Guy Dauncey, President, Victoria

Guy Dauncey is a speaker, author and sustainable communities consultant who works to develop a positive vision of a sustainable future, and to translate that vision into action. He is author of the award-winning book Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions to Global Climate Change, and co-author of Cancer: 101 Solutions to a Preventable Epidemic, and other titles. He is co-chair of Prevent Cancer Now, founder of The Solutions Project, co-founder of the Victoria Car-Share Cooperative, and publisher of EcoNews, a monthly newsletter that promotes the vision of a sustainable Vancouver Island. His home page is www.earthfuture.com.

Tom Hackney, Vice President of Policy & Treasurer, Victoria

Tom serves as policy specialist and treasurer for the BCSEA. He has led several BCSEA interventions in BC Utilities Commission reviews of BC Hydro's energy plans, working to ensure that the costs of greenhouse gas emissions are factored into energy decisions and to promote energy conservation along with other sustainable energies. With Guy Dauncey, he co-authored BCSEA's policy document, Sustainable Energy Policies for British Columbia. Tom's background is in science and architecture, and he is particulary interested in stimulating social and political action to address global climate change.

Scott Sinclair, Vice President of Outreach, Vancouver

In his role as BCSEA vice-president, Scott leads an education program called the Climate Change Game that teaches youth ‘how to’ reduce their carbon footprint, and take charge of their future. Scott also sits on the ‘Solar Roadmap' Task Force that is working with the provincial Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Energy, NRCan, BC Hydro, Terasen, Vancity and others to create a strategy to implement the installation of 100,000 Solar Roofs in BC. Scott also serves as the Chair of the Chapters Committee to work with BCSEA Chapter leaders across the province to continue the work of driving our communities to adopt Sustainable Energy. Through two years of volunteer internships in Central America, India and Africa, and working with Dr. Vandana Shiva and Dr. Jane Goodall, Scott has learned to engage and inspire people. He looks forward to a vision of BC where all of our energy comes from clean sustainable sources, and knows that this is possible within his lifetime.

Romilly Cavanaugh, Vancouver

Romilly is an environmental engineer and President of R Cavanaugh & Associates Inc., an environmental consulting company. For over fifteen years, she has evaluated the environmental impacts associated with infrastructure projects and has recommended methods to mitigate impacts and restore habitats. She is particularly concerned about the potential for climate change to adversely affect people and ecosystems throughout the world. She believes we should decrease our fossil fuel consumption and make a shift towards sustainable energy sources as a means of minimizing our ecological footprint.

Romilly has been certified as a LEED Accredited Professional by the Canadian Green Building Council and is a member of BCSEA's Policy Committee, the Vancouver Chapter's Steering Committee, and the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC's Sustainability Committee.

Eric Doherty, Vancouver

Eric is a transportation planning consultant. Previously he worked as a researcher and environmental consultant dealing with energy issues. His consulting experience includes providing technical assistance and project management for BC Hydro's Green Electricity Resources of BC map. He was also the lead author of the UBC Students Society's unique environmental sustainability strategy based on environmental footprint analysis, the Lighter Footprint Strategy. Eric has an MA from the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning and a BA in Geography from Simon Fraser University. Transportation is one of the fastest growing sources of unsustainable energy consumption, and an area of great potential for change. He is also a board member of the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation (SPEC) and a spokesperson for the Livable Region Coalition (LRC), taking an active role in promoting sustainable solutions in opposition to the Ministry of Transportation's plan to expand Highway 1 into Vancouver. He authored the LRC's paper Transportation for a Sustainable Region: Transit or Freeway Expansion.

Gunther Honold, Victoria

It is fundamental to my nature to have a passionate interest in the development of sustainable and environmentally tolerable energy technologies and their application. I have over forty years work experience in private and public building heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration design, and all phases of project management in Southern Germany and in B.C. I am now retired from service with the BC Buildings Corp after twenty years in building systems related design and project management services, including renewable energy technologies, mostly Solar DHW. I also was Chairman of a BCBC Indoor Air Quality task force for some years. I am Life Member of ASHRAE. Since the early seventies I have been keenly engaged in the promotion and application of sustainable energy technologies, including the co-ordination of workshops and public interest meetings in the heady days of the "first" energy crisis of the '70s. I look forward to what we may accomplish with BCSEA.

Chris Mott, Vancouver

Chris is serving as the Policy and Advocacy coordinator for BCSEA's Vancouver Chapter Steering Committee. He is completing a Masters degree in electrical engineering at the University of British Columbia and when he's not working on his thesis, he's busy pursuing his deep passion for working toward a peaceful and ecologically balanced future for humanity. His professional experience as an engineer ranges from positions with large high-tech companies in Vancouver to his present role as V.P. Engineering in a local start-up company. He brings a broad perspective on sustainability from his extensive travels and volunteer work with a sustainable agriculture project in Brazil, as well as his involvement in a sustainability outreach program with the Campus Sustainability Office at UBC. Chris looks forward to serving the BCSEA Board with his knowledge of sustainable energy, professional experience, and motivation to see the BCSEA become a key driver towards a sustainable future for British Columbia.

Kevin Pegg, Victoria

Kevin Pegg is president of Energy Alternatives, one of Canada's leading renewable energy companies. Kevin has been working with various alternative energy technologies since 1992 and has installed or supplied hundreds of renewable energy systems. He has extensive experience in the design and installation of solar PV, thermal, wind and microhydro systems. Kevin is BCSEA's foremost sponsor, contributing office space, web and email servers and countless other services to our efforts.

John Stonier, Vancouver

John Stonier is the Vice President of Finance of Day4 Energy Inc, a Canadian company based in Burnaby, BC, which manufactures photovoltaic modules using its unique and industry leading technology. John has over 20 years experience in senior financial officer and entrepreneurial roles in the telecommunications, internet and alternative energy sectors. He was active in the startup of two notable BC companies, GT Group Telecom (1996) and Day 4 Energy Inc. (2002). John is a Chartered Accountant (1987) with KPMG in Vancouver and Toronto, and received a BA (Economics, 1980) from the University of BC. John is has a broad scope of experience in renewable energy, building and vehicle energy efficiency, and sustainable building systems. He is an active advocate of the battery electric car, and is currently in the process of converting a late model gasoline production car into a full battery electric for daily urban driving. Ultimately he plans to recharge his electric car using electricity generated from a solar PV array. He is also a Director of the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association.

Mary Sturgeon, Vancouver

Mary brings 17 years as a communications and public relations professional to the BCSEA board, and leads the association's communications strategies. She has developed and implemented strategic programs for non-profit, government and commercial organizations, working primarily with technology companies and organizations looking to develop an online strategy. Mary is skilled at translating complex technical data into information that helps both individuals and businesses to understand and embrace new technologies or ideas. She brings that strength to the BCSEA as it continues to be a leading source of information and opinion on sustainable energy solutions and policies. Mary lives in Vancouver where she runs an independent communications firm whose focus is on clients operating within sustainable energy, climate change advocacy/education, and community-generated/experiential art projects and interactive communication technologies.