The Team

Posted on 09. Jun, 2010 by emily in About Us

Staff & Core Consultants

John Arigoni, Veterans City Canopy Program Manager
john [at] veteransgreenjobs [dot] org

Don “Rocky” Basler, Interim CEO
Veteran (Ret.), U.S. Air Force
rocky [at] veteransgreenjobs [dot] org

Zack Bazzi, Mid-Atlantic Programs Director
Veteran, Sergeant, US Army
zack [at] veteransgreenjobs [dot] org

Ryan Borchers, Veterans Green Corps Project Developer
ryan [at] veteransgreenjobs [dot] org

Tamar Ellentuck, Executive Director San Luis Valley Weatherization Program
tamar [at] veteransgreenjobs [dot] org

John Geffre, Enterprise Team
Veteran – Captain, US Army, Aviation Pilot
jgeffre [at] veteransgreenjobs [dot] org

Linda Lidov, Direction of Communications
linda [at] veteransgreenjobs [dot] org

Vickie Miller, Office Manager
Veteran – US Army Military Police
vickie [at] veteransgreenjobs [dot] org

Garett Reppenhagen, Director of Veteran Development
Veteran – Specialist, US Army, Calvary Scout/Sniper
garett [at] veteransgreenjobs [dot] org

Jo Schantz, Senior Director of Communications and Resource Development
jo [at] veteransgreenjobs [dot] org

Chuck Watkins, Executive Director Denver/Jefferson Counties Weatherization Program
Veteran – Captain, US Army
chuck [at] veteransgreenjobs [dot] org

Tara Williams, Senior Director of Finance and Administration
tara [at] veteransgreenjobs [dot] org

Andre Winn, Veteran Development Associate, IT
Veteran – Sergeant, US Air Force, Fire Officer, Teacher
andre [at] vgj-denverjeffco [dot] org

Board of Directors

Graeme Bicknell — (Active Duty Veteran) Assistant Professor, Army Master of Social Work
Program, US Army Medical Department, Center and School, San Antonio, Texas

Harry Bruell — Chief Executive Officer and President, Southwest Conservation Corps

William Doe, PhD — (Veteran) Associate Dean, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University

Elizabeth Hawkins — Executive Director, ONE Freedom

Gaia Mika, PhD — Retired Staff Psychologist for the University of Colorado at Boulder

Demond Mullins — (Veteran) Former Iraq Infantry. Currently pursing a PhD at the CUNY Graduate Center, New York

Mit Parsons, Ed.D — (Veteran) Retired Wildlife and Fisheries Ecologist, USDA Forest Service

Deb Porter, JD — Fairfield and Woods

Gail Schwartz — Colorado State Senator, District 5

Ken Elliott — Viridian Partners, Director of Remediation and Site Management

Click Here for Boardmember Biographies

Advisory Council

Steve Baden — Executive Director, Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET)

Steve Byers — CEO, Energy Logic

General Wesley Clark (Ret.) — Former NATO Allied Supreme Commander

James Woolsey — Retired Director, Central Intelligence Agency

Bill Holmberg — American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), Chair National Biomass Committee

Jo Kierns — Executive Director, Green Mechanical Council

John Lee — Director of Veterans Affairs, Washington

Steve Siegel — Vice President, Energy and Security Group

Albert Thumann — Executive Director, Association of Energy Engineers

Join the Team

If you want your efforts to truly make a difference for veterans, the environment and the economy, then Veterans Green Jobs is the place for you.

Veterans Green Jobs utilizes volunteer interns of college age and older in a variety of tasks at the National Office in Denver Colorado. Marketing, development and special events planning are all possible assignments as well as database building. Please send a resume and a description of what you hope to accomplish from an internship at VGJ to Mare App at mare [at] vgj-denverjeffco.org or call 720.236.1320.

Veterans Green Jobs is also an approved VOA/RSVP site and utilizes retired volunteers as well as volunteers of all ages in our fast-paced, service-oriented environment. If you have skills to share, please send us a resume or descriptions of your skills and interests to Mare App at mare [at] vgj-denverjeffco.org or call 720.236.1320.