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Buchholzer</strong>, former Director, Ohio Department of Natural Resources</li> <li><strong>Jesse Caputo</strong>, Researcher, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station</li> <li><strong>Ken Colburn</strong>, former New Hampshire environmental regulator and U.S. Program Director, The Regulatory Assistance Project</li> <li><strong>Michael Couick</strong>, President and CEO, The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, Inc.</li> <li><strong>Dan Delurey</strong>, Senior Fellow for Energy & Climate, Vermont Law School</li> <li><strong>Roger Duncan</strong>, Research Fellow, University of Texas Austin; former General Manager, Austin Energy Services</li> <li><strong>Karl Gawell</strong>, former Executive Director, Geothermal Energy Association</li> <li><strong>Deborah Gordon</strong>, Senior Principal, Climate Intelligence, RMI</li> <li><strong>Kay Goss</strong>, President, World Disaster Management, LLC.</li> <li><strong>Craig Hart</strong>, Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University</li> <li><strong>Katie Huffling</strong>, Executive Director, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE)</li> <li><strong>Adaora Ifebigh</strong>, Director of Impact, Sol Systems</li> <li><strong>Stephen S. Kalland</strong>, Executive Director, North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, College of Engineering at North Carolina State University</li> <li><strong>Marcus King</strong>, Professor of the Practice in Environment and International Affairs, Walsh School of Foreign Service and Earth Commons Institute, Georgetown University</li> <li><strong>Charles Komanoff</strong>, Director, Komanoff Energy Associates; Co-Director, Carbon Tax Center</li> <li><strong>Skip Laitner</strong>, Principal and Independent Consultant, Economic and Human Dimensions Research Associates</li> <li><strong>Charles Lester, </strong>Director, Ocean and Coastal Policy Center, University of California, Santa Barbara </li> <li><strong>Michael MacCracken</strong>, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Climate Change Programs, Climate Institute</li> <li><strong>Katherine Magruder</strong>, Executive Director, Maryland Clean Energy Center</li> <li><strong>Bernice McIntyre</strong>, Esq., President and Owner, BKM Group</li> <li><strong>Dale Medearis</strong>, Ph.D., Senior Regional Planner, Northern Virginia Regional Commission</li> <li><strong>Christopher Miller</strong>, Partner, AJW, Incorporated</li> <li><strong>Robert K. Musil,</strong> Ph.D., M.P.H., President & CEO, Rachel Carson Council; former Executive Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility; winner of the 1985 Nobel Prize for Peace</li> <li><strong>Bill Parsons</strong>, Vice President for Federal and State Affairs, The American Clean Power Association (ACP)</li> <li><strong>Sam Ricketts</strong>, Co-Founder / Senior Advisor, Evergreen Action; Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress</li> <li><strong>Joseph Romm</strong>, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress</li> <li><strong>Melanie Santiago-Mosier</strong>, Deputy Director, Clean Energy Group & Clean Energy States Alliance</li> <li><strong>Claudine Schneider</strong>, Independent Consultant; former Member of Congress (R-RI)</li> <li><strong>Jeff Seabright</strong>, Co-Founder and Partner, IMAGINE</li> <li><strong>Beth Shearer</strong>, former Director, Federal Energy Management Program, Department of Energy</li> <li><strong>Scott Sklar</strong>, President, The Stella Group, Ltd.; Adjunct Professor and Energy Director, Environmental and Energy Management Institute, George Washington University</li> <li><strong>Scott Slesinger</strong>, former Legislative Director, Natural Resources Defense Council</li> <li><strong>Heather Taylor-Miesle</strong>, Senior Vice President of Advocacy and Regional Conservation, American Rivers</li> <li><strong>Barbara Bauman Tyran</strong>, Director, Macro Grid Initiative, American Council on Renewble Energy (ACORE)</li> <li><strong>Scott A. 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