The CCC leadership consists of the Board of Directors and the Advisory Council. These two groups provide direction and information to the CCC to help improve and advance the commissioning industry in California. Quarterly CCC meetings are attended by the Board and Advisory Council and are open to the public.

Board of Directors

Bruce Baccei, SMUD (Chairman)
Josaphine Buennagel, PG&E
Glenda Towns, SoCal Gas (Secretary)
Chuck Poindexter, SDG&E (Treasurer)
Mugimin Lukito, SCE
Phil Welker, PECI (Executive Director, non-voting)
Donald Frey, LightLouver, LLC (Advisory Council Chairperson, non-voting)

Bruce Baccei
Emerging Technologies Project Manager
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
Bruce Baccei (ba-shay) is devoted to accelerating a widespread movement towards Net Zero Energy buildings. He headed the Passive Solar Manufactured Buildings and Denver Metro Passive Solar Home Builders Programs and designed super insulated passive solar custom homes and retrofits in his architectural design business. For five years he lead Building America’s West Coast team, BIRA, working with cutting edge home builders to construct and market over 5,000 homes integrating high levels of energy efficiency and PV, with homes in varying climates saving 45-70% compared to average new homes built to code. Bruce currently is a project manager at the SMUD in bringing energy efficient emerging technologies to the market. His responsibilities include field testing and market introductions of Customer Advanced Technologies (CAT) focusing on HVAC technologies and Passive Solar. Bruce holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military Academy and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon.

Josaphine Buennagel
Principal, IDSM Products
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
Josaphine Buennagel is a Principal in PG&E's IDSM Products organization and is currently leading the strategy and development of the PG&E's customized energy efficiency and retro-commissioning incentive programs. Josa joined PG&E in mid-2007 as a Program Manager of the Agriculture and Food Processing Energy Efficiency Program and led the team's marketing, emerging technologies and new measure development efforts until earlier this year. Josa received her MBA from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management in June 2007 and focused her studies on finance, strategic management and entrepreneurship. While getting her MBA, she worked as an Emerging Venture Analyst at the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center developing business plans to move energy efficient emerging technologies from the lab and to the market. Her experience prior to PG&E includes pricing and financial analysis in the hi-tech and banking industries and business development and consulting in the wine industry.

Glenda Towns
Program Manager
Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas)
Glenda has 27 years of experience in the electric and gas utility industries. Prior to joining SoCalGas Customer Programs organization as a program manager, she worked for Southern California Edison Company as a commercial/industrial energy efficiency manager. She is currently overseeing SoCalGas' Retrocommissioning, Continuous Energy Improvement, and Prescriptive Rebate programs for commercial and industrial customers. In recognition of her leadership skills, she is the recipient of a San Gabriel Valley Woman of Achievement Award. She graduated from California State University, Los Angeles.

Chuck Poindexter
Senior Account Executive
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)
Chuck Poindexter has been with the Savings by Design (SBD) program since 1996 and has more than 28 years of experience in various capacities, including commercial energy analysis, field project management, customer relations and quality assurance manufacturing. Previously, he served as an energy consultant at SDG&E, conducting energy audits and helping business customers convert to energy-saving lighting and mechanical systems. Mr. Poindexter is an active member of the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers), San Diego Chapter, having served on the Board of Governors (2001-2005), and chairs several ASHRAE committees. He is also a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society, San Diego Chapter and has served on committees with Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) and the San Diego County Commercial Association of Realtors (SDCCAR).

Mugimin (Mugi) Lukito
Program Manager
Southern California Edison (SCE)
Mugimin (Mugi) Lukito is a Program Manager at Southern California Edison, a regional electric utility located in Southern California. In this capacity, Mugi has designed and managed several energy efficiency programs, including Retrocommissioning, Continuous Energy Improvement and On-Bill Financing Programs. Prior to that, he was a consultant and a project manager at ADM Associates, where he assisted utilities in setting up, managing and evaluating energy efficiency programs. Mugi received his MS and BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.

Phil Welker
Executive Director
Portland Energy Conservation, Inc. (PECI)
Phil Welker leads PECI's development of energy services and programs, and oversees management of all PECI projects and programs. Phil's background includes working as a consultant for utility and government organizations developing utility energy services business plans and marketing programs, including managing utility restructuring policy for the City of Portland. Phil has served on the Idaho staff of the Northwest Power Planning Council, and as the Director of the Idaho Office of Energy. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Boise State University.

Donald J. (Don) Frey, P.E.
Co-Founder/Principal
LightLouver LLC
Mr. Frey serves as Chairperson of the California Commissioning Collaborative Advisory Council. He has been involved in business management; project management; engineering; and building energy-related research, design, and product development for more than 35 years. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado and Tennessee, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering and a Master of Science degree in civil engineering. In 1982 he co-founded Architectural Energy Corporation (AEC), where he was a Principal for 27 years. Mr. Frey's professional career has focused on improving building energy performance. His work has included developing and applying innovative building performance evaluation techniques, participating in product development and assessment projects, conducting field demonstrations, and leading new and existing building commissioning projects. He now works part time for LightLouver LLC, a company he also co-founded. LightLouver is a product that illuminates the interior of commercial buildings using daylight from windows. Mr. Frey is excited about the energy-saving potential of LightLouver because daylighting is an essential strategy for cost effectively achieving zero-energy buildings. He has authored numerous technical reports and papers, and made many presentations at technical conferences. He was awarded the 2009 Benner Award by the National Conference on Building Commissioning.

Advisory Council

The Advisory Council is a group of individuals who have a vested interest in the health and growth of the commissioning industry in California. The CCC Advisory Council helps direct the CCC's projects and priorities by offering new ideas, asking questions, providing input, and identifying additional useful resources.

The Advisory Council is appointed by the CCC Board and has between 15 and 20 members. They include Commissioning Providers, building owners, and representatives of utilities and research labs.

James A. Bryan
Assistant Vice President
Construction Development and Implementation
Arden Realty, Inc.
James Bryan is responsible for researching, developing, and commissioning all Arden building mechanical systems. This includes implementing corporate strategies for project development to achieve enhanced net operating income (NOI), capital expenditure, and construction projects. Over the course of his career, Mr. Bryan has served on the California Energy Commission; on the Building Energy Efficiency Program, Program Advisory Committee; and the Lighting Research Program, Program Advisory Committee. Prior to joining Arden Realty, Mr. Bryan held the position of Chief Engineer for ABM Engineering, where he oversaw engineering operations for 6.5 million square feet of commercial real estate.

John Beck
Western Regional Manager
Eaton Energy System Group
Mr. Beck has a 35 year extensive background in Energy Management, Energy Related Services and Facility Management and Control Systems. For the last 4 years, he has been the Western Regional Manager for EMC Engineers (now part of Eaton Energy System Group), an Energy Engineering Company specializing in Commissioning and Retro-Commissioning services. Prior to that he worked as an Energy System Consultant on a variety of programs, focusing on energy efficiency and automated control systems. He has worked with Silicon Energy, a pioneer in the field of Enterprise Energy Management solutions and he also held positions with Invensys Building Systems, Honeywell and for over 20 years was Vice President of Nalar Industries, an independent engineering, construction company specializing in computerized building automation and energy management control systems Mr. Beck is a LEED AP and a member of AEE, IFMA and ASHRAE and holds a degree in Electrical Engineering - Power Systems from Michigan Technological University.

Tav Commins
Mechanical Engineer
California Energy Commission
Mr. Commins has worked at the Energy Commission for 10 years. During this time he has managed the State's Energy Hotline, which answers questions about California's energy code. He also led the incorporation of building commissioning ("Acceptance Requirements") into the 2005 Title 24 Building Standards. Mr. Commins helped start the California Commissioning Collaborative, and set up and ran the Collaborative for two years. He also trains building officials on the state energy codes and conducts complaint investigations on new homes.

Greg Cunningham, AIA
Co-Principal
Enovity, Inc.
Mr. Cunningham has more than 30 years of experience in design and construction focusing on building energy efficiency solutions. He is a member of the Building Commissioning Association (BCA) and a former member of the Professional Advisory Group (PAG) to the California Energy Commission for the development of the Title 24 Standards. Mr. Cunningham is a USGBC LEED Accredited Professional and a member of the American Institute of Architects. He received his B.A. in Architecture from U.C. Berkeley and M.E.P. in Energy Technology from Arizona State University.

Erik Emblem
President CEO
3E International Incorporated
Erik Emblem has over 40 years experience in the design, installation, service and commissioning of HVAC systems. He was responsible for creating the Testing Adjusting and Balancing Bureau's (TABB) certification programs for supervisors and contractors engaged in balancing and commissioning. He founded 3 E International Incorporated a professional consulting firm that performs services for selected clients. 3E provides consulting services to Cal SMACNA and CAL SMWIA Local Unions. Here he provides services in energy management the environment, green sustainable building, codes and standards. Working with the Industry in California Emblem assisted in setting up a statewide joint labor/management committee focused on energy and environmental policy, The Joint Committee on Energy and Environmental Policy. This group works collaboratively with state boards and commissions to foster positive relationships while providing input on code and standard development.

Charles G. Fletcher Jr.
Executive Vice President
EMCOR Service / Mesa Energy Systems
Charles Fletcher began his career in the HVAC business in 1978. Between the years 1978 and 1983 he worked in various capacities including Union Sheet Metal Worker, Operations Manager, and Sales Engineer. In 1984 Charles started Mesa Energy Systems, Inc. and has served in the capacity of both CEO and Senior Vice President from that time until present. He has been an integral part of transforming Mesa from a small company with a solid reputation, into a nationally recognized “best in class” energy solutions contractor, that became part of the EMCOR Group, an international Fortune 500 Company, in 1999. Mr. Fletcher earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics at the State University of New York, Cortland, is a LEED Accredited Professional, holds a California contractor’s license and is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

Keith Forsman
Supervising Program Manager - Large Commercial and Institutions
Customer Energy Efficiency
Pacific Gas and Electric
Mr. Forsman is a Senior Program Manager in PG&E's Customer Energy Efficiency Department. Keith has 27 years of experience at PG&E and has lead the development and delivery of several energy efficiency incentive programs, including most recently PG&E's Retrocommissioning Program and Automated Benchmarking Service. Previously, Keith has developed applications for pge.com, including Business Tools, Usage History, Compare Bills and Saving Energy and Money self-service analytical tools. In another position at PG&E, Keith was the Power Engineer responsible for the interconnection of most Altamont Pass wind farms, Cal's and C&H Sugar's cogeneration plants and many other privately owned power plants in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Keith is a licensed Mechanical Engineer and received his Bachelor of Science from Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo.

Donald J. (Don) Frey, P.E.
Co-Founder/Principal
LightLouver LLC
Mr. Frey serves as Chairperson of the California Commissioning Collaborative Advisory Council. He has been involved in business management; project management; engineering; and building energy-related research, design, and product development for more than 35 years. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado and Tennessee, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering and a Master of Science degree in civil engineering. In 1982 he co-founded Architectural Energy Corporation (AEC), where he was a Principal for 27 years. Mr. Frey's professional career has focused on improving building energy performance. His work has included developing and applying innovative building performance evaluation techniques, participating in product development and assessment projects, conducting field demonstrations, and leading new and existing building commissioning projects. He left AEC at the end of 2009, and is working part time for LightLouver LLC, a company he also co-founded. LightLouver is a product that illuminates the interior of commercial buildings using daylight from windows. It directs sunlight deep into the interior of buildings to provide adequate illumination that electric lights can be dimmed or turned off, depending on the window orientation and time of year. Mr. Frey is excited about the energy-saving potential of LightLouver because daylighting is an essential strategy for cost effectively achieving zero-energy buildings. He has authored numerous technical reports and papers, and made many presentations at technical conferences. He was presented with the Benner Award by the National Conference on Building Commissioning in 2009.

Richard A. Greco
Principal
California Data Center Design Group
Richard Greco has more than 35 years of experience in the operation and maintenance of electrical and mechanical systems supporting complex technical facilities. He has extensive executive management experience operating business units specializing in post-construction services for mission critical facilities. Mr. Greco is a LEED Accredited Professional and is a member of ASHRAE, IEEE and IFMA. He has served on many standards committees regarding mission critical infrastructures. Additionally, he teaches a University of California Extension class on the operation and maintenance of HVAC systems. He is widely published and a frequent speaker on topics of interest to the mission critical industry, such as the commissioning of new and existing buildings, operations and maintenance risk management, and high-density data centers.

Philip Haves
Building Technologies Department
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Philip Haves is the Leader of the Commercial Building Systems Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He received a B.A. in physics from Oxford University and a Ph.D. in radio astronomy from Manchester University before turning to research in building physics. His current work includes the development of automated fault detection and diagnosis tools for use in building commissioning and performance monitoring and the development of computer simulation tools to support the design of low energy buildings. He is a Fellow of ASHRAE and a former President of the U.S. chapter of the International Building Performance Simulation Association.

Randall Higa, P.E.
Manager, Commercial New Construction
Southern California Gas Company
Mr. Higa has been with Southern California Gas Company (SoCal Gas) for 12 years, working with the residential and commercial building industry to promote energy efficiency. Prior to joining SoCal Gas, he worked for 13 years in engineering and architecture firms designing and managing various commercial and institutional projects, including hospitals, schools, office buildings, retail, labs, and data processing facilities. He is a member of several professional organizations and currently serves on the ASHRAE 90.1 Technical Committee and is a board member of the Collaborative for High Performance Schools. He graduated from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at UCLA and has taken graduate architecture courses in building climatology and energy conservation design. He is registered as a mechanical engineer in California and Nevada.

Ed Jerome
Division Manager, Utility Services
EnerNOC, Inc.
Ed Jerome has more than 16 years of experience developing, quantifying, and managing energy and resource efficiency projects. He is highly skilled in energy management principles, savings quantification, measurement & verification techniques, and implementation strategies for resource conservation projects within commercial, industrial, and agricultural facilities. Mr. Jerome has lead and performed detailed retro-commissioning activities for more than 3.5 million square feet of large commercial and institutional building space. He has performed and/or managed more than 200 preliminary and detailed energy surveys within commercial, industrial, and agricultural facilities and has performed numerous demand response audits for a variety of customer types.

David Jump, Ph.D., P.E.
Director of Engineering
Quantum Energy Services and Technologies, Inc. (QuEST)
Mr. Jump is the Engineering Director for QuEST, a firm specializing in retro-commissioning (RCx) services and programs, measurement and verification (M&V) services, and energy project development and implementation services. He has helped develop and manage technical services for more than $14 million in energy efficiency programs that provide building retro-commissioning services. Mr. Jump's expertise in commercial HVAC and control systems, data acquisition and analysis, fault diagnostic techniques, and building energy analysis has enabled him to write chapters in M&V guidelines, develop guidelines for assessing measurement cost effectiveness, and author several technical papers and presentations. Along with CCC Advisory Board participation, Mr. Jump also serves on the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol Technical Committee, and is currently vice president of the Building Commissioning Association's Southwest Chapter.

Michael Lo
Manager, Institutional Partnership Program
Energy Efficiency Division
Southern California Edison
Michael Lo is the Manager of the Institutional Partnership Program portfolio for Southern California Edison's Energy Efficiency Division and has over 10 years of utility experience in project development and management. His responsibilities include management of local and statewide partnership programs to encourage an energy efficiency ethic through education and training strategies and to support energy efficient efforts through incentives for the implementation of energy efficient technologies. He has been instrumental in collaborating with partnership entities to optimize numerous buildings through in-depth retro-commissioning (RCx), monitoring-based commissioning (MBCx) and retrofit activities. Michael has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and has a Masters of Science Degree in Engineering with an emphasis in Solar Energy Systems and in Solid Mechanics.

Alfred "Tod" McKelvy, Jr.
Executive Director
Berding & Weil LLP
Alfred 'Tod' McKelvy, Jr. has been the Executive Director of Berding & Weil LLP since 1991.Mr. McKelvy chairs the Energy Committee of BOMA California and also serves on the Executive Committee. The BOMA California Board addresses legislative and regulatory matters affecting commercial property throughout the state. Mr. McKelvy earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Puget Sound and Masters in Business Administration from the College of Notre Dame.

Wesley Morgan
Energy Program Manager
California State University
Mr. Morgan is the systemwide Energy Program Manager for the California State University, Office of the Chancellor and manages the CSU's Energy Efficiency Partnership Program, Monitoring Based Commissioning (MBCx) Program, and provides training and assessment support to the 23 campus system for new and emerging energy efficiency technologies. He also participates in the CSU's Mechanical Systems Review Board to review capital project plans and develop/refine CSU’s design guidelines for Commissioning, Metering, and Interior/Exterior Lighting Systems. Mr. Morgan also worked as project manager of the statewide emerging technology demonstration program at the California Lighting Technology Center, UC Davis. He has a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science/Engineering as well as his CEM from the Association of Energy Engineers.

Clifford H. Moriyama
Partner
Capitol Dynamics, LLC
Cliff Moriyama is a partner of Capitol Dynamics, LLC. Capitol Dynamics is a full service governmental affairs/public relations strategic planning firm based in Sacramento, California. Mr. Moriyama has more than 17 years of experience in the legislative and regulatory arenas in California and Washington D.C. working for three statewide business associations prior to forming Capitol Dynamics. He has an extensive background on issues ranging from land use, endangered species, energy, water quality and water supply and the environment.

Tony Pierce, P.E.
Senior Engineer
Facility Dynamics Engineering
Tony has over 26 years experience in the design, construction and commissioning of building systems. He joined FDE in 2006 and is located in Southern California. He has previously worked for Southern California Edison Co., principally promoting sustainable building design practices and energy efficiency standards, and HMC Group, an architectural-engineering firm where he was the Director of Mechanical Engineering. Tony's current commissioning projects range from university assembly and teaching facilities, hospitals, public and private office buildings, and hospitality facilities. In addition, he works on control system designs for building energy systems and as an instructor for PG&E's Existing Building Commissioning Workshop.

Reinhard G. Seidl, P.E.
Principal
Taylor Engineering
Reinhard Seidl started his career in Europe, where he completed a Master's degree in mechanical engineering. He moved to California after four years as a project engineer with a Dutch multinational firm, involved in international contracting in Africa and the Middle East for industrial projects. His experience in the US includes nine years as a project engineer and project manager for a mechanical contractor in the commercial, biotech, and semiconductor sectors. In 2003, he joined the consulting firm Taylor Engineering in Alameda, California, where he is currently a Principal. In recent years, he has focused on controls and commissioning work, is a member of the ASHRAE guideline committee GPC30 for commissioning existing buildings, and has published several articles on commissioning. In collaboration with PG&E, he has helped develop the Universal Translator, a tool for analyzing trend data on commissioning and energy retrofit projects.

Shane Schroeder
Group Manager - Commissioning
Target
Mr. Schroeder currently serves as Target's commissioning group manager and is responsible for defining, implementing and overseeing both the commissioning and demand side energy management programs for Target. These programs focus primarily on enhancing the life cycle performance of Target facilities by optimizing the way energy consuming equipment is designed, installed, operated and maintained. Prior to Target, Mr. Schroeder worked as a consulting engineer helping owners in the institutional, commercial, educational and health care industries define and implement programs related to commissioning, energy efficiency, sustainability and facility support services. Mr. Schroeder has a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, is a registered professional engineer, a LEED Accredited Professional and a NEBB Certified Supervisor for testing, adjusting and balancing of air and hydronic systems.

Greg Stevens
Program Manager
Alternative Energy Systems Consulting, Inc.
Greg Stevens has over 12 years of consulting experience in energy production, delivery and use. He provides management and technical support to utility energy efficiency and self-generation programs, as well as serves utility customers and government agencies directly. He currently supports Southern California Edison’s RCx, MBx and PBx Programs. Mr. Stevens had a lead role in enhancing and streamlining SCE’s 2010-2012 Commercial RCx Program. The restructuring of the current program is captured in the following CALMAC report: “Development of Pre-Calculated Savings for Southern California Edison’s 2006-2008 Retrocommissioning Program.” He also supports SCE’s Integrated Comprehensive Energy Audit, HEEP and LEEP Programs. During his career, Mr. Stevens has inspected over 100 onsite generation facilities – including combined heat and power, photovoltaics and renewable fuel – and conducted over 80 energy audits for various government agencies and utility customers. He has assisted several recognized corporations, such as - Siemens Industry, Albertsons, AMTECH Lighting Services - with measurement and verification of HVAC, refrigeration and lighting projects. Mr. Stevens earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Resources Engineering from Humboldt State University, CA 1998. He holds a California Engineer-In-Training (EIT) certificate and is an AEE Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP). He is a member of ASME and AEE. He has authored several studies involving energy efficiency and onsite generation.

Mark Walter
Founder/Principal
Virtual Commissioning
Mr. Walter started in the HVAC industry in 1973, and has been a project manager for over 25 years. His experience includes an extensive background in Building Automation Systems (BAS), covering all phases of design, installation, programming, graphics, start-up and commissioning. He has managed residential and commercial mechanical projects, lighting and access control projects, and the design of hazardous transportation systems. His specializations include operations and maintenance assessments, and new and existing building commissioning.