Staff & Board

D. DICKINSON HENRY, JR. , Executive Director
Dick Henry has been with the Jordan Institute since January of 2007. He brings a broad background in energy and environmental work to Jordan. Dick served for nine years as President of the Audubon Society of New Hampshire, from 1987 to 1995. From 1995 to 1998 he set up and ran the New Hampshire Electric Utility Restructuring Collaborative, a consortium of low-income, small business and environmental interests that developed the groundwork for a systems benefit charge. That charge now produces $20 million per year for electric energy efficiency implementation and another $12 million for low-income fuel assistance. As a consultant Dick worked with Public Service of New Hampshire and developed the original idea to convert one 50 Mega Watt coal-fired power plant to wood using fluidized bed combustion. While at Audubon he was a key participant in the implementation of a Selective Catalytic Reduction system to the Bow Power Plant, the first of its kind in the western hemisphere and now a standard for reducing NOx emissions throughout the country.

Dick graduated from Harvard College in 1970 to co-found and become president of the Habitat Institute of the Environment until 1975. He then joined the technical staff at the Massachusetts Audubon Society from 1976-1979 and was a member of the New England Energy Congress. From 1979 to 1984, Dick directed the Lake Waramaug Task Force that installed the first hypolimnetic withdrawal system in North America to restore that highly eutrophic lake. After his tenure at Audubon and PSNH in the late 1980s and 1990s, Dick began a commercial enterprise to implement sheep contract grazing to manage invasive and exotic vegetation.

Dick has a thorough knowledge of environmental and energy issues and how they intertwine. He has a strong background working with utilities, regulators, government agencies, business interests, the environmental community, foundations, and private individuals. An innovative and original thinker, Dick believes that climate change is the greatest challenge we face and that significant improvement in the built environment plays a key role in meeting the climate change challenge.

PAUL LEVEILLE, Assoc. AIA, CBCP, LEED AP, High Performance Building Specialist

Paul works with interested parties throughout building design, construction, and operation to optimize environmental performance in all areas, including energy efficiency, pollution prevention, indoor environmental quality, and site protection. 

Paul is the past Director of Facilities for the Society for the Protection of NH Forests, NH's oldest and largest conservation organization. Among those facilities he oversaw was the award-winning Conservation Center, a showcase for passive solar design. Paul oversaw lighting upgrades, installation of the then largest utility inter-tie solar electric system in NH, and a central woodchip-fired heating system. He also guided the addition of a state-of-the-art addition that features a super-insulated and air-tight envelope, daylighting, local materials, composting toilets, a full greywater recycling system, non-toxic materials and more. The project was New England’s first LEED certified building and earned a Gold rating.

Paul has chaired the Environmental Committee of the NH Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the NH Sustainable Energy Association www.nhsea.org. He has two degrees in engineering and previously worked in the architecture field. Paul and his family live in Grafton, NH in a passive solar home built almost entirely from lumber he milled from on-site trees or urban salvage logs. 

ALISON MATILAINEN, Project Coordinator
Alison joined the staff in July 2010. She is a recent graduate of Keene State College with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture. Her focus in the architecture program was sustainable architecture and building science. She is also a BPI certified building analyst.

HEATHER NOLEN, Project Manager
Heather joined the Jordan staff in February 2009 as part of the GSE2 team. She has spent time working at non-profit organizations in New Hampshire and gained environmental experience working in Massachusetts and for the State of New Hampshire. She graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a Science B.S. degree. Heather is a BPI certified Building Analyst and Envelope Professional. She is also a USGBC LEED Green Rater. Outside of work she can be found running through the White Mountains.

THERESA SPEAR,  Project Coordinator
Theresa joined the staff at Jordan Institute in 2010 as part of the High Performance Buildings Group.  Theresa has been involved with sustainable building practices, energy efficiency and recycling in varied capacities - from working on one of the first multi-family Energy Star rehabs in NH to implementing green practices at a country inn.  Most recently, she worked with a local builder to qualify homes for the NAHB Green Building certification. Theresa is a BPI certified Building Analyst and Envelope Professional.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Jordan Institute Board members represent the academic, government, and private sectors:

ROBERT MCLELLAN, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FAAFP: President - Dr. McLellan is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, and The Dartmouth Institute at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, NH. He is Chief, Section of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

BRIAN MOROZE, LL.B: Secretary - Mr. Moroze is retired.  He was formerly the Deputy General Counsel, Corporate Law for Tyco International. He is based in Portsmouth, NH.

RICHARD DONNELLY Treasurer - Mr. Donnelly is a Senior Vice President at Sovereign Bank. He is based in Manchester, NH.

KENNETH A. COLBURN - Mr. Colburn is the former Executive Director of the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) as well as the former Air Resources Director for the NH Department of Environmental Services. He resides in Meredith, NH.

ALLAN FERGUSON - Mr. Ferguson is a retired venture capitalist who worked for the international 3i Group running the early investment stage of their US Venture businesses.  For 20 years he also held various senior positions in Operations and R&D at Johnson & Johnson.  Allan holds a B.X. in Chemical Engineering.

TERRY VITAL - Executive Vice President, Founder Eisenberg, Vital & Ryze Advertising. Terry is the chief marketing communications strategist, responsible for managing the market research and development of strategic marketing communications and branding solutions. She works from her studios in Manchester, NH and resides in Waterville Valley, NH.