Network Members & Public Sector Partners

Energy Action Network (EAN) consists of over 200 active member organizations and public sector partners. Member organizations include nonprofits, utilities, businesses, and institutions of higher education. Public sector partners include local, state, and federal offices and officials. All EAN members share a mission of achieving Vermont’s climate and energy commitments in ways that create a more just, thriving, and sustainable future for Vermonters.

Non-Profits

  • American Institute of Architects Vermont (AIA VT) – Sarah O Donnell, Catherine Lange
  • Associated Industries of Vermont (AIV) – William Sayre
  • Audubon Vermont – David Mears, Margaret Fowle
  • Building Performance Professionals Association of Vermont (BPPA) – Jonathan Dancing, Malcolm Gray, Russ Flanigan, Chuck Reiss, Tom Perry
  • Capstone Community Action – Sue Minter, Paul Zabriskie, Liz Scharf, Sam Hunt
  • Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) – Paul Dragon, Virginie Diambou, Dwight DeCoster
  • Climate Economy Action Center of Addison County – Spencer Putnam, Richard Hopkins, Mike Roy, Steve Maier
  • Community Rides Vermont – Chris Cole, Amanda Carlson
  • Conservation Law Foundation – Elena Mihaly, Chase Whiting
  • Drive Electric Vermont (DEV) – David Roberts
  • Evernorth: Kathy Beyer
  • Fairbanks Museum – Adam Kane
  • Intervale Center – Travis Marcotte
  • Lake Champlain Chamber – Catherine Davis, Tom Torti, Austin Davis
  • Local Motion – Christina Erickson
  • NeighborWorks of Western Vermont (NWWVT) – Heather Starzynski, Melanie Paskevich
  • New England Grassroots Environmental Fund (NEGEF) – Bart Westdijk
  • Northern Forest Center – Rob Riley, Maura Adams, Joe Short
  • Old Spokes Home – Jon Copans
  • Preservation Trust of Vermont – Ben Doyle, Jackson Evans
  • Public Assets Institute – Stephanie Yu
  • Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) – Rich Cowart, Rick Weston, David Farnsworth, Nancy Seidman
  • Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) – Peter Sterling, Jonathan Dowds, Kit Price
  • ReSOURCE Thomas Longstreth, Pam Laser
  • Rights and Democracy – Alison Nihart, Tom Proctor
  • Shelburne Farms – Megan Camp
  • Sustainable Heating Education Outreach –Jeff Rubin
  • Sustainable Montpelier Coalition – Elizabeth Parker
  • Sustainable Woodstock – Michael Caduto, Jenevra Wetmore
  • The Nature Conservancy – Lauren Oates
  • Vermont Adult Learning –David Justice, Kim Rupe-Lennox
  • Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) – Roxanne Vought, Kristin Warner
  • Vermont Center for Independent Living (VCIL) – Peter Johnke
  • Vermont Climate and Health Alliance – Dan Quinlan
  • Vermont Community Thermal Networks – Debbie New
  • Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) – Brian Lowe, Jessica Savage, Laura Cavin Bailey, Jenna Koloski,  Margaret McCoy
  • Vermont Energy and Climate Action Network (VECAN) – Johanna Miller
  • Vermont Energy Education Program (VEEP) – Sophia Donforth, Mariah Keagy
  • Vermont Green Building Network – Jenna Antonino DiMare
  • Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB) – Gus Seelig, Jen Hollar, Craig Peltier
  • Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) – Maura Collins, Chris Flannery, Mia Watson
  • VEIC – Rebecca Foster, Jennifer Wallace-Brodeur, Justine Sears, Alison Donovan, Adam Sherman, Dan Reilly, Damon Lane, Jay Pilliod
  • VT Independent Power Producers Association – Mathew Rubin
  • Vermont Interfaith Power and Light – Ron McGarvey, Richard Hibbert, Sam Swanson
  • Vermont Land Trust (VLT) – Abby White
  • Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT) – Ted Brady, Abby Friedman
  • Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) – Brian Shupe, Johanna Miller, Jamey Fidel, Kati Gallagher, Greta Hasler
  • Vermont Passive House – Chris Clarke Miksic, Paul Sipple, Enrique Bueno
  • Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) – Paul Burns, Ben Edgerly Walsh, Tom Hughes, Jordan Heiden
  • Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) – Ellen Kahler, Janice St Onge, Christine McGowan, Jake Claro, Geoff Robertson
  • Vermont Works for Women Rhoni Basden, Alison Lamagna
  • Vital Communities –  Sarah Brock, Anna Guenther

Businesses

  • 3E Thermal – Randy Drury, Fritz Fay
  • AllEarth Renewables – David Blittersdorf
  • Bee the Change – Mike Kiernan
  • Bourne’s Energy – Peter Bourne, Levi Bourne, Jim Kurrle
  • Black Bear Biodiesel – Jim Malloy
  • Building Energy – Russ Flanigan
  • Built by Newport – Dave Laforce
  • Butternut Mountain Farm – David Marvin, Ira Marvin, Emma Marvin, Ed Fox
  • Casella – Joe Fusco
  • Catalyst Financial – Bob Barton, Marianne Barton
  • Catamount Solar – Kevin McCollister
  • C.T. Donovan Associates, Inc.  – Christine Donovan
  • Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC –  Will Dodge
  • Dynapower – Adam Knudsen, Richard Morin
  • Eco-Equipment Supply, LLC – Steven Wisbaum
  • Encore – Chad Farrell, Phillip Foy, Derek Moretz, Chad Nichols, Kate Desrochers
  • Energy Balance, Inc. – Andy Shapiro
  • Energy Co-op of Vermont – Shelley Navari, Brian Gray
  • Energy Futures Group – Richard Faesy, Chris Neme, Gabrielle Stebbins, Dan Mellinger, David Hill
  • Forward Thinking – Jeff Forward
  • Fresh Tracks Capital – Cairn Cross, Lee Bouyea
  • Grassroots Solar – Bill Laberge
  • Green Lantern Solar – Luke Shullenberger, Bill Miller, David Carpenter
  • KSV – Harrison Grubbs
  • Maclay Architects – Bill Maclay
  • MMR – Justin Johnson
  • Montpelier Construction – Malcolm Gray
  • National Life Group – Charlie Maitland
  • New Leaf Design – Tom Perry
  • Northam Forest Carbon Tim Stout
  • Norwich Solar Technologies – Jim Merriam, Joel Stettenheim, Martha Staskus
  • NRG Systems – Justin Wheating
  • Packetized Energy – Paul Hines, Bonnie Pratt
  • Pellergy – Andy Boutin
  • Pomerleau Real Estate – Ernie Pomerleau
  • Reiss Building and Renovation – Chuck Reiss
  • Saunders | Raubvogel | Hand – Geoff Hand
  • Seventh Generation – Ashley Orgain
  • Stone Environmental, Inc. – Barbara Patterson, Nick Floersch, John Hanzas, Carleigh Cricchi
  • SunCommon – James Moore, Jake Elliott
  • Sunrun – Chris Rauscher
  • Sunwood Biomass – David Frank
  • Tied Branch Clean Energy Consulting Ryan Lamberg
  • Vanesse Hangen Brustlin, Inc (VHB) – Carla Fenner 
  • Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) – Sam Buckley
  • Vermont Energy Contracting & Supply Corp. – Mark Stephenson, Nick Papaseraphim
  • Vermont Wood Pellet Co. – Chris Brooks
  • VSECU – Rob Miller, Laurie Fielder, Simeon Chapin, Lisa LaSante, Valerie Beaudin

Utilities

  • Burlington Electric Department (BED) – Darren Springer, Mike Kanarick, Jennifer Green, Tom Lyle, Chris Burns, Mike Russom, Amber Widmayer, Ita Meno
  • Efficiency Vermont (EVT) – Peter Walke, Kelly Lucci, Jake Marin, Hillary Andrews, Steve Spatz, Laura Capps
  • Green Mountain Power (GMP) – Mari McClure, Liz Miller, Kristin Carlson, Josh Castonguay, Candace Morgan, Kristin Kelly, Maria Fischer, Doug Smith, Chris Cole, Madeline Murray-Clasen
  • Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) – Tom Dunn, Kerrick Johnson, Hantz Presume, Mark Sciarotta, Shana Louiselle
  • Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) – Rebecca Towne, Andrea Cohen, Jake Brown, Cyril Brunner
  • VGS – Neale Lunderville, Dylan Giambatista, Jill Pfenning, Tom Murray, Richard Donnelly, Chris Charuk, Greg Morse, Tim Perrin, Morgan Hood, Andrea McNeil, Jonathan Drovin
  • Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (VPPSA) – Ken Nolan
  • Washington Electric Co-op (WEC) – Louis Porter, Bill Powell

Higher Education

  • Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business – April Salas, Melody Brown Burkins
  • Goddard College – Catherine Lowther
  • Middlebury College – Diane Munroe, Dan Suarez, Jon Isham, Mez Baker-Medard
  • Norwich University – Tara Kulkarni, Michael Cross
  • University of Vermont (UVM) – Jon Erickson, Richard Watts, Amy Seidl, Abby Bleything
  • UVM Extension – Sidney Bosworth, Sarah Tichonuk
  • UVM Gund Institute – Taylor Ricketts, Jeannine Valcour
  • UVM Transportation Research Center (TRC) –  Greg Rowangould, Dana Rowangould
  • UVM Vermont Clean Cities Coalition – Peggy O’Neill-Vivanco
  • Vermont Law and Graduate School – Rod Smolla, Jennifer Rushlow, Dave Celone, Kevin Jones
  • Vermont State University – Pat Moulton

Public Sector Partners

Local

  • Legislators: Vermont’s State Representatives and Senators
  • Town Energy Committees: Town Energy Committees from across Vermont
  • Cities: Burlington (Mayor Miro Weinberger), South Burlington (Paul Conner, Director of Sustainability)

Regional

  • Regional Planning Commissions & Regional Development Corporations – Adam Lougee, Andrew L’Roe (Addison), Peter Gregory (Two Rivers Ottauquechee), Jim Sullivan, Callie Fishburn, Allison Strohl (Bennington County), Melanie Needle, Anne Janda, Charlie Baker, Marshall Distel (Chittenden), Catherine Dimitruck, Linda Blasch (Northwest), Dave Snedeker, Alison Low, Allison Webster (Northern Vermont Development Association), Chris Campany, Colin Bratton (Windham),  Christian Meyer, Sam Lash  (Central Vermont), Adam Grinold (Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation)
  • Green Mountain Transit Regional Transit Authority – Chris Damiani, Jamie Smith
  • Tri-Valley Transit – Mike Riderer

State

  • Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets – Anson Tebbetts, Diane Bothfeld, Alex DePillis
  • Agency of Commerce and Community Development – Lindsay Kurrle, Laura Trieschmann
  • Agency of Natural Resources – Julie Moore, Jane Lazorchak, Ed McNamara, Billy Coster, Collin Smythe, Megan O’Toole, Brian Woods
  • Agency of Transportation – Joe Flynn, Michele Boomhower, Andrea Wright, Patrick Murphy, Ross McDonald, Dan Currier
  • Department of Buildings and General Services – Jennifer Fitch, Brian Sewell
  • Department of Environmental Conservation – Heidi Hales 
  • Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation – Sam Lincoln, Paul Frederick
  • Department of Health – Jared Ulmer
  • Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) – Low Income Weatherization – Sarah Phillips, Geoff Wilcox, Robert Leuchs
  • Department of Labor (DOL) – Mathew Barewicz
  • Public Service Department – June Tierney, TJ Poor, Melissa Bailey, Lou Cecere, Anne Margolis, Andrew Perchlik, Phillip Picotte, Ed Delhagen, Kelly Launder, Claire McIlvennie, Keith Levenson, Adam Jacobs
  • Vermont Public Utility Commission- Anthony Roisman, Riley Allen, Margaret Cheney, Tom Knauer
  • Vermont Center for Geographic Information (VCGI) – John Adams, Tim Terway
  • Vermont State Treasurer – Mike Pieciak, Gavin Boyles, Ashlynn Doyon

Federal

  • Office of Senator Peter Welch – Rebecca Ellis
  • Office of Senator Bernie Sanders – Haley Pero, Ethan Hinch, Camila Thorndike
  • Office of U.S. Representative Becca Balint  
  • USDA Rural Development, VT/NH Office – Sarah Waring, Jon-Michael Muise, Ken Yearman

EAN Core Funders

  • Maverick Lloyd Foundation
  • Sunflower Fund
  • High Meadows Fund
  • Sustainable Future Fund
  • Bonwood Social Investments

To learn more about getting involved, contact EAN.