Cape & Islands
Sustainable Energy Stakeholder Committee
Updated as of 06.10.04
Current Members

Jessica Almy, Cape Wildlife Center
Megan Amsler, Cape & Islands Self-Reliance
Al Benson, U.S. Department of Energy
Stephanie Brady, Cape Cod Community College
Steve Brown, Commonwealth Solutions
Mary Jane Curran, Cape Cod Community College
Dan Dray, Cape Cod Economic Development Council
Richard Elrick, Barnstable Representative (alternate) to Cape Light Compact
Margo Fenn, Cape Cod Commission
Dave Fredericks, Nantucket Electric
Christine Gault, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Maggie Geist, Association to Preserve Cape Cod
Rep. Shirley Gomes, Massachusetts House of Representatives
Chuck Kleekamp, Cape Clean Air
Allen Larson, Cape Cod Center for Sustainability
Richard Lawrence, Cape & Islands Self-Reliance
Jean Mangiafico, League of Women Voters
Richard Michaud, U.S. Department of Energy
Joan Muller, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Sue Nickerson, Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound
John Pagini, Nantucket Economic Development & Planning Commission
Joe Potzka, Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority
Anju Rajani, Cape & Islands Self-Reliance
Leslie Richardson, Cape Cod Commission
Mark Rodgers, Cape Wind Associates
Peter Schlesinger, Woods Hole Research Center
Joe Soares, Cape Light Compact (for Barnstable County Commissioners)
Charlotte Stiefel, Cape Cod Sustainability Indicators Council
Elizabeth Warren, Eagle Associates Real Estate
Greg Watson, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative

Monitors & Participants by Proxy

Commissioner William Doherty, Barnstable County
Commissioner Lance Lambros, Barnstable County
Commissioner Mary LeClair, Barnstable County
Wendy Northcross, Cape Cod Chamber
Kathleen Schatzberg, Cape Cod Community College

Content Guide
Homeowners
Students & Educators
Voters & Taxpayers
Businesses & Organizations
Municipal & Regional Officials
Entrepreneurs, Consultants & Developers

Dirty Roof

Conventional asphalt shingles are
the cheapest roofing material around but, as is usually the case, there is a cost: They are manufactured using petroleum by-products and, once they reach the end of their useful life, they must be landfilled as construction debris or “downcycled” as road materials or in other low-value uses. Credit: Houston Advanced Research Center

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Current Vision

Green Roof

Thatching represents an attractive and sustainable roofing solution. This thatched roof, gracing a barn in Yarmouthport, transforms an invasive wetland plant (Phragmites sp.) into a useful, biodegradable shelter.

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