ABOUT US
Board of Directors
John Ackerly
John Ackerly is the President of Alliance for Green Heat, a new non-profit thermal biomass education and policy organization. Previously, John was the President of the International Campaign for Tibet, a non-profit advocacy organization with offices in Washington, Amsterdam, Berlin and Brussels and more than 100,000 members. He has testified before Congress numerous times and has been a frequent commentator for the BBC, CNN and VOA. He attended Dartmouth College and American University Law School, and has founded and built several non-profits. He is an avid rock climber, skier, outdoorsman and wood stove aficionado. He lives in Takoma Park, Maryland with his wife Nina Smith and son Sammy.
John Ackerly is the President of Alliance for Green Heat, a new non-profit thermal biomass education and policy organization. Previously, John was the President of the International Campaign for Tibet, a non-profit advocacy organization with offices in Washington, Amsterdam, Berlin and Brussels and more than 100,000 members. He has testified before Congress numerous times and has been a frequent commentator for the BBC, CNN and VOA. He attended Dartmouth College and American University Law School, and has founded and built several non-profits. He is an avid rock climber, skier, outdoorsman and wood stove aficionado. He lives in Takoma Park, Maryland with his wife Nina Smith and son Sammy.
Jon Strimling
Jon Strimling is President and CEO of American Biomass Corporation, parent company of Woodpellets.com, American Biomass Transportation.
Jon Strimling is President and CEO of American Biomass Corporation, parent company of Woodpellets.com, American Biomass Transportation.
Background: Extensive background in logistics and engineering at GE, American Industrial Partners’ portfolio companies and DEKA Research and Development. Previous Director of Development at New England Wood Pellet.
Education: Masters in Management from MIT Sloan School of Management and Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MS, Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University.
Lily Donge
As Manager of environment and climate change, Lily leads Calvert's efforts related to environment, energy, and clean technologies. As part of the research team, she has managed research processes for the Calvert Social Index®, the Calvert Global Alternative Energy Fund and most recently the Calvert Global Water Fund. She has testified and briefed a range of policymakers on financing cleantech, alternative energy and climate change. She serves as a Board member of the Roberts Environmental Center, an institute that created the Pacific Sustainability Index. Prior to joining Calvert in 2001, she worked at the World Resources Institute, at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, and at WI Carr in Southeast Asia. She has an MBA from Yale School of Management, an MA in International Development Economics from Yale University, and a BA in Economics and International Relations from Claremont McKenna College.
As Manager of environment and climate change, Lily leads Calvert's efforts related to environment, energy, and clean technologies. As part of the research team, she has managed research processes for the Calvert Social Index®, the Calvert Global Alternative Energy Fund and most recently the Calvert Global Water Fund. She has testified and briefed a range of policymakers on financing cleantech, alternative energy and climate change. She serves as a Board member of the Roberts Environmental Center, an institute that created the Pacific Sustainability Index. Prior to joining Calvert in 2001, she worked at the World Resources Institute, at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, and at WI Carr in Southeast Asia. She has an MBA from Yale School of Management, an MA in International Development Economics from Yale University, and a BA in Economics and International Relations from Claremont McKenna College.
Nick Salafsky
Nick Salafsky is Co-Director of Foundations of Success, a non-profit organization that seeks to improve the practice of conservation. FOS works with conservation practitioners around the world to define clear and practical measures of conservation success, determine sound guiding principles for using conservation strategies, and develop the knowledge and skills of individuals and organizations to do good adaptive management. Nick is also product manager for the Miradi Adaptive Management Software program
Prior to starting FOS, Nick worked for the MacArthur Foundation where he was responsible for environmental grantmaking in Asia and the Pacific. Before that, Nick worked for the Biodiversity Support Program, testing enterprise-based approaches to biodiversity conservation across the Asia/Pacific Region. Nick also spent several years in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, conducting interdisciplinary research on the forest gardens, a locally developed agroforestry system, and the behavorial ecology of the red-leaf monkey. Nick has a Ph.D in Environmental Studies and an MA in Resource Economics from Duke and an AB in Biological Anthropology from Harvard.
Nick Salafsky is Co-Director of Foundations of Success, a non-profit organization that seeks to improve the practice of conservation. FOS works with conservation practitioners around the world to define clear and practical measures of conservation success, determine sound guiding principles for using conservation strategies, and develop the knowledge and skills of individuals and organizations to do good adaptive management. Nick is also product manager for the Miradi Adaptive Management Software program
Prior to starting FOS, Nick worked for the MacArthur Foundation where he was responsible for environmental grantmaking in Asia and the Pacific. Before that, Nick worked for the Biodiversity Support Program, testing enterprise-based approaches to biodiversity conservation across the Asia/Pacific Region. Nick also spent several years in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, conducting interdisciplinary research on the forest gardens, a locally developed agroforestry system, and the behavorial ecology of the red-leaf monkey. Nick has a Ph.D in Environmental Studies and an MA in Resource Economics from Duke and an AB in Biological Anthropology from Harvard.