Advisory Board

An Advisory Council has been selected by the MCEC Executive Director in consultation and with the approval of the Board of Directors. Members provide strategic guidance and counsel, represent the views of their sector, and help to mobilize and energize partners in their industries and communities on behalf of promoting clean energy.

The Advisory Council represents a broad range of energy and technology experts, financial and legal professionals, and community leaders – all of them clean energy advocates and champions eager to make Clean Energy a powerful economic force in Maryland.

2013 Advisory Council Members

John Ackerly

President, Alliance for Green Heat

Gary Allen

Executive Director, Center For Chesapeake Communities

Daniel F. Ancona III

Vice President for Renewable Energy, Princeton Energy Resources International

Ted Atwood

Director of the Baltimore City Energy Office, Baltimore City

Phillippe Van Berten

Assistant Professor of Marketing, Stevenson University

Kevin Brown

Senior Partner, Hobbs & Towne, Inc.

Dave Buemi

Senior Director, Federal Markets Gehrlicher Solar Americas Corp.

Calvin Butler, Sr.

VP Corporate Affairs, Exelon Corporation

Frank Caliva

Regulatory Consultant, Maryland Energy Marketers Coalition

Tom Carlson

Maryland Campaign Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network

Paula Carmody

Vice President, Office of the People's Counsel

Tony Clifford

CEO, Standard Solar

Eric Coffman

Montgomery County Dept. Environmental Protection

Bill Cole

President, Pfister Energy

David Costello

Dep. Secretary for Policy and Planning, MDE

Jean Paul Crouzoulon

Senior VP Operations, AREVA Renewable

Mark Crowdis

Founder & CEO, Think Energy, Inc

Janine Downey

Manager, International Visitors and Client Services, World Trade Center Institute

Danny Ervin

Faculty, Economics and Finance, Salisbury University

Daena Feldman

CFO, SkyBridge Energy Solutions

Scott Friedman

Co-Founder & CEO, Greenavise

Michael Giangrandi

CEO, A.J. Michaels Company

Robert Glidewell

Area Mgr. Government Relations & Business Relations, Washington Gas

Josh Greene

Partner, Patton Boggs/Clean Tech Open

Don Hanky

Vice President, The Whiting -Turner Contracting Co.

Ellen Hemmerly

Exec. Director, bwtech at UMBC

Michael Hill

Chief Counsel, EDF Inc.

Francis Hodsoll

EE Frontiers

R. Thomas Hoffmann

Partner, Ballard Spahr

Abigail Ross Hopper

Energy Policy Advisor, Office of Governor O'Malley

Elizabeth Kaiga

Director, Strategy & Client Development, Reznick Group, P.C.

Jim Kapsis

Senior Director, Market Development & Strategy

Andrew Kays

Deputy Director, Northwest MD Waste Disposal Auth.

Joan Kleinman

District Director, Office of Congressman Chris Van Hollen

Pranay Kohli

CEO, Amidus

Todd Larson

Dir. of Corporate Responsibility Programs, Green America

Connie Lausten

Principal, Clausten, LLC.

Alvin Lavoie

Technology Director - Corporate Venturing, DOW

Arthur Lazerow

President, Alban Eco Systems/Triea Systems Inc.

Peter Lowenthal

Consultant, Stella Group Limited

Curt Mackinson

Senior VP, Mariner Finance

Dr. Arjun Makhijani

President, Institute for Energy & Environmental Research

Elaine McCubbin

Program Mgr - Clean Technology & Sustainability,DBED

Jim McDonnell

Chief Operating Officer, Avalon Energy

Kevin McTigue

President, Renewable Energy Solutions

Markian Melnyk

President, Atlantic Wind Development, Atlantic Wind Connection

Michael Miller, MD

President, SkyBridge Energy Solutions

Anthony Millin

Of Counsel, Lerch, Early & Brewer

Shannon Moore

Acting Manager, Frederick Co. Office of Environmental Sustainability

Andy Moser

President, Maryland Workforce Development Corp.

Bob Mroz

President & CEO, Hytek Bio, LLC

David P. Musyt

Founder & Managing Partner, Phoenix Energie

Dan Nadash

President, Potomac Energy Fund

Robert Nicholson

President, OTEC

Alex Nunez

Director State Affairs, Constellation Energy

Jerry Pasternak

Vice President Pepco Region Maryland, Pepco

William Pentland

Senior Director of Market Development, Clear Edge Power, Inc

Rick Peters

President, Solar Energy Service

Andi Puckett

Vice President, All In Energy Solutions

Dan Rider

Registered Professional Forester, Maryland Dept of Natural Resources

Rebecca Rush

President, Renewable Energy Stewardship

Nathan Rushing

Competitive Power Ventures, Inc

Alison Shea

Account Executive, Siemens Industry Inc.

Grant Schmelzer

Exec. Director, IEC-Chesapeake

Robin F. Shaivitz

Chief Operating Officer, Government Relations Division, Alexander & Cleaver, P.A.

CP Shankar

President & CEO, American Grid

Krista M. Smith

Assurance and Enterprise Risk Services, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Pat Thompson

President, Energyworks

Calvin Timmerman

Asst. Exec. Director, MD Public Service Commission

Brian Toll

President, Ecobeco

Garret Trierweiler

Senior Manager, Wheelabrator Technologies

Fred Ugast

President, U.S. Photovoltaics, Inc.

Robert Wallace

President, BITH Group Technologies, Inc.

Charles Washington, Jr

Sr. Public Affairs Manager Maryland State Relations, PEPCO & Delmarva Power

Larry Zarker

CEO, BPI

William Zwack

Director, Sustainable Buildings, SRA International