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Staff

Our staff has the expertise and diverse industry experience, education and technical abilities to help bring a well-rounded team approach to all of our projects and programs.

 

Administration

Steve Kalland

Executive Director

919-513-1896

Shannon Helm

Senior Director, Communications & External Relations

919-515-0353

Anne Tazewell

Special Projects Manager

919-513-7831

Clean Transportation

Rick Sapienza

Director, Clean Transportation Program

919-515-2788

Heather Brutz

Finance & Operations Manager, Clean Transportation Program

919-515-0277

Allison Carr

Clean Transportation Specialist

919-515-9781

John Bonitz

Clean Transportation Specialist

919-515-5689

Clean Power & Industrial Efficiency

Isaac Panzarella

Assistant Director for Technical Services

919-515-0354

Art Samberg

Clean Power & Industrial Efficiency Coordinator

919-515-5959

Kimberly Conley

Senior Project Manager

919-515-0903

Ted Spencer

Clean Power & Industrial Efficiency Project Engineer

919-515-1911

Policy & Markets

Brian Lips

Senior Project Manager, DSIRE

919-515-3954

Autumn Proudlove

Senior Manager of Policy Research

919-515-8118

Achyut Shrestha

Senior Policy Analyst

919-515-0341

David Sarkisian

Policy Analyst

919-513-0995

Training

Megan Berry

Clean Energy Training Specialist

919-513-4790

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