Commission: Member Biographies
The Alliance Commission on National Energy Efficiency Policy (the Commission) includes leaders in energy and environmental policy from the business, government, academic, and nonprofit sectors.
Commission Chairmen
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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), elected to Congress in 2008, has reached across the aisle to revive the economy, support small business, reduce the deficit and champion energy efficiency. As governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006, Warner revived the state’s economy by bringing 135,000 new jobs into Virginia, supporting public education, and turning a record budget deficit into a surplus. |
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Tom King was named National Grid US president in 2007. In 2012 King touted the 20th anniversary of National Grid’s EE program, which collectively cut customers’ electricity bills by more than $2.5 billion. King’s long history in the energy industry includes service as president of Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation, president and CEO of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and senior posts with Kinder Morgan Energy Partners and several Enron affiliates. |
Commission Members
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Director National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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President Environmental Defense Fund |
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President Natural Resources Defense Council |
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President & Founder Opower |
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Executive Vice President of Business Development Lowe’s |
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Senior Vice President, Science & Technology United Technologies Corporation |
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Superintendent Seattle City Light |
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President & CEO American Public Transportation Association |
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General Wesley Clark (Ret.) Chairman & CEO Wesley K. Clark & Associates |
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Former New York Governor George Pataki Chadbourne & Park / Pataki-Cahill Group |
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Managing Director & Global Head of Environmental Finance & Sustainability Citigroup |
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Chief Financial Officer American Water |
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Executive Director Policy Institute for Energy, Environment & the Economy, UC Davis |
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Corporate Energy Manager J.R. Simplot Company |
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Business Group Vice President Dow Building & Construction |
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Managing Principal Analysis Group |
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Senior Vice President & General Counsel CNA |
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Chief Technology Officer Panasonic Corporation North America |
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International Advisory Council |
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Amit Bando Executive Director International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC) |
Dr. Tienan Li Director Center for Industrial Energy Efficiency, China |
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Stefan Buettner Office Manager & Parliamentary Researcher & Advisor to David Torrance, Member of Scottish Parliament |
Ambassador Staffan Tillander Ambassador from the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the Rio_20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development |
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Technical Advisors |
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Henry A. "Hank" Courtright Senior Vice President Electric Power Research Institute |
Dr. Mark Alan Hughes Penn Design & EEB Hub |
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Ron Edelstein Director, Regulatory Affairs Gas Technology Institute |
Steven Nadel Executive Director American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy |
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Bill Fulton Vice President, Policy & Research Smart Growth America |
Dr. Lisa V. Wood Executive Director Innovation Electricity Efficiency An Institute of the Edison Foundation |
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Dr. Paula Gant Vice President, Policy & Planning American Gas Association |
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