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GENI Personnel |
Mr. Peter Meisen (B.S.)
President and Director
Mr.
Meisen is a graduate of the University
of California, San Diego (1976) with an
Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences
degree.
Meisen founded
GENI in 1989, to conduct research and educate
world leaders to the strategy of linking renewable
energy
resources around the world. 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.
(Click
here for information about GENI Speakers.)
Peter is a member of the following professional
associations:
IEEE Power Engineering Society, World Affairs
Council of San Diego, Union of Concerned Scientists,
United
Nations Association, and is an Honorary member
of the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club.
In 1983, he co-founded S.H.A.R.E. (Self
Help and Resource Exchange), North America's
largest private food distribution program.
Photos by Monika Lozinska-Lee
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Mr. Paul-Michael
Dekker (B.A.Sc.)
Research,
Information Technology Director
Mr.
Dekker received a degree in Systems Design
Engineering from the University of Waterloo
(Waterloo, Ontario, Canada), in 1980. He joined
the GENI organization in September of 1993 and
is IT Director. He speaks locally about the
GENI Initiative and writes occasionally on specific
technical projects (GENI WMS Server, The GENI
Model). 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 is a principal of Green
Star Standard, a Life Cycle Assessment consultantcy.
Locally,
he serves as on the Baord for the Sustainability Alliance of Southern California, where he advocates for sustainable community policies. He actively participates on the Energy and Water Committee and Green Products Committee of the San Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership. He is a former member of the IEEE
and the San
Diego Chapter of the Institute of Management
Consultants.
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Patricia Stevens (M.Sc.)
Chief of Operations
Inspired
by serving in the Peace Corps in Nigeria, Ms. Stevens
subsequently received an MSc in Food Technology
from the University of Washington in 1971 and worked
for several years in the non-profit arena on international
food development projects. She spent 15 years in
the personal growth and performance field as a
center manager and seminar leader for Werner Erhard
and Associates and later as Vice President of Operations
for a startup company, Motivating the Teen Spirit.
Ms. Stevens was the Executive Director of GENI
in 1995 and 1996. She rejoined GENI in 2006 as
an independent contractor in research, editing,
organization, web assistance, and intern/volunteer
coordination. Her main hobby is photography (http://psc.jalbum.net/).
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Mark Henshaw (B.A.)
Project Developer
Mark Henshaw is currently serving as a Project
Developer for GENI. While with GENI, he
has helped to manage the campaign to create the
World Resources Simulation
Center. Additionally, Mark has coordinated
a marketing campaign for the GENI/KLD Global
Climate
100 Securities Index. He has recently (Oct. 2009)
founded a start-up company for Eco Investing: www.ecoinvestorguide.com.
Prior to his work with GENI, Mark worked in
Investor Relations for Sequenom, Inc. He has
also worked for Merrill Lynch and the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography. Mark holds degrees
in Economics, with a focus on environmental economics,
and Political Science, both from the University
of California, San Diego.
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Alice Lee (M.B.A.)
Marketing Associate, Webmaster Assistant
Alice Lee received her M.B.A. from San Jose
State in 2008. She joined the GENI organization
in November of 2008 and started to work on Internet
marketing, event promotion, and web content development.
She set up GENI channels on several social networking
sites and manages a variety of accounts. She
also helps with GENI's official website by updating
the library articles and RSS feed to assure growth
of web traffic.
Prior to her work with GENI, Alice had several
years of media and advertising experience in
Taiwan. She worked for VOGUE.com and launched
several online campaigns.
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Anne B. Tolch (B.A.)
Development Director
Ms. Anne B. Tolch received her Bachelor's Degree
in Plant Biology from Southern Illinois University
at Carbondale in 1996. She is currently working
with the GENI
to provide Resource Development for the World
Resources Simulation Center (WRSC).
On a local level, she serves as the Director
of Communications for the Sustainability Alliance
of Southern California. In this role, she advocates
for sustainable policies and practices with special
focus on renewable energy and water conservation.
Prior to this, Anne served on the Bishop's staff
for the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, where
she worked on a wide range of humanitarian and
sociological issues. She also supports the Zero
Waste initiative to ensure that disposed materials
are properly recycled and composted to reduce
greenhouse gases, especially methane.
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GENI International Board of Directors |
Dr. Graeme M. Edwards
(M.B.,
B.S., B.M.Sc.)
Director
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.
(Click
here for information about GENI Speakers.)
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Ms. Bobbi DePorter
Director
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 re-learn how
they learn and re-shape 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.
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Mr. Nyhl Henson (B.S.)
Director
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
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. 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).
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Mr. Michael Powers
(University of Missouri - Journalism)
Director, Treasurer
Mr.
Powers is VP of Sales & Marketing and co-founder
of Stellar Solar LLP, the
licensed provider of photovoltaic solar energy
systems for The Home Depot and BP
Solar in San Diego. He also helped to launch
The Home Depot's national
solar energy program in 2001. He is a writer
and marketing professional with over 30 years experience
in the field. He has been an avid supporter of
GENI since 1986, when he first read Buckminster
Fuller's
book "Critical
Path" and was inspired by the
Global Energy Grid concept.
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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., B.S., C.C.I.M)
Director
William
A. Shopoff is President and Chief Executive Officer
of the Shopoff Group and Shopoff Securities, Inc.
William has more than 25 years of real estate and
investment experience. His expertise includes the
acquisition, development, and sale of new and re-developed
residential and commercial properties throughout
the United States, as well as partnership structure,
debt placement, venture capital, and investment
underwriting. William's focus has been on opportunistic
(or value added) investing with his specialty for
the past 10+ years being land investments.
The Shopoff Group is a private real estate investment
firm offering qualified, high net-worth clients
strategic investment opportunities in land, residential
and commercial properties, mortgage products, and
pooled funds. William is a member of Commercial
Investment Real Estate (CIRE). He earned his
Bachelors of Science degree in biology and an MBA
in finance/accounting
from The University of Texas at Austin. Contact
him at www.shopoff.com or bshopoff@shopoff.com.
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Ms. Joanalys B.
Smith (J.D.)
Secretary
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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