Advisory Board
We are led by an Advisory Board comprised of energy industry, including regional consumer-owned and investor-owned utilities and a federal power-marketing administration (the Bonneville Power Administration); organized labor; community and technical colleges, and universities; and workforce and economic development councils.
The strength of the advisory board was a key component in the elevation of the center from a state organization to a Department of Energy recognized Regional Center of Excellence.
Advisory Board Members
Alice Massara (Chair), Tacoma Power
Avista – Jeremy Gall
Bonneville Power Administration – P.J. LeCompte
Center for Advanced Transportation and Energy Solutions (CATES) – Steve Marshall
Centralia City Light – M.L. Norton and Micah Goo
Chelan County PUD – Brian Odell
Economic Alliance of Lewis County – Richard DeBolt
Energy Northwest – Steve Lorence
Lewis County PUD – Nicole Schwall and Travis Kinney
Pacific NW Hydro Projects – Jay Pickett
Puget Sound Energy – Erik McCoy
Tacoma Power – Alice Massara and Sara Bowles
Twin Transit/Lewis County Renewable Energy Task Force – Joe Clark
Wahkiakum PUD – Dan Kay
Washington State Department of Commerce – Brian Young
Labor Partners
IBEW-77 – Christine Reid
Organized Labor Representative – Bob Guenther
Educational Partners
Bellingham Technical College Clean Energy – Laura Wurth
Centralia College Trustee – Court Stanley
Ex-Officio
Center of Excellence for Clean Energy – Monica Brummer, Director
Center of Excellence for Clean Energy – Emily Girt, Program Coordinator
Centralia College Trustee (retired) – Jim Lowery
Centralia College – Betsy Lazo, Dean; Aman Gill, John Steidel and Rulon Crawford, Faculty
Washington State University Energy Program – Alan Hardcastle and Todd Currier
Advisory Board Meetings
2021 Meeting Minutes