My career has been devoted to working with people to reduce their energy burden in the built environment.  In the past fifteen years I have gained experience in building materials waste diversion, natural and conventional building in residential construction, energy auditing and low-income weatherization in Illinois and Oregon, commercial energy auditing and conservation work in Illinois and Oregon, residential project management, and local public and private procurement processes.  My passion for developing energy solutions with real people in mind has been the thread that has carried through my career.  I am a graduate of St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico and am a certified energy manager through the Association of Energy Engineers.

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Some of the most enjoyable work that I have done is finding interesting and engaging ways to educate people in how energy is interwoven into our lives.   It is both gratifying and deepens the effect of our work when we help people understand that our behaviors and the ways that we use power directly affect our health, comfort, pocketbooks, and societal energy waste.  I find that I am only capable of engaging on this level when I too am constantly refining and deepening my own understanding of the work that we do and all its consequences.