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Stephen Fernands, Board President
Valerie Jones,
Board Vice President
Bryan Hutchinson, Board Treasurer
Catherine Wilt, Board Secretary
Bob Bradley
Alexandra Buczek
Ron Celentano
Lester Fry
Susan LeGros
Sean McConnell
 Stephen Fernands, CUSTOMIZED ENERGY SOLUTIONS
Board President, Board member since November 2000 (At-Large)
Since founding Customized Energy Solutions, Fernands has been involved in
more than 100 consulting projects for clients across North America and
abroad. He wants to remain on the Board because he believes there is greater
urgency for us to work together to maximize the benefits of electric
competition when PECO rate caps expire in 2011. With lower energy prices,
Fernands wants to help members pursue options that improve the environment.
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 Valerie M. Jones, VALERIE M. JONES ASSOCIATES
Board Vice President, Board member since March 2004
Valerie M. Jones Associates (VMJA) provides expert consulting in grantmaking
and fundraising. VMJA works to strengthen non-profits in the arts, culture
and environmental sectors. VMJA has raised more than $100 million for
non-profits, and advised Fortune 500 companies, as well as family
foundations, on their giving. Jones joined the ECAP board to help make
clean, green energy both available and affordable to all. She would like to
continue to serve on the ECAP board because she wants to help ECAP survive
and thrive as electric rate caps come off.
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 Bryan Hutchinson
Board Treasurer, Board member since January 2010
Hutchinson is currently pursuing opportunities to combine over 25 years of
accounting/financial management experience with his lifelong passion for
energy conservation, efficiency and sustainability. He became a member in
2001 when The Energy Cooperative began providing renewable electricity.
Hutchinson wants to continue on the Board because he strongly believes in
the mission and values of our organization.
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 Catherine
C. Wilt,
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMIC LIBRARY CONSORTIUM, INC.
Board Secretary, Board member since June 2011
Wilt is the
new Executive Director of the non-profit Pennsylvania Academic Library
Consortium, Inc., PALCI, serving 78 college and university libraries in the
support of library collaboration through technology solutions. Over the
past 25 years, she has lead library cooperative efforts on the national,
regional, and state levels serving thousands of libraries and cultural
heritage organizations worldwide. Wilt is passionate about supporting green
energy initiatives and believes in the power and innovation energy
cooperatives bring to the consumer and the marketplace. As a member, she
sees ECAP as uniquely positioned to lead in these efforts for our community
and welcomes the opportunity to help in this important work.
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Bob Bradley
Board member since April 2002 (At-large)
Bradley has over 30 years of experience in the petroleum industry including
sales, terminal management, energy trading and financial risk management.
Bradley joined the Board as an industry expert and advisor to the Heating
Oil Program. He hopes to remain a Board member in the coming year to support
future opportunities.
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 Alexandra Buczek,
NATIONAL ADOPTION CENTER
Board member since June 2011
Buczek is passionate about the environment, sustainable business and the
role social media can play in these areas. She has more than fifteen years of
experience in technology-based products and services. She leads and manages all
web-based initiatives for the National Adoption Center. Alexandra holds a BS in
Physics from the University of Rhode Island and an MBA in Sustainable Business
from Green Mountain College. Buczek puts her money and efforts where her beliefs
lie, so as a member and a Board member of ECAP, she is thrilled to be able to
contribute to such a great organization.
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 Ron Celentano, CELENTANO ENERGY SERVICES
Board member since September 2004
Celentano began working in the solar energy field over 30 years ago with
designing, installing and monitoring solar water heating and space heating
systems. He joined the Board because he was impressed that members had been
offered a 100% locally-generated renewable electricity since the late 1990s.
He was even more impressed that we were one of the first in the nation to
start a solar buyback program, which he helped support prior to joining the
Board.
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 Lester
S. Fry, CBIZ BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Board member since June 2011
Fry's involvement in the Philadelphia business community spans his career as
a Partner with Ernst & Young, LLP and as Chief Administrative Officer of the
Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. Fry has experience, over the years, as
a business advisor to a host of private, non-profit and public companies
including both high-growth and stable environments. Fry’s motivation to seek a
position on the ECAP board was stimulated when he learned about the many untold
ECAP accomplishments in providing clean, green energy using a unique cooperative
foundation to deliver their products and services.
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 Susan
LeGros, STEVENS AND LEE
Board member since June 2011
LeGros
has over 30 years of experience representing utility industry, business and
government clients in matters pertaining to environmental, natural resources,
renewable energy and regulatory issues. She is a former Legal Branch Section
Chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the first Executive
Director of the Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association. LeGros has
represented clients in regulatory proceedings involving renewable energy in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She sees being on the ECAP Board as a natural
outgrowth of her involvement in renewable energy and looks forward to supporting
the growth of the organization.
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 Sean McConnell
Board member since June 2011
McConnell operates his own legal practice and serves as a corporate and
brand consultant. His intellectual property practice provides common sense
brand development and brand protection counseling to businesses, individuals
and nonprofits. As a consultant, he assists middle market and emerging
growth companies to understand their competitive landscape and to devise
practical strategic and tactical marketing strategies to operate in that
landscape. McConnell has a strong passion for the environment and is excited
to help ECAP build its presence as a low-cost, clean energy provider.
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