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Environmental and Clean Energy Inaugural Ball
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2009 Organizing Committee

Douglas A. Durante, Co-chair
Clean Fuels Foundation

Jan Hartke, Co-chair
Clinton Climate Initiative

Burl Haigwood
Clean Fuels Development Coalition

William C. Holmberg
Biomass Coordinating Council

Scott Sklar
Stella Group, Ltd.

John C. Topping, Jr.
Climate Institute

Carol Werner
Environmental and Energy Study Institute


Past Committees

2005 Ball Committees


2009 Advisory Committee

Dr. Brent F. Blackwelder
Friends of the Earth

Lester R. Brown
Earth Policy Institute

Michael T. Eckhart
American Council On Renewable Energy
                 
David E. Hallberg
Prime BioSolutions

Denis Hayes
Bullitt Foundation

Amory Lovins
Rocky Mountain Institute

Gal Luft
Institute for the Analysis of Global Security

Frederick L. Potter
Hart Energy Consulting

William Reilly
Texas Pacific Group

Jerome Ringo
Apollo Alliance

Todd C. Sneller
Nebraska Ethanol Board

David J. Vander Griend
ICM, Inc.

Honorable Timothy E. Wirth
The United Nations Foundation

R. James Woolsey
VantagePoint Ventures


2009 Ball Honorary Committee

U.S. Senate

  • Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
  • Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
  • Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)
  • Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND)
  • Tom Harkin (D-IA)
  • Tim Johnson (D-SD)
  • John Kerry (D-MA)
  • Patty Murray (D-WA)
  • Ben Nelson (D-NE)
  • Mark Udall (D-CO)
  • Tom Udall (D-NM)
  • Thad Cochran (R-MS)
  • Susan Collins (R-ME)
  • Michael Crapo (R-ID)
    Co-Chair Senate Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucus
  • Charles E. Grassley (R-IA)
  • Richard G. Lugar (R-IN)

 

House Of Representatives

  • Gary Ackerman (D-NY)
  • Joe Courtney (D-CT)
  • Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)
  • Bart Gordon (D-TN)
  • Jane Harman (D-CA)
  • Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
  • Chris Van Hollen Jr. (D-MD)
    Co-Chair House Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucus
  • Barbara Lee (D-CA)
  • Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
  • Edward Markey (D-MA)
  • Betty McCollum (D-MN)
  • James Oberstar (D-MN)
  • Janice Schakowsky (D-IL)
  • Henry Waxman (D-CA)

 

  • Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)
  • Lee Terry (R-NE)
  • Zach Wamp (R-TN)
    Co-Chair House Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucus

2009 Ball Host Committee

25 x ’25
3TIER, Inc.
A123 Battery
Advanced Biofuels Coalition
American Eagle Foundation
American Coalition for Ethanol
American Council on Renewable Energy
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
Apollo Alliance
Betsy Gordon Foundation
Biomass Coordinating Council
Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Calpine Corporation
Cascade Associates
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute/Center for Environmental Oncology
Clean Fuels Development Coalition
Clean Fuels Foundation
Climate Institute
Clinton Climate Initiative
Devra Lee Davis Charitable Foundation
District of Columbia Department of Environment
Earth Day Network
Earth Policy Institute
Enviance
Environment America
Environmental Magazine
Environmental Media Association
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
Environmental Law Institute
Evergreen Foundation
Farm Aid
Farm-to Consumer Foundation
FlexFuel Vehicle Club of America
Friends of the Earth
Good Energies, Inc.Governors' Biofuels Coalition
Green Advantage, Inc.
GridWise Alliance
Hart Energy Consulting
Hunt Country Vineyards
Hydro Green Energy, LLC
ICM, Inc.
Mezzetti & Associates
National Association of Clean Water Agencies
National Audubon Society
National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition
National Hydropower Association
National Park Trust
National Rural Water Association
Natural Resources Defense Council
Pacific Biodiesel
PRIME BioSolutions, LLC
Remineralize the Earth
RKB Consulting, LLCRPM Ecosystems LLC
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Set America FreeSolar Household Energy, Inc.
Solena Group
Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance
Sustainable Energy International Group
Tommy Short Foundation
Trees For the Future
U.S. Green Building Council
US Clean Heat & Power Association
Weston A. Price Foundation
Worldwatch Institute

Working Together to Build a Better Tomorrow: Environmental and Clean Energy Inaugural Ball