January 3, 2009
Melani is a new volunteer in 2009.
Dwan Daniels was first introduced to GreenHomeNYC by an attorney at her office. After attending the monthly forums for a year, she decided to volunteer in 2009. Dwan is an affordable housing advocated and has been in New York since January 2007 when she started her job with the New York City Housing Development Corp (NYCHDC) as the REMIC Finance Director. Prior to joining NYCHDC, Ms. Daniels was employed with the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority where she administered the Hardship Refinance Program. She served on the Colorado State Executive Committee of the Foreclosure Prevention Taskforce in the area of Public Relations and training for a statewide initiative to decrease foreclosures. She is an active member of Women in Housing and Finance and is seeking her LEED Accreditation. Ms. Daniels holds a B.S.’s in International Business and Marketing from the University of Colorado at Denver and an M.A. in Urban Affairs from Queens College. She loves to belly dance, do yoga, snowboard, bike ride and be outdoors.
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.
January 1, 2009
Dolly is a new volunteer in 2009.
November 26, 2008
Frank works on maps and GIS analysis for Regional Plan Association. He’s putting his overflowing enthusiasm for web-enabled planning tools to work as a member of the GreenHomeNYC web team.
November 14, 2008
Chef Stephanie Sugawara has catered the delicious lunches served during GreenHomeNYC’s Green Buildings Open House since 2006. She’s a private chef who worked at Chez Panisse in Berkeley CA for 9 years, then ran Balthazar Bakery for four years (hence her sandwich and salad making prowess). Folks interested in having her cater their private events (mostly small dinner parties up to 14) can contact her by e-mail (ugwar at yahoo). Chef Stephanie isn’t a staff volunteer, but we wanted to give her a shout-out anyway in appreciation of her long-standing support of our tour.
November 11, 2008
Adam worked for the New York State Assembly in Manhattan for a number of years before returning to school to focus on urban planning at Rutgers. That experience in government led to a recognition of the built environment’s impact on peoples’ livelihoods and resource usage. His current research focuses on standard land use practice principles, valuation of green buildings, and the development of green standards for local and state governments. Adam helps us keep on top of developments in green building policy.
September 6, 2008
NESEA Liaison
Steven Lenard dedicated himself to sustainability when he realized he may have been producing more pollution than he was cleaning up as a contractor to the Environmental Protection Agency. After getting a bachelor’s in political science and biology at the University of Chicago, Steven spent four years evaluating potential Superfund sites in New England. This inspired him to focus his studies toward a Master in City Planning at MIT on preventing contamination rather than cleaning it up. Steven is now a City Planner with the Department of City Planning working in the Greenpoint and Williamsburg neighborhoods of Brooklyn.
August 30, 2008
Jens Verhaegh, a New Jersey native, was inspired by the GreenHomeNYC monthly forums and similar events to stay motivated in his pursuit of a green career after his graduation from Ithaca College, were he first opened his mind to the concepts of sustainable development. Since first coming to a GreenHomeNYC event he has worked for EnergyStar Homes, LEED Homes and is currently living in Leicester England working as a Thermal Modeling and Sustainability Engineer. Staff Volunteer 2005-2006
Founding director
Josh Radoff is the co-founder and Principal of YRG sustainability consultants (www.yrgconsultants.com) — focusing on green building consulting, corporate sustainability, greenhouse gas management, and sustainability education — with offices in New York, Boulder, Chicago, and Seattle. In previous lives, Josh has worked as an energy and climate consultant for firms like PA Consulting, the Center for Clean Air Policy, and SAIC. Josh has also published several freelance articles on green building and the environment and is a regular speaker and all-around know-it-all at conferences, community groups, and university classes on topics ranging from green building and green living, climate change, and the sustainability movement. He holds Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Sustainable Energy, from Columbia University and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Josh lives in Boulder, CO with his twin toddlers Henry and Clementine. Staff Volunteer 2002, Board Member 2003-2007
