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Opening
remarks
Roger Alexander,CEO, Sirius Energy
Solutions, CREC
Chair
 Roger has worked in the RE/EE field for the past
7 years and is currently the founder and CEO of
Sirius Energy Solutions. He has served on the
NCRES board since 2008 and is in his second year
as the Regional Representative to the CRES
board. He has the distinct pleasure of serving
as the CREC Chair for this year's conference.
Roger also serves as a Director of his local
electric co-op, PVREA, and is Vice-President of
the Larimer County Chapter of the Rocky Mountain
Farmer's Union.
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Wade O. Troxell,
Fort Collins City Council, District 4 PhD,
Mechanical Engineering, CSU
 A
lifelong resident of Fort Collins, Wade used to
ride his bike to City Hall to watch his father
on City Council. He served as “Mayor for the
Day” when he was 15 years old. Now he continues
that tradition in serving the citizens of Fort
Collins looking to provide the leadership
necessary that has made Fort Collins the “choice
city.” Wade was elected to City Council in April
2007 representing District 4. Wade and Jean, his
wife of 27 years, have two children; his son is
a freshman at Colorado State University and his
daughter is a junior at Rocky Mountain High
School. He is a proud graduate of Poudre School
District attending Dunn Elementary, Lincoln
Junior High, and Poudre High School. Wade was
named “honor alum” at Poudre High School in
1993.
Wade went to CSU on a
football scholarship majoring in Engineering
Science, was starting offensive center for three
years, and was voted co-captain his senior year.
As a true student athlete Wade went on to earn
his BS, MS and PhD degrees in engineering from
Colorado State University. He was a NATO Post
Doctoral Fellow at Edinburgh University and has
been on the faculty in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering at CSU since 1985.
This past year, he received
Oliver P. Pennock Distinguished Service Awards
recognizing meritorious and outstanding
achievement over a five-year period by members
of the academic faculty at CSU. His research
interests include autonomous robotics,
intelligent control of distributed energy
systems, and the product realization process.
For his professional and academic contributions
to society, Wade was elected a Fellow of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a
recognition bestowed on less than two percent of
ASME members. Also this past year, he received
his second ASME Distinguishing Service Award at
the conclusion of his term as Senior Vice
President of the 120,000 member professional
organization.
Today, Wade is at the heart
of the public-private partnerships that are
bringing the highpaying, clean jobs of the
future to Fort Collins. As Associate Dean for
Research and Economic Development at CSU in the
College of Engineering, he is responsible for
the college’s research, workforce development,
and economic development initiatives. Wade
co-founded the Northern Colorado Clean Energy
Cluster, an economic development partnership
between the university and community leaders in
Northern Colorado to create and promote clean,
renewable energy opportunities that can help
increase the region’s energy independence. He
represents CSU as the institutional coordinator
to the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory.
Being involved since its inception, the
Collaboratory brings together the enormous
capabilities and resources at Colorado’s
research institutions and the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory to provide clean and renewable
energy resources for future generations. Wade
has actually started successful companies and
created high tech jobs in the clean energy
technology sector. Wade has forged ties between
the research laboratories at CSU and the
opportunity to be entrepreneurial in the private
sector in providing solutions that can have a
global impact. Fort Collins is not an island;
issues such as transportation, air quality, land
use, water storage and the overall economic
health of Fort Collins all depend upon regional
solutions and cooperation. We will need to work
cooperatively with our neighboring communities
so we can affect the best long term outcome for
Fort Collins. In partnership with Colorado State
University, Wade sees our future depends on our
ability to create and attract financial
investment and sustainable growth in the clean
energy, health care, environmental, and
information technology industries. These
technology-based industries will be the economic
driver for Fort Collins and Northern Colorado in
the future.
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Steven D. Catanach,
PE, Manager, Fort Collins Utilities Light and
Power
 Steve
Catanach has worked in the electric utility
industry for more than 24 years, and has worked
as an electrical engineer for the past 26 years.
He holds a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico
State University with a focus on power
engineering.
In 1987, he entered
the electric utility business as an Engineer I
with the City of Longmont. In 1997 he was given
an opportunity to start a new municipal utility
for the City of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Las
Cruces was in the process of condemning the
facilities owned by El Paso Electric Company
within the City limits to form a municipal
electric utility. Three years after starting
with the City of Las Cruces, the City and El
Paso Electric reached a settlement agreement.
From Las Cruces, Steve
moved to work for Arizona Public Service Company
in Flagstaff, Arizona. There, he served as
Customer Service and Development Leader. In
2008, seeing the opportunity to rejoin a
municipal utility, Steve was appointed Light and
Power Manager, Fort Collins Utilities. Steve is
responsible for approximately 128 employees who
provide construction, engineering, warehousing,
meter reading, substation construction and
substation operations to supply electrical
service to approximately 57,949 residents and
7,555 businesses and commercial customers within
our city’s boundaries.
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8:30-9:15 AM Session
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Friday Morning Keynote
Local Networks with Global Impact:
Implementing Energy Solutions at Scale
Dr. Bryan D. Willson, Director, Engines and
Energy Conversion Laboratory, Colorado State
University
 Bryan
serves as Director of CSU’s Clean Energy
Supercluster (www.Energy.ColoState.edu). He is
co-founder of Solix Biofuels, which develops
large-scale production systems for algae-based
biofuel and of Envirofit International, a global
company distributing clean energy solutions in
the developing world. He is the founder and
Director of CSU’s Engines and Energy Conversion
Laboratory, a large and diverse energy solutions
laboratory. In June 2009, Scientific American
named him to its inaugural list of the
“Scientific American 10” – ten individuals who
have made significant contributions to “guiding
science to serve humanity” on a global basis; in
August 2009, he was awarded the Maurice
Albertson Medal for Sustainable Development; in
2008 he received the Royal Award for
Sustainability from the governments of Denmark
and Spain. Dr. Willson received his PhD from the
University of Texas. He teaches design, energy,
and sustainable development. He is the Principal
or Co-principal Investigator on over $30 million
in funded energy research and has helped to
raise over $50 million for his companies. He has
funded over 350 graduate and undergraduate
students. He is author or co-author of over 200
journal papers, conference proceedings,
technical reports, and patents and he has worked
in over 40 countries.
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9:30-10:55 AM
SESSIONS
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Combined Tracks:
Local Policy & Initiatives
Global
Technology & Policy Issues
Smart Meter
Fort Collins
Steven D.
Catanach, PE, Manager, Fort Collins
Utilities Light and Power
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FortZED and
CSU
Wade O.
Troxell, Fort Collins City Council,
District 4 PhD, Mechanical Engineering, CSU |
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FortZED
Community Energy Challenge: Raising Awareness
that Encourages Action
Ariana Friedlander,
Director of Outreach, The Atmosphere Conservancy
 Ariana
Friedlander is a creative leader and engaging
speaker. She currently serves as the Director of
Outreach for The Atmosphere Conservancy and as
the Carbon Crusader for the ReDirect Guide. A
graduate of the University of Delaware, Ariana
completed her Master’s in Public Administration
in 2007 and received a BA from Hampshire College
in 2003.
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Local
Technology and Infrastructure Track
Energy Storage Roundtable
Green
Communities: A Methodology
John Lewis, PhD, Senior Scientist, National
Renewable Energy Laboratory
 John
is currently a senior scientist in the Hydrogen
Technologies & Systems Center at NREL. He is
leading the Green Communities task within the
Market Transformation activity of DOE’s Fuel
Cell Technologies Program. Prior to joining
NREL, John was a senior chemical engineer at
IdaTech. At IdaTech, he managed and technically
contributed to multiple projects for the
development of new products and technologies for
reforming various fuels into purified hydrogen
suitable for consumption in fuel cell systems.
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Frank R. Ramirez, CEO, Ice
Energy, Inc.
 Mr.
Ramirez is the CEO and co-founder of Ice Energy
Inc., a Colorado based developer of intelligent
distributed thermal energy storage systems.
Formerly, he founded a Calpine Energy start-up
that developed inside-the-fence energy
solutions, and a boutique investment bank
specializing in complex asset securitizations.
Mr. Ramirez was a principal of Alex Brown &
Sons, and Managing Director of Bear, Stearns and
Co, and began his career as a staff attorney for
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Ramirez received a
B.A. in economics from Stanford University; a JD
from Boalt Hall School of Law, UC, Berkeley; and
an MBA from Stanford University. He serves as a
member of the Board of Governors at Stanford
University and the National Executive Council of
the Boy Scouts of America.
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Preliminary Results
from Xcel Energy's Wind-to-Battery Project
Jim Himelic, Analyst, Xcel Energy
 Jim Himelic
is an analyst with Xcel Energy’s Strategic
Technologies Department. He has worked for the
company since May 2007. Jim is currently working
on the company’s storage demonstration project
at the Solar Technology Acceleration Center (SolarTAC)
in Aurora, CO as well as on other projects under
development. In the past, he was the lead
analyst on the Wind-to-Battery (W2B) project and
the Advanced Wind Instrumentation Project
(AWIP). He is currently pursuing his MBA with an
emphasis in finance from the Leeds School of
Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder
(UCB). Jim graduated with a MS in mechanical
engineering from the UCB in August 2008 and a BS
in mechanical engineering from the University of
Arizona in May 2006. Jim can be reached at
james.b.himelic@xcelenergy.com .
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The Many
Facets of Energy Storage
Dan Zimmerle, SEE BELOW FOR BIO AND PHOTO
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State and National
Technology and Policy Updates
Solar Industry Update
Panel
Jeff Scott
(Moderator), President and Founder of SolSource,
Board Member of CRES, Board Member of Solar
Energy International (SEI)
 Jeff
has been actively involved in the renewable
energy industry since he started his first
renewable energy company in Osaka, Japan in
1996. Currently, his SolSource group is
expanding its product diversity and geographical
range outside of Colorado during these very
dynamic times in the solar industry. Jeff is an
experienced teacher with over seventeen years of
teaching experience to elementary through high
school, additionally teaching university level
in bachelors and masters degree programs. Some
institutions in which he has taught include the
University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado State
University Extension Program for professionals,
and at Solar Energy International in Carbondale.
Jeff is a special guest speaker at multiple
conferences, Rocky Mountain Association of
electrical Engineers, Colorado Association of
School District Energy Managers, Colorado
Renewable Energy Society of which he has served
on the Board for six years and past president of
CRES. Miami University, Oxford Ohio, Bachelor of
Business Administration, double major in
International Marketing and Decision Sciences,
1991Colorado University, Boulder, completed
course work in the Masters of Electrical
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Steven Robbins, PE:
Senior Engineer with the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory in Golden Co.
Currently working to
integrate the various technologies which deposit
and measure photovoltaic materials. Since 1991
working to engineer automated machinery for
electronics, semiconductor and photovoltaic
industries. A registered professional engineer
holding bachelor degrees in mechanical and
electrical engineering and a masters degree in
manufacturing systems engineering.
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Joseph McCabe, PE;
Project Manager, Colorado Renewable Energy
Development Team, SRA International
 Joseph
McCabe is a CRES Founding & Life Member and
Renewable Energy Champion
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Jonathan Miller,
Associate, Colorado Governor’s Energy Office
(GEO) Policy, Regulatory and Outreach Team.
 Jonathan’s
focus is on GEO’s electric and utilities
program. He holds two master’s degrees in
Business Administration (MBA) and Environmental
Studies (MS) from the University of Colorado. In
addition to research on both traditional and
renewable energy, Jonathan has worked for
several companies focused on wind and solar
applications.
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11 – 12:25 PM SESSIONS
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Local Technology and
Infrastructure Track
Feed-in-Tariffs: Fort
Collins' Policy Panel
Katie M. Hoffner
(Moderator), VP Marketing & Strategic Alliances,
Prieto Battery, Inc.
 Katie Hoffner is VP
Marketing & Strategic Alliances at Prieto
Battery, Inc., a start up technology out of CSU.
Katie is also the founder and owner of Respect
Marketing, LLC and has been actively involved in
shaping policy and educating the public about
renewable energy through conference organizing
and consulting.
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Programs to Meet
the State’s Renewable Energy Standard
Steven D. Catanach, PE, Manager, Fort Collins
Utilities Light and Power
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Renewable
Energy for a Sustainable Future: An Introduction
to Feed-in Tariffs (FITs)
Angelina
Pramatarova, Business Development, Wirsol Solar
Colorado, Inc.
 Angelina Pramatarova holds two
Master’s Degrees in European Studies and Finance
from Bulgaria and an MBA in Global Social and
Sustainable Enterprise from Colorado State
University. Prior to joining Wirsol, Angelina
has worked for 5 years for the Bulgarian
Ministry of Economy and Energy as a manager of
programs and projects in the field of energy and
economic development. Currently, at Wirsol
Solar, Angelina is responsible for business
development, marketing and government relations.
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Local Technology and
Infrastructure Track
Emerging Colorado Green
Building Technologies and Zero Energy Buildings
Panel
Andrew Michler (MODERATOR), Northern
Colorado renewable Energy Society)(NCRES)
 Andrew Michler LEED AP is currently the chair of
the Northern Colorado Renewable Society. He owns
Baosol Adaptive building consulting, a
sustainable building consulting company and is a
regular contributor to the green design website
Inhabitat and eVolo Magazine. His writing focus
is on sustainable architecture, technology and
the arts.
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Daylighting Technologies and for Zero Energy
Building
Peter Novak – CEO, Sunflower
Corporation;
James
P. Walsh, MPA, LEED® AP, President, Sunflower
Corporation
 Jim is a Founder of Sunflower
Corporation, whose career as an energy and
resource conservationist seeded the vision that
solar daylighting could enhance our daily
environment and promote energy efficiency. Jim
is a third-generation Coloradoan who believes
that society should accept and utilize nature’s
gifts of free and abundant energy.
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How Code Drives New Building
Technology
Mark Attard, Founder, Chief
Sustainability Officer, LEED® AP, EC
Manufacturing
 Mark Attard, co-founder and
Chief Sustainability Officer – LEED® AP, trained
Passive House specialist and expert in green
building practices with over 20 years experience
as a general contractor and project manager. An
active writer and speaker on sustainable
building practices, he works to build Ec
Manufacturing's leadership position in the green
building market, while maximizing sustainability
in the company’s own manufacturing processes.
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State and National Technology and Policy Updates
Track
Colorado Clean Energy
Cluster (CCEC) Roundtable
Tim Reeser, Executive Director,
Cenergy, CSU’s Clean Energy Commercialization
Arm;
 Mr. Reeser is the Chief Operating
Officer of Cenergy, Colorado State Universities’
Clean Energy Commercialization arm. Mr. Reeser
has a long history of Clean Energy and
Entrepreneurship leadership in Colorado that
started with the Natural Gas Vehicle Challenge
and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Project in CSU's
Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory as a
student in 1990. Following this work, Mr. Reeser
co-founded Engineering Computer Consultants, an
engineering IT services organization that he
grew to $7 million in revenue prior to selling
to 3t Systems. Under Tim’s leadership as a
Partner, 3t Systems, a technology consulting and
software firm grew from $15 million to $35
Million in 3 years. Following his tenure at 3t,
Tim co-founded Lightning Hybrids, a Loveland
Colorado-based clean transportation development
company specializing in hybrid vehicle
technology. Tim is currently leading 2 CSU clean
energy spin outs (Prieto Battery and OptiEnz
Sensors), and building the framework to support
accelerated growth of spinouts out of CSU.
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Todd Miklos, Sr. Director, Utility Solar
Marketing, Advanced Energy Renewables, Inc.
 Based
in Fort Collins, Colorado, Todd Miklos leads
worldwide marketing for Advanced Energy’s
portfolio of Solaron® utility-scale solar
inverters and solutions. Responsibilities span
portfolio strategy, product marketing,
promotions, and alliance management. Mr. Miklos
also serves on the DOE / Fort ZED smart grid
steering committee, and acts as AE liaison to
several renewable energy and academic
organizations, including Colorado State
University. He earned BSEE and MSEE degrees from
The Ohio State University, with post-graduate
studies at Colorado State University and through
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Rocky Scott, Director, Business
Development-Intellectual Property, Woodward
 Mr.
Scott's previous professional experience includes
strategic consulting, community development,
economic development and system engineering. In
addition to serving on the Colorado Clean Energy
Cluster Board, Rocky has serves on the Dean's
Advisory Board for the College of Engineering
at CSU, Colorado Governor's Job Cabinet, and
the Northern Colorado Economic Development
Corporation.
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Ryan Spier, Chief Operations
Officer (COO), Rocky Mountain Innosphere
Ryan and his team help start-up and early stage
companies mature and position for sustainable
success and growth. Prior to joining Rocky
Mountain Innosphere Ryan started, ran and grew
businesses. He’s held executive level positions
with many companies.
In his current
role, Ryan leads the Innosphere team to assist
high-impact entrepreneurs in clean energy,
bioscience and technology. Ryan develops
partnerships with capital fund managers,
investors and bankers to secure seed, early
stage and growth capital for Colorado-based
companies.
Ryan is a retired Master
Mariner who lives in Fort Collins with his wife
and 2 children. When not working, Ryan enjoys
watching his daughter compete in gymnastics,
going on hikes, skiing and the great outdoors.
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Global
Technology & Policy Issues Track
Green
House Gases: Real Effects and Workable Solutions
William J. Parton, Professor & Senior Research
Scientist, CSU
 Bill Parton has spent the last
40 years studying the impacts of human activity
on ecosystems and the environment with a focus
on climatic change research and
atmosphere-biosphere interactions. He was
trained as a meteorologist and has made a career
as an ecosystem ecologist with a primary
research focus on the development of ecosystem
models which predict the impact of human
activity on natural and agricultural ecosystems.
He is a primary author of one of the most widely
used ecosystems models in the world. Dr. Parton
has been a Senior Research Scientist and
Professor at Colorado State University for 34
years.
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12:30 – 1:45 PM
SESSION
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Friday Lunch
Keynote
Climate Change: Science,
Skeptics, Solutions
Chuck Kutscher, PhD, PE,
Principal Engineer/Group Manager, Thermal
Systems Electricity, Resources, & Building
Systems Integration National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL)
 Dr. Kutscher is a Principal
Engineer and Manager of the Thermal Systems
Group at the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory in Golden, Colorado (www.nrel.gov).
He is a Past Chair and a Fellow of the American
Solar Energy Society (ASES), and he led the
production of the 200-page ASES report, Tackling
Climate Change in the U.S. (available at
www.ases.org/climatechange), which details how
energy efficiency and six renewable technologies
can greatly reduce U.S carbon emissions by 2030.
He is an adjunct professor at the University of
Colorado at Boulder (UCB), where he developed
the course "Climate Change Solutions" and is a
Founding Fellow of the UCB Renewable and
Sustainable Energy Institute. Dr. Kutscher
writes a column about addressing climate change
for SOLAR TODAY magazine (www.solartoday.org).
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2:00–2:55 PM
SESSIONS
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Local Policy &
Initiatives Track
Local Efficiency Programs
Roundtable
Making the Case for
Operational Efficiency
Kathy Collier, Program Manager, City of Fort
Collins Climate Wise Program;
 Kathy Collier and her group develop
partnerships within the community, work on tools
and resources for business partners, coordinate
education, events, marketing and materials,
grants and maintain the public relations
campaign for the program. During 2009, the
program was awarded Outstanding Achievement in
Local Government Innovation from the Alliance
for Innovation. The program is also a Top 50
Innovative Government Program as recognized by
Harvard University. Ms. Collier graduated from
Purdue University with a B.S. in Management,
Marketing and Statistical Analysis. She is Green
Building Certified through Colorado State
University and a LEED Accredited Professional.
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Matthew Gibbs,
Environmental Technical Specialist, City of Fort
Collins Climate Wise Program
 Matthew's previous experience includes work as a
Sustainable Operations Professional and Social
Scientist with the USDA Forest Service, Graduate
Teaching and Research Assistant with the
University of Colorado Denver as well as serving
in the Peace Corps. Matt's work has focused on
organizational environmental footprint creation,
greenhouse gas quantification and tracking, and
implementing carbon reduction strategies. He has
a BBA in finance from the University of Iowa and
a Masters in Social Science from the University
of Colorado Denver.
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A Comprehensive Approach to Improve
Community Efficiency
John Phelan, PE, Energy
Services Manager, Fort Collins Utilities
 John Phelan is the Energy Services Manager for
Fort Collins Utilities, leading the team that
provides energy efficiency, conservation, load
management and renewable energy services. His
responsibilities include planning,
implementation and evaluation of the Utility’s
energy policy and related programs. He assists
residential, commercial and industrial customers
in using energy more efficiently, while
supporting the City’s renewable energy, green
building, climate and sustainability
initiatives. Mr. Phelan has a long history of
association with related fields of energy
efficiency, engineering and architecture. Prior
to working for Fort Collins Utilities, he led
the sustainable design and commissioning teams
at a leading consulting firm in Boulder,
Colorado. He has a Masters Degree in Civil
Engineering from the University of Colorado
Boulder and a Bachelor of Science in
Conservation of Natural Resources from the
University of California Berkeley. Mr. Phelan is
a registered professional engineer in the state
of Colorado.
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Local
Technology and Infrastructure Track
Leveraging CSU Laboratories, Programs, and
Students to Innovate New Clean Energy
Technologies
Tim Reeser, Executive Director,
Cenergy, CSU’s Clean Energy Commercialization
Arm
Morgan DeFoort, Research Scientist,
Mechanical Engineering, CSU
 Dr.
Morgan DeFoort is Co-Director of the Engines and
Energy Conversion Laboratory (EECL) in the
Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado
State University. Through his activities at the
EECL Morgan has been involved in tech transfer
(spinning out 2 companies from the laboratory -
Envirofit International and Solix Biofuels),
business development, and R&D management (over
$10 million). He received his B.A in Physics
from Hastings College and his Ph.D. in Mechanical
Engineering from Colorado State University.
Morgan has worked in varied energy R&D
applications including exhaust after-treatment
for natural gas pipeline compressor engines,
advanced ignition systems for distributed
generation, 2nd generation bio-fuels, biomass
combustion, and technology for sustainable
development. He also serves as Co-Director of
the Global Innovation Center for Energy,
Environment, and Health a joint program of the
College of Engineering and College of Business
to develop and disseminate technology solutions
to improve the human condition.
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State and National Technology
and Policy Updates Track
Wind Power: A $4
Billon Colorado Opportunity
Larry
Flowers, Deputy Director, Distributed &
Community Wind, American Wind Energy Association
 Mr.
Flowers has been the Deputy Director,
distributed and community wind for the American
Wind Energy Association (AWEA) since Jan 2011.
Prior to AWEA he held various management
positions at the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory since 1980, including more than 20
years as a team leader and principal project
manager at NREL’s National Wind Technology
Center in Boulder, Colorado. His major
contributions included National Technical
Director of Wind Powering America, founder of
the Wind for Schools program, leader of the
Wind-Water Nexus project, and team leader of
NREL’s international Village Power program and
the NWTC’s hybrid systems technology project.
Prior to the NWTC, he led programs and projects
in NREL’s business development, buildings
sciences, utility systems, solar thermal, and
industrial applications. He has an MBA from the
University of Denver and a BS in metallurgical
engineering and materials sciences from Lehigh
University. He enjoys fly-fishing and whitewater
rafting in the Rockies.
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Global Technology & Policy Issues Track
Local Players Working Globally Roundtable
Networking with Local Community Organizations on
Worldwide Efforts
Dave Stewart, PhD, PE,
Board Chairman, Engineers Without Borders;
President & CEO, Stewart Environmental
Consultants, LLC
 Dr. Stewart is currently the
Chairman of the Board of Engineers Without
Borders USA (EWP—USA). Dr. Stewart has been
involved with EWB-USA since 2004. Dubbed the
“Blueprint Brigade,” by Time Magazine, EWB-USA
grew from little more than a handful of members
in 2002 to over 12,000 today. EWB-USA has over
350projects in over 45 developing countries
around the world. These projects are completed
in partnership with local communities and NGOs.
EWB-USA helps create a more stable and
prosperous world by addressing people's basic
human needs by providing necessities such as
clean water, power, sanitation, and education.
EWB-USA’s strength comes from over 250 dedicated
chapters, including university chapters on 180
campuses in the U.S. Dr. Stewart received his
BS, MBA, and PhD from CSU in Environmental
Engineering. He received his MS in environmental
engineering from the University of Arizona. Dr.
Stewart is also an adjunct facility member at
CSU and teaches industrial wastewater treatment
and hazardous waste treatment and management.
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Benefits, Global Scale
Alan Campbell CSCP,
C.P.M., CSCM, Director - Global Supply Chain Envirofit
 Mr. Campbell manages the supply
chains for all product life cycle phases. He is
responsible for the planning, procurement, and
logistics functions. His responsibilities also
include strategic sourcing, cost management,
supplier and product quality, and assurance of
supply. Mr. Campbell's professional
experience includes more than 20 years managing
supply chains in the high-tech electronics and
biopharmaceutical industries. He has developed
and led high performing teams to design and
manage complex supply chains successfully,
optimizing assets and costs while significantly
reducing risk. He is professionally certified by
the Association for Operations Management (CPIM
and CSCP), Institute for Supply Management
(C.P.M.), and International Supply Chain
Education Alliance (CSCM). Mr. Campbell has been
an officer and director of APICS Northern
Colorado, and serves as an instructor to help
supply chain professionals develop their skills.
He earned an MBA from Arizona State University
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Make a Friend…Make
a Difference: Renewable Energy Stories from
Around the Globe
Matthew
Harris, Solar Energy International
 Matthew Harris is SEI's
Facilities Visionary responsible for the
prosperous evolution of the SEI Renewable Energy
Education Center & PV Lab Facility, a seven acre
campus in Paonia, CO. which provides a diverse
and enriching forum for participants to engage
and learn in. The SEI campus is grounded in
nature and contemplative practice, and is
dedicated to promoting ecological competence,
and nurturing cooperation and creative dialogue
among diverse people. Matthew's background is in
Architectural design and natural building. His
work around the globe in these areas has shared
a vision of a built environment focusing on
regenerative, restorative design strategies. He
serves as a board member for the High Desert
Center for Sustainable Studies which provides a
unique college-level program that tackles the
real-life challenges of sustainability by
empowering students to live sustainable lives
and contribute to a sustainable world. Matthew
loves to play in the mud and is highly allergic
to straw but never-the-less continues to share
his passion for natural building. |
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Sustainable Venture
Summaries
Carl Hammerdorfer,
Director, Global Social & Sustainable Enterprise
MBA & Executive Director, Center for Advancement
of Sustainable Enterprise, CSU |
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Local Policy &
Initiatives Track
Colorado Water Resources
and Renewable Energy Roundtable
Water /
Energy Nexus - Connecting the Dots Locally
R.
Forbes Guthrie, VP of Marketing &
Commercialization Stewart Environmental Consultants,
Inc.
Josh Birks, Ft Collins
City
 Mr. Guthrie is Vice President of Stewart
Environmental Consultants and CEO of Stewart
Energy. He currently leads the strategic
direction of the company as well as the business
unit specializing in engineering solutions for
the water and energy markets. He has over 20
years of experience in applied environmental
technology commercialization. Mr. Guthrie
actively volunteers on various professional
environmental committees including Founding
Chair of Colorado Water Innovation Cluster,
FortZed, ACEC Sustainable Engineering, Colorado
Cleantech Steering Committee and is an advisor
on regional renewable energy initiatives.
Through Mr. Guthrie’s efforts, Stewart
Environmental has been awarded several renewable
energy grants focused on biomass and sustainable
business practices. A few examples of his team’s
recent work include the economic and technical
analysis for the feasibility of centralized
anaerobic digestion of disparate feedstock, the
provisional patent of a highly efficient method
of direct conversion of free fatty acids to
biodiesel, commercialization of a two-stage
anaerobic digestion process, commercialization
of a wastewater treatment process using
single-cell algae in place of mechanical
aerators and the commercialization of a patented
method for the production and legal
appropriation of new water from oil and CBM
wells. Mr. Guthrie believes that the world’s
issues must be viewed and solved as a system.
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The
Challenge and Opportunity of Small Hydroelectric
Power
Dan Zimmerle, Adjunct Professor and
Power Systems R&D Manager, Engines and Energy
Conversion Laboratory, CSU
 Daniel Zimmerle is
an Adjunct Professor at Colorado State
University and Power Systems R&D Manager at the
Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory. His
research concentrates on microgrids and the
development, integration and field assessment of
distributed, renewable, and waste-heat
electrical generation systems. Prior to CSU, Mr.
Zimmerle served as the Chief Operating Officer
at Spirae, Inc. (a smart grid controls company)
and has 20 years of experience at Hewlett
Packard and Agilent Technologies including
experience as both a division general manager
and R&D manager in several businesses.
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Local Technology and Infrastructure
Track
Smart Grid Advancement Roundtable
Smart Grid Innovation Center at Colorado State
University (CSU)
Wade Troxell, Associate
Dean for Research & Economic Development,
College of Engineering, CSU (See
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Increasing
Renewable Energy Penetration Levels: The Smart
Grid in Action
Bill Becker
Director of Business Development, Spirae
 Bill
joined Spirae in the summer of 2010 after 24
years at Woodward Governor, primarily in control
technology for turbine power generation
equipment, focusing on Sales and Product
Marketing roles in recent years. Bill began his
career in field service, moving to controls
application engineering, and then engineering
management, including five years at Woodward’s
facility in The Netherlands. Bill received his
BS degree in Electrical Engineering from
Colorado State University.
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New
Technology for Third Generation Smart Grids
Ken Wilson, Deputy Mayor, Boulder, CO; Smart
Grid Consultant
 Ken Wilson was elected to
Boulder City Council in 2007 and appointed
Deputy Mayor in 2009. As a council member Ken
specializes in renewable energy, smart grid and
environmental issues as well as the normal
legislative issues challenges in running a city.
Ken is a career engineer, spending eighteen
years in telecommunications at Bell Labs and the
the last twelve years as an engineering
consultant in telecom, renewables and smart
grid. He currently does business development,
legislative and regulatory work for several
companies. Education: MS in Electrical
Engineering, University of Illinois; BS in
Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State
University.
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Adaptive
Grids
Glenn Booth, VP, Marketing, Energy
Corporation
 Glenn has over 26 years
experience in marketing, sales and engineering
roles with communications and renewable energy
companies. Glenn’s most recent role was as Vice
President of Marketing for Cool Energy, a
renewable energy company specializing in smart
grid, Stirling engines and Combined Heat and
Power systems. Previously he was Vice President
for the Rajant Corporation, a wireless
communications company. Glenn holds a BSEE from
the University of Colorado and began his career
as a design engineer at Boeing.
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State and National Technology and Policy Updates
Track
Small Hydro Update for Colorado and the
US
Kurt Johnson, Principal, Telluride Energy
LLC
Kurt Johnson is Principal of Telluride
Energy, a consultancy and developer of small
hydro projects for commercial, government, and
utility clients. Prior to founding Telluride
Energy in 2008, Kurt worked as Director of
Business Development at Recurrent Energy, a San
Francisco-based company providing financing and
installation of photovoltaics for large
commercial and utility customers. Kurt also
worked as a renewable energy specialist for the
California Public Utilities Commission, where he
developed a performance based incentive
structure for the California Solar Initiative.
Kurt also worked for many years in Washington,
DC for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
where he founded and spent many years managing
EPA's renewable energy program. Kurt has
completed training in small hydro through Solar
Energy International and holds an MS in
environmental sciences from Johns Hopkins
University and a BA and an MA from Stanford
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Global Technology &
Policy Issues Track
Extreme High-Performance
Building Conservation, A Passive House Primer
Cody Farmer MCM, Passive House Consultant, MainStream Corporation
 A business graduate of
the University of Northern Colorado’s Monfort
College of Business, and recent Master’s of
Science in Construction Management, Sustainable
Building at Colorado State University in
December 2010. Cody is the Vice President of
MainStream Corporation, a construction
management, and consulting company focused on
energy efficient real estate
improvements/new-builds, Passive House Design,
and proven green building practices. In addition
Cody also produces and delivers the Institute
for the Built Environment’s online Green
Building certification program. Founding member
of Rocky Mountain Passive House.
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Mark Benjamin PE Crown
Jade Engineering
 Mark Benjamin, P.E., M.ASCE,
is president and principal engineer for Crown
Jade Design
and Engineering, Inc., a
structural engineering firm specializing in
green/sustainable housing design; His son
David, VP of Drafting, has worked with him to
produce all the architectural and structural
plans necessary to obtain a building permit
and build a new green/sustainable home. Mark
Benjamin has a lifetime of experience in
energy efficiency, including home insulation,
solar energy system installations, high
efficiency home construction, and energy
retrofits. Founding member of Rocky Mountain
Passive House.
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4:00–4:55 PM
SESSIONS |
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Local Policy &
Initiatives Track
Innovative Rural Energy
Programs Roundtable
Innovative Rural Energy
Programs
Myles L. Jensen, Member Services &
External Affairs Manager, PVREA (Thirty two
years in the electric utility industry)
 Myles
is currently serving as the Member Services &
External Affairs Manager for Poudre Valley REA –
5 years. Myles’ current responsibilities
include; Advertising/marketing, Communications,
Energy auditing/efficiency and conservation,
Economic development, External
Affairs/Government Relations, Key Accounts,
Public relations and Rebating/Incentive
programs. Prior to his current position,
Myles was the Key Account Representative @ PVREA
– 5 years. Served worked with commercial and
industrial consumers. Before moving to
Colorado in 2001, Myles was the Member
Service/Key Account Manager @ Nodak Electric
Cooperative in Grand Forks, ND from 1994 to
2001. His duties there are very similar
responsibilities to those previously mentioned. Myles started out his utility industry
career as a Member Service Representative @
Nodak Electric Cooperative from 1979 to 1994,
and was a certified home energy auditor and
conducted in excess of 400 residential energy
audits. Myles received his Associates Degree
in Electrical Technology from North Dakota State
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Rocky Mountain Farmers
Union: Turning Consumers into Producers
Bill Midcap,
Director of Renewable Energy, Rocky Mountain
Farmers Union
 Bill joined Rocky Mountain
Farmers Union as the Cooperative Specialist in
May of 2008. He became the Director of Renewable
Energy at RMFU in April of 2009. His work at
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union allows him to
provide information to rural families on a
variety of issues, including energy
efficiencies, renewable energy and the
environment.
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CSU Extension’s Ag Energy Programs
Cary
Weiner, Clean Energy Specialist, Colorado State
University Extension
 Cary
Weiner is Clean Energy Specialist for Colorado
State University Extension where he develops and
leads energy education efforts across the state.
His previous experience includes work as:
Renewable Energy Planner for the City of Santa
Fe, New Mexico; Budget and Policy Analyst for
the New Mexico Department of Finance and
Administration; and Environmental Educator in
New York and New Mexico. Cary, his wife, and two
young daughters are enjoying their new life in
Fort Collins.
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USDA Funding Opportunities &
Technical Assistance
April Dahlager,
Director, Business and Cooperative Programs,
Rural Development, USDA
 April Dahlager was
selected as the Director for Business and
Cooperative Programs for USDA Rural Development
in February 2010. Prior to her selection as
Director, Dahlager worked as a Loan Specialist
and Energy Program Coordinator in the Lakewood
State Office for USDA Rural Development. As
program Director, Dahlager works with rural
communities across the state on programs such as
the Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan
Program, Cooperative Development Programs and
the Renewable Energy for America Programs.
Dahlager has 15 years experience with the
Federal Government and is a graduate of Regis
University
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Local
Technology and Infrastructure Track
Local
Clean Energy Projects (Renewable and Distributed
Systems Integration) Roundtable
Smart Grid
Technology & Peak Energy Management
Craig
Skinner, New Belgium Brewery Company
 Craig
Skinner has been with New Belgium since 2007. He
is a member of the engineering design team,
which is responsible for many brewing technology
innovations as well as some remarkable energy
efficiency and water saving ideas at the
brewery. Craig has 10 years of experience in
engineering and project management in the
brewing and beverage industry. He has a Bachelor
of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from
the University of Wyoming.
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Approaching Light Speed: From 0 to
5.5 MW
Carol J. Dollard, PE, LEED® AP, Energy
Engineer, CSU Solar Array
 Carol Dollard
is an Energy Engineer in charge of energy
efficiency and renewable energy programs for
Colorado State University. In addition, she is
an adjunct professor in the Construction
Management Department where she teaches building
mechanical systems and green building. Her work
experience includes solar energy research and
applications, greenhouse gas accounting, energy
and water conservation, green buildings, and
utility systems. Carol is a licensed
Professional Engineer, and a LEED AP. |
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State and National
Technology and Policy Updates Track
Connecting Colorado’s Renewable Resources to the
Markets
Morey Wolfson, Senior Transmission
Policy Advisor, Colorado Governor’s Energy
Office
 Morey Wolfson serves as Colorado
Governor John Hickenlooper’s Energy Office’s
Senior Transmission Policy Advisor. He recently
authored a major report on Colorado’s electric
power sector, the Strategic Transmission and
Renewables (STAR). His work focuses on
researching, writing, and advocating for
policies that lead to strategic investments in
low-emissions demand and supply side electric
resources. Prior to four years of service at the
GEO, he worked at NREL and the Colorado PUC. He
earned his Masters Degree in Urban and Regional
Planning/Community Development in the College of
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Global Technology & Policy Issues Track
Developing Countries and Energy Development
Roundtable
Size and Scale Clean Technology
Businesses in Developing Countries.
Mike
Callahan, Co-Founder, Power Mundo
 Michael
Callahan earned a BS in civil engineering and a
MSBA in sustainable business. He has studied in
Venezuela, and Spain and has helped design and
manage energy projects in five West African
countries over a period of four years. Following
his work in Africa, Mike managed teams of
contractors, engineers, and architects to build
multi-million dollar construction projects,
including the first award winning Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
recreation center in Colorado. At that time Mike
became a LEED accredited professional and a
licensed professional engineer. As a Sr. project
leader at the National Renewable Energy Lab,
Mike supports energy efficiency and renewable
energy project development and finance
internationally and in the US. Under the Energy
and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA),
Mike is leading the US Department of Energy’s
technical assistance for the Peruvian Ministry
of Energy and Mines to help establish the
Peruvian Office of Energy Efficiency. Also under
ECPA, Mike is supporting the Peace Corps Energy
Poverty Alleviation Initiative in Latin America.
Finally, Mike is the cofounder of PowerMundo, a
social enterprise operating in Peru to improve
people’s lives and conserve nature through the
deployment of renewable energy technologies.
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Sustainable Community Based Energy Solutions
Stuart Conway, Founder & International Director,
Trees, Water & People
 Stuart Conway is the
cofounder and International Director of Trees,
Water & People (TWP), an award-winning
Colorado-based nonprofit organization with the
mission to improve people’s lives by helping
communities to protect, conserve and manage the
natural resources upon which their long-term
well-being depends. His lifelong dedication to
helping people and the planet has received
significant recognition over the years. Most
recently, Stuart was honored with 2010 Sargent
Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian
Service, presented by the National Peace Corps
Association, and the Garden Club of America’s
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Scale and Challenges of
Energy Transition for Emerging Economies
Probir Ghosh, President & CEO, invVEST
 Probir
Ghosh is well-recognized for his extensive work
on Sustainable Energy Initiatives and improving
energy utilization across various industry
sectors. He has an in-depth knowledge of global
energy dynamics and has benchmarked various
countries sustainability accomplishments & best
practices, particularly USA, EU, China and
India. Probir is unwavering in his belief that
while averting an unprecedented global crisis
from oncoming fossil fuel shortages & climate
change, countries that lead clean sustainable
energy initiatives will emerge as global leaders
while creating sustainable & prosperous
environment for future generations. Probir’s
ability to analyze & visualize the “big energy
picture” and translate it into actionable
deployment plans at operational level is
extraordinary. His persuasive collaborative
efforts with for-profit & non-profit
organizations, government & NGOs, is leading to
many joint initiatives for energy transition
efforts, particularly between USA and India.
India’s energy related investment in the next
twenty years will be more than four Trillion
dollars to support its aspired 9%+ GDP growth
rate. invVEST and its extensive networked
partners can help US based entities generate
business in one of the world’s largest emerging
energy markets. Probir co-founded VSNI and B2K
Corp Pvt. Ltd (a technical support services
company referenced in Thomas Friedman’s “The
World is Flat”). Prior to this, Probir worked as
an advisor to the COO/CEO for StorageTek, where
he did ground breaking transformation work in
Creating Core Competencies & identifying
Strategic New Markets for the company. Probir
started his career with Thermax Pvt. Ltd, a
premier energy solutions company. Probir has
over twenty five years of relevant experience
through his work with high tech companies in the
US and India. Probir has a B.Tech from IIT,
Kharagpur in Chemical Engineering and an MBA
from University of Denver as well as Executive
Management Programs in IIMA, Wharton, Stanford &
Caltech. Probir is on the TiE SIG-SEI Committee
and has chaired PAN-IIT’s Renewable Energy
Forum.
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The Critical Role of an
International Framework for Energy Development
Alexis Halbert, VP of the Paonia, CO, Chamber of
Commerce; Researcher on New Models of Economic
and Energy Development
 Alexis Halbert
recently moved to the Western Slope of Colorado
from California where she worked as the
coordinator for the International Forum on
Globalization’s program on international
technology transfer. Halbert has a degree in
International Development and Natural Resource
Ecology and Management from the University of
Michigan, as well as a certification in Project
Management from San Francisco State University.
She currently resides in Paonia, where she
serves as Vice-President of the Chamber of
Commerce and conducts research on new models of
economic and energy development.
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AWARDS DINNER
Awards Dinner
Keynotes
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The Honorable
Claudine Schneider, Former U.S. Congresswoman
(R.I.), Corporate & Government Consultant
Your Role
in the New Energy Economy
 Claudine
Schneider continues to add accomplishments that
serve society to her resume. From 1980 to 1990,
she served in the U.S. Congress. As an energy
and environmental leader, she passed the first
Appliance Efficiency Standards (that then became
the Energy Star Program), The Least Cost Utility
Planning Act, and the International Treaty on
Biodiversity. In 1988, she authored the Global
Warming Prevention Act. Upon leaving Congress,
she taught leadership at Harvard. Ms. Schneider
then co-founded a successful energy business
that flourished in Central America. As an
independent consultant, advisor to the
Export/Import Bank, and Board Advisor to
National Grid, she continues to lead our
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Dr. Anthony A. Frank,
Fourteenth President of Colorado State
University (CSU)
Colorado State University: Leading Innovation in
Renewable Energy
 Heading one of the nation’s
leading public research universities with more
than 25,000 students and more than $300 million
in annual research activity, Dr. Frank is a
strong believer in public higher education and
the land-grant mission to create access and
opportunity for all citizens. He has held
leadership roles at CSU for more than 17 years,
including four years as Provost and Senior Vice
President, prior to his appointment as president
in 2009. Dr. Frank earned his B.S. in biology
from Wartburg College and his Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine from the University of
Illinois. He completed a PhD and residencies in
pathology and toxicology at Purdue University.
He served on the faculty at Oregon State
University before joining CSU in 1993, where he
served as chairman of the Department of
Pathology and Associate Dean for Research in the
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences. He also has served as CSU’s Vice
President for Research. He is a member of the
Fort Collins Rotary Club.
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Ron Binz, Former Chair
Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC),
Public Policy Consulting
How to Keep Colorado a
Renewable Energy Leader
 Ron Binz was
Chairman of the PUC from 2007 until 2011. As
Chair, he assisted Governor Bill Ritter in
bringing forward Colorado’s “New Energy
Economy.” Ron served as Chair of the Task Force
on Climate Policy for the National Association
of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. He is a
member of the Harvard Electricity Policy Group
and the Keystone Energy Board. From 1984 to
1995, Ron was Colorado’s Consumer Counsel,
representing consumers before the PUC and
federal regulatory agencies. Mr. Binz has
testified before Congressional committees
fifteen times. He holds a BA in Philosophy and
an MA in Mathematics.
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