BERA Consultants and Speakers Bureau

Members in good standing who wish to offer their services as speakers or consultants are invited to be registered in the BERA Consultants and Speakers Bureau. BERA does not certify, endorse nor recommend individuals as consultants or speakers. The sole purpose of the clearinghouse is to facilitate introductions in response to inquiries from external parties and the general public which may be interested in engaging the services of our members, independently of BERA. 

How to Participate

You must be a member of BERA to be included in our registry.  To find out about membership, visit our Join BERA page. 

You may join BERA and become a member at the same time!  Please download and complete the forms for the Consultants and Speakers Bureau (PDF), and membership forms, and mail with your dues to our Washington office.

 

CURRENT BERA CONSULTANT and SPEAKER BUREAU*

Stephen F. Anderson, 
Evergreen Energy
8590 SW Miami St. 
Wilsonville, OR 97070 
USA Office: (503)297-8263 
Home: (503)682-3731 
Fax: (503)682-1656 
Em: [email protected] 
Subjects: Economic valuation and future projections for biomass, biodiesel and biogas projects. Preconstruction development; sales and acquisition work; operations troubleshooting 

Don Augenstein, PhD. 
4277 Pomona Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306
USA Office: (650)856-2850
Fax: (650)856-2850
Em: [email protected] 
Subjects: Biogas/landfill gas, energy potential and climate effects.

Irvin Barash 
President 
Vencon Management, Inc. 
65 West 55th Street 
New York, NY 10019 
USA Office: (212)581-8787 
USA Fax: (208) 955-5165 
Email: [email protected] 
Web: www.venconinc.com
Subjects: Venture capital in renewable energy 

W. Bruce Crain
President
Crain Consulting, Inc.
P.O. Box 16783
Jackson, MS  39236
US Office: (601)957-3493
Cell: (601)613-2294
Fax: (601)914-5871
Email: [email protected]
Subjects: Sources of    Funding for Renewable Energy; History of Renewable Energy and Biobased Products; Policy Recommendations for Renewable Energy Funding

Rosalie Green, PhD
Senior Recycling Specialist
2800 Crystal Drive
Arlington VA 22202
US Office: (703)308-7268
Home: (703)368-2956
Fax: (703)308-8686
Email: [email protected]
Subjects: Greening the environment, Wastewater runoff

James Hettenhaus 
President and CEO 
Chief Executive Assistance, Inc. 
3211 Trefoil Drive 
Charlotte, NC 28226 
USA Office: (704)541-9508 
Home: (704)541-9500 
Fax: (704)541-4764 
Em: [email protected] 
Subjects: Commercialization of emerging biotech applications. 

Evan Hughes
Consultant, Biomass Energy
30 Rondo Way
Menlo Park, CA 94025
US Office:(650)329-8698
Fax: (650)855-8957
Em: [email protected]
Subjects: biomass energy, geothermal, wind, solar, greenhouse gases, energy & environment

Alberto J.L. Macario, MD 
Professor, Research Physician 
New York State Department of Health 
Empire State Plaza 
PO Box 509 
Albany, NY 12201-0509 
USA Office: (518)474-2781 
Home: (518)439-0685 
Fax: (518)474-1213; 8590 
Em: [email protected] 
Subjects: Methane, methanogens, stress, stress genes anti-stress mechanisms in biofuel production. 

Robert Massengill 
President 
Pellet Systems Consulting 
2524 118 Lane NW 
Coon Rapids, MN 55433 
USA Office: (763) 755-6841 
USA Fax: (763) 755-3713 
Email: [email protected] 
Subjects: Pellitizing biomass, fuel pellets 

Ron Mensch 
Consultant 
7624 Wilohorse Lane 
Bonners Ferry, ID 83805 
USA Office: (208) 267-5251 
Email: [email protected] 
Subjects: Planning, design, cost estimates, cost/benefit analysis, construction management of log yards, consulting on management and marketing of products from log yard debris 

Michael J. Morin
Owner 
Hramor Nursery 
515 9th St. 
Manistee, MI 49660 
USA Office: (616)723-4846 
Home: (616)723-4846 
Fax: (616)723-5580 
Em: [email protected] 
Subjects: Establishing biomass plantations with hybrid poplar.  Nursery management of hybrid poplar. 

Mark A. Paisley 
Vice President Technology
FERCO Enterprises, Inc.
3625 Cumberland Parkway
Suite 650
Atlanta GA 30339
Office: (770)690-2450 
Home: (614) 451-0899 
Fax: (614) 459-8579 
Em: 
Subjects: Biomass conversion, gasification, catalysis, gas conditioning, energy and environmental technologies, economic evaluations, process evaluation 

James R. Paterek, PhD
Consultant
228 Tupelo Drive
naperville, IL 60540
US Office: (630)917-3328
Subjects: Anaerobic digestion. Methane and hydrogen production. Biofilm technology. Microbiology. Fermentation. Modeling and ecological studies.

Thomas Reed, Ph.D. 
Chairman of the Board
Director of Research
The Biomass Energy Foundation
554 Orchard Road
Golden, CO 80401 
USA Office: (303)279-3707 
Fax:  (303)278-0560 
Em: [email protected] 
Subjects: Biomass, gasification, biodiesel

Hervey Scudder 
PO Box 158 
Brattleboro, VT 05302 
USA Office: (802)254-3645 
Fax: (802)254-3645 
Em: [email protected] 
Subjects: Microturbines and their application to converting biomass and methane fuels into energy. 

Satish Sharma
President
SKS Engineers, LLC
230 Dunbar Dr.
Stafford, VA 22556
USA Office: (540)752-1226
Cellular: (540)845-4602
Em: [email protected]
Subjects: Energy overview, defense deptartment policy, world energy perspectives

Lewis L. Smith 
Consultant and Economist 
Condesa de Mar201 
Ave, Isla Verde 3103 
Carolina PR 00979-4943 
USA Office: (787) 286-0425 
USA Fax: (787) 747-4371 
Email: [email protected] 
Subjects: Biomass economics and project appraisal 

Alan Teel
Consulatnt
BME Consulting, LLC
1409 Teresa Drive
Atlantic, IA 50022
US Office: (712)243-9835
Home: (712)243-9835
Fax: (712)243-9835
Email: [email protected]
Subjects: Production, harvesting, handling, and utilization of herbaceous crops for biomass energy uses.  Pellet fuel production and utilization in heating appliances.

Michael Theroux
Principal 
Theroux Environmental 
4229 Northgate Blvd., 
Suite 6B, PO Box 340099 
Sacramento, CA 95834-0099 
USA Office: (916)641-9603 
Fax: (916)641-6142 
Em: [email protected] 
Subjects: Distributed waste-to-energy, small-scale - focus on biomass utilization. Serving: waste management, energy, forest, and agricultural industries.  Distributed energy - biomass-fueled, emerging tech assistance. 

Anthony Turhollow, PhD 
Staff Economist 
1511 East 2050 North 
North Logan UT 84341-8804 
US Office: (435) 753-7185 
Home: (435) 753-7287 
Email: [email protected] 
Subjects: Biomass production / handling 

Jane Turnbull
Principal 
Penninsula Energy Partners 
64 Los Altos Square 
Los Altos, CA 94022 
USA Office (650) 559-1766 
Home: (650) 948-1753 
Fax: (650) 559-1763 
Em: [email protected] 
Subjects: Integrated biomass systems development, feasibility studies, anaerobic digestion options and systems. 

Lawrence E. Wilkinson, PE 
Consulting Chemical Engineer 
Box 19192 
Thorne Bay, AK 99919 
USA Office: (907) 723-4507 
Email: [email protected] 
Subjects: Energy futures, the need for petroleum conservation and greater biomass utilization. 

Jeff Wright, PhD
Manager, Business Development
ArborGen
PO Box 840001
Summerville SC 29484
US Office: (843)851-5079
Home: (843)991-2911
Fax: (843)832-2164
Subjects: Forest and clonal plantations.  Pulp and paper. Carbon sequestration. International forestry (43 countries)

John I. Zerbe, PhD 
Consultant 
Forest Products Laboratory 
One Gifford Pinchot Drive 
Madison WI 53705-2398 
USA Office: (608) 231-9353 
USA Home: (608) 274-0714 
Fax: (608) 231-9508 
Email: [email protected] 
Subjects: Gasification, ethanol, densified wood, charcoal, biomas for harvesting, power generation, pyrolysis  
 

Fred Zoepfl, Ph.D.
President 
Phoenix Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1998 
Ashburn, VA 21046-1998 
USA Off: (703)729-8669 
Fax: (703)729-8669 
Em: [email protected] 
Subjects: Combined phytoremediation and biomass energy production. 
Phytoremediation of metal-contaminated soils, biomass energy economics.
 

*Note:  The BERA Members above have approved their listing on BERA's Worldwide Web Site.