Natsource - Environmental Services - Profiles of Key Personnel

Paul Bailey is a managing director with significant public and private sector expertise in energy and environmental policy with three decades of experience in the utility and oil industries. He served in the Bush Administration at the Department of Energy from 1990 to 1992. He provides strategic counsel, advocacy, and issues management services to Natsource’s global client base in the areas of clean air and climate policy. Prior to joining Natsource, Mr. Bailey served as the Vice President of Environmental Affairs at Edison Electric Institute (EEI). His group had responsibility for managing a wide range of environmental issues, including analysis and advocacy. Mr. Bailey served as Director, Health and Environmental Affairs at the American Petroleum Institute (API), prior to his employment at EEI. His department was responsible for analyzing environmental, health and safety legislation and regulations and advocating positions on behalf of API member companies. Mr. Bailey also served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary at the Department of Energy and was Director of Planning and Environment and Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy. His areas of responsibility included implementation of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, global climate change, technology transfer, budgeting and strategic planning. He held several positions during his career at the Southern Company, where he had the responsibility for licensing nuclear and fossil power plants and, later, for lobbying, grassroots, coalition building and issues management. Mr. Bailey received his BS from Birmingham-Southern College and MS from Vanderbilt University. He also completed executive management training at Stanford University.

James Bruce is a Senior Associate of the Ottawa, Canada office. His career has been in the fields of meteorology, climate, water resources and environment. He has worked as a consultant internationally and nationally on climate change, water resources, disaster loss reduction, science priorities, and served as Canadian Policy Representative of the Soil and Water Conservation Society. After a decade of research in hydrometeorology and establishing flood warning services in Ontario, he was appointed in 1967 as first Director of the Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ontario; and subsequently Director General, Inland Waters Directorate for Canada, based in Ottawa. He later became responsible (Assistant Deputy Minister) for the Environmental Management Service of Environment Canada, comprising the Canadian Forestry Service, the Canadian Wildlife Service, Inland Waters and Lands Directorates. He moved in 1980 to the position of Assistant Deputy Minister of the Atmospheric Environment Service, responsible for weather forecast and warning services, the Canadian Climate Centre, national air quality monitoring, and atmospheric research. After leaving the federal government he served from 1986-1989 as Director of Technical Cooperation and Acting Deputy Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, Geneva. In these positions, he had general responsibility for projects worldwide, for weather and disaster warning systems, water, climate, and air quality. From 1990-94, he served as Chair of the UN’s Scientific and Technical Committee for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. Between 1992 and 1997 he was Chair of the Canadian Climate Program Board and Co-chair of Working Group 3 (Economic and Social Aspects) of IPCC.

Mark Egener is a Senior Associate of the Ottawa, Canada office. Mr. Egener is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in crisis and risk management. Since 1998 he has been associated with GCSI and has worked on projects concerning climate change, disaster preparedness, the management of risk, business planning and organizational design and development. For more than twelve years he was CEO (deputy minister rank) of a provincial government agency, responsible for producing strategies for legislation, risk management programs, model plans, training systems, communications and public affairs protocols and technological support systems as well as overseeing their development and implementation. From 1991 to 1995 he was a member of the Canadian National Committee for the United Nations International Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction. He was a founding member and ultimately Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Major Industrial Accidents Council of Canada. The Council, with his participation and leadership, has developed a number of national standards, guidelines, procedures and practices to assist governments, industry and labor to deal with the management of the risk of technological and hazardous substances accidents. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario and the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta.

Ben Feldman, Director of Policy and Research, manages climate change and renewable energy research and analysis for Natsource. Mr. Feldman recently managed the development an analysis of select regional markets and policy developments for renewable energy and green tags on behalf of a large multinational energy company. He served as Director of Environmental Services at the Environmental Resources Trust (ERT), where he oversaw the development, management, and operation of ERT’s GHG RegistrySM, a system for tracking and recording GHG emissions and emissions reductions. Prior to joining ERT, Mr. Feldman worked on energy and environmental policy issues as a Senior Associate at ICF Consulting. While at ICF, Mr. Feldman worked extensively with private sector clients, multinational institutions, and governments on energy and environmental issues, including regulatory policy in the electricity and natural gas markets, energy efficiency and air emissions, emissions accounting, auditing standards, and measurement and verification protocol development. This included participation in the Audit of BP’s GHG program and the development of the measurement and verification protocol used by the World Bank’s Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) to monitor emissions performance from the Liepaja, Latvia Landfill Gas project.

Dirk Forrister is the managing director focusing on the development of greenhouse gas markets worldwide. Mr. Forrister served from 1997 to 1999 as a senior US government representative to the international global climate change negotiations and more recently as Energy Program Manager at Environmental Defense. Prior to his work at Environmental Defense, Mr. Forrister acted as the Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force. Before joining the Task Force, he was appointed by President Clinton and confirmed by the Senate to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional, Public and Intergovernmental Affairs for the US Department of Energy. Mr. Forrister also worked as Legislative Assistant and Counsel for Congressman Jim Cooper (D-TN), where he advised on the formation of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, in particular the acid rain trading program and crafted the voluntary GHG reporting program contained in the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Mr. Forrister received his Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and communication from David Lipscomb University.

Nancy Greene is the Director of Finance in the Ottawa, Canada office. She has over six years of experience in the field of consulting. Currently, Ms. Greene is involved in two Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) projects and is responsible for all financial accounting, reporting and system development. She is also involved with the World Bank in the development of a Management Information System for a Climate Change Centre in the Caribbean. Prior to her employment at GCSI, Mrs. Greene was an Executive Assistant at a Management Consulting Firm where she gained valuable experience assisting on projects in the areas of organizational design, performance-based management, alternative service delivery and business planning. She worked primarily with Federal Government departments including Transport Canada, Fisheries and Oceans, Environment Canada and the Department of National Defence.

J. Roy Hickman is a Senior Associate of the Ottawa, Canada office. He provides analytical, advisory, report preparation and other services in the field of environmental health, focussing especially on the sound management of chemicals in the environment. He joined GCSI in July 2001 after retiring from a career in public service in Canada and the United Kingdom, culminating as Senior Director General, Health Protection Branch, Health Canada. Mr. Hickman acted as the President, Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (1997-2000) and is the Chairman of the Programme Advisory Committee of the Joint WHO/UNEP/ILO International Programme on Chemical Safety. His early career was devoted to food safety and he was Project Director, of an OECD/FAO/IAEA International Project on the wholesomeness of irradiated food from 1971-74. He has had extensive experience in the development of legislation in Canada, including the Hazardous Products Act (1969), the Environmental Contaminants Act (1974), the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1987), the Tobacco Products Control Act (1988) the Tobacco Sales to Minors Act (1987) and amendments to the Radiation Emitting Devices Act. He has extensive experience in the management of teams of scientists engaged in research and policy development within government.

Rodrigo Iturralde, Director of Latin American Project Development (Washington, DC), joined Natsource on March of 2003. Prior to joining Natsource, Mr. Iturralde was a project manager at International Utility Efficiency Partnerships, Inc. (IUEP). Mr. Iturralde was actively involved in the project development process for various IUEP projects. He identified international energy, energy efficiency, and forestry project development opportunities in order to support voluntary market-based environmental mechanisms, including Joint Implementation, the Clean Development Mechanism, and emissions trading project investments and development activities. He was also responsible for managing the International Climate Change Project Fund, a $1.25 million seed project finance development fund. Mr. Iturralde participated as keynote speaker to address project development practices and the GHG emissions market in various forums in the United States, Mexico, India, and Bolivia.

Jamie MacKinnon is a Consultant in the Ottawa, Canada office and brings a strong understanding of business and environmental issues, gained through the study of Management Economics at the University of Guelph, and through his consulting experience, working on major environmental impact and compliance issues for a large multinational based in Ireland. This work involved research into the nature, risk exposure, and impact of new European Union Environmental Legislation on the company. Mr. MacKinnon also represented the company to an industry-led organization that coordinates common responses to proposed environmental law. His recent work has been in the fields of policy and market risk assessment of climate change, emissions trading systems design, economic impact valuation of climate change, and national and regional air quality regulation. Mr. MacKinnon is fluent in English, French, and Spanish.

Al Mannato recently joined Natsource as Director of Policy Analysis in the Washington DC office. He conducts legal, policy and technical analysis of a broad range of Clean Air Act and climate change issues. As Director of Environmental Affairs at the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), he provided policy support and guidance to CEO-level utility industry groups on multi-emissions strategy development and other air issues. Mr. Mannato directed utility sector economic and emissions modeling, air quality modeling and other technical analysis. Prior to EEI, Mr. Mannato worked at the American Petroleum Institute where he directed petroleum industry economic and emissions modeling and other analysis and actively participated in OTAG meetings as a petroleum industry spokesperson. Other work experience includes 15 years at U.S. EPA where he worked on various air related regulatory issues in the Office of Mobile Sources. Mr. Mannato holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Rhode Island and a J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law.

Michael Margolick is a Senior Associate in the Ottawa, Canada office and is one of Canada's leading experts in energy economics and climate change mitigation. He joined GCSI in 1998, after holding positions in industry (Corporate Strategic Planning, BC Hydro), government and academia. Through GCSI, his work has included Principal Consultant for the National Climate Change Process (Electricity Table), assistance in the development of the post-Kyoto strategy for the Royal Dutch/Shell Group (UK), a “Bird’s-Eye View” of Canadian Electricity Supply and Demand, for the Canadian Electricity Association, and a major report on Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change (Washington, D.C.). Dr. Margolick is known for strong analytical skills, combined with an ability to communicate complex ideas in simple terms. He has a B.A. in Mathematics from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of British Columbia.

Hans Martin is a Senior Associate in the Ottawa, Canada office and joined the company after 30 years in the federal public service. Early in his career, he was a research scientist specializing in studies of the atmosphere. In 1979, Dr. Martin was appointed Senior Scientific Advisor on acid rain and related issues. He was one of the principal authors of the Canada/USA Memorandum of Intent documents (acid rain), was the senior scientific authority during the negotiation of the Canada/USA Acid Rain Agreement and was a member of the Canadian delegation during negotiations of the air-pollution control protocols for sulphur, nitrogen and volatile organics under the UN-ECE Transboundary Air Pollution Agreement. In 1987, Dr. Martin was appointed Director of the Air Quality Research Branch of Environment Canada. In the next few years, he initiated new research initiative in Stratospheric Ozone (the high arctic stations), Air Toxics (Great Lakes Program and the circumpolar Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program), and climate change (the national monitoring network). In 1995, he was seconded for three years to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and was posted to the Bonn, Germany where he was Science attaché at the Canadian Embassy. Dr. Martin has served on the board of directors of the Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry and the International Air Quality Advisory Board of the International Joint Commission. Dr. Martin has published over 30 scientific papers, edited 3 books, presented over 50 conference papers and given talks, seminars, lectures and interviews extensively.

David Reeve is a Senior Associate in the Ottawa, Canada office. His principal area of expertise is energy technology but he is also effective in the areas of international relations, environmental issues (particularly climate change and air quality issues), the management of science and technology programs, and strategic planning and organizational change. Prior to joining the Ottawa Office, he held various senior positions at Natural Resources Canada. He was Director-General of the Office of Energy Research and Development, responsible for the Federal Program of Energy R&D. For 10 years, he held the position of Director of the Energy Research Laboratories. He has served on several national and international boards of directors and management committees, including representing Canada at technology and policy related committees and working parties of the International Energy Agency (IEA). He was also co-chair of management committee of the Canada/US Memorandum of Understanding on Energy R&D. Amongst his many consulting projects are the provision of advice on climate change joint implementation (JI) activities to the Ministry of Environment and Water of Bulgaria, the preparation of a report on Canadian opportunities related to the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions, and the writing of a major international report on coke production and the impact of environmental legislation for IEA Coal Research-The Clean Coal Centre. David Reeve holds a Ph.D. in Minerals Engineering from Birmingham University, U.K.

Richard Rosenzweig is a managing director at Natsource providing consulting services to private firms, governments and international financial institutions and associations on all aspects of the climate change issue, including risk management, market entry strategies, international climate change negotiations and domestic policy development. Mr. Rosenzweig has extensive experience in all aspects of emissions trading and risk management. He represented several companies in the design of the U.S. Acid Rain Program and NO_x SIP Call. Mr. Rosenzweig was involved in the first transactions of UK and Danish GHG Allowance. He also assists companies determine their risk to the climate issue and develop appropriate risk management strategies. He joined Natsource from the Washington law firm of Van Ness Feldman, where he was a Principal. He counseled clients on Clean Air Act matters and provided strategic government affairs counsel on public policy issues, with emphasis on global climate change and energy matters. Mr. Rosenzweig served as Chief of Staff to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy from 1993 to 1996. He was responsible for developing and coordinating DOE strategy related to global climate change, commercial nuclear waste, and the Department’s budget submissions. His national policy responsibilities included key roles in the development of the Clinton Administration’s Climate Change Action Plan, which incorporated the first project based mechanism to reduce GHG emissions and the Secretary’s international energy, environmental and national security initiatives. He also helped to negotiate voluntary agreements between DOE and more than 600 electric utilities to achieve voluntary GHG reductions in the “Climate Challenge” program. Mr. Rosenzweig received an MA in political science from American University and a BA in political science from Northeastern University.

Douglas Russell is a Managing Director of the Ottawa, Canada office. Mr. Russell has over 25 years experience in public and private sectors dealing with international and domestic policy development related to broad scale environmental issues. Recent work includes a corporate climate change strategy for the Shell Group of companies, a 2001 study for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change on how multinational corporations are setting greenhouse gas reduction targets, a study on issues arising from the establishment of a North American system for emissions trading and various capacity building initiatives related to climate change in the Caribbean, Argentina, Nigeria and China. Mr. Russell has also developed and delivered numerous presentations and briefings on the Kyoto Protocol and the emergence of carbon emissions as a commodity. Clients have ranged from large corporations to developed and developing country governments to environmental non-government organizations. Prior to moving to the private sector, Mr. Russell co-headed Canada's negotiating delegation to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Tara Sheehan is a Research Analyst at Natsource specializing in climate change and REC policy issues. Prior to joining Natsource, Ms. Sheehan worked at Econergy International Corporation, where she researched government incentive programs for greenhouse gas emissions reductions, assisted in the recruitment of corporations for the EPA Climate Leaders Program, and drafted energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emission reductions plans for state and municipal governments. She also spent four years at Conservation International, where she was responsible for project management and implementation of international conservation projects at a local level. As a graduate student, Ms. Sheehan focused on emerging markets for renewable energy and international climate change policy. Ms. Sheehan received her Masters of Resource Law Studies from the University of Denver College of Law and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from George Washington University.

John van Mossel is a Senior Associate of the Ottawa, Canada Office. His professional experience includes a unique blend of hands-on expertise in International Programs Management; Large Project Development, Management and Administration; Program Liaison, Advocacy and Government Relations; Fundraising and Communications; and Human Resources and Training. He specializes in Africa and the not-for-profit sector. Specifically, Mr. van Mossel has maintained relations with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAIT) while undertaking advocacy on Canada's Nigeria policy; expanded capacity and tools for Canadian education and advocacy concerning Canada's policy on South Africa and southern Africa, implemented 8 years of Ottawa-based advocacy on Africa issues, including input to several policy consultation mechanisms, developed a strategic program framework for a 3 year Africa-wide program (1997-2001); supported revision of agency-wide goals and objectives and strategic planning at the Board level.

Matt Varilek, an analyst in Natsource’ s Strategic Services Unit, advises public and private sector clients on development of and participation in emissions permit markets. His clients have included the European Commission, World Bank Prototype Carbon Fund, Government of Uganda, Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, US Agency for International Development, and several multinational corporations. Prior to joining Natsource, Mr. Varilek lectured for Columbia University on international environmental agreements as an environmental policy-teaching assistant at Biosphere 2 Center in southern Arizona. Mr. Varilek earned a Masters degree in Economic Development from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and a B.A. in Philosophy -- Environmental and Technology Policy from Carleton College, Minnesota.

Paul Vickers, Managing Director, Natsource-Tullet (Alberta) Co. – Calgary office, is an acknowledged expert in integrating emissions management into corporate strategic and risk management plans; in originating, developing, and managing emissions trading assets; and in assessing the links between emissions management and shareholder value. At Natsource, he supports clients in developing emissions trading solutions for their corporate exposure to tightening air and water emission regulations; in developing and managing portfolios of low cost carbon offsets; and in originating deal flow for renewable energy and carbon offset assets. He was previously Director of the Carbon Market Initiative at TransAlta Corporation. Mr. Vickers built TransAlta’s SO₂ and NO_x trading business and was also responsible for the creation and ongoing management of TransAlta’s world-leading carbon offset and carbon trading business. He spent twenty years with Shell Canada’s Downstream Oil and Chemicals Businesses. At Shell his assignments included manufacturing, engineering, research, business development, and marketing. Mr. Vickers was previously on the Board of Directors of the Clean Air Corporation Inc. and is currently on the Board of Directors of the Emissions Marketing Association. He was previously also Member of the Environmental Responsibility and Commitment Program Steering Committee of the Canadian Electricity Association. Ms. Vickers holds an M.S. and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from McGill University.

Christiaan Vrolijk, an analyst with Natsource Tullett Europe since March 2002, advises business and governmental clients on climate change policy, emissions trading strategies and the renewables markets. Previously Christiaan was a Research Fellow at the Sustainable Development Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, leading the climate change area within the Programme since 1998. Mr. Vrolijk has written many papers on the ongoing climate change negotiations and international climate politics, with a focus on international emissions trading. He has organized and participated in workshops and meetings following the international climate negotiations. In early 2002 he published a book on the climate change policies within the European electricity sector Climate Change and Power: Economic Instruments for European Electricity, and a review of the last year of international negotiations A New Interpretation of the Kyoto Protocol: Outcomes from The Hague, Bonn and Marrakech. He also co-authored (with Michael Grubb and Duncan Brack) the first textbook on the climate negotiations The Kyoto Protocol: A Guide and Assessment. Mr. Vrolijk holds an MS degree in Science and Policy from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Robert Youngman, Senior Research Analyst, provides analysis on domestic and international climate change policy, market, economic, and risk management issues. He is a regular contributor to Airtrends, Natsource’s monthly review of emissions markets. Prior to Mr. Youngman’s employment at Natsource, he was Project Manager at the environmental consulting firm of Environomics, where he performed economic and quantitative analyses for U.S. EPA and private sector clients. Mr. Youngman previously worked as a consultant at the OECD in Paris, where he co-authored publications on trade and environment and the environmental effects of globalization in the energy sector. Mr. Youngman earned a Masters in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a BA in political science from Amherst College in Massachusetts.