Executive Committee and Voting Directors

David Hepinstall

Chairman

David Hepinstall has been Executive Director of the Association for Energy Affordability, Inc. (AEA) in New York City since 1993. AEA, an Affiliate of BPI, is a not-for-profit membership, training and technical support and energy services organization whose mission is to use energy efficiency to maintain affordable and healthy housing for low and moderate-income families and communities. David has 25 years of direct experience designing, developing and managing innovative public and nonprofit programs serving energy affordability, community development and education needs in low-income communities. He is currently a member of NYSERDA's System Benefits Charge Advisory Group, the NYC Mayor's Energy Policy Task Force, and the Low Income Forum on Energy (LIFE) Steering Committee. Over the past three years, he has shepherded the development of AEA's Energy Management Training Center in the Bronx. The Center includes teaching labs with heating systems and advanced building controls designed for hands-on learning, and classrooms with digital video, Internet access, and computer presentation capabilities. AEA's trainers offer a wide spectrum of technical trainings for a broad set of audiences, including weatherization, field staff, boiler contractors, hydronic heating system designers, property managers, building superintendents, maintenance staff and others interested in improving the performance of their buildings or pursuing a career working in this field. David is a member of BPI's Technical Committee and participated in Expert Panels convened by BPI to develop the standards for BPI's Multifamily Building certifications.

Brian Castelli

Vice Chairman

Brian T. Castelli is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Alliance to Save Energy. He has 30 years of national and international experience in the energy field, including expertise in energy efficiency, renewables, emission reductions, and electricity demand reduction. Prior to joining the Alliance in July, 2005, Castelli ran his own energy consulting firm. There, he was the federal energy liaison for the California Energy Commission and performed consulting assignments for the Electric Power Research Institute, the National Association of State Energy Officials and others. As an appointee of President Clinton, Castelli served as chief of staff to the U.S. Department of Energy's assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy from 1994 to 2001. He managed 550 staff and more than $1 billion in programs and research, development, and deployment initiatives and directed the development and implementation of energy policies and programs. Prior to DOE, Castelli was appointed in 1988 by Governor Bob Casey to the Pennsylvania Energy Office (PEO), and as executive director he ran the commonwealth’s energy policies and programs, managed the state energy office and the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority, and took the lead on responding to energy emergencies. Earlier in his career, Castelli was senior vice president and cofounder of CEXEC, a private sector energy consulting firm. He has authored many articles, studies, and reports on energy-related issues, served on various boards of directors, and made presentations in many state, national, and international forums and conferences. Castelli holds two degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, a bachelor of science in chemical engineering, and an MBA in industrial/environmental management from the university's Wharton School.

Richard Kornbluth

Treasurer

EnTherm Inc., a Syracuse, New York building performance contracting firm, was founded in November, 1980, by Richard Kornbluth and Frank LaSala. The company initially specialized in residential retrofit insulation, a field familiar to EnTherm owners. For the five years before starting EnTherm, they had been active working partners, with several others, in a Syracuse insulation company specializing in retrofit insulation. In 1992, Richard developed and implemented a contractor training program for a building performance based weatherization program sponsored by Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., the largest investor-owned utility in upstate New York. He has been active in his community, serving on the Board of Directors of the Syracuse Habitat for Humanity affiliate for six years, and is currently President of the Board of the Appleseed Trust, a Syracuse based not for profit that offers business skills training and micro-loans for low and moderate income area residents wishing to start or expand their business. Richard also serves on the board of the Building Performance Contractors Association of New York State.

Howard Katzman

Secretary

Howard is a Principal in GreenChoice Consulting, LLC, which provides training and consulting for energy efficiency programs, contractors and training organizations. He has been involved in the construction industry for over 30 years and has specialized in improving the delivery of sustainable construction techniques for 9 years. Howard has partnered with Saturn Online to be a regional Training Ally. He has taught numerous courses in all aspects of high performance construction and has developed curriculum and program standards for the home performance and weatherization industries. His recent clients include: Saturn Resource and Management, Alabama Weatherization Association (with RJ Karg & Associates), Performance Systems Development, and Louisiana Technical College. Howard is a certified Building Analyst, BPI Training Affiliate and HERS Rater with over 30 years of experience in the construction industry at large. He consults on home performance for homeowners and contractors and ran his own renovation firm for 20 years. While on the staff of Southface Energy Institute, he helped to develop and then manage the EarthCraft Renovation and Home Performance with ENERGY STAR programs.

Laverne Dalgleish

Immediate Past Chairman, Director

Mr. Laverne Dalgleish is a principal in the Building Professionals Consortium (BPC), which designs, develops and delivers site quality assurance programs for the construction industry. Laverne has been actively involved in the construction industry for over 32 years and has specialized in building envelopes, energy efficiency and building performance for over 20 years. Laverne is a frequent presenter across North America on a variety of topics as they relate to building envelopes, energy efficiency, green building practices, standards and quality of construction. Laverne is actively involved in the standards development process and is currently the chairman of ULC's Thermal Insulating systems and standards. He is also an active member in ASTM, CSA, CGSB and is Secretary of two ISO standard development committees. Laverne is currently the Executive Director of the Air Barrier Association of America.

Voting Directors

Rex Boynton

Director

Rex Boynton was formerly the president of North American Technician Excellence (NATE), the leading certification organization promoting excellence in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration industry. Founded in 1997, NATE recognizes quality technicians through a rigorous program of voluntary testing. Since its launch, more than 15,000 industry technicians have earned a NATE credential. Rex has 25 years of experience as an association and marketing executive and has served as chief executive for a national trade association and a national foundation. His background included extensive experience in strategic planning, communications and program development. He has managed three successful credentialing efforts; developed numerous education and promotion programs; and launched a multi-million dollar consumer awareness campaign. He is a former political campaign manager and congressional press secretary. Rex is a member of the American Society of Association Executives, serving on their Technology Committee in 1993; and the National Organization for Competency Assurance, where he currently serves on the Government Affairs Committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Building Performance Institute, the Eastern Heating & Cooling Council and the HVAC/R Career Education Committee. Rex is an honors graduate of the University of Rhode Island and was recognized in Who's Who among Rising Young Americans. Rex and his wife, Lynn, are the parents of three children: Blake, Brittany and Brenna.

Steve Cowell

Director

Mr. Cowell has been President of CSG/Sun Power Electric, Inc. since 1984, and is the organization’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Cowell has been the founder and director of numerous energy efficiency and renewable energy organizations during his career. For the past 30 years, Mr. Cowell has been involved in conservation programs around the country and has successfully advocated for energy efficiency as an electric power supply option. He has helped create and build the industry through sound public policy, legislation, development of utility company programs, establishment of trade ally networks and delivery of cost-effective residential, commercial and industrial energy efficiency programs. Under Mr. Cowell’s leadership, CSG has designed and implemented conservation and renewable energy programs for utilities, state agencies and other groups throughout the U.S. and has provided water and power conservation services to nearly one million businesses and households.

Dave Finet

Director

The Opportunity Council is a private, non-profit Community Action Agency serving homeless and low-income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities. Their goal is to help people help themselves and move toward self-sufficiency. Finet oversees a staff of 175 employees and an annual budget of over 11 million, offering a broad scope of services that range from those that address immediate and crisis-oriented needs (food, emergency shelter, eviction-prevention) to longer-term programs that promote self-sufficiency in the community (early childhood education, home weatherization). Finet previously served as Director of the Building Performance Center, a division of the Opportunity Council and an affiliate of BPI.

Rick Gerardi

Director

Rick Gerardi has over two decades of management experience implementing innovative strategies for improved energy efficiency and building performance in the residential sector and pioneering creative strategies to address the special energy needs of low-income households. As Vice President of Business Development and Operations Planning for Masco Home Services (MHS), he'll be a part of a strong management team aimed at making MHS the premier provider of energy efficiency and home performance services to America's households. This new capacity is based upon a belief that a sustainable market for energy efficiency and home performance is inevitable as an inherent value to consumers and a viable business model for professional service delivery. With over 200 insulation companies operating under its sister company, Masco Contractor Services, MHS is well positioned to enhance those capabilities with the diagnostic and comprehensive whole house strategies emblematic of the best home performance contractors.

As we entered the new millennium, Rick established and managed the Residential Energy Affordability Program (REAP) at NYSERDA , which by 2006 administered over $70 million per year of public and ratepayer funds for residential and consumer energy efficiency efforts, including programs for single family homes, multi-family buildings, the low-income sector, several loan funds, and a multi-media marketing program. In his nine years there, REAP received over 30 national awards for program effectiveness and innovation, including 11 US EPA/DOE ENERGY STAR awards in seven years, an R&D 100 award for it's TREAT software, an Emmy award and a Telly award for its marketing efforts and a number of individual honors for Rick, including the US DOE Rebuild America 2002 Person of the Year award, the US EPA 2004 Michael Thompson Visionary Leaders award and the Alliance to Save Energy 2005 Unsung Heroes in Energy Efficiency award.

Before NYSERDA, Rick was the director for the State's low-income Weatherization Assistance Program for 14 years, where he managed over a half a billion dollars in efficiency work and instituted a number of innovative practices. He has been in the building trade for over 25 years, having built solar, energy-efficient homes and additions prior to his tenure with the State.

Matt Golden

Director

Matt Golden is the co-founder and president of Recurve, Inc., formerly Sustainable Spaces. Prior to founding the company in 2004, Matt worked as an energy consultant helping homeowners and businesses develop solar power systems. However, he soon realized that he was offering only a point solution and so he established his own company in order to address most homeowners' desires to make their homes and lives more sustainable. Matt developed the concept for Sustainable Spaces to meet this market demand by providing a single full-service resource and a brand homeowners can trust to help them improve the comfort, health, and efficiency of their homes. Matt has been featured in the USA Today, the SF Chronicle, the NY Times, the Discovery Channel's Planet Green, and the Ellen Degeneres Show, and speaks extensively at conferences across the country. Matt spearheaded the formation of Efficiency First, a national organization representing America's home performance workforce that is dedicated to retrofitting America's homes, building the industry infrastructure to create jobs, and reducing energy consumption, carbon emissions, and dependence on foreign oil. He currently resides on the following boards: Department of Energy (DOE) Home Performance Council, Building Performance Institute (BPI), California Building Performance Contractors Association (CBPCA), Build It Green, and Fine Home Building Magazine Green Building Advisory Board. Matt holds a bachelors degree in foreign relations from Georgetown University.

John Tooley

Director

John Tooley is one of the nation's leaders in the area of building science technologies. Hailed as a visionary in energy efficiency, Tooley has diagnosed and repaired more than 5,000 homes. He participated in the weatherization of more than 10,000 homes. He is recognized for his contributions to many of the largest utility and building programs in the nation. Before joining Advanced Energy in 1996, Tooley led a number of companies dedicated to preserving the state of Florida through quality building practices. These companies included: Natural Florida Homes, Natural Florida Retrofit Inc., Star Insulation, Home Energy Reviews of Orlando (HERO), and Infrared Services and Inspections. Today, Tooley is responsible for business development with the organization's Applied Building Science team. Regarded as a pioneer in the world of energy efficiency, Tooley trains builders and contractors all over the United States. He has been the keynote speaker at numerous conferences and most recently at the 2008 Fourth Annual North Carolina ENERGY STAR Conference and the 2008 Energy Out West Conference.

Amy Fazio

Director

Amy Fazio is the executive director of ACI. She has more than 15 years of nonprofit experience in business development, fundraising and marketing, with three years in senior management. Amy received a Master's degree from Colorado State University in political science with an emphasis on environmental policy. As a campaign director for US PIRG, she began her career as a grassroots advocate and community organizer for consumer rights and environmental policy. Amy is an adjunct professor teaching a sustainability issues course at Community College of Beaver County. She resides in New Brighton, Pennsylvania.

Bernadette Oliveira-Rivera

Director

Bernadette, the Administrator of LIUNA Training and Education Fund, is responsible for the Fund’s strategic, programmatic, and project development in addition to the overall administration of the Fund activities. Bernadette got her start in workforce development as a Human Resources Manager in the corporate arena in 1992. Over a six-year period Mrs. Rivera expanded upon her professional experiences by adding education and language training skills to her repertoire. She worked both as an ESL teacher in the public school system and as a Foreign Language Instructor for a private language learning institute. She went on to work with new immigrants and dislocated workers throughout Massachusetts as the Director of Economic Development for the community based organization Coalition for a Better Acre (CBA). Bernadette worked for five years with a wide array of local, state and federal workforce development programs at CBA. In her role as Director of Economic Development, she facilitated the establishment of state and regional partnerships between public programs, employers and organized labor to benefit immigrant workers. In 2002, Bernadette joined the LIUNA Training and Education Fund to address the issue of increased immigrants within the workforce. Bernadette has experienced the challenges of language and culture acquisition first-hand, having entered the U.S. at the age of eighteen from the Azores, Portugal. Bringing her unique perspective to her work at LIUNA Training, she utilized her educational and language skills to develop and implement programs designed to help immigrants navigate through the process of learning English, acquiring gainful employment and establishing new roots in the U.S. In 2007, Bernadette became Director of Operations overseeing all of the Fund’s projects and served in this capacity until being appointed the Fund’s Administrator in April, 2009. Mrs. Rivera also serves as the Fund’s Quality Champion, overseeing its Quality Management System and leading an internal team responsible for LIUNA Training maintaining its third-party accreditation. Bernadette graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with an MS in Economic Development, with a Specialization in Workforce Development. In addition, she holds the prestigious TESOL certificate from the School for International Training.

Ex-Officio (non-voting) Directors

Jim Fitzgerald

Past Chairman, Non-voting Member

Mr. Fitzgerald is known throughout North America for his expertise in training weatherization crews for numerous agencies and utilities in over 35 states and Canada. From 1998 until 2005, he was the Technical Director of the Center for Energy and Environment's Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Testing and Remediation group for the MAC Part 150 Residential Sound Insulation Program that has served more than 6,000 houses. In 2005, Jim joined Conservation Services Group as the Director of Building Diagnostics. His primary responsibilities include contractor training and training capacity to support Home Performance with Energy Star and other programs.

Federal Liaisons

Edward Pollock, Jr.

Federal Liaison

Mr. Edward Pollock is the Team Leader of the Residential Buildings Research Team in the Office of Building Technologies. The Office of Building Technologies conducts research to reduce the amount of energy used in residential and commercial buildings. This research includes finding ways to improve the performance of the walls and windows as well as development of more efficient lighting, heating and cooling systems and the other equipment use in buildings. The office is also investigating the most effective use of renewable energy systems to supplement the energy needed in buildings. The residential research program, known as Building America, applies a systems engineering approach to select the most cost effective combination of energy savings strategies for homes in each climate zone in the U.S. The ultimate goal is to develop homes that produce as much energy as they use and at a net zero cash flow for the home owner. (The marginal cost of financing the energy efficiency improvements will be equal to or less than the cost of the energy saved.)

Liaisons

Karen Villeneuve

Liaison

Karen is the Director of the Residential Efficiency and Affordability Programs at the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The Programs use a market transformation strategy to deliver energy efficiency services, products, and education to the residential sector, including low-income households, with the goal of permanently changing construction, renovation, purchasing and energy-consuming behaviors in New York State. The Programs leverage the ENERGY STAR® label as a marketing tool, and use the basic economic principle of supply and demand to drive investments in energy efficiency by homeowners, renters, building managers, retailers, energy service providers, contractors and developers. Karen also oversees a strong workforce development program for energy efficiency services and renewable technologies; low-interest financing programs; and extensive award-winning multi-media consumer education and outreach initiatives. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Consortium for Energy Efficiency. Karen has been with NYSERDA for seventeen years, and with the US Air Force for twelve years prior. Karen holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering and Master of Science in Systems Engineering.