About UsOur MissionWe advance public, environmental, and economic health by improving energy performance and resiliency in how buildings are designed, built, renovated, operated, and financed. Our VisionWe seek to achieve the most resilient and sustainable quality of life possible by transforming the energy and built landscape in our region, providing a model for the nation. Our HistoryIn 1995, Doyle E. and Lenore M. Jordan provided the initial gift that launched The Jordan Institute. They had a keen interest in funding research and policy initiatives that explore the link between our environment, public health, and the economy. Our programs have been based on that general principle ever since. | Our WorkThe Jordan Institute is comprised of uniquely motivated staff whose collective experience includes energy policy, residential construction, engineering, project management, education, historic preservation of buildings, and architecture. Our board brings a range of perspectives and, importantly, awareness of the organization’s origins and history. As The Jordan Institute has grown over the years, the mission has evolved to focus on climate change solutions, which present the greatest threat to date to the economy, public health, and the environment – the areas the Jordan Institute was created to address. The Jordan Institute completed a strategic plan in early 2013. Among other realizations, we determined that our work improving the energy efficiency of buildings has reached a point where the market is ready to lead. We have since launched Resilient Buildings Group, Inc., a for-profit subsidiary, to carry-on its project implementation work - energy audits, monitoring and verification, commissioning, LEED certifications - as well as adding a new service: construction management. |
Board of Directors
DOUG PATCH - Chair
Douglas Patch is a Shareholder at the Concord-based law firm of Orr & Reno, PA. His practice areas include energy, governmental relations, telecommunications, alternative dispute resolution, and environmental.
Doug spends much of his time on energy matters, primarily in regulatory, administrative and legislative venues. He also works on telecommunications issues and serves as an arbitrator and mediator as part of his alternative dispute resolution practice. In addition to the ten years he has in private practice representing a variety of clients, he brings twenty-three years of public service experience to his practice, including a nine and one-half year term as Chairman of the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, three and one-half years as an assistant attorney general, and six years as Assistant Commissioner for the Department of Safety. As counsel for clients before administrative agencies, Doug has helped obtain regulatory approvals for electric generation facilities, including wind farms and other generating facilities. He has also represented clients seeking approval for mergers, acquisitions and transfers of ownership, and has conducted due diligence reviews for potential purchasers. He has represented utilities and has intervened in utility proceedings for various companies, organizations and ratepayer groups. Through his alternative dispute resolution practice he has mediated and arbitrated issues related to the electric, telecommunications and water industries, as well as environmental matters. He has an active practice representing clients before the New Hampshire Legislature.
CHRISTOPHER MOORE - Vice Chair
Chris has been doing environmental and energy work in New Hampshire state government since 2005. He joined the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) as a permit writer for the Land Resources Management program where he enforced environmental regulations regarding land-use as well as advised developers with the planning and site design of commercial and residential construction. In 2012, Chris served as Program Specialist in the Pollution Prevention program at NHDES where he assisted businesses in meeting their environmental regulatory obligations and provided them resources to maximize process efficiencies while minimizing waste. Most recently, Chris accepted the position of State Energy Efficiency Project Manager in the Energy Management Office of the New Hampshire Department of Administrative Services. In this role, Chris initiates, coordinates and oversees energy efficiency capital projects within the 800+ buildings owned and operated by the State of New Hampshire. Chris holds a BS in Biology from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA with a focus on energy and sustainable business from Franklin Pierce University. In July of 2014, Chris and his wife, Christine, happily welcomed into the world their first child, Andrew.
WILLIAM D. TAPPAN, JR. - Treasurer
(Bill) is Vice President and Chief Information Officer with Associated Grocers of New England. Prior to taking that role, he was a senior consultant with Municipal Resources Inc. (MRI). He has a passion for management with a solid record of improving organizations and projects. His past professional roles include Principal Consultant (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Chief Operating Officer (technology holding company), and Financial Officer and Regional IT Manager (health care). He is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, BA; the Graduate School of Public & International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, MPIA; and the University of Liverpool (England) Management School, MBA. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
ROBERT MCLELLAN, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FAAFP - Founding Director
Robert K. McLellan, MD, MPH is a founding member of the Board of The Jordan Institute, which he created with the bequest of grateful patients, Doyle E and Lenore M. Jordan. He currently serves as the Chief of the Section of Occupational and Environmental Medicine of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and is Associate Professor of Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, and The Dartmouth Institute at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He also serves as Medical Director of Live Well/Work Well, a comprehensive, integrated health promotion and health protection program for Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s employees and their families. He is a past president of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, as well as the New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. He received his BA, MD and MPH from Yale University.
Dr. McLellan has extensive experience as an occupational and environmental medical consultant in a wide range of economic sectors and has maintained a clinical practice in occupational and environmental medicine for over 30 years. He has extensive experience in the assessment and mitigation of indoor environmental pollution. He has been the Principal Investigator of several grants related to occupational and environmental medicine and was a co-recipient of the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety’s NORA (National Occupational Research Agenda) award for innovative research. He is the recipient of numerous other awards including: the New Hampshire Public Heath Association’s Roger Fossum award “for dedicated commitment and leadership in environmental and public health”, the President’s Award from The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine for work in Environmental Medicine and the Harriet Hardy Award from the New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine “for a physician who exemplifies the highest ideals of occupational and environmental medicine practice.”
MARTHA FULLER CLARK
The Jordan Institute is pleased to announce that Senator Martha Fuller Clark joined Jordan Institute’s board of directors in late fall 2014, bringing a depth of policy making, particularly in the area of energy and the environment, as well a wealth of NH connections to the board. Now in her fifth term as a State Senator, She currently represents the communities of Durham, Lee, Madbury, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, and Portsmouth.. Her committee assignments for 2015-2016 include Energy & Natural Resources as well as Health & Human Services and Rules, Enrolled Bills & Internal Affairs. Senator Fuller Clark serves as deputy assistant leader to the democratic senate caucus. Before being elected to the senate, the Senator spent twelve years in the NH House of Representatives where she served on the commerce committee for ten years and as a member of the house democratic leadership team for six. She is vice-chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, and serves as a member of Democratic National Committee and a member of the Democratic National Finance Committee. In 2008, she was co-chair of the New Hampshire Committee to elect Barack Obama President of the United States. In 2012, she was chosen to be a member of the NH leadership team for the President’s re-election.
The Senator also participates on numerous local, state and national boards and commissions including Strawbery Banke Museum, the Portsmouth Historic Society, Scenic America, and as an advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She was recently elected vice chair of the Women’s Foundation of New Hampshire. Previous board participation includes serving as a member of Americans for Campaign Reform, Preservation Action, Leadership New Hampshire, the Seacoast Land Trust, Portsmouth Advocates and the Music Hall of Portsmouth. Recently she was appointed to Portsmouth’s special commission regarding the need for a senior center.
Martha Fuller Clark earned a master's degree in Art History from Boston University, and an undergraduate degree from Mills College in Oakland, CA. She taught art history at the University of New Hampshire in the mid-1970s and for many years worked as an architectural historian and preservation consultant. She was born and raised in York, Maine. Martha and her husband, Dr. Geoffrey Clark, have lived in Portsmouth since 1973 and are the parents of three grown children.
MICHAEL B. MOOIMAN
Mike has Master’s degrees in Chemistry and Business and a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering (University of Utah) and he has spent most of his career in the process chemistry and metallurgy industries starting as a gold miner in South Africa. He served as VP Production and General Manager/CEO for Metalor Technologies USA, one of the largest precious metal companies and refiners in the US, and has published over 30 academic papers. He is also the holder of two US Patents for precious metal recovery. Mike is the President of Argo Advisors International, a consultancy and engineering company focusing on process design and energy projects. When he is not consulting, he is an Associate Professor in the MBA program at Franklin Pierce University, New Hampshire. At Franklin Pierce, Mike is the academic coordinator and originator of their MBA in Energy and Sustainability Studies. He is a member of the Mineral, Metals and Material Society and a Board Member of the New England Chapter of the International Precious Metals Institute. During the summer of 2009, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston. In 2015 he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship by the US Government for energy studies in Botswana and has just returned to the US after completing his year-long research into off-grid solar and battery storage systems. Prior to his sabbatical, Mike served as a Board Member and Treasurer of TJI and was part of the team that created the Resilient Buildings Group (RBG) spin off. Mike served a term as the first President of RBG.
Mike’s interests in the energy field are wide ranging and his writings on energy topics can be found in his blogs:
DAN QUINLAN
Dan is an independent consultant with a particular focus on climate change mitigation and clean energy. He has been involved in a wide array of projects including work on reducing the high carbon footprint of health care facilities, developing strategic energy master plans, the design and operation of a viable non-profit energy services company, and innovative commercial clean energy loan programs. Dan has also recently been engaged in work on the emerging movement to “divest” away from the fossil fuel industry.
Much of Dan’s career has been spent supporting teams (in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors) in the creation and execution of successful business strategies. He has spent many years managing teams across a diverse set of markets – including roles in corporate management, non-profit management, business consulting, technical consulting, R&D, and manufacturing. Dan also spent several years as a research scientist with Bell Laboratories. He holds an M.B.A. degree from Columbia University, a M.S. in Physics from Pennsylvania State University, and a B.S.E.E from the University of New Hampshire.
Douglas Patch is a Shareholder at the Concord-based law firm of Orr & Reno, PA. His practice areas include energy, governmental relations, telecommunications, alternative dispute resolution, and environmental.
Doug spends much of his time on energy matters, primarily in regulatory, administrative and legislative venues. He also works on telecommunications issues and serves as an arbitrator and mediator as part of his alternative dispute resolution practice. In addition to the ten years he has in private practice representing a variety of clients, he brings twenty-three years of public service experience to his practice, including a nine and one-half year term as Chairman of the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, three and one-half years as an assistant attorney general, and six years as Assistant Commissioner for the Department of Safety. As counsel for clients before administrative agencies, Doug has helped obtain regulatory approvals for electric generation facilities, including wind farms and other generating facilities. He has also represented clients seeking approval for mergers, acquisitions and transfers of ownership, and has conducted due diligence reviews for potential purchasers. He has represented utilities and has intervened in utility proceedings for various companies, organizations and ratepayer groups. Through his alternative dispute resolution practice he has mediated and arbitrated issues related to the electric, telecommunications and water industries, as well as environmental matters. He has an active practice representing clients before the New Hampshire Legislature.
CHRISTOPHER MOORE - Vice Chair
Chris has been doing environmental and energy work in New Hampshire state government since 2005. He joined the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) as a permit writer for the Land Resources Management program where he enforced environmental regulations regarding land-use as well as advised developers with the planning and site design of commercial and residential construction. In 2012, Chris served as Program Specialist in the Pollution Prevention program at NHDES where he assisted businesses in meeting their environmental regulatory obligations and provided them resources to maximize process efficiencies while minimizing waste. Most recently, Chris accepted the position of State Energy Efficiency Project Manager in the Energy Management Office of the New Hampshire Department of Administrative Services. In this role, Chris initiates, coordinates and oversees energy efficiency capital projects within the 800+ buildings owned and operated by the State of New Hampshire. Chris holds a BS in Biology from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA with a focus on energy and sustainable business from Franklin Pierce University. In July of 2014, Chris and his wife, Christine, happily welcomed into the world their first child, Andrew.
WILLIAM D. TAPPAN, JR. - Treasurer
(Bill) is Vice President and Chief Information Officer with Associated Grocers of New England. Prior to taking that role, he was a senior consultant with Municipal Resources Inc. (MRI). He has a passion for management with a solid record of improving organizations and projects. His past professional roles include Principal Consultant (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Chief Operating Officer (technology holding company), and Financial Officer and Regional IT Manager (health care). He is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, BA; the Graduate School of Public & International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, MPIA; and the University of Liverpool (England) Management School, MBA. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
ROBERT MCLELLAN, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FAAFP - Founding Director
Robert K. McLellan, MD, MPH is a founding member of the Board of The Jordan Institute, which he created with the bequest of grateful patients, Doyle E and Lenore M. Jordan. He currently serves as the Chief of the Section of Occupational and Environmental Medicine of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and is Associate Professor of Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, and The Dartmouth Institute at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He also serves as Medical Director of Live Well/Work Well, a comprehensive, integrated health promotion and health protection program for Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s employees and their families. He is a past president of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, as well as the New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. He received his BA, MD and MPH from Yale University.
Dr. McLellan has extensive experience as an occupational and environmental medical consultant in a wide range of economic sectors and has maintained a clinical practice in occupational and environmental medicine for over 30 years. He has extensive experience in the assessment and mitigation of indoor environmental pollution. He has been the Principal Investigator of several grants related to occupational and environmental medicine and was a co-recipient of the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety’s NORA (National Occupational Research Agenda) award for innovative research. He is the recipient of numerous other awards including: the New Hampshire Public Heath Association’s Roger Fossum award “for dedicated commitment and leadership in environmental and public health”, the President’s Award from The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine for work in Environmental Medicine and the Harriet Hardy Award from the New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine “for a physician who exemplifies the highest ideals of occupational and environmental medicine practice.”
MARTHA FULLER CLARK
The Jordan Institute is pleased to announce that Senator Martha Fuller Clark joined Jordan Institute’s board of directors in late fall 2014, bringing a depth of policy making, particularly in the area of energy and the environment, as well a wealth of NH connections to the board. Now in her fifth term as a State Senator, She currently represents the communities of Durham, Lee, Madbury, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, and Portsmouth.. Her committee assignments for 2015-2016 include Energy & Natural Resources as well as Health & Human Services and Rules, Enrolled Bills & Internal Affairs. Senator Fuller Clark serves as deputy assistant leader to the democratic senate caucus. Before being elected to the senate, the Senator spent twelve years in the NH House of Representatives where she served on the commerce committee for ten years and as a member of the house democratic leadership team for six. She is vice-chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, and serves as a member of Democratic National Committee and a member of the Democratic National Finance Committee. In 2008, she was co-chair of the New Hampshire Committee to elect Barack Obama President of the United States. In 2012, she was chosen to be a member of the NH leadership team for the President’s re-election.
The Senator also participates on numerous local, state and national boards and commissions including Strawbery Banke Museum, the Portsmouth Historic Society, Scenic America, and as an advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She was recently elected vice chair of the Women’s Foundation of New Hampshire. Previous board participation includes serving as a member of Americans for Campaign Reform, Preservation Action, Leadership New Hampshire, the Seacoast Land Trust, Portsmouth Advocates and the Music Hall of Portsmouth. Recently she was appointed to Portsmouth’s special commission regarding the need for a senior center.
Martha Fuller Clark earned a master's degree in Art History from Boston University, and an undergraduate degree from Mills College in Oakland, CA. She taught art history at the University of New Hampshire in the mid-1970s and for many years worked as an architectural historian and preservation consultant. She was born and raised in York, Maine. Martha and her husband, Dr. Geoffrey Clark, have lived in Portsmouth since 1973 and are the parents of three grown children.
MICHAEL B. MOOIMAN
Mike has Master’s degrees in Chemistry and Business and a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering (University of Utah) and he has spent most of his career in the process chemistry and metallurgy industries starting as a gold miner in South Africa. He served as VP Production and General Manager/CEO for Metalor Technologies USA, one of the largest precious metal companies and refiners in the US, and has published over 30 academic papers. He is also the holder of two US Patents for precious metal recovery. Mike is the President of Argo Advisors International, a consultancy and engineering company focusing on process design and energy projects. When he is not consulting, he is an Associate Professor in the MBA program at Franklin Pierce University, New Hampshire. At Franklin Pierce, Mike is the academic coordinator and originator of their MBA in Energy and Sustainability Studies. He is a member of the Mineral, Metals and Material Society and a Board Member of the New England Chapter of the International Precious Metals Institute. During the summer of 2009, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston. In 2015 he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship by the US Government for energy studies in Botswana and has just returned to the US after completing his year-long research into off-grid solar and battery storage systems. Prior to his sabbatical, Mike served as a Board Member and Treasurer of TJI and was part of the team that created the Resilient Buildings Group (RBG) spin off. Mike served a term as the first President of RBG.
Mike’s interests in the energy field are wide ranging and his writings on energy topics can be found in his blogs:
- Botswana Energy blog @ http://botswanaenergy.blogspot.com/
- NH Energy blog @ http://nhenergy.blogspot.com/
DAN QUINLAN
Dan is an independent consultant with a particular focus on climate change mitigation and clean energy. He has been involved in a wide array of projects including work on reducing the high carbon footprint of health care facilities, developing strategic energy master plans, the design and operation of a viable non-profit energy services company, and innovative commercial clean energy loan programs. Dan has also recently been engaged in work on the emerging movement to “divest” away from the fossil fuel industry.
Much of Dan’s career has been spent supporting teams (in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors) in the creation and execution of successful business strategies. He has spent many years managing teams across a diverse set of markets – including roles in corporate management, non-profit management, business consulting, technical consulting, R&D, and manufacturing. Dan also spent several years as a research scientist with Bell Laboratories. He holds an M.B.A. degree from Columbia University, a M.S. in Physics from Pennsylvania State University, and a B.S.E.E from the University of New Hampshire.
Adjunct Members
In early 2016, Jordan Institute's Board of Directors created a role for Adjunct Board Members. This new category of leadership is for those individuals who feel strongly about the organization and want to provide targeted support, but are not full board members.
KENNETH A. COLBURN
Kenneth A. Colburn is a Principal at the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), a non-profit group of veteran utility and environmental regulators providing technical and policy assistance on economic efficiency and environmental sustainability to public service commissions and regulatory agencies throughout the U.S., China, the EU, and India. He came to RAP from Symbiotic Strategies, an independent consultancy he founded to pursue climate change, energy, water, and public policy issues at the intersection of environmental and economic opportunity. He has led several state climate action planning processes and provided strategic assistance to foundations, progressive companies like Stonyfield Farm, and non- governmental organizations in their efforts to address climate and energy issues. Previously Colburn was Executive Director of the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) and led the Air Resources Division of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES), helping to make the state a leader in reducing air pollution with the nation’s first “4-pollutant” legislation for power plants and the first greenhouse gas emissions reduction registry law. Before joining NHDES in 1995, Colburn was Vice President of Energy and Environmental Policy at the Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire (BIA), representing the state’s business community on environmental, energy, and tele-communications matters in legislative and regulatory forums. He holds a B.S. in mathematics from M.I.T. and M.B.A. and M.Ed. Degrees from the University of New Hampshire.
STUART WHITE
Stu White, a founding principal of Banwell White & Arnold, now Banwell Architects, was president of the company from 1995-2003. In September 2010 he established an office at his home at Norwich, Vermont. White was the lead architect for Lebanon's AVA Gallery 2006-2007 building renovation, which earned LEED Gold certification in 2008. In addition he was the architect of several LEED-certified projects, including the French Wing of the Forest Society (SPNHF) in Concord, the first LEED-certified building in New England and one of only 12 nationwide at the Gold level. White's 1979 design for SPNHF's Conservation Center recently won the AIA's first 25 year award as a "building of enduring significance." White has won numerous awards for sustainable architecture and design, including the 2011 Sustainable Designer of the Year from the NH Chapter of the US Green Building Council. He is a winner of the Clinton Sheerr Award for Excellence in Architecture. In the spring of 2013 the AVA Gallery presented a show of his drawings spanning his career.
KENNETH A. COLBURN
Kenneth A. Colburn is a Principal at the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), a non-profit group of veteran utility and environmental regulators providing technical and policy assistance on economic efficiency and environmental sustainability to public service commissions and regulatory agencies throughout the U.S., China, the EU, and India. He came to RAP from Symbiotic Strategies, an independent consultancy he founded to pursue climate change, energy, water, and public policy issues at the intersection of environmental and economic opportunity. He has led several state climate action planning processes and provided strategic assistance to foundations, progressive companies like Stonyfield Farm, and non- governmental organizations in their efforts to address climate and energy issues. Previously Colburn was Executive Director of the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) and led the Air Resources Division of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES), helping to make the state a leader in reducing air pollution with the nation’s first “4-pollutant” legislation for power plants and the first greenhouse gas emissions reduction registry law. Before joining NHDES in 1995, Colburn was Vice President of Energy and Environmental Policy at the Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire (BIA), representing the state’s business community on environmental, energy, and tele-communications matters in legislative and regulatory forums. He holds a B.S. in mathematics from M.I.T. and M.B.A. and M.Ed. Degrees from the University of New Hampshire.
STUART WHITE
Stu White, a founding principal of Banwell White & Arnold, now Banwell Architects, was president of the company from 1995-2003. In September 2010 he established an office at his home at Norwich, Vermont. White was the lead architect for Lebanon's AVA Gallery 2006-2007 building renovation, which earned LEED Gold certification in 2008. In addition he was the architect of several LEED-certified projects, including the French Wing of the Forest Society (SPNHF) in Concord, the first LEED-certified building in New England and one of only 12 nationwide at the Gold level. White's 1979 design for SPNHF's Conservation Center recently won the AIA's first 25 year award as a "building of enduring significance." White has won numerous awards for sustainable architecture and design, including the 2011 Sustainable Designer of the Year from the NH Chapter of the US Green Building Council. He is a winner of the Clinton Sheerr Award for Excellence in Architecture. In the spring of 2013 the AVA Gallery presented a show of his drawings spanning his career.