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LINDA BAYNHAM
430 Hillary Street • New Orleans, LA 70118 • (504) 606-7315 (C) • Linda@BaynhamEnvironmental.com

EXPERIENCE

Entergy Corporation New Orleans, LA   December 1999 – October 2007

Energy Efficiency Coordinator, Marketing & Sales, April 2004 - October 2007
Responsible for designing, coordinating and implementing energy efficiency programs for 4 states, 2.6 million customers.

Corporate Environmental Manager, July 2003 – April 2004
Responsible for internal corporate environmental compliance through new Corporate Safety & Environment Office.

Environmental Manager, Transmission System, April 2001 – July 2003
Responsible for environmental management for four state, 700 person transmission system.
Overhauled environmental compliance procedures for construction projects including process development and training.

Strategic Planning Associate, Finance Department, December 1999 – March 2001
Developed corporate environmental strategy and established executive level Environmental Forum with VPs.
Worked on team to implement $25 M Environmental Initiatives Fund and greenhouse gas emissions cap commitment.
Modeled financial effects of utility deregulation on Entergy system with Strategic Planning team.
Award: Received Fossil Operations Entergy Corporate Award for development of Environmental Strategy.

Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities Baton Rouge, LA
Appointee October 1998 – November 1999
Assisted state and federal agencies in delegation of $40 million annually to coastal restoration projects in Louisiana.

EDUCATION

A. B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University New Orleans, LA
Master of Business Administration      December 2002
Concentration: Finance      Cumulative G.P.A: 3.76
Honors: Murphy Fellowship recipient

Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI
Master of Science      May 1997
Concentration: Energy Analysis and Policy       Cumulative G.P.A.: 3.98
Honors: Wisconsin Power & Light Fellowship recipient      

The Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO
Bachelor of Arts     Major: Physics      May 1989

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Served as Regional Liaison in coordinating national Energy Star marketing activities
(July 1997 – September 1998)
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, WI
Wrote air permits for Wisconsin facilities and researched new air quality rules
(October 1995 – May 1997)
International Institute for Energy Conservation, London, England
Researcher on Central and Eastern European energy efficient technologies
(June – September 1995)
White House Office on Environmental Policy, Washington, D.C.
Intern on climate change and transportation issues for Clinton Administration
(June 1994 – September 1995)
Wisconsin Center for Demand Side Research, Madison, WI
Project Assistant on marketing of energy efficient technologies
(January – June 1994)
Terrasol, Managua, Nicaragua
Project Coordinator for solar lighting systems installations in Nicaragua
(September – November 1993)
Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, CO
Research Associate at internationally renowned energy efficiency think tank
(July 1991 – August 1993)