January 3, 2009
Diana Nezamutinova was raised in the oil and gas region of Western
Siberia (Russia), where the the environmental impact of the oil industry
was felt by many. She studied Economics in Tyumen State University
focusing in Environmental Management. She enhanced her environmental
education in a Master program at the Central European University in
Budapest (Hungary), where she actively participated in the European
Parliament Research Project on energy policies of Central European
countries. Later she enrolled in the graduate environmental program at
Bard College in upstate NY, where she specialized in the energy audit of
Bard campus and the international carbon market. During her studies, she
interned at Winslow Management, a socially responsible investment
firm, and at Clearwater, an educational NGO. After her graduation,
she went to work at Power Concepts, an engineering firm in Manhattan.
She conducts energy audits, does energy modeling and writes energy
reduction plans for multifamily buildings and small industries. She
bikes, does yoga and cooks Russian and Central Asian food.
