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Hydrogen
2000 Board of Directors
Past
Directors:
Lynne Edgerton, California Air Resources Board
Alan C. Lloyd, Ph.D., Chairman, California Air Resources Board
Robert M. Zweig, MD, Chairman, Clean Air Now!
Susan
Leach, Executive Director, Hydrogen 2000
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William
Hoagland, Chairman, President,
W. Hoagland and Associates, Inc.
Mr.
Hoagland has managed renewable energy programs for almost
twenty years. As a program manager at the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, he managed federal
programs in hydrogen, solar thermal materials, alcohol fuels,
and biomass conversion. Mr. Hoagland is currently president
of W. Hoagland & Associates, Inc., an energy consulting
firm, in Boulder, Colorado.
Henry
W. Wedaa, Vice Chairman
Chairman Emeritus, South Coast Air Quality Management District
Member. U.S. DOE Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel
Mr.
Wedaa is Chairman Emeritus of the South Coast Air Quality
Management District. He helped establish some of the world's
most stringent environmental measures, and helped establish
the Technology Advancement Office at SCAQMD, which funded
antipollution technology at up to $8 million per year. He
is currently serving as councilman for the City of Yorba Linda,
California.
Geoffrey
B. Holland, Managing Director
President, Cognizant Media Ltd.
Mr. Holland is president of Cognizant Media, a company focused
on feature film and documentary video production. His most
recent credits include the one hour documentary, Element One,
and the award-winning 29 minute educational video, Renewable
Power: Earth's Clean Energy Destiny. He also produced The
View From Malabar, a documentary about farmland preservation
in Ohio with WOSU-TV PBS, in Columbus. Mr. Holland is also
managing director of Hydrogen 2000, Inc.
Larry
L. Berg, Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Dr.
Berg is professor at USC and a member of the Board of Directors
of Ballard Power Systems, a Canadian fuel cell developer.
He helped establish some of the most stringent environmental
measures in the world while serving on the executive board
of South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). He
established the Technology Advancement Office (TAO) at SCAQMD,
which funds antipollution technology.
Richard
Cromwell III
General Manager, Sunline Transit Agency
Under
the leadership of Mr. Cromwell, the SunLine Transit Agency
in the Coachella Valley in California, made history in 1994
by becoming the first public transit fleet in the nation to
park its entire fleet of diesel buses and switch overnight
to a fleet powered entirely by compressed natural gas. Since
beginning his transit career in 1991, he has been the driving
force behind numerous clean air accomplishments, including
building a hydrogen generation facility at SunLine's headquarters.
Known as the "champion of alternate fuels," he serves
on several committees with the California Transit Association,
is a member of the Board of the Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition,
the California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition, and the National
Hydrogen Association. He is also Vice-Chair of Westart/CALSTART.
Frank E. Lynch
President, Hydrogen Components, Inc.
Franklin
E. Lynch has been the President and "hands-on" manager
of Hydrogen Consultants, Inc. (HCI) since 1978, and has over
26 years in alternative fuels development. He developed a
clean hydrogen and natural gas blend fuel, Hythane™.
HCI has studied, developed, demonstrated, and manufactured
many hydrogen-based systems involving high-pressure gas, cryogenics,
and metal hydrides. Mr. Lynch has served on the Secretary
of Energy's Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel and the National
Hydrogen Association's Board of Directors. As a member of
the Society of Automotive Engineers, he has lectured on hydrogen-powered
mining vehicles, hydrogen, and Hythane™.
Paul
B. Scott, Sc.D.
Director of Projects, Stuart Energy USA
Dr.
Scott is the Director of Projects for Stuart Energy USA, and
a consulting staff scientist for ISE Research. He was the
on-site engineer for the Xerox/Clean Air Now Solar Hydrogen
Project and has since participated in Stuart and ISE development
programs including the implementation of the first commercial
hydrogen fueling station (at SunLine Transit, in Thousand
Palms, CA), and in the development of hybrid electric buses
and class 8 tractors. He has participated in hydrogen engine
development with University of California, Center for Environmental
Engineering Research and with the University of Miami, and
has taken the lead on variable gaseous fuel (mixed hydrogen
and natural gas) development.
Patrick
K. Takahashi, Ph.D.
Director, retired, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute and Professor,
University of Hawaii
Dr.
Takahashi holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering, and for over
a quarter of a century has been a professor of engineering
at the University of Hawaii with direction over the Hawaii
Natural Energy Institute. He worked in industry as a biofuels
engineer and a computer applications specialist, and in government
as a special assistant to U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga. He
also studied sustainable systems at the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory. Dr. Takahashi was Vice President of The
Pacific International Center for High Technology Research,
and was a past chairman of the Secretary of Energy's Hydrogen
Technical Advisory Panel.
William
D. Van Vorst, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, UCLA
Dr.
Van Vorst is a pioneer in the use of hydrogen as a vehicular
fuel, having contributed to UCLA's "Hydrogen - Car"
projects in the early 1970's. He is a founding member of the
Board of Directors of the International Association for Hydrogen
Energy, and serves on its publications committee. He also
serves on the Board of Directors of the Clean Air Now! Foundation.
Past Directors:
Lynne Edgerton, California Air Resources Board
Alan C. Lloyd, Ph.D., Chairman, California Air Resources Board
Robert M. Zweig, MD, Chairman, Clean Air Now!
Susan Leach
Executive Director, Hydrogen 2000, Inc.
Ms.
Leach served as an advisor to Hydrogen 2000, Inc. from its
inception until the fall of 2000, when she was named Executive
Director. She served as associate producer of Renewable Power,
and co-wrote and produced Hydrogen: The Matter of Safety and
Hydrogen: The Safe and Clean Fuel. Ms. Leach has more than
ten years experience in the field. She worked in the Hydrogen
Program at NREL from 1991 to1994, and served as vice president
of the National Hydrogen Association in Washington, D.C. from
1994 to 1997.
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