Clean Energy Resource Teams

GreenStep Cities Advisory and Technical Committees

 
Workgroup Committee:

• Carl Nelson, Center for Energy and Environment
• Judy Thommes, Center for Energy and Environment
• Melissa Pawlisch, CERTs/University of Minnesota Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
• Joel Haskard, CERTs/University of Minnesota Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
• Lola Schoenrich, Great Plains Institute
• Craig Johnson, League of Minnesota Cities
• Hue Nguyen, League of Minnesota Cities
• Chris Gilchrist, Minnesota Department of Commerce, Office of Energy Security
• Philipp Muessig, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Prevention and Assistance Division
• Diana McKeown, The Green Institute
• Agatha Vaaler, The Green Institute
• Dan Thiede, The Minnesota Project
• Luke Ekelund, The Minnesota Project
• Joanna Vossen, Urban Land Institute MN
• Brendon Slotterback, Urban Land Institute MN
• Brian Ross, CR Planning

 
Advisory Committee:

• Mary Hamann-Roland, Apple Valley Mayor
• William Spitzer, St. Charles Mayor
• Sandy Colvin Roy, Minneapolis City Council
• Victoria Reinhardt, Ramsey County Commissioner
• Janet Streff, MN Dept. of Commerce, Office of Energy Security
• Dave Benke, MPCA, Prevention and Assistance Division
• Julie Skallman, MN Dept. of Transportation
• John Wells, MN Environmental Quality Board
• Jay Trusty, Southwest Regional Development Commission
• Tom Harmening, St. Louis Park City Manager
• Klayton Eckles/Jennifer McLoughlin, Woodbury Engineering & Public Works
• Ellen Richter, White Bear Lake Assistant to the City Manager
• Paul Drotos, Redwing Infrastructure Coordinator
• Ken Saffert, Mankato City Engineer
• Patti Gartland, Sartell City Administrator
• Jim Hunt, Mahtomedi Environmental Advisory Commission
• Dave Engstrom, MN Association of Small Cities
• Mark Blaiser, MN Chamber of Commerce—Waste Wise, Energy Smart
• Lisa Frenette, Builders Association of Minnesota
• Sheldon Strom, Center for Energy and Environment
• Bob McLean, Hunt Utilities Group
• Susan Hubbard/Tim Brownell, Eureka Recycling
• John Bailey, 1000 Friends of Minnesota
• Terry Gips, Alliance for Sustainability
• Caren Dewar, Urban Land Institute MN
• Janne Flisrand, MN Green Communities & Greater Minnesota Housing Fund
• Michelle Schroeder, Izaak Walton League, MN Division
• Kim Pederson, Otter Tail Power Company
• Gary Connett, Great River Energy
• Bill Black, Minnesota Municipal Utility Association
• John Carmody, Center for Sustainable Building Research
• Brian Hammarsten, Xcel Energy

 
Buildings & Facilities Technical Committee:

• Staffed by Carl Nelson, Center for Energy and Environment
• John Carmody, Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Building Research, U of MN
• Jim Geibel, Energy Manager, City of Saint Paul
• Kathy Larsen, Housing Programs Coordinator, City of Saint Louis Park
• Gayle Prest, Sustainability Manager, City of Minneapolis
• Sheldon Strom, Executive Director, Center for Energy and Environment

 
Transportation Technical Committee:

• Staffed by Diana McKeown, Metro CERTs/The Green Institute and Lissa Pawlisch, CERTs/UMN Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
• Annette Bair, Southwest RDC and SW CERT
• Wayne Hurley, West Central Initiative Foundation
• Barb Thoman, Transit for Livable Communities
• Steve Lawerence, Fleet Manager for City of Brooklyn Park
• Frank Duoma, Assistant Director of the State and Local Policy Program at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and Research Scholar at the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota

 
Land Use Planning Technical Committee:

• Staffed by Brian Ross, CR Planning
• John Bailey, 1000 Friends of Minnesota
• Caren Dewar, Urban Land Institute MN
• Jay Trusty, Executive Director, Southwest Regional Development Commission
• Paul Hetland, City of Freeport Administrator, Stearns County Municipal League
• Julie Farnham, Bloomington Planner

 
Environmental Management & Economic Development Technical Committees:

• Staffed by Philipp Muessig, MPCA Prevention and Assistance and Agatha Vaaler, The Green Institute

• Water subcommittee:
  • Anne Gelbmann, MPCA
  • Jill Sinclair, City of Chanhassan
  • John Wells, MN EQB
  • Bill Dunn, MPCA
  • Cindy McComas, MnTAP
• Solid Waste subcommittee:
  • Susan Hubbard, Eureka Recycling
  • Mark Blaiser, MN WasteWise/Energy Smart
  • Sue Bast, City of Burnsville
  • Cities and Counties Involved in Source Reduction and Recycling
• Economic and Community Development subcommittee:
  • Ellen Richter, City of White Bear Lake
  • Tim Nolan, MPCA
  • Ken Meter, Crossroads Resource Center
  • Terry Gips, Alliance for Sustainability
  • Don Hickman, Initiative Foundation
  • Mark Lofthus, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

 
Other Participants:

• Nancy Miller assisted with the program name selection process
• Both the Office of Energy Security and the MPCA were helpful in dedicating staff to complete this project
• The League of Minnesota Cities and The Green Institute provided meeting space for the dozens of meetings that were held
• Thanks to Jennifer Harmening for assisting with copy editing
• Thanks to Triangle Park Creative for publishing and printing
   

GreenStep Cities is a public/private partnership administered by Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s Prevention and Assistance Division. Other partners are the Clean Energy Resource Teams, the League of Minnesota Cities, the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Office of Energy Security, the University of MN Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, Center for Energy and the Environment, Great Plains Institute, Green Institute, The Minnesota Project, and the Urban Land Institute MN.