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D. DICKINSON HENRY JR., Executive Director Mr. Henry joined The Jordan Institute’s staff in January of 2007. He brings a broad background in energy and environmental work to Jordan. Dick served for nine years as President of the Audubon Society of New Hampshire, from 1987 to 1995. From 1995 to 1998 he set up and ran the New Hampshire Electric Utility Restructuring Collaborative, a consortium of low-income, small business and environmental interests that developed the groundwork for a systems benefit charge. That charge now produces $20 million per year for electric energy efficiency implementation and another $12 million for low-income fuel assistance. As a consultant Mr. Henry worked with Public Service of New Hampshire and developed the original idea to convert one 50 Mega Watt coal-fired power plant to wood using fluidized bed combustion. While at Audubon he was a key participant in the implementation of a Selective Catalytic Reduction system to the Bow Power Plant, the first of its kind in the western hemisphere and now a standard for reducing NOx emissions throughout the country. Mr. Henry graduated from Harvard College in 1970 to co-found and become president of the Habitat Institute of the Environment until 1975. He then joined the technical staff at the Massachusetts Audubon Society from 1976-1979 and was a member of the New England Energy Congress. From 1979 to 1984, Mr. Henry directed the Lake Waramaug Task Force that installed the first hypolimnetic withdrawal system in North America to restore that highly eutrophic lake. After his tenure at Audubon and PSNH in the late 1980s and 1990s, Mr. Henry began a commercial enterprise to implement sheep contract grazing to manage invasive and exotic vegetation. Mr. Henry has a thorough knowledge of environmental and energy issues and how they intertwine. He has a strong background working with utilities, regulators, government agencies, business interests, the environmental community, foundations, and private individuals. An innovative and original thinker, Mr. Henry believes that climate change is the greatest challenge we face and that significant improvement in the built environment plays a key role in meeting the climate change challenge.. Dick Henry MAURA ADAMS, Project Manager Maura Adams joined the Jordan Institute in August 2006. She helps municipalities throughout New Hampshire understand their environmental impact and implement cost-effective projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sustain ecological services. She is also a LEED Accredited Professional who assists the High Performance Buildings program. A 2005 graduate of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Maura holds a master's degree in Environmental Management. Her studies and work experience at Yale focused on community forestry, ecological restoration, and land conservation. Other relevant work experience includes environmental writing, education, workshop facilitation, and ecological fieldwork. Maura’s undergraduate degree, in Biological Aspects of Conservation and History, is from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Most recently Maura coordinated an energy reduction program for the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, organizing behavioral change campaigns targeted at the faculty, staff, and students in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Maura Adams PAUL LEVEILLE, High Performance Buildings Coordinator Paul manages the High Performance Buildings program for The Jordan Institute. He works with interested parties to integrate ecological design, energy efficiency, pollution prevention, indoor environmental quality, and community character in site and building design, construction, and operation and maintenance. He is providing consulting services on several LEED projects in the state (www.usgbc.org). Paul is the past Director of Facilities for the Society for the Protection of NH Forests, NH's oldest and largest conservation organization. Among those facilities was the award-winning Conservation Center, a showcase for passive solar design. Paul oversaw lighting upgrades, installation of the largest utility inter-tie solar electric system in NH, and a central woodchip-fired heating system. He also guided the addition of an 11,400 sf state-of-the-art wing that features a super-insulated and air-tight envelope, daylighting, local materials, composting toilets, a full greywater recycling system, non-toxic materials and more. The project was New England’s first LEED certified building and earned a Gold rating. Paul chairs the "Committee on the Environment" of the NH chapter of the American Institute of Architects, otherwise known as the Environmental Guild. The Guild’s mission is "to collaborate individual sustainable design resources into a collective force that can bring about appropriate change." Paul has two degrees in Engineering and in the process of building a passive-solar, super-insulated home, expected to be the first LEED certified home in NH. Paul Leveille Kirk Stone is the Coordinator of the New Hampshire Partnership for High Performance Schools (PHPS), an initiative of The Jordan Institute. His task is to manage the PHPS work in all its aspects: marketing and outreach, technical assistance, policy development, legislative strategy, and professional training. He joins us after many years working in and with New Hampshire’s environmental and energy policy communities. He is most interested in finding ways to move the built environment away from reliance on fossil fuels and toward efficient use of energy produced from renewable resources. Since 1976, Kirk has been involved with a number of non-profit organizations, seeking to educate citizens and their legislators about the economic and environmental value of energy and resource efficiency. He spent eight years as the Environmental Affairs Director at the Audubon Society of New Hampshire, six years as an Energy Program Manager at the NH Governor’s Office of Energy and Community Services, and 18 months on a contract with the Henry P. Kendall Foundation to build viable collaborations in each New England state on high performance school facilities. Over the years, Kirk’s volunteer work has included service on many boards and committees, including the New England Coalition, the Five Rivers Conservation Trust, and the Bow Memorial School Building Committee. Kirk grew up in Spokane, Washington. He graduated with a BA in History from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1970, and then moved east to attend graduate school at Princeton Theological Seminary, receiving an MA in Social Ethics in 1974. He is now at home in Bow, NH, has a daughter in college, and very much enjoys his backyard – with a pony, a miniature donkey, two dogs, two cats, and a lovely year-round stream. He is a frustrated runner and bicyclist, never having enough time to do either adequately, carpentry seeming to have taken over much of his spare time lately. Kirk Stone Jake Altemus comes to the Jordan Institute direct from the construction industry, with 12 years experience in all aspects of residential construction. Much of that time was spent remodeling urban homes in the southeastern United States. He recently completed work on his own home in Chattanooga, TN. That house is now for rent. Jake earned his master's degree from Appalachian State University in 2004. His work focused on energy efficient residential construction. Currently trained as a home energy rater and photovoltaic system installer, he taught courses in photovoltaic systems installation and energy efficient construction at Cleveland State Community College in southeastern Tennessee for the past three years. Jake holds an undergraduate degree in sustainable development from Warren Wilson College. Now living outside of Concord, Jake is adjusting to New England. An avid hiker, biker and climber he is pleased to add backcountry skiing and snowshoeing to his list of outdoor pursuits. He hopes to build a passive solar, energy efficient home in the next two to three years. The Jordan Institute BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROBERT MCLELLAN, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FAAFP: President - Dr. McLellan is an RICHARD DONNELLY Treasurer - Mr. Donnelly is a Senior Vice President at Sovereign Bank. He is based in Manchester, NH. KATHLEEN G. SGAMBATI: Ms. Sgambati is the former Deputy Commissioner of New Hampshire's Department of Health and Human Services and is currently a New Hampshire Senator representing District 4. ROSEMARY M. CARON, PhD, MPH. - Ms. Caron is the UNH Master of Public Health Degree Program director and an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy. She lives in Manchester, NH.
DAVID P. EVANCICH - Mr. Evancich is the Vice President for Public Affairs, Marketing & Planning at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. His prior position was Vice President for Marketing, Membership & Communications for the World Wildlife Fund. He is based in Lebanon, NH. NANCY SERRELL, M.A.- Ms. Serrell is the Associate Director for Outreach at Dartmouth College's Center for Environmental Health Sciences. She is based in Hanover, NH. C. STUART WHITE, JR., AIA - Mr. White is a Principal with Banwell Architects. He also serves on the Advisory Council for the NH Technical Institute, Architectural Engineering Technology Department, and is a past consultant to Brookhaven National Laboratory. He is based in Lebanon, NH. ROBERT WOODWARD, PhD - Dr. Woodward is the Forrest D. McKerley Professor of Health Economics at the University of New Hampshire. He is based in Durham, NH. In Memoriam – In December of 2003, The Jordan Institute lost one of its founding Board members, Nelson Buck Robinson. To celebrate Buck’s life, The Jordan Institute has created the Nelson B. Robinson Award, which was first awarded in September 2004. This award is designed to recognize environmental activism and to promote scientific discovery or entrepreneurial innovation in the field of renewable energy. © 1997-2007 The Jordan Institute, Inc. |