Who We Are - Board of Directors

PRESIDENT - John Reynolds, FAIA, is professor of architecture emeritus at the University of Oregon. He has been involved in energy issues in Oregon since 1972, when he was elected to the Eugene Water and Electric Board. Since then he has served as chair of the American Solar Energy Society and president of Solar Energy Association of Oregon. He has served on the Oregon Alternate Energy Commission and the Energy Committee of the Building Codes Structures Board.

VICE-PRESIDENT - Rick Applegate is the Portland Harbor Superfund Administrator at the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services. He served as staff director in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Since then, he has worked for nearly 25 years on energy and environmental issues, principally as an advocate for salmon and their watersheds. He was the fish and wildlife director for the Northwest Power Planning Council, west coast conservation director for Trout Unlimited and Administrator of the Habitat Conservation Division at National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA). He was the chair of the U.S. Southern Stakeholders Pacific Salmon Treaty Negotiations and a member of the Pacific Northwest Comprehensive Energy Review. He also served on the executive committee of For the Sake of Salmon and the boards of the Pacific Salmon Watershed Fund and the Sustainable Fisheries Foundation.

SECRETARY - Debbie Kitchin is the co-owner of InterWorks, L.L.C., a construction company specializing in commercial tenant improvement and renovation and residential remodeling services. InterWorks is an award-winning contractor specializing in sustainable building practices. Prior to joining the family business in 1996, Debbie served as senior economist for the Northwest Power Planning Council for 15 years and was a regional economist for the Bonneville Power Administration for 3 years. Debbie also serves on the boards for the Portland Business Alliance, Portland Building Owners and Managers Association and the Oregon Remodelers Association. She is a past president of the Portland Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Board of Directors.

TREASURER - John Klosterman is the vice president of operations at Rejuvenation Inc., having served the company for 14 years. As part of a state pilot project, he led his company's implementation of an International Organization for Standardization 14001-based energy management system based on the sustainability principles of The Natural Step. For the past 7 years he has worked directly with Asian suppliers to reduce their environmental impacts, while implementing socially responsible policies and programs in Rejuvenation's Portland operations.

Jason Eisdorfer recently became the Greenhouse Gas Policy Strategist for the Bonneville Power Administration, a federal agency serving the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Eisdorfer serves as the senior technical consultant and advisor to BPA on the development and implementation of strategic objectives, policies and programs related to global, national, and state GHG/CO2 issues. Mr. Eisdorfer served as legal counsel and energy program director of the Citizens' Utility Board of Oregon from 1994 and 2008. At CUB, he represented residential consumers in numerous rate cases and policy dockets before the Oregon Public Utility Commission. He has co-authored legislation related to electric utility operations and to climate change, including the Oregon Renewable Energy Act and the Climate Change Integration Act, both of 2007. He is an adjunct professor at Lewis and Clark Law School and the University of Oregon School of Law. Prior to joining CUB, Jason was an attorney with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of General Counsel, and served an appointment as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. He received his law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law and received certificates of completion in the Environment and Natural Resources Program and the Ocean and Coastal Program. He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Dan Enloe is a commodity manager at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, where he has worked in varying capacities since 1984. Prior to 1984, he was on active duty in the U.S. Navy and served as a submarine nuclear engineer officer. Since he left active duty in 1984 he has been affiliated with the Naval Reserve and has served in six reserve command tours. He is Oregon president of the Reserve Officers Association and a member of the Naval Reserve Association, the American Legion and the Navy League.

Roger Hamilton is manager of the local government and communities program of the Climate Leadership Initiative at the University of Oregon. He also is a consultant with Western Grid Group, an organization that promotes transmission access for renewable energy projects across the West. He owns and operates a cattle and hay ranch in south central Oregon. He has spent many years in public service as a Klamath County Commissioner, advisor on energy and watersheds to Governor Kitzhaber, and Oregon Public Utility Commissioner. He has also served on the Oregon State Parks Commission and the National Association of Public Utility Commissioners. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Regulatory Assistance Project and the Pacific Rivers Council.

Julie Hammond is the president of Sage Insurance Center in Bend. She has over 20 years experience in the insurance industry. Julie currently serves Deschutes United Way as campaign chair. She brings a customer service orientation, small business perspective and regional representation to Energy Trust program delivery.

Al Jubitz is a native Oregonian, recently retired from the family business, the Jubitz Corporation. He is president and founder of the Jubitz Family Foundation and serves as director of two private start-up companies. He is also past President and an active member of the Rotary Club of Portland, a board member of the Portland Schools Foundation, director emeritus of Morrison Child and Family Services, and a trustee of Outward Bound West Wilderness School. Al has an extensive business background and brings a strong business sense to the board. He has a bachelor of science degree from Yale University and an MBA from the University of Oregon School of Business.

Alan Meyer is director of energy management for Weyerhaeuser Company, a diversified pulp, paper and forest products manufacturing company. He is responsible for coordinating energy management activities at hundreds of manufacturing facilities throughout North America. Prior to joining Weyerhaeuser, he was director of energy for Willamette Industries, holding similar responsibilities. He also worked for PacifiCorp as the Oregon Large Industrial Accounts Manager. He brings this extensive experience in the energy industry plus sales and marketing experience to the Energy Trust board.

Preston Michie has more than 25 years experience working in the electric power industry, most of which was spent working as an attorney in the Office of General Counsel at the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). Currently he works as a consultant with the BPA to help develop Grid West, an electric energy transmission organization, support BPA's demand response programs, and assess the potential for hydrogen in Northwest power applications. He is on the boards of the Northwest Hydrogen Alliance, Inc., the Wetlands Conservancy, and Ridgeline Energy, LLC (a start-up wind developer). Before his time at the BPA, Preston was a research chemist, and is a graduate of Lewis and Clark Law School and the University of Oregon School of Business.

Caddy McKeown is interim program manager for ASPIRE, a program of the Oregon Student Assistance Commission. She is active in her community, serving as commissioner and vice chair for the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay. She served on the Coos Bay School District Board of Directors for 11 years and on the budget committee for 15 years. She serves on the board of directors of the nonprofit organization that manages the Mingus Park Municipal Pool, serves the Oregon Community Foundation as a volunteer grant evaluator, and recently stepped down after 17 years on the board of directors of Bob Belloni Ranch, Inc., a residential treatment facility for adolescent offenders. Caddy brings private, nonprofit and economic development experience, years of community service and a South Coast perspective to her service to Energy Trust.

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John Savage is one of three commissioners serving the Oregon Public Utility Commission. He joined the staff of the OPUC in 2003 as director of its utility program, after having served as director of the Oregon Department of Energy for the previous decade. He was administrator of the department's policy and planning division from 1987-1993. John received a masters degree in natural resource economics from Oregon State University in 1979 and a bachelor of science degree from OSU in 1975.

Betty Merrill is the Assistant Director for Conservation at the Oregon Department of Energy. The Division offers energy efficiency and renewable resource programs for Oregon homeowners, businesses, and public institutions. Staff develops and supports the energy efficiency requirements of the state building code and administers programs to promote energy efficiency in residential, commercial buildings and state facilities. The division administers the Business and Residential Tax Credit programs to encourage investment in energy conservation, recycling, renewable energy recourses and less-polluting transportation fuels. Since 1980, these programs have stimulated more than $1 billion in energy project investments.