Staff
and Directors
GENI
International Staff
Mr.
Peter Meisen (Founder) B.S.
President and Director
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Mr.
Meisen is a graduate (1976) of the University
of California, San Diego with an Applied Mechanics
and Engineering Sciences degree. In 1983, he CO-founded
SHARE
(Self Help and Resource Exchange), North America's
largest private food distribution program, currently
serving more than a million people each month
in the U.S., Mexico and Guatemala. He is an internationally
recognized speaker on the global issues of renewable
energy, transmission and distribution of electricity,
quality of life and its relationship to electricity,
the environment and sustainable development. |
Mr. Paul-Michael
Dekker (B.A.Sc.)
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Mr.
Dekker joined the GENI organization in September,
1993. He received a B.A.Sc. (Systems Design Engineering)
from the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada), in 1980. He worked for nine years with
UNISYS (Winnipeg, Manitoba), and one year with
the Board of Education of the City of York (Toronto,
Ontario). He owns Byte
Butler, a company with projects in systems
design, online marketing, video
email, and telecommunications. He is a Director
for Intercept
Hunger, a San Diego-based hunger-relief organization.
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GENI International
Board of Directors:
Dr.
Graeme M. Edwards (M.B.,
B.S., B.
Med. Sci.)
Director
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In
1991, Dr. Edwards founded an Australian-based
firm, Streamline International Pty. Ltd., consulting
in the areas of strategic planning, organization
design and human resource management. A graduate
of the University of Queensland, Australia, Dr.
Edwards, trained in emergency medicine and intensive
care, has been involved with executive administration
since 1978. He has diverse management experience
with numerous professional, educational and volunteer
organizations, both nationally and internationally. |
Ms.
Sara Beattie
Director
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Ms.
Beattie is a cosmopolitan entrepreneur residing
in Hong Kong since 1963. As Managing Director
of the Sara
Beattie Group of Companies, she has a wealth
of experience in the dynamic Asian business markets.
Her companies are involved with the training,
placement and recruitment of executive personnel,
as well as language and business studies. |
Mr.
Jim Cathcart (CSP, CPAE)
Director
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Mr.
Cathcart is an author and professional speaker
with twenty years of professional presentation
to more than 2000 audiences worldwide. His expertise
is in helping businesses grow. As founder and
president of Cathcart Institute, La Jolla, California,
he serves an international clientele. In 1989,
Mr. Cathcart was president of the National Speakers
Association and in 1993 received their Cavett
Award for a lifetime of leadership and service.
Mr. Cathcart is the author of Relationship Selling
and The Acorn Principle. He co-owns a software
firm in California and a training institute in
North Carolina. Mr. Cathcart was the 2001 recipient
of the Toastmasters International Golden
Gavel Award, the highest achievement award
for professional speakers. |
Ms.
Bobbi DePorter
Director
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Ms.
DePorter is president of Learning
Forum, a California-based company producing
programs for students, teachers, schools and organizations
in the U.S., Singapore, Hong Kong and England.
As a co-founder of Burklyn Business School and
having studied with Dr. Georgi Lozanov, father
of accelerated learning, Ms. DePorter offered
these successful learning techniques to students
in SuperCamp, starting in 1982, to help students
relearn how they learn and reshape their lives.
She is the author of Quantum Learning: Unleashing
the Genius in You and Quantum Business and was
president of the International Alliance for Learning. |
Mr.
Nyhl Henson (BS Communications)
Director
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Mr.
Henson is a 20-year veteran of the communications
industry. He was Chairman and CEO of CMT
(Country Music Television), served as Nickelodeon's
first general manager, and helped create MTV Networks,
Inc. He is president of his own Florida-based
entertainment consulting firm, Nyhl Henson Enterprises,
and serves as executive producer of Branson Hills
Productions, in Branson, Missouri. |
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Dr.
Janathin Miller (Ph.D.)
Director
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Dr.
Miller was president and co-founder of Access
Research Corporation, an engineering company,
as well as a board member of its parent company,
TYX Corporation. Holding a doctorate in education
with a focus on systems management from Cornell
University, Dr. Miller is a founding trustee and
member of the Board of Directors at California
State University, San Marcos, California. She
holds teaching credentials in higher education
in New York, Massachusetts and California and
serves as guest or adjunct faculty at several
prestigious universities. In recent years, Access
Research won achievement awards for Women in Technology
and Successful California Women-Owned Business.
In 1987, she received national recognition as
Entrepreneur of the Year by Arthur Young/Venture
Magazine. She enjoys membership and affiliation
in numerous engineering trade associations (IEEE,
NSIA,AFCEA,ASTD,and
NSPI). |
Mr.
Michael Powers (University of Missouri - Journalism)
Director, Treasurer
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Michael
Powers is a writer and marketing professional
with over 25 years experience in advertising,
publishing and direct marketing. His support of
GENI began in 1986, when he first learned of the
Global Energy Grid concept through Buckminster
Fuller's book Critical
Path. For the past two years, he has been
working with AstroPower Inc., the nation's largest
independent solar cell manufacturer, to launch
a partnership with The Home Depot that makes solar
home energy systems both affordable and readily
available to the average homeowner, coast-to-coast
(see http://www.hd-solar.com).
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Mr.
Don Robinson
Director
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Donald
J. Robinson is a lifelong power engineer, now
President and Chairman of Acumen
Engineering Solutions International. He
has over 40 years experience in the electrical
utility industry, including 22 years working
for Ontario Hydro in Operations Engineering
and Planning and 18 years providing both managerial
and technical consulting to electric utilities,
industry and government agencies throughout
the United States and Canada. Don provides
leadership and experience in a wide range of
projects to the power sector:
- Electric
Utility Operations and Planning
- Utility
Deregulation and Restructuring
- Transmission
Studies, Tariffs, and Ancillary Service Issues
- Power
Supply Agreements and Transactions (Negotiations
and Audits)
- Power
Plant Development
- System
Automation (EMS/SCADA/DA)
- Operational
Audits
- Information
Technology Strategic Planning
- FERC
Expert Witness on Electric Utility Operations
- Assessment
of Power Supply Options
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Mr.
William A. Shopoff (M.B.A.,
BS, C.C.I.M)
Director
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Mr. Shopoff, a graduate of the University of Texas,
has been involved in all aspects of the real estate
business for 17 years, including owning and operating
real estate brokerage firms and a property management
firm. Since 1992, he has been Vice President,
Corporate Treasurer and a shareholder of Asset
Recovery Fund, Inc., acquiring over $200 million
(purchase price) in real estate and mortgages.
He is responsible for due diligence, financial
modeling, pricing and creation of the appropriate
capital structure for the majority of ARF's acquisitions,
including the creation of joint ventures and syndication
partnerships. He also has oversight and management
of the firm's accounting division. The firm is
currently involved in acquisition and development
of residential subdivisions in Southern California,
and the acquisition of office and retail properties
throughout the southwestern U.S. Additionally,
ARF has begun a program of acquiring and renovating
low-income apartment housing. Mr. Shopoff is a
Certified Commercial Investment Member, a distinction
awarded by the National Association of REALTORS.
Contact him at bshopoff@ebridgepartners.com |
Ms.
Joanalys B. Smith (J.D.)
Secretary
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Ms.
Smith graduated from the University of Virginia,
majoring in organizational communication and later
studied law at the University of Texas. Prior
to law she was a banker on Wall Street, a marketing
representative for Norton Simon, and aide to former
New Jersey Governor James Florio. Ms. Smith is
now a partner in her law firm, the Law Offices
of Joanalys B. Smith, and is on the faculty of
the University of Texas. |
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