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Conference, Membership and Business Development
Stephen Miner Senior VP, Conference, Membership and Business Development sminer@awea.org
Stephen Miner joined AWEA in November 2002. He is responsible for the WINDPOWER annual conference and exhibition along with the development of new technical and educational programs for AWEA. He also serves as the staff liaison for the WINDPOWER Program and Exhibitor Committees. Previously he served as the Manager of Education with the Environmental Industry Association (EIA). Prior to EIA, Mr. Miner had 16 years of experience as an administrator and faculty member in the higher education field at the University of Michigan-Flint in Flint, Michigan and Prince George's Community College located outside of Washington, DC. Mr. Miner graduated from Framingham State College in Framingham, Massachusetts with a B.A. in Sociology and Economics, and received an M.Ed. in Counseling from Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Kisha James Marsha Funk Jeff Anthony
Jeff Anthony joined AWEA in March 2007. He is responsible for supporting utilities in their efforts to integrate and adopt wind power as a mainstream generation technology. He works with individual utilities across the U.S. as they expand their use of wind power, to aid them in their understanding of wind's benefits, and to help them address integration and other implementation issues. He is involved in a number of industry efforts related to wind integration, to accelerate bringing larger amounts of wind power onto electric utility systems. He also maintains relationships with utility trade groups and provide outreach and education to various sectors in the electric industry on the benefits and current state of wind power in the U.S. Mr. Anthony graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering and received an Executive MBA from Northwestern University. Matt Garran John R. Dunlop
John provides wind energy technical, educational and policy support to technical audiences out of his office in Minneapolis. He also manages AWEA's wind energy standards program. John has been with AWEA since 1993, and collaborated with AWEA while serving as a renewable energy program manager for the Minnesota state energy office for fifteen years. He has degrees in physics and mechanical engineering, and is a licensed professional engineer.
Stefanie Brown
Stefanie Brown joined AWEA in 2001 and works primarily on AWEA's annual conference and exhibition as well as other educational workshops. Stefanie's role in these events is mainly related to logistics including site selection, hotel and convention center relations, vendor facilitation, creation of promotional pieces, registration, sponsorships, catering, and many other responsibilities. Prior to AWEA, Stefanie worked at ICF Consulting for 3 years on a variety of energy and environmental consulting projects. Stefanie earned her Bachelor of Science in Integrated Science and Technology with double concentrations in Energy and Environment from James Madison University in 1998. Elesha Peterson CarrManager, Workshops epetersoncarr@awea.org Phone: (202) 383-2558 Elesha Peterson Carr joined AWEA in August of 2007 and works primarily on AWEA's educational workshops. Elesha's focus includes hotel relations, vendor facilitation, creation of promotional pieces, registration, sponsorships, catering, and other miscellaneous responsibilities. Prior to AWEA, Elesha worked in her home state for the South Dakota Democratic Party as Finance Director. Elesha earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of South Dakota and graduated with honors with her Masters in Business Administration with a custom emphasis of Social Responsibility in Business from Northern Arizona University. Marissa BundyRegistration Coordinator mbundy@awea.org Phone: (202) 383-2512
Marissa Bundy joined AWEA in August of 2004. Her responsibilities are to assist in planning the WINDPOWER conferences, its exhibitions and registration. Marissa has several years of experience working in the conference management area. Marissa graduated from the Maryland College of Art and Design and attended the Maryland Institute of Art. Deborah King
Sakura Emerine
Sakura Emerine joined AWEA in November, 2003. She is responsible for developing and executing educational programs for AWEA's conferences and workshops. One of her primary responsibilities is to manage the conference program planning for the WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition, including the abstract submission, review process, and speaker coordination. Prior to AWEA, Sakura worked at the Environmental Industry Associations for 4 years on their conferences and meetings as well as public relations. Sakura earned her Bachelor's of Arts degree in Communications and Studio Art from Denison University, Granville, Ohio. Annie Sznajder Satsuki Sokol Veronica Bemis
Lori Rugh
Lori Rugh joined the AWEA team in August of 2005. Main responsibilities include strategically planning for industry alliances & growth of supply chain on a National and International level. Responsible for growth of WINDPOWER conferences and all of the AWEA Workshops and other AWEA hosted events. This is inclusive of Sales, Sponsorships, Show Management as well as other responsibilities within the AWEA organization, working jointly with the Education staff and Membership staff. Lori comes to AWEA from a long background in the wind industry, working both for Enron Wind then GE Energy in a Marketing/Communications capacity and a history in Marketing prior to the wind years. Graduating from the Penn State University in Man/Environment Relations, she finds strong connections to her major through this industry. Mike Swinburne
Mike joined AWEA in April of 2007. His previous work experience includes recruiting and managing large numbers of volunteers and organizing and leading small workshops in model building. Most recently, Mike worked at a large outdoor concert venue as a chauffeur and security for visiting musicians and VIPs. Mike graduated in December 2006 with a degree in psychology from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Edward du Moulin Tonney Insley Amy Gaddis Amy joined AWEA in March of 2007. Prior to coming to AWEA Amy worked as a marketing assistant and conference coordinator for a small DC publishing firm, an intern for Senator Craig Thomas (WY), and a graphic designer for an outdoor advertising firm in San Diego, CA. She graduated from Georgetown University in May 2005 with a degree in English Literature and a minor in Fine Art. Mike Wiener
Mike joined AWEA in April of 2007. Previously, he worked in the art materials industry, most recently at his family's shop, the Art Colony at the Blueprinter in Palm Desert, California. Before that, Mike developed products and designed electronic publications for MacPherson's, the nation's largest art supply distributor. Mike is a graduate of the University of Missouri, where he studied journalism, graphic design and anthropology. His hometown sits beside the San Gorgonio Pass wind farm in the Southern California desert.
Ajay Jain Amanda Fortner Amna Khan
Amna Khan joined AWEA in October 2007. Prior to joining AWEA, Amna came to us with a background in the energy industry and in the association world. Most recently she was with the American Public Gas Association (APGA), as the Manager of Government Relations and Marketing. Amna also worked in finance and administration with APGA when she first started. Prior to that, she was a Project Manager with Radiant Communications, working with both the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the After-School Alliance Project. She graduated from George Mason University in December 1998, with a degree in International Affairs with a concentration in Economic and Political Development Michele Sullivan
Michele Sullivan joined AWEA as the Membership Marketing and Member Before the Freedom, Ms. Sullivan spent several years with consulting firms From 2000-2005, Ms. Sullivan served on the Board of Women in Sports Ms. Sullivan received her M.B.A. with a special focus on operations and manufacturing from the Darden Graduate School of Business at The University of Virginia (U.Va.) and her B.A. in Quantitative Economics from Stanford University. |
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