Patrick Govang:

Patrick J. Govang is president and co-founder of e2e Materials, LLC, an award-winning clean technology start-up company in Ithaca, New York that produces petroleum-free, biodegradable composites that are stronger, lighter, and cheaper than composites that are filling landfills today. (www.e2ematerials.com)

Founded in 2006, this spin-out company from Cornell University offers biocomposites based on the discoveries of the Netravali Research Group. The company's composite material platform can replace formaldehyde-laden particleboard, plywood and other wood products to be used in office furniture, kitchen cabinetry, building products and beyond. Its first product, skateboards, are produced and sold via its subsidiary, Comet Skateboards, which relocated from California in October of 2007. These fully biodegradable materials are made from annually renewable resources including soy protein (flour) and natural fibers such as bamboo, jute, flax and kenaf. Patrick's work and that of his company have been covered by MSNBC, The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, Fuel TV, The Sundance Channel, The Hallmark Channel, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Post Standard, CNY Business Exchange Magazine, and various wire services and local media. In 2007, his company won the $100K Essential Connections Emerging Business Contest and the Cornell University Johnson School of Management Business Idea Competition. Patrick has lectured on Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and the concept of Regionally Integrated Manufacturing at Cornell University, Syracuse University, Rochester Institute of Technology and various other educational institutions and national conferences.

Prior to founding e2e, Patrick was a director of the Cornell Center for Materials Research, which leveraged more than $80M in annual materials research funding to develop research collaborations with large corporations and supports New York State small businesses through an innovative outreach model.

With more than 20 years of leadership experience in product development, purchasing, and quality/manufacturing management for the automotive industry, Patrick has also worked with Deloitte Consulting and New York's Alliance for Manufacturing and Technology as a lead consultant in corporate strategic planning, lean manufacturing, and Chapter 11 turnarounds. In 1999, he founded ProjectPoint.com, a start-up company focused on collaborative project management in the automotive industry.
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Mark McGovern:

Mark McGovern is 2003 Alfred University graduate with a B.A. in Environmental Studies. He is also a graduate of the University at Buffalo's School of Architecture and Planning where he received a Masters Degree in Urban Planning. While at UB, he was a Graduate Assistant at the University's Regional Institute analyzing demographic data and providing GIS support for the Regional Knowledge Network. In 2006, he joined the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, a small non-profit agency acting on behalf of its nine member organizations to create a world-class medical campus in downtown Buffalo. In this capacity, Mark has administered over $20 million in projects ranging from building redevelopment and property acquisition to streetscape design. He is currently overseeing a Comprehensive Transportation and Traffic Plan designed to lessen the environmental impact of future development on the medical campus through Transportation Demand Management, encouraging alternative modes of transport and the promotion of transit usage. He is a member of the Mayor's Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Board and he is active in reforestation efforts in the City of Buffalo.
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Andy Hoak:

Andy Hoak has over 13 years of experience in hydrogeologic consulting and environmental engineering, including groundwater development studies, water resource evaluations, geophysical exploration and aquifer analysis. After graduating with degrees in Geology and Environmental Studies from Alfred he received an M.S. in Hydrogeology from Clemson University in 1995 and has obtained licensure as a Professional Geologist in New Hampshire and Professional Engineer in Vermont. Currently he is a Project Manager with Ruggiano Engineering, Inc. in St. Albans, Vermont overseeing the design and construction of water supply systems, wastewater treatment facilities and storm water management controls. He lives in Jeffersonville, VT with his wife Daria (Glogoza '94) and children Augustus and Evelyn.
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Emma Grigg:

Emma Grigg earned her doctoral degree in Ecology at the University of California, Davis, and is currently a visiting assistant professor in Environmental Studies here at Alfred University. Her primary research interest is the use of GIS and spatial analyses to study factors influencing movement, behavior, and habitat selection in mammals, particularly in the marine environment. Her dissertation research involved assessing environmental influences on habitat use by a large marine predator, in an environment subject to high levels of anthropogenic disturbance. She has worked on environmental impact studies involving marine mammals in coastal waters, primarily in and around the San Francisco Bay, California. Dr. Grigg also has a Masters degree in animal behavior and physiology from San Francisco State University, where the subject of her thesis research was bottlenose dolphin ecology off the coast of Belize, Central America.
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Bryon Phelps:

Bryon Phelps has been working as a Modeling Specialist at AWS Truewind LLC. in Albany, NY, for the past 2 years. In 2005 he received his B.A. here at Alfred from the Environmental Studies program then went on to get his Masters degree in GIS for Development and Environment at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. His Master's thesis focused on the relationship of the built environment versus diversity and the ability to measure the relationships using remotely-sensed data.
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Tom Paladino:

A nationally recognized leader in the green building industry, Tom is the founder and president of Paladino & Company, a visionary green building consulting firm. Drawing upon his technical expertise in both architecture and engineering, Tom has brought innovative ideas, building science knowledge and perspective, and a proven process for design integration to the more than 300 green and LEED projects he has consulted on. From concept and system design assistance to cost/benefit evaluation and analysis, Tom contributes inspiration, expertise, and implementation-focused guidance to each project team and building owner he works with.

While many approaches to green building focus on scarcity - degradation of resources and diminished opportunities - the Triple Top Line approach to green building provides an alternate method centered on the concept of abundance, and how to make the most of available resources, whether they be financial, human or environmental.

An important source of expanding green building is creating a point of view or perspective that informs, inspires and directs our creativity. One such distinction, frequently used is the triple bottom line. While the concept of a bottom line is a useful point of departure, it is actually quite hard to apply. The bottom line is that it is an accounting term, it describes what is left after you consider all the additions and deductions. By its definition it drives scarcity thinking and statements like I want to build green, but it costs too much.

What if we focus on the top line, the upside, the win-win? That would force the discussion towards the preferred outcome - an abundance of human, environmental and financial capital.
To measure success we would need analytics that were authentic and aligned with abundance. And to follow through we would need attitude - a conviction to do the best job we can with what we have.
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Chris Sanford:

Chris Sanford grew up in coastal Maine and is a 2004 graduate of Alfred University with a double-major in Environmental Studies and Fine Art. She has experience in many aspects of farming including growing and selling her own food, working in the gardens of an herbal apothecary, landscaping and garden consultation, interning at a goat farm/maple syrup operation and installing a few hoop-house style greenhouses (including the one in Alfred). She moved to Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania in May of 2007 to run the market garden at the Macoskey Center on Slippery Rock University's campus before starting classes in the fall of 2007 as a graduate student in the Master of Science in Sustainable Systems program.
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Brad Berwald:

Brad Berwald graduated from Alfred University in December of 2000 with a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA. He began in technical sales, first in the semiconductor industry and then the photovoltaic industry as an applications and sales engineer for Morningstar Corp. where he is currently employed. Morningstar manufactures power electronics focusing on solar charge controllers and inverters to provide AC and DC power in remote locations.

Brad spends part of his time supporting Morningstar's industrial sales channels in the US and the other half providing training and system design assistance to customers around the globe. He is especially focused on work in the developing world.
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Laura Perisse:

Laura Perisse has 20+ years of environmental, health and safety consulting related experience with petroleum and industrial clients, including operational and business development experience focused on sustainable solutions in restoring efficiency to essential resources; air, land, water, people and facilities. Laura received her MS degree in geology/hydrogeology from Wright University and a Bachelor's degree in environmental science from Alfred University.
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Trevor Harrison:

Trevor Harrison is a 1990 graduate of the University of Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning. He founded HBT Architects in 2000 and the regional firm has received awards for both design quality and document quality. HBT Architects currently employs 14 people and growing with projects throughout the east coast area. Trevor is involved with Anne's house at AU and he has also worked on Allen and on Kanakadea Halls on our campus.
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Scott Hemenway:

Scott Hemenway earned his Associate degree in Applied Science from the State University of New York at Alfred and is a registered architect with the State of New York. He has 25 years of experience in architectural and project programming, planning, design, production, and project administration for a wide range of projects. Scott was recently the project architect for the Linden Oaks Office Park. This project consists of twelve office buildings, totaling 659,000 square feet and housing more than sixty tenants. Scott extensively involved with coordinating and implementing site development, building shell, and tenant improvement work at the park.
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Tim Bassette:

Tim Bassette earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in the environmental studies and biology programs at Alfred University in 1991 and a Master of Science in Environmental Science with dual concentrations in hazardous materials and water resources from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Bloomington in 1996. Between undergraduate and graduate school (1991-1993), Tim worked as an environmental chemist with Recra Environmental, Inc. in suburban Buffalo, NY. While in graduate school, he conducted Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments as an intern with Environmental Audits, Inc., Indianapolis, IN. After graduate school, he was employed in 1997-1998 with Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., Arlington, VA as an environmental regulatory consultant on US Environmental Protection Agency's RCRA, Superfund & EPCRA telephone call center. Tim left the call center to work his dream job as an environmental biologist with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), in Raleigh, NC from 1998 to 2003 and again in 2005 through the present. Also, from 2003 to 2005 he worked with the transportation consulting firm, H.W. Lochner, Inc., also in Raleigh, NC. Tim's current responsibilities with the NCDOT include conducting field surveys of federally protected plant and animal species and preparing biological assessments under the Endangered Species Act. Tim currently resides in Raleigh, NC.
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