• Founded HEET in 2008 and helped lead it for 16 years.

• Created the first-in-the-nation statewide map of natural gas leaks.

• Initiated a research study that discovered a method for gas utilities to identify super-emitting gas leaks in order to repair them.

• Initiated the study that focused the country’s attention on the health impacts of gas stoves.

• Co-developed HEET’s innovative solution to transition gas utilities from gas to networked geothermal, an approach that is gaining traction nationally.

• Wrote six novels, which have been translated into 12 languages and reviewed by The New Yorker, The Economist and CNN.

• Worked for 25 years as an electrical engineer at Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies.

• Chairs the North Parish of North Andover Climate Justice Task Force

• Works with the Merrimack Valley Interfaith Group, formed in the aftermath of the gas explosions, working to improve energy efficiency and promote a just transition to renewable energy.

• Serves on the board of Unitarian Universalist Mass Action, the state social justice advocacy group.

• Serves as a member of the Massachusetts Sierra Club Plant-based Planet team.

• Advocates for a response to climate disruption being a priority in the Massachusetts legislature.

• Has three grown children and three grandchildren, who are front and center in her work for climate justice.

• Worked for over 40 years for governmental agencies at the national, regional and state level.

• Worked for many years as the U.S. Department of Labor as a Regional Economist and Office Director in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Evaluation and Research.

• Served in many capacities at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, including as the Division Director for Planning and Program Development, as the Director of Finance and Administration for Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup, and as the Department’s Director of Budgetary and Legislative Affairs.

• Assistant professor of Environmental Health at Boston University School of Public Health since July 2022.

• Led one of the first studies on the health “co-benefits” of renewable energy, and remains a leading researcher on health benefits of climate and energy policies.

• Author of over 40 peer-reviewed publications, including in Science, Nature Climate Change, and Nature Energy and other leading scientific journals.

• Provided scientific evidence for policymaking around climate and energy and health for media and comments on regulation.

• Served on a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Scientific Advisory Board and the Massachusetts Gas System Enhancement Program Working Group.

• Built a number of datasets and tools, including: 1) the EI3, a dataset of energy infrastructure throughout the United States, 2) BenMAPR, an air pollution health impact assessment tool, and 3) CoBE, a tool to assess health and climate benefits of building interventions.

• Boston-based career in renewable energy advocacy and project development, with emphasis on the rules for the energy grid.

• Chairman of Vineyard Power Development Fund, a community-based non-profit provider of energy transition support, (e.g. MassSave partner) developed from community benefits agreements with offshore wind developers.

• Currently employed by the Union of Concerned Scientists in Cambridge on grid issues at regional and federal level.

• Negotiated interconnection for first windfarm on the New England grid and others in Maine, NY, WA, UT and Hawaii, including first commercial battery energy storage paired with renewable generation.

• Has worked in weatherization and on the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board.

• Hast taught weatherization since 2008, including at the Green Jobs Academy, the ABCD Weatherization Lab in Mattapan, LISC’s Bridge to Green Jobs, and at Roxbury Community College.

• Trains Mass Save weatherization crew chiefs while working for Byggmeister Associates, a preeminent design-build firm.

• Has written air-sealing curricula for community colleges, MassCAP, and HEET.

• Presented at NESEA/Boston, NESEA/New York, the Studio for High Performance Design and Construction and to the Department of Energy.

• Organizes HEET’s energy upgrade work parties.

• Has spent her career working in the non-profit sector making organizations stronger, more strategic, and successful in achieving their missions.

• Led the climate organization, Mothers Out Front, building a national network of mothers organizing to fight climate change.

• Currently serving as Interim CEO for local nonprofit organizations.

* Has consulted for 20 years with non-profit organizations to develop strategic plans, build innovative and impactful programming, implement equitable management practices and decision making, and make real change in the world.

• The mother of two just launched young adults and lives in Boston with her family.

• Has a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

• Founded and ran Synapse Energy Economics for 28 years, growing it from 0 to 50 employees. 

• Established Synapse as a consultancy that provides technical and economic analysis about clean energy, climate, and the public interest. 

• Serves as Synapse’s Chief Scientist and Board Chair, responsible for the big picture, long-term success of the organization. 

•Focused on rigorous and innovative analysis, methods and tools, A well made graph can change minds!

• Provided expert testimony in more than 100 cases, including testimony in 1989 on climate change recommending that utilities consider air pollutant externalities in their system planning.

• Provides strategic advice to organizations and deploys teams of smart people to focus on some of the biggest challenges of our time. 

• Graduated from MIT with a BS in art and design.

• Co-founded and was director of Case Associates, a management consulting firm that has provided assistance to nonprofits in Boston since 1999.

• Has always been actively involved in her community including serving as Chair of the Harvard Business School Community Action Program, President and Chair of the Beacon Hill Civic Association, and co-founder of Downtown Schools for Boston.

• Started the Gas Transition Allies and facilitated it for years.

• Was one of the Mothers Out Front leaders of the campaign against methane leaks in Massachusetts.

• Is the Associate Director for Thermal Energy Networks for Building Decarbonization Coalition.

• Founder and CEO of Advanced Energy Group (AEG), a stakeholder mobilization platform for leaders and organizations committed to systemic change on climate, health and equity at the city and regional level.

• Served as Senior VP of Strategic Accounts for Viridity Energy, a software/service firm focused on virtual power generation and advanced energy optimization.

• Graduated from Swarthmore College and studied architecture at Drexel University.

• Serves as Chair of the IEEE Grid Edge StartUp Showcase.

• Served on the board of NECEC and the Advisory Group for the Puerto Rico 100 Study.

• Received the President's Award for Excellence in Leadership from the National Society of Black Engineers Boston Professionals.

• Has over 25 years experience in environmental policy analysis.

• Served for two decades as Branch Chief for Industrial Wastewater Policy and Regulations for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP).

• Consulted on environmental policy for USEPA and many other federal agencies on subjects such as industrial wastewater, drinking water, toxic substance control strategy development, and hazardous waste.

• Has 20 years of experience with nonprofit management through his work as a board president and member of the Mystic River Watershed Association.

• Is a team leader for HEET’s energy-upgrade work parties.

• Has worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for over 35 years in numerous capacities including Project Manager in Superfund, Water Program Manager and Emergency Response On Scene Coordinator. Supervised over 150 remediation projects involving all types of contamination in every environmental media. 

• Served as Field Coordinator for the Hudson River Dredging PCB Remediation Project including construction of a $125 million dewatering facility, the oversight of the mechanical dredging of 40 miles of river bed, the design of benthic ecosystem restoration and the assessment of floodplain and riparian impacts from decades of waste PCB oil discharge into the river. 

• Coordinated environmental response in the field to major disasters including Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands. 

• Supervised the Safe Drinking Water Program for the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

• Served on the Science Advisory Board for the Heart of Camden focusing on Environmental Justice for the South of Camden, New Jersey. 

• Has a BA in Geology from Vassar College and an MS in Geology from Duke University. 

• Currently serving as a volunteer Geologist  at the Edelman Fossil Park and Museum of Rowan University in Mantua, New Jersey. 

• Served for almost 24 years as chief legal counsel for the Child Support Enforcement Division of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, including seven years as deputy commissioner.

• Has drafted and implemented extensive state and federal legislation, as well as managed major operational and systems changes in state government.

• Received the Smith College Medal in 2003 for her work as an advocate for children.

• Works with HEET and the Gas Transition Allies on political advocacy strategies to eliminate gas leaks and create a legislative structure to permit gas companies to distribute non-combusting thermal energy to reduce the Commonwealth’s dependence on natural gas.