About Us
The Office for Resource Efficiency (ORE) is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 based in Gunnison County, Colorado. ORE brings energy efficiency and renewable energy to the area through partnerships, programs and outreach.
ORE also provides an Energy Resource Center, staffed with an energy expert and stocked with a library, energy kiosk and demonstration materials, available to anyone in its service area.
Staff
Andris Zobs, Executive Director
Andris first became interested in sustainability as a craftsman and residential contractor. This experience gave him the opportunity to see first hand what was wrong about our buildings. This led him to study architecture and design, focusing on new innovations in materials and methods, particularly digital fabrication. As Buidling Director for ORE, he applied his technical knowledge of construction to the development of policies and programs. Andris has been with ORE since 2008 and became Executive Director in 2010. Andris has an BA in Political Science and a Masters Degree in Architecture. He lives in Crested Butte with his wife and son.
Bart Laemmel, Home Energy Advisor
Bart has worked in the construction industry for the past 18 years. During the last 10 of those years, he managed Bulldog Remodeling, Inc., his own construction company, and B2Building Science, his consulting firm. As the Home Energy Advisor, Bart helps homeowners improve their homes with meaningful home energy measures and generates work for local home energy professionals.
Maya Silver, Community Energy Coordinator
Maya joined ORE in 2008 as the Energy Action Plan Coordinator, facilitating an energy planning process. As the Community Energy Coordinator, she is contracted with the Governor's Energy Office to connect Gunnison & Hinsdale Counties with state, utility and local energy programming and funding opportunities. She has worked on event planning at the World Bank and as a coordinator for an oversight team on a Turkish dam project. She holds a BA from Oberlin College.
Frank Meadors, Energy Wise Business Program Director
Frank comes from an architectural background, with a degree from the University of Colorado - Boulder in Environmental Design and four years of experience in the industry. He is also a certified BPI Building Analyst and is working toward a certificate in Applied Sustainability from Western State College. Frank is passionate about sustainability and energy efficiency, and was happy to join ORE after moving to CB in the fall of 2010.
Corrie Cupples-Wiley, Outreach and Local Farms First Assistant
Corrie joined ORE as an intern in 2010 after graduating from Western State College with a degree in Environmental Studies. She is now working with ORE to assist in planning summer events, tabling and conducting outreach to Homeowners' Associations and Property Management Companies for the Energy Smart Program.
Cayla Vidmar, Energy Smart Program Assistant
Cayla graduated from Western State College with a degree in Environmental Studies, and joined ORE in October 2011 in assisting with data collection and management for the Energy Smart Program, in addition to special research projects. She has become passionate about sustainability from her experiences in the Gunnison Valley through her work as a Student Sustainability Coordinator for Western, a sustainability education coordinator for Western's Sustainability Coalition and as a fisheries intern at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Interns and Volunteers
As a non-profit organization, ORE's real success depends on its many volunteers and in-kind donations. We could not achieve all our successes without the support of the Gunnison Valley community. People help us with financial contributions, promotion of our programs, attendance at our events, and an eagerness to learn about energy efficiency and renewable energies.
Our dedicated interns spend many hours working on ORE projects and most importantly, numerous individuals generously devote their time towards making ORE flourish.
We continuously offer exciting projects to interested volunteers and interns. For more information, see Internships and Volunteer Opportunities.
Board of Directors
ORE's Board of Directors is comprised of "at-large" members representing the communities served and partnership members representing the organizations with whom ORE currently partners. Most of ORE's partners have double representation: a dominant representative (usually an elected official) and a proxy representative (usually a staffperson). While both members are welcome at meetings, each partnership organization has only one vote.
The Board meets every two months (at least 6 meetings per year). All meetings are open to the public.
Alison Gannett, President - Alison is an at-large member from the Town of Crested Butte. She is a World Champion Extreme Freeskier, founder of the Save Our Snow Foundation and an award-winning global cooling consultant.
Julie Feier, Vice President - Julie represents Western State College, where she serves as Vice President of Finance and Administration.
Chris Morgan, Treasurer - Chris represents the Gunnison County Electric Association, where he serves as a Board member.
Hap Channell, Secretary - Hap represents Gunnison County, where he serves as a Commissioner.
Eric Loken - Eric is an at-large member from the City of Gunnison.
Luke Korkowski - Luke is an at-large member from the Town of Mt. Crested Butte.
Loren Ahonen - Loren is an at-large member from the City of Gunnison. Currently, Loren also represents the Western State College student body.
Glenn Michel - Glen represents the Town of Crested Butte, where he serves as a council person.
Roland Mason - Roland is the proxy representative from the Town of Crested Butte, where he serves as a council person.
Phillip Supino - Phillip is a proxy representative of the Town of Crested Butte, where he serves as Sustainability Coordinator.
Theresa Henry - Theresa represents the Town of Mt. Crested Butte, where she serves as Community Development Administrative Assistant.
Ethan Mueller - Ethan represents the Crested Butte Mountain Resort, where he serves as Director of Operations.
John Sale - John is a proxy representative of the Crested Butte Mountain Resort, where he serves as Director of Planning.
Kristen van Hoesen - Kristen represents the Crested Butte/Mt. Crested Butte Chamber of Commerce, where she serves as Director of Operations and Member Relations.
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