Executive Director – John G. Stevens, Distinguished University Professor, University of North Carolina, Asheville; PhD, Physical Chemistry, North Carolina State University, 1969
Senior Advisor – Jon R. Wiener, PhD, 1984 Microbiology, University of Virginia. Currently, Associate Dean of Math and Science, AB-Tech.
Principal – Steve Cochran, Co-founder and President of Sustainability Strategies LLC. Board Member for the United States Partnership for Sustainable Development; Served as an elected North American delegate to the April 2009 United Nations’ “World Conference on Sustainable Development” in Bonn, Germany.
Special Advisor, Finances and Development – Paul F. Bellows, Chief Operating Officer, Retired, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; Master of Public Administration, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1973
Director of Government Relations/Development – Alan Escovitz, Formerly Director for External Affairs, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Ohio State University. 2008
Director of Communication and Education – Steven Samuels, MA, Creative Writing, Brown University, 1979
Senior Advisor, Natural Environment – Rebecca A. Efroymson, PhD, Environmental Toxicology, Cornell University, 1993
Senior Science Advisor – William W. Hargrove, Eastern Forest Threat Assessment Center, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station; PhD, Ecosystem Ecology, University of Georgia, 1988
Senior Advisor, Built and Natural Environment – David A. Johnson, FAICP, Professor Emeritus of Planning, University of Tennessee; PhD, Regional Planning, Cornell University, 1972
Special Advisor, Renewable Energies – Drew Kitt, Founder and President, Renewable Logistics, Inc.
Special Advisor, Rural Development – Tom Hatley, Consultant and Writer; MS, Forest Science, Yale University of Environmental Studies; PhD, History, Duke University.
Special Advisor, The Built Environment – David Mosrie, President and Co-founder, Push Designs,LLC; BA, Ecological Design and Development, Prescott College, 1993
Researcher – Chris Fargo-Masuda, Student, University of North Carolina, Asheville; Senior, Interdisciplinary Research:Ethics and Social Institutions
Administrative Assistant – Jennifer Cory, Student, University of North Carolina, Asheville; Engineering; George Mason University, BA, History, 1996
Co-Chair, Advisory Council – Russ Martin, Formerly Mayor of Asheville and Investment Officer, Merrill Lynch & Co.
Co-Chair, Advisory Council – David Wallace, Vice President for Strategic Development, Vanir Energy (a clean energy company), Asheville; MS, Physical Oceanography, University College of North Wales, 1986
