About

Throughout my professional career I have worked in the fields of renewable energy, sustainable design-master planning, and non-mechanical wastewater treatment technology. Following architecture school at the University of Houston, I focused on energy and water usage in the built environment. I served as the executive director of the New Hampshire Solar Self-Help Program; a program that assisted low and moderate-income families in the design and installation of passive solar heating systems for their homes. My interest in sustainable systems in the built environment included energy and "natural" wastewater treatment technologies.

I worked for two engineering firms, Kruger Engineering and New England Waste Systems, marketing natural wastewater treatment systems for municipal treatment plants in a four-state region of New England. I returned to graduate school at Texas A&M to earn a Master of Science degree in wastewater treatment technologies for aquaponic food production systems.

My Master of Science research took place on the island of St. Croix at the University of the Virgin Islands, a pioneer in aquaponic technologies. Following graduate school I was hired to design, install, and operate a commercial-scale aquaponic farm for Intercontinental Growers Association (IGA). The farm produced and marketed fresh lettuce and herbs to all three US Virgin Islands.

After leaving the IGA farm position I accepted a partner position in Sustainable Systems & Design International (SSDI). At SSDI I worked on a wide variety of projects ranging from designing and installing St. Croix's first natural wastewater treatment system for the Nature Conservancy to master planning the conversion of a 1,200-acre brownfield into an eco-industrial park.

After seven years of working at SSDI, I founded Solar Delivered!, LLC, a renewable energy company providing renewable energy design and installation services for commercial, institutional, and residential clients for all three US Virgin Islands.

In 2008 I was the organizing force behind bringing together three government agencies, the VI Energy Department, the VI Department of Labor, and the VI Water and Power Authority to create the Territory's Solar Loan program for solar hot water systems. I developed the curriculum for and trained solar hot water installers at the local technical school.

In 2015 I moved the Asheville, NC and worked 9 years for SolFarm Solar and two years for Rhino Renewables. I co-founded the Critical Services Microgrid Group (CSMG), a network of energy and engineering professionals providing pro bono technical advisory services to nonprofits, educational institutions, and governments in Western North Carolina. In 2023 I launched Microgrid Design Group, LLC, a consultancy providing microgrid design and planning services to commercial and institutional clients.