Mary Jane L. Parks Santa Fe, NM mjp@localenergyassociates.com Renewable Energy Executive; Advisor and Board Member to NGOs, Start-ups, and Associations; Independent Energy Consultant.
Ms. Parks offers consulting services in the energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors including strategy, pricing, generation, transmission, distribution, and permitting issues under her business, Local Energy Associates. Over 20 years experience in the private and public sectors with independent power start-ups, public utility, information technology, and energy retail companies with strong fiscal responsibilities up to $10 million. Prior committee chair of California utility associations, including a renewable energy coalition where she led municipal utility clean energy development. Co-founder and recent Chair of Canadas Ocean Renewable Energy Group, with leadership experience working with academic, community, government and private sector stakeholders. Scientific Advisory Board, BioMarine 2011, France.

Professional Experience

Local Energy Associates Present Owner Consulting services in the renewable energy sector. Permits for renewable energy plants, local government strategies in clean energy, and community outreach. Principle Power, Inc. Seattle, WA 2008 present Senior Vice President/Advisor Principle Power, Inc. is a technology development company currently engaged in the research and development of the WindFloat, a floating support structure that supports a wind turbine for deep-ocean deployment. Ms. Parks advises the company in its early stage development and Portuguese prototype. Finavera Renewables, Inc., Vancouver, Canada Senior Vice President, Business Development In 2006, Finavera and AquaEnergy Group, Ltd. merged to form a wind/wave company with offices in Vancouver and Portland, OR. Ms. Parks managed project development in Canada, WA and CA. She led Finaveras successful bid with Pacific Gas and Electric (Calif.) that resulted in the sale of 2MW ocean wave energy. In 2007, she led Finaveras team in obtaining a FERC license for a WA State wave energy R&D plant.
AquaEnergy Group Ltd., Mercer Island, WA
Vice President Business Development Co-Founder, Board Member, Ocean Renewable Energy Group, Vancouver, Canada California Environmental Project Co-Founder 1989 to Present
CEP is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation of the State of California. CEP performs regular stream restoration, trash abatement, resource education, and job training projects in watershed and forest areas throughout California. Since 1992, CEP has initiated ECO-Teams and worked in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service to conduct public education and cleanup projects in five National Forest Districts in California. In 1995, CEP initiated for Bette Midler the New York Restoration Project to develop on-going cleanup teams in New York. Board Member; Former editor, CEP newsletter. Program development, grant writing, publicity, fundraising. Recipient of 1993 U.S. Forest Service Chief's Award. 2000 2001
City of Anaheim Public Utilities Advantage Services Manager
Developed, administered, and designed water and energy efficiency programs while responsible for $10 million budget. Built team rapport and realigned utility programs around managers core areas of expertise. Streamlined over 60 programs to achieve 35% greater customer participation. Established renewable energy program and developed Solar Advantage program to include building integrated photovoltaic solutions. Hired solar energy and community outreach experts.
Served as Chair of a statewide renewable energy network, the Public Power Renewable Energy Action Team. Helped to initiate PPREAT and worked among 16 utility partners on grant funding opportunities, including a successful $6 million grant to fund 12 projects with private technology partners. Developed proactive customer incentive programs to position utility for summer 2001 energy shortages. Wrote Strategic Plan. In eight months, achieved utility goal of meeting annual mandatory program and services expenditures based on annual revenues. Intecham, Inc. Australia American Business Manager 1999 2000

Served as Business Manager to establish an international information technology company serving energy companies in the U.S. Developed marketing materials; hired consultants, and wrote the company Business Plan for use internationally. Developed and initiated the marketing plan, sales opportunities, and completed market research for American products. Provided industry process standards and energy regulations expertise to develop full back-office software products, sales to billing, for regional energy markets. New Energy, Inc., An AES Company Los Angeles, CA Manager of Customer Service Information Developed and directed customer service delivery procedures in a growing energy services company. Worked in a team environment to develop integrated customer setup processes from sales to delivery of products and services to billing. Implemented direct access solutions, complied with utility regulations, and developed ESCO business rules across U.S. Managed billing operations for non-California U.S. markets. Completed cost of service analyses and strategic planning projects. City of Azusa, Light and Water Department Utility Conservation Officer 1992- 1996
Created and managed first water and energy services programs for the utility. Developed innovative client services and financing programs for utility. Rate design and cost-of-service study project manager for utility competitive strategies. Completed retail access legislative analysis and government affairs. City of Pasadena, Water and Power Department 1990 - 1991 Assistant to the Project Manager, Resource Planning Division and Rose Bowl/Arroyo Seco Department For a 250-acre watershed management project, built project support for the formation of a Joint Powers Authority among federal, state, and local governmental agencies. Participants included: the California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, and the cities of Altadena, La Canada-Flintridge and Pasadena.

Education

A.B. Sociology, 1986 Occidental College, Los Angeles, California A.M. Social Sciences, 1991 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois U.S. Coast Guard licensed captain, 1998, 100 Gross Ton Master. Orange Coast College Sailing Center, Newport Beach, California

Jane C. S. Long

Associate Director Energy and Environment Directorate Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Ph.D 1983 M.S. Sc.B Material Science and Mineral Engineering, UC Berkeley 1975 Geotechnical Engineering, UC Berkeley 1970 Bio-Medical Engineering, Brown Univ.,
Dr. Long is currently the Associate Director at Large for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory working on energy and climate. She is also a Fellow in the LLNL Center for Global Strategic Research. Her current interests are in adaptation and reinvention of the energy system in response to climate change. From 2004 to 2007, as Associate Director, she led the Energy and Environment Directorate for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The Energy and Environment Directorate included programs in Earth System Science and Engineering, Nuclear System Science and Engineering, National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center, and the Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry. In addition, the directorate includes 12 disciplinary groups ranging from Earth sciences, to energy efficiency to risk science. From 1997 to 2003 Dr. Long was the Dean of the Mackay School of Mines. The Mackay School of Mines had departments of Geological Sciences, Mining Engineering and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering as well as the Nevada Seismological Laboratory, the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology and the Keck Museum. Dr. Long led the University of Nevada, Renos initiative for renewable energy projects and served as the Director of the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Long worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for 20 years. She served as Department Chair for the Energy Resources Technology Department including geothermal and fossil fuel research, and then, the Environmental Research Department. Dr. Long has conducted research in nuclear waste storage, geothermal reservoirs, petroleum reservoirs and contaminant transport. For the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Long was chairman of the US National Committee for Rock Mechanics, the Committee for Fracture Characterization and Fluid Flow and a committee to recommend a research program for the Environmental Management Science Program for DOE. She served on the NAS/NRC Board on Radioactive Waste Management, as well as several study committees under the aegis of this board, and had been a member of the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems. In 2001, she was appointed as a member of the State of Nevada Renewable Energy Task Force and was the chair in 2003 and 2004. She is a member of the Stanford University College of Earth Sciences Advisory Board, the UC Berkeley Department of Nuclear Engineering Advisory Board, and the Colorado School of Mines Department of Geophysics Advisory Board, the American Geological Institute Foundation Board, the Energy and Environment and National Security Visiting Committee for Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Review Panel for the Competition for the Management of NCAR, and an Associate of the National Academies of Science.