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Board of Directors
Philip
St. John, MD - President
Kalgin Island, AK 907-398-0154
Philip is a physician
specializing in Anti-Aging
Medicine. He operates a Wilderness
Eco-Lodge, situated on a remote wilderness island
near from Kenai. Powered by Solar Panels and Wind
Turbines his sustainable lodge exemplifies the freedom of living in
space. Phil is a founding member of The Real Alaska, a non-profit
organization dedicated to preserving the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
and promoting renewable energy. He is a founder of Alaska Sunergy a company that assists homeowners with solar and wind
renewable energy technologies. He is also a member of the American Solar
Energy Society, the Alaska Center for the Environment, and the Cook Inlet
Keeper.
Margaret
Subers – Vice President
Palmer, AK 907-746-0041
Margie and her husband
Brad live in Butte, Alaska. They are building a 5+ star energy efficient home, shop,
and barn with zero waste and zero net-energy plans. In 2001
she received the "Manufacturing Firm of The Year Award" by the Arizona Small Business Development
Counsel for her experimental aircraft propeller company. In 1999,
Margie co-founded a licensed, bonded C-37R plumbing company where she
installed septic, water, electric, and gas lines and performed general
excavating while working closely with inspectors from five different
counties and their health departments in the State of Arizona. In
1988, she built a solar powered home in Patagonia, Arizona, implementing
the latest technology for that time
Harvey
Bowers - Secretary/Treasurer
Wasilla, AK 907-373-2290
William Harvey Bowers
is a founding member of the Alaska Center For Appropriate Technology
(ACAT). He served as President of
the organization for 9 of its first 15 years of existence.
Harvey
and his wife Sandy own the Agate Inn. The Agate Inn’s new 1800 sq ft conference
center, designed and built by Harvey was completed 2002. The conference center is a real life example of sustainable
design combined with professional craftsmanship using recycled materials
and high efficiency techniques, passive solar lighting, low energy
fixtures, R50 insulation, and triple pane argon filled windows. The meeting room serves as inspiration
and site for many of ACAT’s meetings and workshops. From
1992 to present Harvey served as a Managing Member of Alaska Recycled Paper
Woods, LLC. Harvey was the
Executive Director for the Alaska Craftsman Home Program from 1989 to 1991.
He worked as a Chief Field Hydrologist and Engineering Geologist from 1972 until the 1985. Harvey has a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Geology from Alaska Methodist University, and has co-authored numerous
manuals and books on energy efficient building techniques.
Roger Rowell, Ph.D. - Member
Madison, WI 608-231-1821
Roger is a Research
Chemist and Project Leader at the USDA
Forest Products Lab, and also a Professor in Ecology and Forest
Management at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He has held these
positions for over 30 years. His interests include research into composites
made from sustainable agro-resources, fiber/plastic combinations, and use
of natural fibers to remove contaminants from water polluted by heavy metal
and coal mining activities. Roger has over 300 publications, including 9
books, and holds 22 patents.
Amy Lou Hettinger – Projects Director
Anchorage, AK
Amy Hettinger is in director of ACAT projects. During 2010 these projects include: Bioneers, Alaska Solar Tour, Educational workshops, and Permaculture education. Amy is also the Project leader for Bioneers in Alaska.
Born and raised in a log cabin her parents built in the knobs of Kentucky, singer-songwriter Amy Lou grew up singin' with an amazing family of musicians. In 2006, she began to write her own songs and migrated north, where she promptly fell in love with the Alaskan mountains and people. Just back from completing a Masters degree at Harvard, she's glad to be home in Alaska.
Brian Yanity – Member
Anchorage, AK
Brian Yanity is an electrical engineer in Anchorage and an affiliate research professor at the UAA School of Engineering. Brian has worked on hydropower, wind, biomass and geothermal energy resource assessment projects for rural Alaska communities, and has been involved in regional and statewide energy planning studies. In 2007 he completed a master's thesis on small-scale hydropower at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He also holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Columbia University.
Andy Baker – Education Director
Anchorage, AK
Andy Baker is in charge of ACAT's workshops and educational services. In his free time he works with businesses, municipalities and homeowners to reduce their fossil fuel use and to make cost effective investments in clean energy production. He has lived and worked in Alaska since 1999, he began consulting here as a Project Engineer with HDR Alaska. In 2005 he joined the emerging clean energy economy in Alaska by establishing YourCleanEnergy LLC. He is a graduate in environmental engineering from Penn State, a veteran of many renewable energy and green building workshops with Realgoods, and an active member of the American Solar Energy Society.
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