Staff List

Amory B. Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute Cofounder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist, is a consultant experimental physicist educated at Harvard and Oxford. He has received an Oxford MA (by virtue of being a don), ten honorary doctorates, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Blue Planet, Volvo, Heinz, Lindbergh, Right Livelihood ("Alternative Nobel"), World Technology, and Time Hero for the Planet awards, the Benjamin Franklin and Happold Medals, and the Nissan, Shingo, Mitchell, Jean Meyer, and Onassis Prizes. He is an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects, Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and Honorary Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council. He has lately led the redesign of over $30 billion worth of facilities in 29 sectors for radical energy and resource efficiency. He has briefed nineteen heads of state, held several visiting academic chairs (most recently the 2007 MAP/Ming Professorship at Stanford), written twenty-nine books and hundreds of papers, and consulted for scores of industries and governments worldwide. The Wall Street Journal named Mr. Lovins one of thirty-nine people worldwide "most likely to change the course of business in the '90s"; Newsweek has praised him as "one of the Western world's most influential energy thinkers"; and Car magazine ranked him the twenty-second most powerful person in the global automotive industry. Downloadable bios…
Amory's Executive Assistant is Mary Kent

Michael Potts, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rocky Mountain Institute, is a former Managing Partner with Galway Investments, an investment firm focused on alternative public offering strategies for small-cap and mid-cap companies, and a consultant. Prior to Galway, he served as CEO for American Fundware and Vice President of Public Sector Solutions at Intuit. His 25 years' experience in high-tech sales and marketing, and general management, began with IBM, BancTec, Recognition International, and American Fundware. Potts currently serves on RMI's Board of Trustees, as well as the boards of the Business School at the University of Colorado in Denver, Denver's Curious Theater, and Kripalu Center, the nation's largest spiritual retreat center. A Denver resident, Potts will be based in RMI's Boulder, Colorado office.
Michael's Executive Assistant is Jane Brown

Marty Pickett, Executive Director, General Counsel, and acting Vice President of Development, joined RMI in 1998. She received her master's degree in land-use planning and community development from the University of Colorado and a law degree from the University of Denver. Marty focuses on institutional advancement and takes an active leadership role in RMI’s strategic direction, business planning for RMI’s Research & Consulting, development strategy and activities, and Board governance. She was a founding partner in the Aspen law firm of McFlynn Pickett & Whitsitt in 1989. For several years, she was a presenter at the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute in Denver on the topic of legislative land-use issues. Since 1991, Marty has represented RMI on various legal issues, including the Institute's purchase of an interest in and creation of the conservation easement on the Windstar Land Conservancy land in 1996, and she now serves as the President of the Windstar Land Conservancy.
Marty's Executive Assistant is Shelle de Beque

Greg Franta, FAIA, Principal Architect and Senior Vice President, RMI Built Environment Team. Since the early 1970s, Greg Franta, FAIA, has pioneered environmentally sustainable architecture around the world. Click here for full profile>>

Victor Olgyay, Principal, RMI Built Environment Team. Mr. Olgyay has a wide range of experiences in architectural design, planning, laboratory design and integration, environmental and acoustical systems, with specialization in lighting and daylighting design. Click here for full profile>>

James Scott Brew, FCSI, AIA is a Principal Architect and Sr. Consultant with the RMI Built Environment Team and has over 27 years design experience in commercial, institutional, and residential architecture. Click here for full profile>>

Aalok Deshmukh, Senior Consultant with the RMI Built Environment Team, has experience using a variety of building simulation tools, including energy simulation and computational fluid dynamics tools. Click here for full profile>>

Steve Brauneis is a Sustainable Design Consultant with the RMI Built Environment Team. Mr. Brauneis has worked in sustainable building design, eco-efficiency program design and implementation, sustainable building material purchasing, construction, environmental education, health care and commercial sustainability program development. Click here for full profile>>

Cara Taverna Carmichael, Consultant, RMI Built Environment Team, has a degree in Environmental Design from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Ms. Carmichael has experience with sustainable design, energy analysis, charrette development, computer modeling, and natural daylighting techniques. Click here for full profile>>

John Simpson, P.E., Director of Operations, RMI Built Environment Team, provides strategic corporate-, development- and building-level sustainability project management as well as research and consulting services at RMI. With a background in civil and environmental engineering, combined with a specialization in water resources, and extensive experience executing critical projects with multi-disciplined, multi-national teams; John provides input on the selection and operations of the projects within the Built Environment Team and across RMI. Click here for full profile>>

Ashley Muse, Consultant, RMI Built Environment Team. Ms. Muse's experience includes sustainable design consulting and technical analysis within the building industry. Click here for full profile>>

Kendra Tupper, is a Consultant with the Built Environment Team. Ms. Tupper holds an MS in Building Systems engineering from the University of Colorado, and a BE in Mechanical Engineering modified with Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College. She contributes to RMI’s consulting and research projects for utilities and industrial process efficiency and serves as a liaison with the Energy & Resources Team. Click here for full profile>>

Coreina Chan, Analyst, RMI Built Environment Team, is a LEED Accredited Professional with a background in architecture and securities trading. Click here for full profile>>

Caroline Fluhrer, Analyst with RMI's Built Environment Team, has an undergraduate degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree focused on energy engineering, both from Stanford University. Ms. Fluhrer has experience working on sustainable building and energy design strategies for a range of project types including large mixed-used developments, educational facilities and corporate headquarters. Click here for full profile>>

Josh Hathaway, Analyst with RMI's Built Environment Team, received a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Mr. Hathaway’s experience includes sustainable design consulting, charrette development, 3-D daylight modeling, and energy and daylight technical analysis. Click here for full profile>>

Chad Riley, Analyst, RMI Built Environment Team, has a diversity of experiences ranging from assessing the financial and sustainable feasibility of real estate developments to consulting on LEED projects. Click here for full profile>>

Allison Rutter, Analyst, RMI Built Environment Team, is a LEED Accredited Professional and EIT, with a background in mechanical engineering and business. Click here for full profile>>

Eric Mauer, Analyst, RMI Built Environment Team, attended Duke University where he received a Master of Environmental Management and specialized in business and environment. At Duke, Eric took coursework in system dynamics, systems thinking, real estate finance, survey design, statistical analysis, and corporate sustainability. Click here for full profile>>

Cherlyn Seruto, MS, Analyst, RMI Built Environment Team, has been investigating sources and effects of environmental degradation in research and consulting applications for the past nine years. Click here for full profile>>

Monika Magenheim, Administrative Assistant to the Built Environment Team, has many years experience in administrative and project management. Click here for full profile>>

Stephen Doig, Vice President of RMI's Energy & Resources Team. Mr. Doig is a physical chemist and energy strategy expert. He is an Adjunct Professor of Operations and Information Management, Wharton School of Business, and is currently serving as Department of Defense Air Force Highly Qualified Expert and Special Advisor to U.S. Air Force Smart Operations on Air Force energy strategy and implementation, lean operations applied to aircraft, facilities and vehicles. Click here for full profile>>

Alexis Karolides, Principal for RMI’s Energy and Resources Team, is a registered architect who came to Rocky Mountain Institute with six years of experience in commercial, institutional, and industrial architecture. Her consulting projects for RMI's Green Development Services have included a retrofit project at Hickam Air Force Base to set a new "green" standard for the Air Force, a prototype energy-efficient supermarket for Stop & Shop, a sustainable design and energy plan for Madison, Wisc., environmental consulting for the Wildlife Conservation Society, and campus-wide energy planning and building retrofit strategies for Berea College. Click here for full profile>>

Katherine Wang, is a Principal with the Energy & Resources Team. Ms. Wang has an MS in environmental engineering and science and a BS in civil engineering, both from Stanford University. She leads RMI’s research and consulting projects for utilities, governments, and industry. Click here for full profile>>

Lena Hansen is a Senior Consultant with RMI's Energy & Resources Team. She holds a master's degree in environmental economics and policy from Duke University, where she was the first recipient of a certificate in energy and environment. She also holds a bachelor's degree in astrophysics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ms. Hansen leads RMI’s research and consulting work on renewable energy and biofuels, and has done extensive research on methods for managing the variability of wind power. Click here for full profile>>

Virginia Lacy is a Consultant with the RMI Energy & Resources Team and contributes to projects undertaken by RMI's Built Environment Team. She holds a Master's of Environmental Management from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from the University of Virginia. At RMI, Ms. Lacy consults with utilities, corporations and governments in the development of integrated energy plans and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions strategies. Click here for full profile>>

Natalie Mims, is a Consultant with RMI's Energy & Resources Team. Ms. Mims holds a bachelor’s degree in English and political science from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree in environmental law from Vermont Law School. Ms. Mims joined RMI as an intern in September 2004 and worked intermittently for RMI until 2005 when she became a full time staff member. Click here for full profile>>

Luisa Lombera, Analyst with RMI's Energy & Resources Team. Ms. Lombera received a bachelor’s degree in earth systems and a master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering, both from Stanford University. At RMI, Ms. Lombera has worked with utilities, state governments, and private companies to help reduce their resource consumption and evaluate their environmental risk. Click here for full profile>>

Sam Newman, Analyst with RMI’s Energy & Resources Team, has a background in civil engineering, with B.S. and M.S. degrees from Stanford University. Mr. Newman came to RMI in 2007 through the MAP Sustainable Energy Fellowship program, which funds fellowships in several non-profit organizations. Prior to that, his graduate studies at Stanford focused on alternative energy, green building strategies, and construction project management. Click here for full profile>>

Josh Traube, Analyst, Energy and Resources Team, specializes in process efficiency for industrial clients and computer modeling for electric utilities and RMI research. Click here for full profile>>

Cynthia Knock, Administrative Assistant to the Energy & Resources Team, grew up in Oxford, Ohio, and attended Bowling Green State University, where she majored in English literature and sociology and minored in women's studies. Ms. Knock brings more than 15 years' office management/administrative experience to RMI. Click here for full profile>>

Michael Brylawski, Vice President, MOVE: RMI’s Transportation Innovation Group, is working with Winning the Oil Endgame implementation efforts and the MOVE: RMI's Transportation Innovation Group. View Full Profile>>

Lionel Bony, Senior Consultant, MOVE: RMI's Transportation Innovation Group. Lionel comes to RMI with a strong background in product and project management, market research, competitive and strategic analysis, financial modeling, entrepreneurship, and change management. View Full Profile

Stephanie L. Johns, Analyst, MOVE: RMI’s Transportation Innovation Group. Ms. Johns has a degree in engineering sciences from Dartmouth College with a minor in earth sciences and an ABET-accredited engineering degree from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. View Full Profile>>

Laura Schewel, Consultant, MOVE: RMI’s Transportation Innovation Group. Ms. Schewel recently graduated from Yale University with bachelors’ degrees in environmental engineering and comparative literature.View Full Profile>>

Mike Simpson, Analyst, MOVE: RMI’s Transportation Innovation Group. Mike specializes in transportation system optimization and comes from a background in Aerospace Engineering. View Full Profile>>

Michael Kinsley, a Senior Consultant, co-founded RMI's Economic Renewal program in 1982. He holds a BS in political science from the University of Houston and has taken advanced environmental and governmental management training. As the Institute's senior practitioner of techniques for creating sustainable local economies, he has provided economic development planning, facilitation, and training to communities in forty states and three foreign countries. He is the author of the Economic Renewal Guide (1997)—a distillation of nearly three decades' experience — and several papers addressing community growth issues and sustainable development alternatives. As a Pitkin County (Colorado) Commissioner (1975–85), Mr. Kinsley pioneered programs in affordable housing, environmental and growth management, fiscal efficiency, and economic stability. A former journalist, he co-founded the Western Colorado Congress and a community-based mediation service, for two years chaired the Governor's Health Coordinating Council, and for four years directed the Pitkin County Environmental Task Force. He serves on numerous local committees and organizations. Outside of work, his two passions are kayaking and painting. He has won several local awards for his landscape paintings.

Lionel Bony, Director, Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) and an active member of the MOVE team, comes to RMI with a strong background in product and project management, market research, competitive and strategic analysis, financial modeling, entrepreneurship, and change management. As director of OCS, Lionel manages operations and staff and works closely with Amory Lovins on several research and consulting projects, including the 10xE and Natural Capitalism initiatives and RMI’s military projects. On the MOVE team, Lionel has managed or collaborated on several research and consulting projects focused on vehicle platform efficiency and corporate sustainability strategy. He is currently heading the implementation of Winning the Oil Endgame -- RMI’s strategy to wean the U.S. completely off oil by 2050, led by business for profit. Since joining RMI in August 2006, Lionel has worked on numerous projects, including the launch of a PHEV manufacturer, battery and electric vehicle research, and the identification of non-profit and business opportunities to increase food, energy and waste sustainability in the State of Hawai‘i. He also represents RMI on Wal-Mart's Packaging Value Network and oversees RMI’s clean transportation efforts in India. Originally from France, Lionel is a 2006 graduate of the Harvard Business School (HBS) MBA program. At HBS, Lionel's passion for bringing together business and the environment drew him to become a vice president of the Business and Environment Club and president of the school’s Net Impact chapter. He also launched HBS’s Annual Green Week, a series of events aimed at raising environmental awareness on campus. Prior to joining RMI, Lionel worked at L’Oréal, as a financial analyst in Madrid and a product manager in Paris, and at Conservation International in Bolivia, where he focused on the NGO’s ecotourism strategy and marketing activities. Lionel also holds a masters in marketing and finance from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po).

Bennett Cohen, Special Fellow, Office of the Chief Scientist, is a former Assistant Economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as well as Director of Environmental Markets at ConsumerPowerline, an energy management firm. As an undergraduate, Bennett studied economics at Columbia and Oxford Universities, with a focus on economic history and political economy. At RMI, he works with Mr. Lovins on research and consulting projects, as well as the day-to-day affairs of the Office of the Chief Scientist. In his free time, he enjoys snowboarding, hiking and yoga.

Mary Kent, Executive Assistant to Amory Lovins, strategically manages Dr. Lovins’ rich, tornado-like schedule. She holds an M.A. in International Studies with concentrations in Conflict Resolution, Human Rights and International Law from the University of Denver, a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego, and an A.A. in Holistic Health. Mary previously spent over ten years as a small business owner in Aspen and engages enthusiastically in the valley’s abundant cultural, intellectual and natural activities. She is an avid traveler, has visited 45+ countries, and is passionately committed to human rights and sustainability.

Llewellyn Wells, Vice President Communications and Media, has spent twenty years in the entertainment industry and has been involved in the production of fourteen feature films and five television series. Some of the films that he has worked on include "Bagdad Cafe," "The Grifters," "Dogfight," and "Under Suspicion." The highlight of his television career was working on the acclaimed series "The West Wing." As one of the original producers on the series, Llewellyn is honored to have won five Emmy Awards and two Producers Guild Awards. Leaving Los Angeles in 2006, Wells founded an Internet video production company, GreenFit, with his longtime friend Bob Wilson.



Bob Wilson, Director of Marketing, RMI’s Communications Department, has over thirty years of experience in a variety of growing organizations and start up environments. Prior to RMI, Bob did financial, business plan and new media consulting with a number of startup ventures. Mr. Wilson was co-founder of two international marketing consulting firms competing in the worldwide music, sports and cable television industries. He was a General Manager with Gaylord Digital, a division of Gaylord Entertainment, managing the creation of four web site operations. Bob is also a veteran of advertising media, as he spent nine years managing the Southern California marketing activities for the nation’s largest outdoor advertising company, currently Clear Channel Outdoor, a division of Clear Channel Communications. His staff was responsible for providing marketing and sales direction through strategic planning and market analysis, promotions, product development, research, presentations and creative services. Bob got started in business early, having been raised in a family business; a successful regional food manufacturer in Denver CO. Bob received his B.S. in marketing and finance from the University of Colorado and his MBA from the University of Southern California.


Cameron M. Burns, Senior Editor, received a bachelor's degree in environmental design from the University of Colorado, and has done graduate work in environmental management at Harvard. Mr. Burns is editor of RMI's newsletter RMI Solutions, the Institute's annual report, and he copyedits and contributes to dozens of consulting reports, conference papers, and other RMI publications every month. His articles about RMI's work have been reprinted in magazines, on websites, and in books around the world. He also authors two monthly columns for the Institute: one for Nikkei Ecology magazine, the other for the Aspen Daily News. Outside RMI, he has authored, co-authored, or contributed to nineteen books, and thousands of magazine, newspaper, and journal articles, and has won twenty-six national and regional awards for his writing including the North American Association of Travel Journalists' 2002 "Book of the Year" award. His book Postcards from the Trailer Park: The Secret Lives of Climbers was a finalist in the 2004 Banff Mountain Book Festival and World Mountaineering, which he coauthored, won the Festival's Grand Prize in 1998. Mr. Burns has more than 17 years experience in journalism, and has worked on marketing campaigns and materials for numerous firms, including The North Face, Gregory Mountain Products, Windjammer Cruises, and numerous ski areas.



Cindy Cash, Editor, earned a dual BA degree from Syracuse University in magazine journalism and English/creative writing. Ms. Cash assists other RMI departments on publications management, event production, and general administration. For four years she was a publications specialist with the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder, where she edited manuscripts and coordinated the production of all publications and proposals issued by a research lab and its staff of 120. As vice-president of Xmetrics Inc., she developed business and marketing plans, edited documents, and organized conferences. Ms. Cash has participated in a long list of volunteer projects and programs, notably the Boulder County Victim/Witness Program, Boulder County Safehouse, and CU's Conference on World Affairs. In addition, she serves on the Board of Directors for Voices For Children-CASA.


Cory Lowe, Media and Outreach Manager, has a BA in environmental studies from Middlebury College. Mr. Lowe coordinates RMI's media and outreach efforts, arranges interviews and speaking engagements, tracks media coverage, contributes to RMI publications, and leads RMI’s internal communications efforts. Mr. Lowe came to RMI after living in Vermont and exploring the green mountains. In the Roaring Fork Valley, he participates in the Buddy Program, a local youth mentoring program and enjoys playing outdoors by hiking, biking, and skiing. He also enjoys reading when he has the time, trying to imitate his Italian family’s cooking, and catching up with friends who come through the area.



Maria Stamas, Analyst, Communications Department, creates internet content, runs RMI’s blogging program, and is helping with the redesign of RMI’s website. Currently developing curriculum for business schools and other environmental studies programs, Maria spent the past year updating the text of Natural Capitalism. A graduate from Oberlin College, Maria holds degrees in piano performance and environmental studies. Maria also has experience with farming and transportation policy from the Environmental Law and Policy Center and Chicago’s Center for Tax and Budget Accountability. While at Oberlin, Maria launched the college’s first Green Graduation and assessed the viability of commercial wind power for the school. The latter resulted in a publication for the American Solar Energy Society, “Characterization of Wind Resources in Oberlin, OH for Potential Commercial Wind Power.” In her spare time Maria can be found skiing, biking, practicing yoga, or playing piano.

Jonah Bea-Taylor, Media Specialist. Jonah has a Masters degree in Organizational and Social Psychology from the London School of Economics. His masters research focused on the evolving media coverage of climate change issues. While in London, Jonah was involved in helping create the LSE’s campus sustainability strategy with the student society Oikos International. Before coming to RMI, Jonah worked with Llewellyn Wells on the online media company GreenFit where he learned basic screenwriting and video editing skills. Jonah’s other interests in sustainable development took him to Thailand where he worked with an NGO to help build village-based community environmental organizations. Jonah enjoys photography, especially in the Snowmass mountains.

Douglas G. Laub, J.D. Vice President of Development, brings to RMI a 25-year career in nonprofit fundraising and management with extensive experience in major gift and planned giving, foundation relations and grant-making, volunteer leadership support, strategic planning, event management and philanthropic advisory services for family foundations and donor advised funds. Previous positions include serving as CEO of Partnership for Cures in Chicago; President of Bonfils Blood Center Foundation; Director of Endowments and Gift Planning for Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado; Director of Gift and Estate Planning and Associate Vice President of City of Hope National Medical Center/Beckman Research Institute in Los Angeles; Founder and President of Planned gift Acquisitions, Inc., a nonprofit consulting business; and Director of Planned Giving for National Jewish Medical Center in Denver. Doug received his BA from the University of Rochester, and his J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law. He cofounded the Colorado Planned Giving Roundtable and is a founding member of the National Committee on Planned Giving. He has served on the board of the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center, the Lion’s Club of Denver and the National Pain Foundation. Doug and his wife, Kathleen, have three children ages 18, 16 and 11. He was named by Denver Magazine as one of its “50 Business People to Watch in Denver.” When Doug is not out raising money, he loves to hike, ski, golf, play the saxophone and tennis, which he has taught and played professionally.

Ginni Galicinao, Senior Development Officer, Ms. Galicinao, helped found and leads RMI's National Solutions Council. She is responsible for cultivating and nurturing RMI's major individual donors and foundations. Ms. Galicinao led the effort to bring in and successfully complete RMI's largest matching challenge gift. Ms. Galicinao was also the Celebration Director for RMI25: Celebrating Solutions (www.rmi.org/RMI25), a celebration of RMI's 25 years that included dignitaries such as President William Jefferson Clinton and Thomas Friedman. Her fund-raising experience includes individual donors, foundations, corporations, government, capital campaigns, and employee-giving campaigns. Ms. Galicinao has a BS in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco. She has served as Executive Director of LEAP (a nationally recognized arts and architecture in education program), Vice President with the United Way of the Bay Area, and Development Director for the Aspen Educational Research Foundation. Ms. Galicinao has advised or served on the boards of Aspen/Santa Fe Ballet, the Wilderness Workshop, the Science Outreach Center, the City of Aspen's Nonprofit Review Panel, and the San Francisco Arts Funders Collaborative. In addition to her non-profit experience, Ms. Galicinao is a certified and accredited Executive and Life Coach. Prior to her business career, Ms. Galicinao enjoyed a ten-year career as a professional dancer, performing primarily in New York City, Washington DC, and Colorado. Some of her more familiar roles include Christine in A Chorus Line, Eliza in King and I, dance captain for Jesus Christ Superstar, and most recently, She Loves Me.

Jim Kozel, Senior Development Officer, has a BA in psychology from John Carroll University and an MS in social administration from Case Western Reserve University. Jim is responsible for cultivating relationships between RMI and donors along the Colorado Front Range and across the country. Mr. Kozel began his fundraising career in 1979 with the United Way, and since then has served as major firms director with the Mile High United Way, executive director of the United Way of Medina County, Ohio, director of planned giving at St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, and most recently as a development officer with the Cleveland Institute of Music. Mr. Kozel also spent eight years as an entrepreneur; founding then owning a successful Denver-based bike and ski-tuning shop. Jim is an avid bicyclist and musician. In his spare time he also enjoys building guitars, cedar-strip sea kayaks, and performing.

Justine Nathanson, Development Officer, has a BS in forestry from the University of California at Berkeley. At RMI, Ms. Nathanson is responsible for nurturing and growing RMI donor base along Colorado’s Front Range, and in various other communities around the country. Ms. Nathanson began her fundraising career at the age of eight, when she and a classmate collected unwanted items from around the neighborhood and held a sale that raised more than $700 to create books in Braille for blind children. Since that auspicious beginning, she has worked at ArtReach, Inc., a metro-Denver arts and human service organization, the American Heart Association, Colorado AIDS Project, Project PAVE and, most recently, at The Women’s Foundation of Colorado. During her 20-year career in non-profits, Ms. Nathanson conducted all aspects of fund development including major donor solicitation and cultivation, special events, direct mail, and grant solicitation. One of seven children, Ms. Nathanson grew up camping and exploring the woods of Northern California with her family. She enjoys cooking, hiking, cross-country skiing, and curling up with a really good book on a rainy day. 

Ginny Yang, Development Associate, received a BSE in environmental engineering magna cum laude from Duke University. Her role at RMI is to cultivate relationships with individual donors, manage fundraising mailings, coordinate RMI's participation in Earth Share workplace giving campaigns, and manage the development database. Prior to working in Development, Ms. Yang volunteered at RMI, conducting research on biophilia in hospitals for the Built Environment Team. She also volunteered as a teaching assistant for the semester-long natural capitalism course for graduate students at Beijing University's School of the Environment. While in China, she coauthored a business case study on a boiler manufacturing company that was converting from coal to biomass. It was written for the Guanghua School of Management at Beijing University and the United Nations Global Compact, which is collecting case studies on companies upholding environmental practices. Before moving to Colorado, Ms. Yang worked for Accenture as a consultant for clients such as Nortel Networks, Cadence Design Systems, and Oracle in the San Francisco Bay Area. She enjoys camping, kayaking, snowboarding, and yoga.

Patti Micklin, Development Associate, earned a BS in journalism from Louisiana State University. At RMI, Ms. Micklin conducts prospect research, organizes the logistics for special events, manages RMI’s participation in Earth Share workplace giving campaigns and coordinates development opportunities in congruence with our research and consulting teams’ travels. Ms. Micklin has worked in development and communications for almost 20 years, serving as development director and communications manager at independent k-12 schools and the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce. A post-Katrina New Orleans transplant, Ms. Micklin believes that this tragedy turned into an opportunity for her family, all of whom love the Colorado lifestyle. She enjoys gardening, baking and yoga practice and is an activist for the disabled.

Liz Bauer, Development Administrative Assistant, is a Colorado native who has long been concerned with the protection of the environment. After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado with a BA in geography, she moved west, into the mountains. She is married and is raising her family here in the heart of the Rockies. She has held a number of positions in the skiing industry, including serving as an auditor for the Aspen Skiing Company. Ms. Bauer is a long time volunteer for the Town of Basalt Recreation Department, a volunteer high school softball coach, and she sits on the board of her homeowners' association. She enjoys jogging, camping, hiking, skiing, and family trips. She believes that being able to work for an organization that represents the ideals and beliefs that living in Colorado inspires is a great opportunity.

Ned Harvey, Vice President of Operations, joined RMI in July of 2008 to drive institute-wide improvement in internal and external processes and align those processes to enhance RMI’s mission effectiveness. Ned has over twenty years of experience in diverse business leadership and has tremendous cross-functional skills. He has extensive experience in planning, project finance, business development, marketing, and business planning. Prior to coming to RMI, Ned was the CEO and founder of Cistern Solutions, a Sstrategy consultancy that specialized in assisting large corporations identify new business opportunities and structure development projects in the emerging renewable and clean energy industries. Before founding Cistern, Ned was the president of startup firm Simplicity Energy Farms, an advisory and development company working with ranchers and rural communities to develop their renewable energy resources. Preceding Simplicity, Ned was a ten-year executive at Parson Consulting, a management consulting firm specializing in corporate finance and accounting. 
Before transitioning to the business world, Ned spent eight years as an Officer in the United States Navy, serving aboard Nuclear Submarines and in the Tomahawk Cruise Missile Program Office. Ned holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from University of California at San Diego.

Kathy Appleton, Vice President of Finance, is a former consultant to the non-profit industry. Her strengths include a strong accounting, project management and IT management background. She has also served as Vice President of Finance for Clearbrook located in Chicago, a non-profit. She has been a consultant and auditor for the non-profit sector for over 30 years. She has a wide breath of experience in various types of non-profits including governmental and grant based organizations. She has served on the boards of several non-profit organizations as treasurer and president. She is a graduate of DePaul University. She received her CPA certificate in 1979. A Highlands Ranch resident, Appleton will be based in the Boulder, Colorado office. Ms. Appleton enjoys dancing, hiking and traveling.

Ruthanne Elkins, Accountant, works part time in RMI's Boulder, Colorado office. She graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in environmental design. She lives in Boulder with her husband and new baby. In her free time she enjoys camping, trail riding, and spending time with her family.

Frances Woolley, Bookkeeper, brings thirty years experience in bookkeeping/accounting to RMI, seventeen of which were with the same company. She and her husband moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in 1979 and enjoy hiking/snowshoeing with their German shepherds, mountain biking, kayaking, and listening to the variety of music around the Valley.

David Rothstein, Vice President, Human Resources, has BA and MA degrees from the University of California at Riverside and a PhD from the University of Oregon. David has over 26 years' of experience in operations management, organizational development, and human resource management, holding senior positions as a human resources and organizational development executive with several high technology companies, including Integrated Automation, Convergent Technologies and Unisys Corp. His industry experience includes five years as a human resources executive and five years' directorship positions in organizational and management development. David's consulting work focused on operations management, strategic planning/plan implementation, organization development, and human resource systems. He also evaluated the viability of businesses for asset based-lenders and other investors, and headed up the turn-around management activities for clients in technology, manufacturing, and service businesses ranging in size from $2 million to $40 million in revenues. Prior to his career in private industry David was a university professor and taught courses and conducted research in social psychology, inter-group relations, organizational behavior and employee relations. He has been an adjunct faculty member of the Haas School of Business, and the Extension School at University of California at Berkeley.

Siu Chan, Administrative Assistant, earned a BA in psychology from the University of Illinois. She has more than ten years' experience in human resources and before joining RMI worked in a hospital, a drug treatment program, and an applied art school. Her most memorable experiences have included dressing up as a pirate for a company Halloween party and collecting specimens for a pre-employment drug screening. Ms. Chan is proof that the American dream exists. She emigrated with her family from Hong Kong, grew up on the north side of Chicago (go Cubs!), and now lives happily in Colorado (go Rockies, too!) with her husband and red-haired dog.

Katherine Temple, Administrative Assistant, grew up in Portland, Maine and attended the University of Maine at Orono where she majored in business administration. She has spent the last fifteen years in the restaurant business in Boulder, Colo. Her hobbies include hiking, camping, canoeing, fishing, gardening, and fixing up her new home.

Leslie Albers, Fellow, received a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mathias Bell, Fellow, Energy and Resources Team, holds a B.A. from Carleton College in International Relations with a concentration in Environment and Technological Studies.

Erik Bonnett, Fellow, RMI’s Built Environment Team, received a B.A. in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Prateek Chourdia, Intern, RMI's MOVE Team, received a B.S. in Engineering from University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Sally Dickinson DeLeon, Fellow, RMI’s Built Environment Team, received a B.A. In Biology and Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College and a M.S. In Natural Resource Planning from the University of Vermont.

Mark Gately, Intern, RMI's MOVE Team. With a unique background in computer science and ecological economics, he brings expertise in system dynamics, computer simulation, and computer programming to MOVE’s innovative work.

Eric Harrington, Fellow, RMI’s Built Environment Team, received a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Design with honors from University of Colorado, Boulder.

Betsy Ronan Herzog, Intern, received a B.A. in Comparative Literature and a M.S. in Library Science from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Tripp Hyde, Intern, RMI’s Communications Department, received a dual BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Jeffrey John, Fellow, RMI’s Communication Department, received a B.A. in Rhetoric and Communication Studies from the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia.

Kathleen Luttrell, Fellow, RMI's Built Environment Team, received a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA and is pursuing Masters Degrees in Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Colorado in Denver.

Alok Pradhan, Fellow, MOVE: RMI’s Transportation Innovation Group, received a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a minor in Technology and Management.

Derek Supple, Fellow, RMI's Energy & Resources Team, received a B.S. in Biomedical Systems Engineering from Northwestern University, and a S.M. in Technology and Policy from MIT.

Jennifer Walton, Intern, Communications Department, holds a B.A. in Environmental Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a M.S. in Technical Communication with an emphasis in Sustainability from Colorado State University.

Jenn Wilson, Intern, RMI's MOVE Team, received a BSc in Environmental Geoscience and a BBA in Business Administration from Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada.

Cindy Wu, Fellow, RMI's Energy & Resources Team, received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Music from University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Stanford University.

Robert Bishop, a Senior Adjunct Associate based in New Zealand, is owner and operator of an energy efficiency consulting business, Energy Solutions Ltd., in Wellington. He is a respected energy engineer and has published several books on energy efficiency. His work includes training professional engineers as part of an energy auditing accreditation program. Mr. Bishop is former chairman of the Energy Management Association. Canadian born, Mr. Bishop is a former research scholar at RMI in the United States.

William D. Browning, HAIA, is one of the world's leading practitioners and spokespersons for sustainable building design and real estate development. Mr. Browning had key roles in creating both the U.S. Green Building Council and its LEED™ rating system, and is active on the USGBC Board and LEED committees. He is a partner in a new green development consulting firm, Browning + Bannon LLC, and a principal in Haymount, an extraordinary green new-town development in Virginia. In 1991, Mr. Browning created Green Development Services (GDS), a group within RMI whose purpose is to help to define and promote energy-efficient and environmentally responsive design. Now known as the Built Environment Team, GDS's services were based largely on new thinking about basic real-estate principles that Mr. Browning developed while pursuing his master's degree in real estate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While earning his bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado, Mr. Browning specialized in energy-conscious architecture and resource management. Mr. Browning led the greening of the White House, and has consulted on more than 300 green development projects worldwide. Representative projects include Four Times Square, Wal-Mart, the Pentagon, Monsanto, Lucasfilm, Habitat for Humanity International, U.S. Naval Facilities Command, a speculative office prototype for Hines, and the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Mr. Browning's work has been featured in such publications as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post, and on broadcasts by NPR, CNN, and PBS. He serves on the Board of Greening America, has served as national real estate advisor for The Nature Conservancy, and is on the Interface Eco-Dream Team.

Jonathan Koomey, PhD, is a Senior Fellow with Rocky Mountain Institute. He holds MS and PhD degrees from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California at Berkeley, and an AB, cum laude, in the history of science from Harvard University. Dr. Koomey is a coauthor of RMI's Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs, and Security. He also participated in RMI's Low-Power Data Centers Charrette. Dr. Koomey is on leave from his position as staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a position he has held since 1991. He is author or co-author of seven books and more than one hundred articles and reports on energy efficiency, climate change, and environmental policy. His most recent book is Turning Numbers Into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving. He has lectured at the Central European University in Budapest and University of California, Berkeley. In 2002, he was Visiting Scholar for the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Sydney. Dr. Koomey has served as consultant for the International Energy Agency in Paris. He served on the City of Berkeley Energy Commission for four years. He serves on the editorial board of the journal Contemporary Economic Policy, and has appeared on PBS's Nova/Frontline, CNBC, NPR's All Things Considered, KQED radio, and other broadcast outlets. Dr. Koomey received the 1994 National Research Council award for excellence in transportation research. He practices Aikido, plays classical contrabass, and is an amateur astronomer.

Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn, U.S. Navy, retired, is a Senior Fellow in International Security, at RMI. He is working with RMI CEO Amory Lovins and other policy experts on national security issues. Vice Adm. McGinn is a 1967 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He also attended the Naval War College and the Program for Senior Officials in National Security at Harvard University, and served as a chief of naval operations fellow on the Strategic Studies Group. He is a designated naval aviator, test pilot, and national security strategist. In 1995 Vice Adm. McGinn served as commander, Carrier Group One, responsible for operational training and combat readiness for all Pacific Fleet carrier battle groups. He was assigned as director of the Air Warfare Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in 1996. In 1998, he became commander of the U.S. Third Fleet. Vice Adm. McGinn assumed duties as the deputy chief of naval operations, warfare requirements and programs in 2000.

Dr. Eric Rasmussen, an Adjunct Research Scholar and Consultant, is a Navy physician, an instructor in humanitarian medicine for the United Nations, a medical evaluator for torture victims, and a Principal Investigator for both DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and the National Science Foundation. He has served in nuclear submarines, on aircraft carriers, on the ground in Bosnia and Africa, and as the Fleet Surgeon for the U.S. Navy's Third Fleet. His current focus is medical support to humanitarian operations.

Norman Smith, a Senior Adjunct Associate based in New Zealand, has carried out RMI economic renewal programs with support from the Tindall Foundation and EECA, an organization that applies New Zealand government strategies for energy efficiency. He has established energy management programs at two tertiary institutions and has done research in residential energy efficiency. He has set up residential energy efficiency installation businesses to manifest the economic, social, employment, health and environmental benefits of energy efficiency. Mr. Smith collaborated with RMI for several years before the formal establishment of an RMI presence in New Zealand.

Robert C. Wilkinson, PhD, a Senior Fellow with Rocky Mountain Institute, is also a lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program and in the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. For the past five years he has served as coordinator for the climate impacts assessment of the California Region for the U.S. Global Change Research Program and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy through the National Center for Geographical Information Analysis at UCSB's Department of Geography. Dr. Wilkinson's teaching and research focus is on environmental policy issues, water policy, climate change, and sustainable communities. Dr. Wilkinson consults for corporations, governments, foundations, and non-profit organizations in the United States and internationally on water, energy, environment, and resource issues. He is a founding member of the California Environmental Dialogue, and he was a founding participant in the Aspen Institute's The Environment in the 21st Century. Dr. Wilkinson advises various government agencies, including the California Department of Water Resources on state water planning and the California Energy Commission on climate and energy research. In 1990, Dr. Wilkinson established and directed the Graduate Program in Environmental Science and Policy at the Central European University based in Budapest, Hungary. He has worked extensively in Western Europe and in every country of Central Europe, from Albania to the Baltic States, and throughout the former Soviet Union, including Siberia and Central Asia. He has also worked in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, and China.