Regulatory Affairs Analyst, Enel Green Power
Paul Spencer, Founder and President, Clean Energy Collective
Kate Stephenson, Executive Director, Yestermorrow Design/Build School
Kristen Walker Painemilla, Vice President, Social Policy and Practice, Conservation International
Cherilyn Widell, Principal Investigator, Department of Defense ESTCP Project
David Wright, Film Producer, Planet Earth Pictures
2011
Troy Abel, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Western Washington University
Clayton Adams, Team Assistant, United Nations Environment Programme/Regional Office for North America
James Arnott, Research Associate, Aspen Global Change Institute
Todd Baylson, Associate Director and Governmental Affairs Director, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Rex Burkholder, Councilor, Metro
Kerrie Carfagno, Lecturer, John Carroll University
Eric Cefus, Executive Director, Catamount Institute
Chiara Dalla, Chiesa Head of Market Analysis and Business Development Strategies, Enel Green Power
Suzanne Dallman, Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach
Magali Delmas, Director, Institute of the Environment & UCLA Anderson School of Management, Professor of Management, Director, UCLA Center for Corporate Environmental Performance, UCLA Leaders in Sustainability Program
Daryl Edwards, Congressional Liaison, US Department of Energy
Luis Fernandez, Research Associate, Carnegie Institution for Science
Chris Garvin, Partner, Terrapin Bright Green
Gates Gooding, Urban and Environmental Planner, The Steamboat Springs and Routt County, Colorado Planning Departments
Carla Griffin, Teacher, Waters Elementary School
Gang He, Research Associate, Stanford University
Andy Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise and Co-Director of the Erb Institute, University of Michigan
Jason Jay, Lecturer, Sustainability, MIT Sloan School of Management
Joel Johnston, Project Manager and Hydrogeologist, Antea Group
Josephine Jones, Director of Programs & Center for the Book, Colorado Humanities
Taylor Keen, Director, Native American Center / Full Time Lecturer, Creighton University
Aaron Koch, Policy Advisor, New York CIty Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability
Zach Krapfl, Owner, Clean Slate Energy
David Levy, Professor and Chair, Department of Management and Marketing, UMASS-Boston Director, Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness
Peter Marcotuillio, Associate Professor, Hunter College
Jamie McLeod, President, Brewster McLeod Architects, Inc.
Dale Meyer, Chairman, Western Partners Worldwide Foundation
Mark Orlowski, Founder & Executive Director, Sustainable Endowments Institute, a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Annie Perkins, LEED Green Associate, Andersen Corporation
Sharon Pfeifer, Natural Resources and Community Assistance Manager, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Alessandro Pistella, Head of CEO Office, Enel Green Power
Nathan Ratledge, Executive Director, Community Officer for Research Efficiency
Rosemarie Russo, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Fort Collins
Emily Sadigh, Sustainability Project Manager, County of Alameda
John Sedgwick, Professor of Film Economics; Director, Centre for International Business and Sustainability (CIBS), London Metropolitan Business School
Joe Sehee, Executive Director/Founder, Green Burial Council
John Sterman, Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management and Director of MIT’s System Dynamics Group, MIT Sloan School of Management
Rogerio Traballi, Professor, Universidade Paulista - UNIP
Stacy VanDeveer, Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire
Jason Walser, Executive Director, The Land Trust for Central NC
Morgan Williams, Executive Director, Flux Farm Foundation
2010
Atishkumar Belliethathan, Assistant Professor/Program Officer, Environmental Science Program/HoA-REC/N, Addis Ababa University
Bright Simons, Director of Development Research, mPedigree Network, IMANI Center for Policy & Education - Ghana
Mattia Cavanna, Vice President Logistics, Energy & Global Service, Finmeccanica Group Services, Roma
Carlo Papa Head of Enel Chairman Office, Enel S.p.A.
Kakenya Ntaiya, President, Kakenya Center for Excellence; Emerging Explorer, National Geographic Society
Surya Dhungel, Lawyer, Nepal Consulting Lawyers Inc, Kathmandu, Kathmandu-32
Julia Lindesay, Board Member, Kaipatiki Project
Zuleika Mendoza, Executive Director, Fundacion NATURA
Corina Murafa, Programme Assistant, Energy and Environment Section, UNDP Romania
Leslie Abramson, NOAA Sea Grant Legislative Fellow, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
Khalid Al-Ali, Executive Director, UARC/University of California, NASA Ames Research Center
Jason Aramburu, Founder, re:char, Austin
Sean Arian, Director of Economic Development, Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, City of Los Angeles
Clare Bastable, Deputy Director, Western Energy Project
Curtis Brainard, Science & Environment Editor, Columbia Journalism Review
Gregory Costello, Executive Director, Western Environmental Law Center
Serge Dedina, Executive Director, WilDCOAST/COSTASALVAJE
Jessica Feldman, Senior Vice President, Willis Re Inc.
Scott Fitzwilliams, White River National Forest Supervisor, USFS White River National Forest
Jean Garrison, Director of International Studies, University of Wyoming
Nathan Glasgow, Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute
Elizabeth Guilbaud-Cox, Senior Program Officer responsible for Communications, United Nations Environment Programme
Ben Jervey, Editor and Ambassador, GOOD
Catherine Kleier, Associate Professor and Director, Environmental Studies Program, Regis University
Maxine Lipeles, Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic, and Senior Lecturer in Law, Washington University School of Law
Lira Luis, Principal Architect, Atelier Lira Luis, LLC
Aurora Mahassine, Founder & Design Director, Tesselation
Matt Petersen, CEO, Global Green USA
Jamie Ponce, Management Consultant, A.T. Kearney, Inc.
Greg Poschman, Media Producer / Filmmaker, Moving Media, Inc.
Alok Pradhan, Project Manager/Analyst, Rocky Mountain Institute
Amanda Reed, Outreach Manager, Office of the President, The Nature Conservancy
Kitty Wang, Principal (Energy & Resources Team), Rocky Mountain Institute
Michael Webber, Associate Director, Center for International Energy & Environmental Policy, University of Texas at Austin
Sheri Willoughby, Senior Program Officer, Business & Industry, World Wildlife Fund
Mark Zimring, Senior Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2009
Jeff Berkus, Jeffrey Berkus Architects, Inc.
Eugenia Choi, Violinist
Bennett Cohen, Special Aide to Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute
Richard Conant, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
Miquela Craytor, Executive Director, Sustainable South Bronx
Jim Curtis, Curtis & Associates
Lisa Daniels Executive Director, Windustry
Katherine Dart, Special Projects Consultant, Community Office for Resource Efficiency, City of Aspen
Ashley Dean, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara
Michel Di Capua, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Jessica Feldman, Partner, Campioni Risk Solutions
Douglas Fischer, Editor, The Daily Climate
Jon Fox-Rubin, President and CEO, FiberForge
Christy George, President and Executive Director, Society of Environmental Journalists
Nathan Glasgow, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Chad Griller, Senior Project Manager, Fenton Construction
Laurel Gutenberg, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Kathleen Hawley, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Andrew Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan
William Humke, Teacher, Boulder Valley School District
Ted James, Technology Market Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ben Jervey, Web Editor, OnEarth, Natural Resources Defense Council
Erin Kassoy, Director, Climate Solutions and Analysis, Alliance for Climate Protection
Paul Komor, Lecturer, Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado, Boulder
Paul Koval, Faculty Director, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Initiative, University of Colorado, Boulder
Margie Kriz, Reporter, National Journal
Adam Lorimer, Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Avy Mallik, Program Coordinator, Institute at the Golden Gate
Jason Meyer, Denali Commission Fellow, Energy Program, Denali Commission
Tamera Minnick, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Mesa State College
Edward Morris, Co-Founder and Director, The Canary Project
Wizaso Munthali, Senior Inspector, Environmental Council of Zambia
Martha O’Keefe, Senior Project Coordinator, Fenton Construction
Greg Poschman, President, Moving Media
Alok Pradhan, Research Fellow, Rocky Mountain Institute
Charles W. Ransler, IV Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder, Husk Power Systems
Nathan Ratledge, Climate Project Manager and Acting Director, Community Office for Resource Efficiency, City of Aspen
Nia Robinson, Executive Director, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative, Redefining Progress
Sandhya Savarala, Safe Routes Ambassador, Chicago Department of Transportation
Sarah Schmidt, Education Director, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
Darin Schulte, Senior Project Manager, Chevo Studios
Aekta Shah, Program Manager, Institute at the Golden Gate
Sloan Shoemaker, Executive Director, Wilderness Workshop
Olivia Siegel, Development Coordinator, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
Joshua Smith, Energy Manager, Community Office for Resource Efficiency
Jacob Susman, Founder, OwnEnergy, Inc.
Andrew Svedlow, Dean, College of Performing and Visual Arts, University of Northern Colorado
Diana Wall, Founding Director of the School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University
Bryan Wee, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Denver
Kathryn Wendell, Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Jason White, Planner Roaring Fork Transit Authority
2008
Suzy Ageton, Boulder City Council, Boulder, CO
Mike Andrews, Senior Conservation Fellow, The Nature Conservancy
Seema Arora, Principal Counselor & Head, CII- ITC Centre for Sustainable Development
Charles Bedford, Colorado State Director, The Nature Conservancy
Lionel Bony, Senior Consultant, Rocky Mountain Institute
Kevin Bryan, Mediator, Meridian Institute
Michael Callahan, Founder and Director of PowerMundo, MSBA Candidate in the Global Social, Sustainable Enterprise Program at Colorado State University
Gregory Costello, Director, Western Environmental Law Center
Leonard Fitts, Superintendent, Glassboro Public Schools
Heather Henry, Associate/Legacy Environment Forum Leader, Design Workshop
Dylan Hoffman, Outreach and Compliance Coordinator, Pitkin County Resource Recovery
Arnold Ricalde de Jager, Director, Organi-k, Asociacion Civil, Ecovillage Network Mexico (GEN)
Lacrimioara Isvoranu, Chief Human Resources and Communication Officer, UCM
Kirk Johnson, VP of Research & Collections, Chief Curator, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Megan Kram, Public Lands Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy
Francesco Leopardi, Program Manager in International Activities, Secretary of Aspen Junior Fellows, Aspen Italia
Valerie Minard, Head of Programmes, Institut Aspen France
Dave Noel, VP Operations, CIO, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Arthur Nozik, Senior Research Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, (NREL)
Greg Poschman, Documentary Filmmaker, President, Moving Media, Inc.
Nick Rancis, Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory, Colorado State University
Jeff Rennicke, Teacher, Conserve School, Writer, National Geographic Society
Marie-Christine Roy, Wildlife Biologist, Environmental Educator, and Project Manager, Montreal’s Biosphere, Museum of the Environment
Terri Schulz, Conservation Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy
William Shutkin, Professor and Chair of Sustainable, Development, Leeds School of Business, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; Interim Executive Director, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
Andrew Steiger, Outside-In Supervisor, Academy of Natural Sciences
Linda Tsang, Senior Fellow, Environmental Leadership Program
Edith Widder, Co-founder and Director, Ocean Research and Conservation Association
Ken Wilson, Boulder City Council, Boulder, CO
Martin Wolf, Director, Product and Environmental Technology, Seventh Generation


