 Michael
Gillenwater- Dean, GHG Management Institute
Michael Gillenwater is co-founder of the GHG Management Institute.
He is charged with developing and directing the overall instructional
program at the Institute.
He has spent much of his career focusing on the development of
the policies and infrastructure needed to produce highly credible
environmental information that can serve as the basis of market
and other compliance mechanisms, including measurement and verification
policies and management and reporting systems for greenhouse gases
and other ecosystem services.+++
Michael has worked on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change
since 1995. He co-established the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Program within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Michael’s
work at EPA concentrated on development of an overall system for
producing high quality greenhouse gas emission inventories and on
the international compliance process for doing so under the United
National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He was lead author
of the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks reports
published from 1997 through 2003.
Michael is listed on the rosters of technical experts and is actively
engaged in the work of the UNFCCC and as a lead author of several
IPCC reports. He developed and teaches the courses that certify
experts to serve on compliance review teams under the Kyoto Protocol.
He is also a core advisor to World Resources Institute and the World
Business Council on Sustainable Development for the revised edition
of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. He founded the Greenhouse Gas Experts
Network (www.ghgnetwork.org) and currently serves as its Executive
Director.
Most recently he was Director of the EcoRegistry® Program at
Environmental Resources Trust (ERT). Michael is currently at Princeton
University’s Science, Technology and Environmental Policy
Program while also serving as Director of Verification Policy (a
senior advisory role) for ERT and as a consultant and advisor to
the UNFCCC Secretariat, and UNDP. His research is focused renewable
and emission markets and on monitoring and verification issues with
for climate change policies. Prior to joining ERT, Michael was first
with the U.S. EPA’s Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation
and then EPA’s Clean Air Markets Division. He has also worked
for Sandia National Laboratories and ICF Consulting’s Global
Environmental Issues Group. He has a bachelors degree in mechanical
engineering from Texas A&M University and masters degrees in
environmental engineering and “Technology and Policy”
from MIT. He also spent a year at the University of Sussex as Fulbright
Scholar in Evolutionary Adaptive Systems.
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 Tom
Baumann - Director of Professional Programs, GHG Management Institute
Tom, along with Patrick Hardy, will be developing future
courses on:
• Validation of emission reduction projects for professionals
• Verifications project-level emission reductions for professionals,
and
• Verification of entity-level inventories for professionals)
Tom will also be working with Rob Fowler in developing our “Project-level
GHG Accounting: State of the Art” course.+++
Tom Baumann is co-founder of ClimateCHECK. During his career, Tom
has led progressively senior positions in the private sector, public
sector and not-for-profit sector. He has 10 years of experience
working with climate change and clean energy companies to support
technical and management solutions that achieve the double dividend
of environmental and economic benefits.
He has been a significant contributor to the development of the
standards, tools, and systems to support GHG technologies as well
as GHG credits for both voluntary and regulated markets. Tom has
led many teams of climate change experts for major customers around
the world, including work based on the ISO 14064 GHG Standards,
WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol, and UNFCCC CDM projects.
Tom is the main author of the ISO 14064-2 International Standard
for GHG Projects (www.iso.org), which has been adopted by various
GHG initiatives including the Voluntary Carbon Standard (www.v-c-s.org),
the GE-AES Greenhouse Gas Standard (www.ge-aes.com), the Government
of Canada (www.ec.gc.ca), and the Government of Alberta (www.environment.gov.ab.ca).
ISO 14064-2 also forms part of industry and sectoral GHG guidelines
including the IPIECA GHG project guidelines (www.ipieca.org).
Tom was also a significant contributor to the development of the
WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol for Projects (www.ghgprotocol.org) as best
practice guidance on “how to do” GHG project accounting.
Tom lead the development of sector specific GHG protocols, based
on the ISO 14064-2 for wind, small hydro, the electricity grid baseline
as well as biofuel transportation projects. Tom also co-lead the
development of training courses for GHG quantification and verification
based on ISO 14064 and the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocols.
Tom developed and implemented the System of Measurement And Reporting
of Technologies (SMART) for the Government of Canada’s climate
change Technology Early Action Measures Initiative (www.team.gc.ca)
– a government fund having invested in more than 100 GHG technology
demonstration projects with a total investment of more than $1 billion.
The SMART has been adopted by Sustainable Development Technologies
Canada (www.sdtc.ca), a leading green investment program. Tom has
worked on techno-economic GHG models, strategic studies and market
research.
Tom has a B.A. in environmental economics and completed graduate
studies in environmental and natural resource economics. Tom also
has a B.Eng. and M.Eng. in environmental engineering, as well as
certificates in sustainable business and environmental impact assessment.
Tom is a qualified GHG verifier with the Government of Canada and
is also trained as an ISO 14001 EMS Lead Auditor.
Patrick Hardy, ClimateCHECK
Patrick Hardy is Co-Founder of ClimateCHECK. He is a leading expert
on greenhouse gas quantification, validation and verification for
technologies, projects and company inventories. Patrick has been
extensively involved with the development of GHG standards and protocols,
including co-chair of the Canadian Advisory Committee for Climate
Change, Canadian representative for the International ISO 14064
meetings and road-testing the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol for Projects.
+++
Patrick is the main author of a GHG handbook including guidance
and case studies on the application of the ISO 10464-1 standard-GHG
quantification and reporting at the organizational level and also
developed and delivered GHG training material for both the Canadian
government and previous employers.
Prior to founding ClimateCHECK, Patrick was the Manager of Climate
Change Services for a leading international certification body.
Patrick managed the verification of major international customers
for their world-wide GHG inventory, and delivered consulting, validation,
verification and training services to numerous clients.
Patrick managed the GHG Measurement and Reporting for the Government
of Canada’s GHG technology investment fund. His work included
developing and delivering GHG validation/verification courses, developing
sector protocols based on the ISO GHG standard and managing staff,
internal and external resources to develop measurement and reporting
plans, evaluate scientific and technical reports, and to perform
GHG evaluations/validations for funded projects.
Before starting work on climate change, Patrick was the Lab Manager
for a leading Canadian bio-fuel technology company. Patrick’s
responsibilities included managing staff, verifying and reporting
lab results and developing and implementing the QA/QC systems. He
was also responsible for research and development activities including
the identification and extraction of new compounds from bio-oil,
the development of new types of resins and the development and implementation
of new test plans. Patrick has a Bachelor in Biology and an Applied
Degree in Biotechnology.
Taryn Fransen , World Resources Institute
Taryn, along with Angel Hsu, has developed our “Organizational
GHG Accounting: State of the Art” course.
Taryn Fransen is a Senior Associate with the GHG Protocol Initiative
at the World Resources Institute, where she oversees the design
and implementation of GHG management programs in developing countries.
Her expertise includes corporate- and project-level GHG accounting
and reporting, GHG program design, corporate climate change strategy,
and environmental markets.+++ Prior to joining WRI, Ms. Fransen was
Associate Program Officer at the United Nations Foundation, where
she co-managed a portfolio of projects to engage institutional investors
on climate change issues and attract financing for sustainable energy
development. She has also served as a consultant on markets for
ecosystem services for the World Wildlife Fund, and as Business
Solutions Fellow at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Ms.
Fransen holds an M.S. and B.S. in Earth Systems from Stanford University.
She has worked internationally in Mexico, Brazil, the Philippines,
South Korea, India, Guatemala, and Costa Rica and is fluent in English
and Spanish.
Angel Hsu, World Resources Institute
Angel Hsu supports the GHG Protocol Initiative’s developing
country initiatives in the Philippines, China, Brazil, Mexico, and
India. She also manages the GHG Protocol website, quarterly newsletter,
and outreach. Her expertise includes corporate GHG accounting and
reporting and GHG program design. Prior to joining WRI, she completed
a Master's degree in Environmental Policy at the University of Cambridge
in England and a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in Political Science
from Wake Forest University. She has also conducted research in
Costa Rica, Ecuador, Jamaica, and Taiwan. She is fluent in English
and Mandarin Chinese.
 Rob
Fowler, Abatement Solutions - Asia Pacific (AS-AP)
Rob, along with ClimateCHECK, will be developing our “Project-level
GHG Accounting: State of the Art” course.
Rob Fowler is Managing Director of Abatement Solutions - Asia Pacific.
He is recognised globally as an expert in the design and implementation
of market-based mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Based
in Sydney, Australia, he is a regular presenter at international
climate change conferences and workshops across Europe, North America
and Asia.+++
Through his role with AS-AP, Rob provides a range of services covering
climate change policy, carbon finance capacity building, offsets
frameworks, project structuring, and carbon strategy development.
Rob is an active member of the UNFCCC’s expert register and
provides adviceto the CDM Executive Board on new methodologies,
registration of projects and accreditation of verifiers. He is a
member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the CDM Gold Standard,
and has contributed to the development of standards and protocols
including the WBCSD/WRI GHG Project Protocol, the international
standard ISO14064, and the Australian Standard for carbon accounting
in forests.
Closer to home, Rob is best known for his work with the Australian
State-based “New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme”
(GGAS), where from August 2003 to June 2006 he drove the implementation
and development of many of the scheme’s abatement frameworks,
including coal-fired power generation, carbon sequestration in forests,
and the distribution of energy efficient light bulbs. He trained
auditors, developed administration workflow tools, and educated
a wide variety of participants on the workings and opportunities
of this innovative scheme.
Kyle Tanger, Clear Carbon Consulting
Kyle, along with Cynthia Cummis, will be developing our “Setting
up a GHG information system for Corporations and Organizations”
course.
Kyle Tanger manages numerous GHG and energy projects with Fortune
50, Federal, and Non-Profit clients. He brings significant greenhouse
gas estimation experience to Clear Carbon Consulting, having managed
the inventory efforts of multiple clients with combined emissions
totaling in excess of 60 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.+++
Mr. Tanger served as a peer reviewer for the World Resources Institute
and World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Greenhouse
Gas Protocol, contributed extensive written comments to multiple
guidance documents for GHG registries, and has presented at international
GHG conferences. He has worked extensively to create tools that
measure financial performance of climate mitigation strategies and
offset portfolios. Mr. Tanger also has managed corporate GHG and
sustainability information management projects, performed feasibility
studies and designed blueprints for system development. He has extensive
product carbon life-cycle analysis experience, having consulted
on the life-cycle carbon footprint analyses for multiple consumer
products.
Cynthia Cummis , Clear Carbon Consulting
Ms. Cummis is the Director of Carbon Management at Clear Carbon
Consulting, managing carbon quantification and management projects
for multiple Fortune 500 clients.
She brings more than 11 years of experience working on the issue
of global climate change. Ms. Cummis was the founding Director of
U.S. EPA’s Climate Leaders Program, a voluntary program that
partners with businesses to develop corporate-wide greenhouse gas
inventories and to develop corporate-wide greenhouse gas reduction
goals. +++
For more than 5 years,
she led the design and implementation of the program and oversaw
the growth of the program to more than 90 corporate Partners. Prior
to managing Climate Leaders, Ms. Cummis served as the Manager of
Strategic Projects for EPA’s Climate Wise program, aimed at
increasing energy efficiency among industrial companies. Ms. Cummis
served as a member of the Editorial Committee for the first version
of WRI/WBCSD’s GHG Protocol and a member of the Revision Working
Group for the revised edition. She also represented EPA as a member
of the International Standard Organization’s U.S. Technical
Advisory Group for development of ISO Standard 14064: a corporate
standard for measuring, reporting, and verifying GHG emissions.
She served as a key advisor in the design of the Climate Neutral
Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping organizations
and individuals achieve a net-zero impact on the Earth’s climate.
Ms. Cummis has presented at dozens of U.S. corporate climate change
conferences and has published numerous articles on approaches to
high-quality GHG management.
 Timothy
Simmons
Tim will be developing our course on “GHG Accounting for
Stationary Combustion.”
After an early career in physics and operational research Tim turned
to energy statistics within the UK government statistical service
. This led him to take the post of Head of Energy Statistics in
the International Energy Agency for six years during which he became
closely involved with the early development of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines on national greenhouse
gas inventories. Over the last twelve years he has worked as a consultant
in the fields of energy statistics and GHG emissions methodology
and reporting for the European Commission, UK government, Danish
government and the IPCC.
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