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Greater Boston Area

I co-founded and manage a consulting firm that provides energy data analysis and energy efficiency services to electric and gas utilities, energy service companies, and building owners. • For utilities, we support the design and evaluation of energy efficiency programs, ensuring that they deliver energy efficiency and are cost effective. • For energy service companies and investors, we ensure that projects are designed correctly and that they deliver the savings envisioned during the project’s design. • For building owners and facility operators, we provide energy audits, energy reduction plans, and energy metering services to help achieve energy savings and environmental goals.• My work and areas of expertise include strategic planning, partnership building, program evaluation and design, assessment of environmental impacts of energy use and conservation, and sustainability consulting.

Cambridge, Ma

• Cultivated intellectual and financial partners to advance Healthcare Policy Program’s mission by building a Leadership Council of senior leaders in industry, government, & non-profit sectors.• Managed programming for policy dialogues with senior leaders and student events.

I co-founded and co-directed a 10-year, $22M program that supported research, training and outreach for cross-university program that engaged over 50 faculty from 6 schools. • Oversaw program activities that included problem-driven research initiatives, a competitive faculty seed grant program, an international fellows program, and private policy dialogues with senior leaders in academia, industry, government, and non-profit sectors. • Supported collaborations and fieldwork around the world with initiatives in Brazil, India, China, and Eastern Africa. • Provided strategic planning, fundraising, and oversight for research administration and operations management, including budgeting, space planning, human resources, and communications.• Co-editor of special feature in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.• Served on advisory boards and review committees for National Research Council, NASA, Canadian government, and universities to evaluate program effectiveness.

I managed an international, interdisciplinary research group on sustainable development of natural resource systems in the developing world fostering collaborations and fieldwork in SE Asia, Africa, Mexico, and South America. • Built international network with the collaboration of colleagues at Harvard, National Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, AAAS, foreign academic and government institutions. • Served as Executive Director of Global Environment Assessment project that trained 48 student fellows and resulted in 3 books and 40+ papers.

I managed an international, interdisciplinary project on global environmental risks and assessments. This 40-person team, based in eight countries, produced two books that I co-edited (MIT Press, 2001).

Master Of Regional Planning, Environmental Policy And Planning

Bachelor Of Arts, Government