Our Team
Laura Richardson is Executive Director of the Jordan Institute and oversees Resilient Buildings Group, Jordan’s for-profit subsidiary. She is a 2014 graduate of the EnergyExecs Program at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a voting member of the EESE Board, and is coordinating NH’s C-PACE financing program. For three years, she managed nine stimulus-funded energy programs for NH OEP including the Enterprise Energy Fund, energy audits for municipalities and businesses, the first-in-the-nation rebate program for pellet boilers, EE/RE projects at USNH and CCSNH, energy-code compliance, and the Green Launching Pad. Prior to her State service, Laura was Project Director for StayWarmNH, a public-private initiative to address skyrocketing energy costs in 2008 and the concerns for our most vulnerable residents. Through their business in 2007, Empowered Homes, she and her husband retrofitted a 108-year-old house which received a HERS 54 score. She co-founded the NH Sustainable Energy Association in 2003 and led that group in various roles through 2009. She has chaired the Trustees of the Trust Fund for her town for nine years and lived off-grid in a photovoltaic-powered home since 2000. She is a graduate of Bates College. |
Scott Maslansky leads Jordan Institute's NH C-PACE Initiative as Program Manager. In his role, he works with commercial building owners, municipal officials, energy-project contractors and installers, lenders and investors, and other interested parties to manage a new program for financing energy-efficiency and renewable-energy projects in New Hampshire. Scott has worked in the field of commercial and residential energy efficiency since 2009. Most recently, Scott worked for LighTec, Inc. of Merrimack, NH where he developed an account with Liberty Utilities, expanding and managing their Gas Multifamily Energy Efficiency Program. He worked with weatherization contractors, building owners, and property managers to develop weatherization projects for facilities ranging from 5 unit condominiums to 350 unit apartment complexes. He also coordinated and helped develop the Liberty Utilities Early Boiler Replacement Program and assisted with LighTec’s commercial lighting retrofit sales. In 2012-2013 Scott managed BetterBuildings Nashua for the Community Development Finance Authority, coordinating commercial and residential energy efficiency projects, reviewing work scopes, assisting with financing, and completing inspections for projects ranging from basic weatherization and high efficiency HVAC system replacements, to a complete gut rehabs on an historic building. He is certified as a Building Analyst by the Building Performance Institute (BPI) and has completed hundreds of residential energy audits and blower door tests in the MassSave program. Before entering the field of energy efficiency, Scott worked for 8 years in community economic development, directing a program to promote locally sourced wood products and the artisans and ecotourism of the North Quabbin region of Massachusetts. Scott holds an M.S. in Conservation Biology from Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, NH and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Brown University in Providence, RI. In 2012 Scott installed a solar thermal system on his previous home with the help of the Monadnock Energy Resources Initiative (MERI) and enjoys improving the efficiency of his current home in Keene, NH where he lives with his wife and 2 children. |
Prudy Veysey is a graduate from the University of New Hampshire at Plymouth with her BS degree in Business Administration. She worked as the Executive Assistant to the Business Manager, Board of Trustees, Buildings and Grounds Committee, and Finance Committee for many years at Proctor Academy, an environmentally responsible private high school, where every day is Earth Day. While there, she assisted with upgrades to existing buildings and new construction that incorporated high standards of sustainability including energy efficiency, recycled materials, and renewable energy. Recently she was employed as office manager and as executive/personal assistant to the CEO of Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Napo is a privately held pharmaceutical company based in San Francisco, California. Outside of work she can be found upgrading the efficiency and comfort of her 1825 home in Gilmanton Corners with her family or restoring her 1973 Volkswagen bus. |
Dana Nute is a founder of Resilient Buildings Group and its General Manager, overseeing all project work in the field and management of energy audits, construction management, and other energy consulting. He is a graduate of Northeastern University with a civil engineering degree working in construction management and development. Dana has managed projects from 1,000 sq. ft. additions and renovations to larger structures such as the JFK Library in Columbia Point, MA and to numerous facilities in the Mideast. Dana has developed the construction management portion of the business at Resilient Buildings Group (RBG) and also coordinates technical and construction measures for deep-energy retrofit and high-performance buildings. Prior to joining The Jordan Institute and RBG he was employed by Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties where he was Director of Housing Rehabilitation and Energy Conservation. He also was involved in development of transitional housing, both new construction and rehab work, and multifamily housing rehab. He has been The Jordan Institute's and the Community Action Agencies’ representative as an intervener with the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission on Energy Efficiency Programs, a member of the New Hampshire Climate Collaborative, and a voting member of the Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Board. He is a State-certified energy auditor with the New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning, on the Board of Directors of the Residential Energy Performance Association, on the Advisory Board for the State of NH Weatherization Assistance Program, a member of the Statewide Steering Committee for Healthy Homes, and a member of the National Weatherization Plus 2015 Committee in Washington, DC. He received the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy Management and Administration Award. |
Paul Leveille High Performance Building Specialist, RBG 603-226-1009, x205 pleveille at resilientbuildingsgroup.com | Paul Leveille, Associate AIA; CBCP: LEED AP: Paul Leveille has over two decades of high-performance design and building experience. He began as a designer in the field of architecture, became Facilities Director for an exemplary green office complex in New Hampshire, and is now the High Performance Building Program Specialist for The Jordan Institute and Resilient Buildings Group, Inc. Paul works with interested parties through the design, construction, and operation to optimize energy and environmental performance in buildings, including energy efficiency, pollution prevention, indoor environ mental quality, and site protection. He led Jordan’s high-performance buildings program for 8 years and has been instrumental in certifying more than 50 LEED projects. Paul is a frequent speaker on the subject of high-performance design and construction. He holds degrees in Architectural and Electronic Engineering from NH Technical Institute and is a Certified Building Commissioning Professional. He lives in a passive solar home he built using timbers sawn from his own trees. Paul is the past Director of Facilities for the Society for the Protection of NH Forests, the state’s oldest and largest land conservation organization. Among those facilities he oversaw was the award-winning Conservation Center, a showcase for passive solar design. He 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 state-of-the-art addition that features a super-insulated and air-tight envelope, day-lighting, local materials, composting toilets, a full grey-water 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. |
Alison Keay, LEED AP-Homes; BPI Building Analyst: Building Energy Analyst Alison Keay is a BPI certified building analyst with experience in blower door testing of residential,multifamily, and commercial buildings, as well as infrared imaging for building diagnostics. Currently, she is the only certified LEED for Homes-Accredited Professional in New Hampshire, is studying to be a certified LEED Green Rater and is pursuing a Certificate Program in Historic Preservation at Plymouth State University. She has worked on Level I and Level II energy audits for retail spaces, restaurants, warehouses, municipal buildings, multifamily housing, child care facilities, and single-family residential buildings. She has experience with launching and reading data-logging equipment and other forms of building monitoring and verification, as well as mechanical systems and renewable-energy systems such as solar thermal, photovoltaics, and wood pellet boilers. Alison works on commercial and residential LEED projects, as well as Deep Energy Retrofits. She is a graduate of Keene State College with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture. Her focus in the architecture program was sustainable architecture and building science. |
Kathy Donohoe is the principal of her own CPA firm. She provides all financial accounting, bookkeeping and financial management services for both Resilient Buildings Group and The Jordan Institute. She has more than 30 years of experience in financial analysis, taxation, accounting, and bookkeeping. Her clients include a variety of for-profit and non-profit firms. Prior to forming her own practice, Ms. Donohoe worked with accounting firms including Nathan Weschler & Company, CPA and John Killion & Company, CPA. She is affiliated with the New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Rotary Club of Hopkinton, NH, the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, and the Commercial Industrial Board of Realtors. She is a licensed Real Estate Agent. She holds a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College and an MS in Accounting from Bentley University. |