Post Carbon Institute Board of Directors
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Debbie Cook, Board President Debbie Cook is the former Mayor of Huntington Beach, California. She has served on the boards of numerous entities, including the Southern California Association of Governments Regional Council (SCAG), the SCAG Energy Working Group (Chair), the Orange County Council of Governments, and the Association for the Study of Peak oil and Gas - USA. Debbie holds a BSc from Cal State Long Beach, a Jurisdoctorate from Western State College of Law, and a license to practice law in California. She is also a graduate of Harvard's Kennedy School National Preparedness Leadership Initiative. Debbie is a 40-year resident of Orange County, and recently ran to represent California's 46th congressional district. |
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Martin J. Lawler, Board Secretary Martin J. Lawler is an immigration attorney and author of four books. A lecturer on immigration law, Martin has authored two op-ed articles for The Wall Street Journal and has appeared on National Public Radio. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America. Martin is a long-time environmentalist: he has sued to stop nuclear power plants, was on the steering committee of a group that stopped a 500-home development next to a park, and opposed the expansion of a landfill in California's Petaluma Estuary. |
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Philip Jensen, Chief Financial Officer Philip Jensen grew up in upstate New York and received a B.A. in applied mathematics from Harvard College. He recently retired from a career in computer programming, culminating with an exciting five years at Google, Inc. He now does extensive reading in an effort to understand the coming challenges for the human species. |
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Allison Quaid, Board Member Allison Quaid has spent the last fifteen years promoting environmental sustainability by working with more than 500 local governments, non-profits and businesses across the U.S. She currently heads Creative Eco-Catalysts, an environmental consulting and social marketing communications firm, and is Deputy Director and co-founder of Bay Area Climate Solutions. Allison is on the Steering Committee of the Business Council on Climate Change, on the Board of Strategic Energy Innovations. She has consulted to both the World Bank and USAID on international environmental projects. |
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Jason Bradford, Advisor, Board Member Jason Bradford is the founder of Willits Economic Localization, a group of citizens in Willits, California working together to create a local economy based on the principles of sufficiency and resilience. Jason is the creator and producer of the monthly internet radio show The Reality Report, which explores issues of sustainability. He was previously a Research Scientist with the Missouri Botanical Garden's Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development. He has a PhD in Evolutionary and Population Biology from Washington University in St. Louis and has considerable expertise in the relationship between climate change and biodiversity. |
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Nate Hagens, Board Member Nate Hagens is editor of The Oil Drum, one of the most popular and highly-respected websites in the world for analysis and discussion of global energy supplies and their implications for the future. Previously, Nate was President of Sanctuary Asset Management, Managing Director of Pension Research Institute, and Vice President at Salomon Brothers and Lehman Brothers. Nate is completing a PhD in Natural Resources at the Gund Institute at the University of Vermont. His thesis explores pathways towards resilience as global fossil fuel resources decline, and integrates both biophysical and cultural/biological limitations and opportunities. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA with honors from the University of Chicago. |
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Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow in Residence, Board Member Richard Heinberg is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost Peak Oil educators, having delivered hundreds of lectures on oil depletion to a wide variety of audiences around the world. He is the award-winning author of eight books including: Richard writes a regular column for the Ecologist magazine and has authored scores of essays and articles that have appeared in such journals as The American Prospect, Public Policy Research, European Business Review, Earth Island Journal, Yes! Magazine, and The Sun, as well as on websites such as Alternet.org, EnergyBulletin.net, and Counterpunch.com. His monthly MuseLetter has been included in Utne Reader's annual list of Best Alternative Newsletters. He has been featured in many film documentaries, including End of Suburbia and Leonardo DiCaprio's 11th Hour. » Download High res photo (350k) |