Board of Directors

The CHPS Board Members are from a broad range of government, private industry, and nonprofit organizations.

Officers

Chair
Jim Ogden
3QC

Vice Chairs
Jessica Mack
Southern California Edison

Carolyn Sarno
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership

Treasurer
Lori Raineri
Government Financial Strategies

Secretary
Brian Dougherty
Dougherty & Dougherty

Board Members

Gary Becker
Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Stephen Castellanos
Derivi Castellanos Architects

Gregory Dick
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery]

Charles Eley
Founder and Former Executive Director of CHPS

Scott Harrison
TXU Energy

Linh-Chi Hua
San Diego Gas & Electric

Kim Kennedy
Los Angeles Unified School District

Andrew McAllister
California Energy Commission (CEC)

Jack McCarthy
Massachusetts School Building Authority

Gwenn McDaniel
Johnson Controls

Steve Nicholson
Fairfax County Public Schools

Rob Samish
Lionakis

Roy Sprague
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District, Texas

John Sumlin
Tandus

John Zinner
Zinner Consultants

Advisory Board Members

Claire Barnett
Healthy Schools Network

James Davis
Garza, Bomberger and Associates

Maureen Guttman
Alliance to Save Energy

Kathleen Moore
California Department of Education

Kurt Siggard
Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada

Interesting in serving on the CHPS Board of Directors?

The annual CHPS Board election will be held on Thursday June 6, 2013. Openings or vacancies are currently up for election for seats in the following membership categories:

• 2 non-California government entities (including local, county, state or federal agencies)
• 1 California or non-California government entity (including local, county, state or federal agencies)
• 1 at-large seat
• 2 design professional seats

To be eligible, you must be a CHPS member in good standing within the membership category for the seat in which you are interested. Additionally, we are looking for nominees that have special skills sets in the following areas: Finances, Marketing, Development and Fundraising, and Information Technology. We are also looking to further expand Board representation outside of California.

Please send a letter of interest and short bio directly to Carolyn Sarno, Chair of the Nominating Committee, at nominations@chps.net by COB May 28, 2013. In your letter, please indicate the seat you are applying for.