Energy Efficiency And Sustainability Director
Current• Manage the Energy Star program, which has won eight national awards from the Department of Energy and the EPA (ENERGY STAR’s “Excellence Award” 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 - ENERGY STAR Partner Of the Year "Climate Communicator" award 2015 and ENERGY STAR Partner Of the Year "Retailer" award 2017 & 2018 ).• Manage the effort to decrease our company’s impact on the environment including implementing in-house and customer recycling programs, reducing our overall energy consumption, and much more.• Manager our partnership with Ameren Missouri to offer retail and business customers incentives on energy-efficient lighting and controls. Metro is an Ameren Missouri Platinum Trade Ally, a symbol of top-tier performance in customer service and energy savings. In 2014, 2016 and 2018 we were awarded "Top Performing Trade Ally" (in our category) from the Ameren Missouri's BizSavers program. In 2018 Metro completed the largest amount of projects overall and saved our customers the most kWh in the entire BizSavers program. Metro was awarded the "Top Overall Performing Trade Ally" for this achievement. Through this program Metro has saved our commercial customers more than 58.2 million kWh annually and captured them close to 5.3 million dollars in incentives.• Event planning including annual Show Me LED event, breast cancer fundraising, 5k runs, trade shows, expos, energy festivals, and company events.• Community engagement - Energy-efficiency education focusing on the ENERGY STAR program, LED adoption, and simple ways to fight climate change• Social Media - Create content for Metro Lighting's facebook, twitter, and Instagram accounts. In 2015 ENERGY STAR gave my work an honorable mention for their Social Media Award.• Special Projects Manager - Senior project manager at Metro Lighting• Graphic Design - Supplementing the in-house advertising department and energy efficiency promotion material• Metro Lighting's energy efficiency media relations liaison