Public Sustainability Partnership Advisory Board

Michelle Wyman is a global expert and innovator on climate change strategy, energy policy and sustainable cites. She has worked with regional and local governments and their constituencies for over 15 years to develop both strategic and tactical solutions to their mitigation and adaptation challenges. Most recently left ICLEI USA where she served as Executive Director for six years and led its transformation to a nationally recognized organization working with over 600 US local governments and building bridges and common vision across international sub-national governments as well. Additionally, Michelle served as the international climate director for ICLEI Global leading local governments’ engagement multilateral institutions including the World Bank, United Nations and other multilateral institutions. Prior experience includes serving as the Natural Resources Director for the City of Fort Collins, Colorado and establishing a public sector practice focused on climate protection and sustainable development for Reed Smith LLP based in Washington DC. Her areas of expertise include climate protection, sustainable development, environmental management systems and environmental policy and law.

In 1997, Randy Manion became Western’s first Renewable Resource Program manager, designing and implementing the program he continues to manage today. Spanning Western’s 15-state service territory, the program includes consumer-owned utilities, federal agencies, and tribal utilities. Mr. Manion has held progressively responsible positions at Western since 1991, including Division Director of Power Marketing and Contracts and Manager of Energy Services for the Desert Southwest Regional Office.

In 1997, Randy Manion became Western’s first Renewable Resource Program manager, designing and implementing the program he continues to manage today. Spanning Western’s 15-state service territory, the program includes consumer-owned utilities, federal agencies, and tribal utilities. Mr. Manion has held progressively responsible positions at Western since 1991, including Division Director of Power Marketing and Contracts and Manager of Energy Services for the Desert Southwest Regional Office. He has served in advisory capacities for the Sustainable Building Industry Council, the Electric Power Research Institute’s Green Power Target, and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Powering America and GeoPowering the West programs, among many others.

Ron Nichols brings more than 30 years of experience in energy economics and management consulting to his current position, in which he serves as a management consultant to the electric utility and related energy industry. He specializes in public/private partnerships for planning, financing, and developing energy and water utility infrastructure and enterprises. In 2007, Mr.

Ron Nichols brings more than 30 years of experience in energy economics and management consulting to his current position, in which he serves as a management consultant to the electric utility and related energy industry. He specializes in public/private partnerships for planning, financing, and developing energy and water utility infrastructure and enterprises. In 2007, Mr. Nichols was part of a diverse team that consulted for the California Energy Commission, evaluating the effects of alternative levels of energy efficiency and renewable energy on carbon levels and electricity costs in California and throughout the Western Electricity Coordinating Council region. He also had a major role in the two largest revenue bond financings for infrastructure in the nation.