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- Co-Founder and Chair, Board of Directors, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (www.seea.org), 2006-2009.
- Commissioner, National Commission on Energy Policy, 2002-2009.
- Elected Chair, Energy and Environment Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, 1986 to 1988 and 1994 to 1996. Elected Director of two other AAG Specialty Groups.
- Provided briefings to the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Office of Management and Budget, committees of the U. S. House of Representatives and Senate, committees of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, and several State Public Utilities Commissions as well as the North Carolina Commission on Climate Change.
- Served on an EPA Advisory Committee overseeing the development of Conservation Validation Protocols (1993) and served as a member of the review panel for EPA’s Environmental Technology Initiative (1995).
- Co-Editor: Energy and Environment, newsletter of the Energy and Environment Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, 1991-92 and 1994-96; and Women in Geography, newsletter of the Committee on the Status of Women in Geography, Association of American Geographers, 1983-84. Initiated an Urban Geography Dissertation Competition, which continues to attract nationwide participation. Participated as a member of the Long-Range Planning Committee, Urban Geography Specialty Group, 1985-86. Member of the planning committee for the 1993 National Meeting of the AAG. Member, Publications Committee, Association of American Geographers, 1983-86.
- Editorial Boards: Journal of Energy Efficiency, 2008-present; Journal of Technology Transfer, 1997-99 and 2002-present; Applied Geography Studies, 1996-98; Economic Geography, 1991-95; Home Energy, 1990-95; The Professional Geographer, 1987-90; and Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 1984-87.
- Board of Directors, Alliance to Save Energy, 1998-2009; American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy, 2001-2009; Home Energy, 1995-2003.
