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=Green Team=

__**New Jersey** __

John Henry - Founder and Facilitator M - 609-330-9218 henryjohn37@gmail.com

**Mr. Henry** has 20 years experience as a K-12 technology education teacher. He currently works as a STEAM and Sustainable Schools Specialist for NJ School Boards Association. He began his work in sustainability in 1980 when he was awarded a research grant from the Federal Department of Energy to development CPC solar energy systems. In 1983 he was employed with DAS Solar, a renewable energy company as a project manager. From 1984 to 1992 he owned and operated Henry and Gamble Associates, a renovation, remodeling and construction company. During his 14 years as a classroom teacher, he was selected and served as a NASA Einstein Fellow at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC - a national program managed by the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education. He was employed for six years with the EIRC developing programs and as a professional development trainer for teachers and administrators in technology, project and problem based learning and sustainability. He served on the board of directors and the advisory committee for the Alliance for NJ Environmental Education (ANJEE), and served for two years on the board of directors for the US Green Building Council- NJ Chapter. He served as an advisor and was on the curriculum writing team for New Jersey’s Green Program of Study in Sustainable Design, Green Construction and Energy. He is the Co-Principal Investigator for a National Science Foundation (NSF) Cyberlearning grant with Rowan University, co-founded of the Green School’s Leadership Institute.

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 * __West Virgina __**

Mark Swiger - Founder and Facilitator Marshall County Schools John Marshall High School USGBC WV Green School Advocate 1300 Wheeling Avenue Glen Dale, WV 26038 (304)280-4882 swiger.mark@gmail.com <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Mark Swiger** is a K12 Educator in West Virginia with over 30 years of experience in working with many stakeholders in the areas of instruction, technology, and sustainability. He is a Director and Co-Founder of Sustainable Learning™ Systems and is a founding member of the West Virginia Sustainable Schools Program. Mark serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the US Green Building Council-WV Chapter as the Green Schools Committee Chair, the Board of Directors for Create West Virginia, a grassroots new economy development movement. He serves on the USGBC Northeast Corridor Regional Council, is a member of the Bridgemont Sustainability Institute’s Academic Stakeholder Committee, the West Virginia Department of Education's Entrepreneurship Stakeholder Committee, and serves the USGBC Students Regional Coordinator for higher education institutions throughout the state of West Virginia.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Dr. Michael Skelly <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Sustainable Learning Systems LLC

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Dr. Skelly is an award-winning renewable energy-building science leader and educator with more than 30 years experience in the field. As an educator, he has created and presented a wide range of programs for many learners including: presented educational programs for the United Nations, conferences, and schools including: serving as educational leader of a multi-disciplinary student team that won First Prize in the National Electric Vehicle Championship (Solar/Hydrogen Fuel Cell vehicle category); and developing Model Urban Sustainable Communities program for the City of New York. He has been active in policy and program development including: serving 14 years on the Board of Directors of Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA.org); 7 years as an advisor to the State of New Jersey Commission on Environmental Education; and currently on the State Environmental Literacy Plan Committee. He is past-President of the Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education (ANJEE.org), recipient of US EPA Award for Excellence and North American Association for Environmental Education Award for State Affiliate of the Year. He served as Co-Chair of the Commission for North American Association for Environmental Education. He has served as a Trustee of the Science and Mathematics Coalition. He has been actively involved in a range of renewable energy ventures and projects in energy conservation, solar, hydrogen, fuel cell, and hydroelectric fields including: Principle Investigator/Project Director America’s first home to be fully powered by a hybrid solar/hydrogen system; and first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle for the Mohegan Nation ([|__mohegan.nsn.us__]). He has served on the Task Force for statewide Sustainable Jersey program and US Green Building Council-NJ Sustainable Schools Committee. He is Trustee and Treasurer of the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area Association ([|__revolutionarynj.org__]); and led the legislative effort establishing the Bordentown City Historic Preservation Commission and has served as one of its first Commissioners.
 * Dr. Skelly earned his doctorate in law, JD, from Seton Hall University, and his **
 * Bachelors, B.A., in Sociology and Urban Planning from Rutgers University. **
 * Co-Founder and CEO, Sustainable Learning Systems, LLC **
 * Chairman, American River Power, LLC **