Network Members & Public Sector Partners

Energy Action Network (EAN) consists of hundreds of public sector, non-profit, utility, business, and higher education partners working collaboratively toward a mission of achieving Vermont’s climate and energy commitments in ways that create a more just, thriving, and sustainable future.

Non-Profits

  • American Institute of Architects Vermont (AIA VT) – Sarah O’Donnell, Catherine Lange
  • Building Performance Professionals Association of Vermont (BPPA) – Jonathan Dancing, Malcolm Gray, Russ Flanigan, Chuck Reiss, Tom Perry
  • Capstone Community Action – Will Eberle, Liz Scharf, Scott Hall
  • CarShare Vermont – Annie Bourdon
  • Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE) – Gabrielle Stebbins
  • Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) – Paul Dragon, Virginie Diambou, Dwight DeCoster, Pacifique Nsengiyumva
  • Climate Economy Action Center of Addison County (CEAC) – Steve Maier, Mike Roy, Jean Terwilliger, Spencer Putnam, Richard Hopkins, Shannon Bryant
  • Community Rides Vermont / Gopher – Chris Cole, Amanda Carlson, Laura Brooke
  • Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) – Elena Mihaly, Adam Aguirre, Jennifer Rushlow
  • Drive Electric Vermont – David Roberts
  • Evernorth – Kathy Beyer
  • Lake Champlain Chamber – Catherine Davis, Austin Davis, Alex Bunten
  • Local Motion – Christina Erickson, Richard Amore
  • NeighborWorks of Western Vermont – Melanie Paskevich, Ann Lawless
  • New England Grassroots Environmental Fund – Bart Westdijk
  • Northern Forest Center – Rob Riley, Maura Adams, Joe Short
  • Preservation Trust of Vermont – Ben Doyle
  • Public Assets Institute – Stephanie Yu
  • Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) – Richard Cowart, David Farnsworth, Nancy Seidman
  • Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) – Peter Sterling, Jonathan Dowds, Jess Turner
  • ReSOURCE – Thomas Longstreth, Pam Laser
  • Rights and Democracy (RAD) – Alison Nihart, Katy Allen
  • Shelburne Farms – Megan Camp, Rob Hunter
  • Sierra Club Vermont Chapter – Robb Kidd
  • Sustainable Heating Education Outreach – Jeff Rubin
  • Sustainable Woodstock – Jenevra Wetmore
  • The Nature Conservancy – Lauren Oates, Drew Watson
  • Third Act – Beth Sachs
  • Vermont Adult Learning – David Justice
  • Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) – Chelsea Bardot Lewis, Johanna de Graffenreid
  • Vermont Center for Independent Living (VCIL) – Peter Johnke
  • Vermont Climate and Health Alliance – Dan Quinlan
  • Vermont Community Thermal Networks – Debbie New, Susan Smiley, Sally Burrell
  • Vermont Conservation Voters – Dan Fingas, Justin Marsh
  • Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) – Denise Smith, Laura Cavin Bailey, Jessica Savage, Margaret McCoy
  • Vermont Energy and Climate Action Network (VECAN) – Johanna Miller, Jack Pitblado
  • Vermont Energy Education Program (VEEP) – Sophia Donforth, Mariah Keagy
  • Vermont Futures Project – Kevin Chu
  • Vermont Green Building Network – Jenna Antonino DiMare
  • Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB) – Gus Seelig
  • Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) – Maura Collins, Mia Watson
  • VEIC – Rebecca Foster, Jennifer Wallace-Brodeur, Alison Donovan, Adam Sherman, Damon Lane
  • 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) – Lauren Hierl, Johanna Miller, Jamey Fidel, Kati Gallagher, Evelyn Seidner, Alex Connizzo, Jack Pitblado
  • Vermont Outdoor Business Alliance – Kelly Ault
  • 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, Kurt Ericksen
  • Vermont Works for Women – Rhoni Basden
  • Vital Communities –  Anna Guenther

Businesses

  • 3E Thermal – Tim Smith, Fritz Fay
  • AllEarth Renewables – David Blittersdorf, David Mullett
  • Bob the Green Guy – Bob Farnham
  • Bourne’s Energy – Levi Bourne, Jim Kurrle
  • Black Bear Biodiesel – Jim Malloy
  • Building Energy – Russ Flanigan
  • Butternut Mountain Farm – David Marvin, Emma Marvin, Ira Marvin, Ed Fox
  • Catalyst Financial – Bob Barton, Marianne Barton
  • Catamount Solar – Kevin McCollister, Jarred Cobb
  • C.T. Donovan Associates, Inc. – Christine Donovan
  • Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC – Will Dodge
  • EastRise Credit Union – Rob Miller, Laurie Fielder
  • Eco-Equipment Supply – Steven Wisbaum
  • Encore Renewable Energy – Chad Farrell, Phillip Foy, Kate Desrochers
  • Energy Balance, Inc. – Andy Shapiro
  • Energy Co-op of Vermont – Shelley Navari, Rose Friedlander
  • Energy Futures Group (EFG) – Richard Faesy, Chris Neme, David Hill, Dan Mellinger, Zach Tyler
  • Fit Werx – Ian Buchanan
  • Forward Thinking – Jeff Forward
  • Grassroots Solar – Bill Laberge
  • Green Lantern Solar – Luke Shullenberger, Bill Miller, David Carpenter
  • Hunger Mountain Co-op – Mary Mullally
  • Maclay Architects – Bill Maclay
  • MMR – Justin Johnson
  • Montpelier Construction – Malcolm Gray
  • New Leaf Design – Tom Perry
  • Northam Forest Carbon – Tim Stout
  • Norwich Solar Technologies – Jim Merriam, Martha Staskus, Geoff Martin
  • Pellergy – Andy Boutin
  • Pomerleau Real Estate – Ernie Pomerleau
  • Quantified Ventures – Mike Crowley 
  • 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 – Mike McCarthy
  • Sunrun – Chris Rauscher
  • Sunwood Biomass – David Frank
  • Tied Branch Clean Energy Consulting – Ryan Lamberg
  • Vermont Community Loan Fund – Sarah Phillips
  • Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) – Sam Buckley
  • Vermont Energy Contracting & Supply Corp. – Mark Stephenson, Nick Papaseraphim
  • Vermont Wood Pellet Co. – Chris Brooks

Utilities

  • Burlington Electric Department (BED) – Darren Springer, Mike Kanarick, Jennifer Green, Tom Lyle, Chris Burns, James Gibbons, Amber Widmayer, Ita Meno
  • Efficiency Vermont (EVT) – Peter Walke, Kelly Lucci, Will Schwartz, 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, Tianna Smith, Madeline Murray-Clausen
  • Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) – Tom Dunn, Betsy Bloomer, Hantz Presume, Mark Sciarotta, Shana Louiselle
  • Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) – Rebecca Towne, Andrea Cohen, Jake Brown, Cyril Brunner
  • VGS – Neale Lunderville, Dylan Giambatista, Tim Perrin, Morgan Hood, Jill Pfenning, Tom Murray, Richard Donnelly, Greg Morse, Andrea McNeil, Jonathan Drouin
  • Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (VPPSA) – Ken Nolan
  • Washington Electric Co-op (WEC) – Louis Porter, Stephen Knowlton

Higher Education

  • Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business – Melody Brown Burkins
  • Middlebury College – Diane Munroe, Dan Suarez, Jon Isham, Mez Baker-Medard, Claire Tebbs
  • Norwich University – Tara Kulkarni, Michael Cross
  • University of Vermont (UVM) – Jon Erickson, Kathryn Hinkelman, Amy Seidl, Richard Watts, Maureen Hebert, Taylor Ricketts
  • UVM Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships – Patricia Coates, Summer Colley, Kristen Andrews
  • UVM Transportation Research Center (TRC) –  Gregory Rowangould, Dana Rowangould
  • UVM Vermont Clean Communities Coalition – Peggy O’Neill-Vivanco
  • Vermont Law and Graduate School – Rod Smolla, Dave Celone

Public Sector Partners

Local

  • Legislators: Vermont’s State Representatives and Senators
  • Town Energy Committees: Town Energy Committees from across Vermont
  • Cities: Burlington (Alex Bacheller), South Burlington (Bettina Miguez)

Regional

  • Addison County Regional Planning Commission (ACRPC) – Adam Lougee, Jolyon Larson
  • Bennington County Regional Commission (BCRC) – Callie Fishburn, Mark Anders
  • Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission (CVRPC) – Sam Lash
  • Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) – Ann Janda, Melanie Needle, Charlie Baker, Marshall Distel
  • Lamoille County Planning Commission (LCPC) – Victoria Hellwig
  • Mount Ascutney Regional Commission (MARC) – Martha Harrison
  • Northeastern Vermont Development Association (NVDA) – David Snedeker, Allie Webster, Alison Low
  • Northwest Regional Planning Commission (NRPC) – Catherine Dimitruck, Marlena Valenta
  • Rutland Regional Planning Commission (RRPC) – Maggie O’Brien, Jeremy Gildrien
  • Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission (TRORC) – Harry Falconer
  • Windham Regional Commission (WRC) – Chris Campany, Margo Ghia, Colin Bratton
  • Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation – Adam Grinold
  • Green Mountain Transit Regional Transit Authority – Chris Damiani, Jamie Smith
  • Tri-Valley Transit – Mike Riderer

State

  • Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets – Anson Tebbetts, Alex DePillis
  • Agency of Commerce and Community Development – Lindsay Kurrle, Laura Trieschmann, Bronwyn Cooke
  • Agency of Natural Resources – Julie Moore, Jane Lazorchak, Billy Coster, Brian Woods, Marian Wolz, Liz Amler
  • Agency of Transportation – Joe Flynn, Michele Boomhower, Andrea Wright, Patrick Murphy, Collin Smythe, Ross McDonald, Dan Currier
  • Department of Buildings and General Services – Jennifer Fitch, Brian Sewell
  • Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation – Danielle Fitzko, Molly Willard
  • Department of Health – Jared Ulmer
  • Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) – Low Income Weatherization – Geoff Wilcox, Robert Leuchs
  • Department of Labor (DOL) – Jay Ramsay, Mathew Barewicz, Rowan Hawthorne
  • Public Service Department – Kerrick Johnson, TJ Poor, Melissa Bailey, Lou Cecere, Anne Margolis, Andrew Perchlik, Philip Picotte, Kelly Launder, Claire McIlvennie, Keith Levenson, Adam Jacobs, Matthew Bakerpoole, Barry Murphy, Benjamin Bolaski
  • Vermont Public Utility Commission – Ed McNamara, Riley Allen, Margaret Cheney, Tom Knauer
  • Vermont Center for Geographic Information (VCGI) – John Adams, Tim Terway
  • Vermont State Treasurer – Mike Pieciak, Ashlynn Doyon

Federal

  • Office of Senator Peter Welch – Rebecca Ellis
  • Office of Senator Bernie Sanders – Haley Pero, Ethan Hinch
  • Office of U.S. Representative Becca Balint – Thomas Renner, Carolyn Wesley
  • USDA Rural Development, VT/NH Office – Ken Yearman

EAN Core Funders

  • Maverick Lloyd Foundation
  • Sunflower Fund
  • VLITE
  • Vermont Community Foundation
  • Lintilhac Foundation
  • Ruth H. Brown Foundation
  • Bonwood Social Investments

To learn more about getting involved, contact EAN.