Environmental and Energy Study Institute

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) "is a non-profit organization established in 1984 by a bipartisan, bicameral group of members of Congress to provide timely information and develop innovative policy solutions that set us on a cleaner, more secure and sustainable energy path."

2006/2007 Foundation and Government Funders
Accessed October 2008:


 * American Wind Energy Association
 * City of Austin
 * Cornell Douglas Foundation
 * Department of Energy/Utah Clean Cities
 * Electric Drive Transportation Association
 * Energy Foundation
 * George Gund Foundation
 * Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
 * National Hydropower Association
 * New-Land Foundation
 * New York Community Trust
 * North Carolina State University (NCSU) - US Department of Agriculture
 * NCSU - North Carolina State Energy Office - US Department of Energy
 * Oak Foundation
 * Ottinger Foundation
 * Changing Horizons Fund via Rockefeller Family Fund
 * Salesforce Foundation
 * Surdna Foundation via American Planning Association
 * US Energy Association
 * US Fuel Cell Council
 * United States Geographical Society
 * Wallace Genetic Foundation
 * Whole Systems Foundation
 * Worldwatch Institute

Directors
Accessed October 2008:


 * Richard L. Ottinger,* Professor Emeritus and former Dean, Pace University School of Law; former Member of Congress (D-NY)
 * John J. Sheehan (United Steelworkers of America),* retired Legislative Director, United Steelworkers of America
 * Nancy Bacon, Senior Vice President, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
 * Richard E. Benedick, Senior Advisor, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNL); former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
 * Rosina M. Bierbaum Ph.D., Dean, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan; served as Acting Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); directed OSTP’s Environment Division
 * Jared Blum,* President, Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association (PIMA)
 * Frances S. Buchholzer, former Director, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
 * Quincalee Brown, former Executive Director, Water Environment Federation
 * Mortimer M. Caplin, Founder and Partner, Caplin and Drysdale; former Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service
 * Gerald Decker, Vice President, Midland Energy, LLC; Chairman Emeritus, Decker Energy International, Inc.
 * Roger Duncan, Deputy General Manager, Austin Energy
 * Bob Edgar, General Secretary of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA ; ordained United Methodist Church Minister; former Member of Congress (D-PA)
 * Shelley Fidler, Principal, Government Affairs, Energy and Environmental Policy, VanNess Feldman Attorneys at Law
 * Elliott Laws, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP; former President of Safety, Health and Environment for Texaco Inc.; former EPA Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response
 * Ruth Patrick, Ph.D., Senior Curator, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
 * Chris Schepis, Legislative Director, Office of Congressman John Barrow (GA 12th)

(* Executive Committee Members)

Advisory Board
Accessed October 2008:


 * James P. Barrett, Ph. D., Redefining Progress
 * Lester R. Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute
 * Marilyn A. Brown, Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
 * Donna Wise Buckley, Communications Director, Brookings Institution; former Vice President, Communications, World Resources Institute; former President, Center for the Great Lakes
 * Tom Buis, President, National Farmers Union
 * Ken Colburn, Symbiotic Strategies, LLC
 * Kenneth M. Connolly, Vice President of Government Relations, Goldman-Sachs DC, former Minority Staff Director for the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee
 * Bruce Dale, Professor and Chair, Chemical Engineering Department, Michigan State University
 * John E. Echohawk, Executive Director, Native American Rights Fund
 * Chris Flavin, President, Worldwatch Institute
 * Karl Gawell, Executive Director, Geothermal Energy Association
 * Andrew Goldberg, Senior Director, American Institute of Architects
 * Sophia Greenbaum, Executive Director, Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
 * Glenn Hamer, President and CEO, Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry
 * Bill Holmberg, Chairman/Director, New Uses Council
 * John Justus, Former Earth and Ocean Science Specialist, Congressional Research Service
 * Stephen S. Kalland, Associate Director, North Carolina Solar Center
 * Skip Laitner, Director of Economy Analysis, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
 * Mike Lindberg, former Commissioner, Portland City Government
 * Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Program, Climate Institute
 * Joesph Michels, Director of Research Initatives, Princeton University
 * Rhone Resch, Executive Director, Solar Energy Industries Association
 * Roger Sant, Chair, Sant Associates, LLC
 * Jeff Seabright, VP for Environment and Water, The Coca-Cola Company
 * Beth Shearer, Beth Shearer and Associates; former Director, Federal Energy Management Program
 * Scott Sklar, President, The Stella Group, Ltd.
 * Paul Thomsen, Ormat Technologies
 * Scott A. Weiner, Chief Executive Director, New Jersey School's Development Authority
 * Jon Wellinghoff, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Contact

 * Web: http://www.eesi.org

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