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Greater Denver Area

Bringing heart-centered intelligence and improving organizational effectiveness and triple bottom line through a suite of tools, including professional business diagnostics, applied improvisation, and crucial conversations.

Greater Denver Area

Golden, Co

Solar market transformation and balance-of-system analysis lead. DOE SunShot BOS cost benchmarks and roadmap. Solar workforce development and labor market analysis, solar energy markets, and policy impacts analysis.Designed and developed first Scenario JEDI model, used by state governments to estimate jobs and economic impacts for entire multi-year policy platforms.Recipient, NREL President's Award in recognition of supporting the creation of the SunShot Initiative.Led U.S. faction under cooperative research agreement with Israel on RD3 renewable energy technologies, working closely with Israel's Chief Scientist, Dr. Shlomo Wald (Israeli lead on the agreement), $4m annual operating budget, 2009-11.Board Member, Green-E Governance Board, Center for Resource Solutions - establishes quality standards for renewable energy in U.S.Board Member, Solar Instructor Training Network Advisory Board - establishes quality/ certification standards and best practices for U.S. solar training programs.NREL rep - Environmental Tracking Network of North America.As portfolio task lead, ensure timely delivery of project milestones for Analysis (17 deliverables in 2012) and Installation (4 deliverables in 2012) Task portfolios.Author of several studies and articles on renewable energy markets and policies on topics ranging from energy saving certificate markets to U.S. solar labor market analysis. Lead, pilot study with Optony, Inc. showing how practices in design, installation, procurement, and other variables affect solar PV system performance. Provide technical assistance to federal, state and local agencies on solar workforce development and other market and policy issues. Strategic Planning on analytical decision-support across renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies during Obama transition, based in DOE Forrestal, Washington DC., 2009.Teach “Fun for a Change” classes at NREL: applied improvisation.

Boulder, Co

Taught yoga in health clubs and in the workplace off and on for 20 years. 25-year practitioner of yoga, healthy lifestyle, and emotional health. Sedona Method, FasterEFT practitioner. Taught in health club for 3 years. Conducted mediations and corporate workshops in areas of organizational development (focus on Peter Senge;s Fifth Discipline work), sexual harassment, and conflict resolution. Currently teach yoga, applied improv, and laughter yoga privately and at NREL.

Boulder, Co

(REC) procurement for leading national renewable energy credit (REC) marketer. Managed product portfolio. Cost-effectively increased company's REC inventory by 30% compared with previous year. Completed several high-volume transactions for RECs, helped develop innovative new products based on market trends. Built partnerships with RE developers. Negotiated agreements, reviewed supply contracts.Helped develop strategy/messaging, assemble energy developer taxonomy used for business development.

Boulder, Co

One of main characters in Merchant of Venice, playing dual roles of Lancelot (the fool in the piece) and his father Gobbo. Also appeared in Julius Caesar and Servant of Two Masters (commedia dell'arte piece).

Leading national expert on marketing strategies and tactics related to renewable energy, renewable energy credits, energy conservation, energy efficiency, and corporate sustainability. Extensive publishing, consulting, and conference speaking (see Addendum for details). Hosted annual green energy conference: responsible for developing agenda, inviting speakers, etc. Judge, Green Power Leadership Awards, 2003-06.

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Owned and operated summer musical theater camp in Boulder, Co., where I produced and directed shows at the Boulder Theater, including "Grease!", "Once Upon a Mattress," and "Little Shop of Horrors." More than 100 children of all ages performed, many for the first time.

New York, New York

Special corporate counsel for City of New York, quasi-prosecutorial child abuse and neglect cases in Brooklyn Family Court. Lead in off-Broadway production of "Grown-Ups," by Jules Feiffer at American Jewish Theater. Very positive reviews in New York Times and New York Post. Member of First Amendment and For Play improv groups. Extensive stand-up comedy and improv work. Studied with Paul Sills, founder of Second City.

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Activities and Societies: Internships at U.S. Attorney, Organized Crime Task Force under Hon. Rudolph Giuliani, Southern District of New.

Ba, Theater

Bfa Acting Program

Conservatory acting training. Also studied in New Actors Workshop in full-time professional Acting conservatory, 1988-89. Faculty: George.

Education record