Owner of environmental consulting firm specializing in energy & environmental strategy. Projects for:

Green Coast Consulting:  Energy efficiency audits of City of New Orleans buildings
Entergy New Orleans / CLEAResult: Program Consultant for Energy Smart energy efficiency programs. Managing multi-family direct install program; Implemented at 10,000 units in Orleans parish since 2013. Overseeing $500,000+ contract with Energy Wise Alliance for outreach and schools program.
Entergy New Orleans / CLEAResult: New Orleans Quick Start energy efficiency programs.
Pew Center for Global Climate Change / Entergy Corporation: “Make an Impact” Website review and update.
Entergy Corporation: Utility energy efficiency, demand response and green power program development.
National Renewable Energy Lab / Alex Hernandez Consulting: New Orleans Public School energy audits.

• Adjunct professor in the Tulane University Freeman School of Business M.B.A. program.
• Former board member of Women’s Energy Network for South Louisiana.
• LEED, HERS and RESNET certifications.

Entergy Corporation, New Orleans, LA, November 2007 - December 1999 – October 2007

Energy Efficiency Coordinator, Marketing & Sales, April 2004 – October 2007

• Responsible for designing, coordinating and implementing energy efficiency programs for 2.5 million customer base.
• Worked on special projects including green power, Energy Star programs and demand response/time-of-use rates.
  

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.

Strategic Planning Associate, Finance Department, December 1999 – March 2001

• 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, October 1998 – November 1999, Appointee

• 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, December 2002 - Present
Master of Business Administration Concentration: Finance Cumulative G.P.A: 3.76
Honors: Murphy Fellowship recipient

Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, May 1997
Master of Science Concentration: Energy Analysis and Policy Cumulative G.P.A.: 3.98
Honors: Wisconsin Power & Light Fellow, October 1994 – June 1995

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

SELECTED 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)
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)
Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, CO
Research Associate at internationally renowned energy efficiency think tank (July 1991 – August 1993)