David Gardiner
Principal, President
david@dgardiner.com
(202) 463-6363 x 101

David Gardiner has more than thirty years of experience analyzing and shaping successful federal and international environmental policy in the public and private sector, especially on climate change and energy. As principal of David Gardiner & Associates, he provides high-level strategic guidance to the corporate executives and non-profit organizations with whom the firm works. Among his principal areas of expertise are energy efficiency, clean air policy, sustainable transportation concerns, and forest and land issues. Prior to founding DGA, Mr. Gardiner served as the Executive Director of the White House Climate Change Task Force during the Clinton Administration, where he participated in development of domestic policy and in international climate negotiations. As EPA Administrator Carol Browner’s Assistant Administrator for Policy, Mr. Gardiner led EPA’s climate change efforts, as well as programs to reinvent EPA’s approaches to key sectors, such as transportation, agriculture, metal finishing, and real estate development. Prior to joining the Clinton administration, Mr. Gardiner was Legislative Director for the Sierra Club in Washington, DC. Mr. Gardiner has a Bachelor of Arts with honors from Harvard College.
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Bill White
Senior Vice President
bill@dgardiner.com
(781) 834-7968

Bill White has more than fifteen years experience developing and implementing public-private partnerships advancing action on energy and climate change. As Vice President of David Gardiner & Associates, Mr. White provides high-level strategic guidance to the corporate executives and non-profit organizations with whom DGA works. Among his principal areas of expertise are energy efficiency and the impacts of climate and energy upon corporations. Prior to joining DGA, he represented EPA's Energy Star program in New England and established successful energy efficiency initiatives with businesses, utilities, municipal governments, and colleges and universities. As Senior Advisor for Climate Change to EPA Administrator Carol Browner, he represented the EPA in White House climate change policy development and in negotiations with the G-8, China, and Mexico. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Conservation Strategy Fund. Mr. White holds a B.A. in Biology from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University.
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Tamara Withers
Senior Manager, Environment and Corporate Sustainability
tamara@dgardiner.com
(202) 463-6363 x 102

Tamara Withers comes to DGA with more than eight years professional experience, including recent work with World Wildlife Fund and Conservation International where she focused on biofuels, sustainable supply chain management and corporate responsibility strategy development. Tamara served four years at USDA Foreign Agriculture Service as an International Affairs Specialist and spent two years as a Peace Corps environmental educator in Gabon, Central Africa. She received her Masters of Science in Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology from the University of Maryland and is currently pursuing her MBA with a concentration in environmental management at George Washington University.
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Betsy Gardiner
Chief Operating Officer
betsy@dgardiner.com
(202) 463-6363 x105

Betsy Gardiner joins DGA as Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the day to day operations of the firm after having helped establish DGA in 2001. Most recently, she founded and managed a patient advocacy consulting company, helping people with significant health issues navigate the health care system. Ms. Gardiner’s diverse background includes previous work as a Registered Nurse, a faculty member at the George Washington University Medical School, and NPR Reference Librarian. She is a member of the American Business Women’s Association. Ms. Gardiner has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boston University and a Master of Science in Library Science from The Catholic University of America.

Ryan Hodum
Senior Associate for Research
ryan@dgardiner.com
(202) 463-6363 x 103

Ryan Hodum, a trained social scientist in international relations theory, comes to DGA with experience in renewable energy utilization.  At DGA he assists clients with topics ranging from the voluntary carbon offset market to clean energy finance strategies.  He has worked most recently at the U.S. Department of State, managing international climate conferences in India, Japan and Australia in support of a project portfolio to expand renewable energy and energy efficiency in China and India. Previously, he provided research assistance to the World Resources Institute on global supply chain bottlenecks in the wind turbine industry. Ryan has a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Hispanic Studies from the College of William and Mary, and has earned Master of Arts in Global Environmental Policy from American University.
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Elizabeth Hogan
Senior Associate for Research
elizabeth@dgardiner.com
(202) 463-6363 x 106

Elizabeth Hogan has eight years of experience with government, corporate, and non-profit organizations, with particular emphasis on the technology sector, including America OnLine, MicroStrategy, and the United States Telecommunications Training Institute.  She has most recently worked with members of the fishing industry in New England on conversions to whale-safe fishing gear and with the Camara de Industrias of Costa Rica to assist Central American businesses adopt more sustainable business operations. She has a degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a dual Master of Science in Natural Resources and Master of Science in Sustainable Development from the University for Peace in Costa Rica and American University in Washington, DC. 
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Dave Grossman
Green Light Group
http://www.greenlightgroup.org

Dave Grossman is the founder of Green Light Group, a consultancy firm specializing in environmental research, writing, and strategy. Mr. Grossman has spent the past 10+ years working in environmental development, law, organizing, politics, media, and policy. He has developed expertise with issues ranging from climate change and renewable energy to international environmental compliance, with perspectives drawn from domestic and international non-governmental organizations, state government, and political campaigns. Mr. Grossman has published on such topics as the feasibility of tort-based climate change litigation and theories of why states and firms comply with law. He currently serves on the board of the National Association of Environmental Law Societies (NAELS). He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in Politics and received his law degree from Yale Law School.
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Peter Kelley
Kelley Campaigns
http://www.kelleycampaigns.com/

Peter Kelley is the founder and Principal of Kelley Campaigns, which develops and carries out winning issue campaigns that earn the news media's attention for public interest clients and green companies. For 10 years as an award-winning newspaper reporter, Mr. Kelley covered city and state government for the Harrisburg Patriot-News, D.C. politics for Newhouse Newspapers, and was the founding staff member of National Security News Service. As their top communications officer, Mr. Kelley created the League of Conservation Voters’ EarthList program, represented National Environmental Trust at the Kyoto treaty talks on global warming, and launched American Rivers’ national River Agenda. He holds a BA in Government from Harvard College.
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Ladeene Freimuth
The Freimuth Group, LLC

Ms. Freimuth is the founder of a domestic and international energy and environmental consulting firm, The Freimuth Group, LLC. She specializes in policy and strategic advising, lobbying, research and analysis, and project design, implementation, and management. Her areas of expertise include energy efficiency, renewable energy, global climate change, transboundary water management, alternative fuels and transportation, and sustainable development. Ms. Freimuth brings over seventeen years of work experience, including at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Agency for International Development, as well as in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Ms. Freimuth has authored major pieces of energy efficiency, renewable energy and alternative transportation legislation that served as the precursors to titles in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as well as one of the first pieces of legislation to reduce air and greenhouse gas emissions from stationary power plants. She also has helped secure funding for crucial efficiency and renewables programs. Ms. Freimuth possesses Russian, French and Hebrew language skills. She received a B.A. in Government from Wesleyan University and a master’s degree in International Resource Policy and Eurasian Studies from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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Deborah Bleviss

Ms. Bleviss is an expert in international transportation and energy. She advised and then directed the Inter-American Development Bank’s “Sustainable Markets for Sustainable Energy” program (1996-2001), where she developed and managed projects in energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable transportation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Previously, Ms. Bleviss worked at the U.S. Department of Energy — developing international and domestic clean transportation initiatives — and was co-founder and Executive Director of the International Institute for Energy Conservation, an internationally-recognized organization devoted to expedited adoption of energy efficiency and sustainable transportation in Central and Eastern Europe and developing countries. Ms. Bleviss is a Professorial Lecturer at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a B.S. in Physics.
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