Board of Directors

John Reynolds, President

John Reynolds, FAIA, is professor of architecture emeritus at the University of Oregon. He has been involved in energy issues in Oregon since 1972, when he was elected to the Eugene Water and Electric Board. Since then he has served as chair of the American Solar Energy Society and president of Solar Energy Association of Oregon. He has served on the Oregon Alternate Energy Commission and the Energy Committee of the Building Codes Structures Board.

Rick Applegate, Vice-President

Rick Applegate is the Portland Harbor Superfund Administrator at the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services. He served as staff director in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Since then, he has worked for nearly 25 years on energy and environmental issues, principally as an advocate for salmon and their watersheds. He was the fish and wildlife director for the Northwest Power Planning Council, west coast conservation director for Trout Unlimited and Administrator of the Habitat Conservation Division at National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA). He was the chair of the U.S. Southern Stakeholders Pacific Salmon Treaty Negotiations and a member of the Pacific Northwest Comprehensive Energy Review. He also served on the executive committee of For the Sake of Salmon and the boards of the Pacific Salmon Watershed Fund and the Sustainable Fisheries Foundation.

Debbie Kitchin, Secretary

Debbie Kitchin is the co-owner of InterWorks, LLC, a construction company specializing in commercial tenant improvement and renovation and residential remodeling services. InterWorks is an award-winning contractor specializing in sustainable building practices. Prior to joining the family business in 1996, she served as senior economist for the Northwest Power Planning Council for 15 years and was a regional economist for the Bonneville Power Administration for three years. She also serves on the boards for the Portland Business Alliance, Portland Building Owners and Managers Association and the Central Eastside Industrial Council. She is a past president of the Portland Commercial Real Estate Women.

John Klosterman, Treasurer

John Klosterman is the director of operations at Oregon Food Bank, a nonprofit at the hub of a cooperative statewide network of twenty regional food banks and over nine hundred local hunger-relief agencies and programs serving Oregon and Clark County, Washington. His responsibilities include food sourcing, inventory management, warehousing and transportation logistics to the network. Prior to that he was vice president of operations at Rejuvenation, Inc. He served the company for fifteen years in a variety of senior management roles related to company-wide operations, product development, and manufacturing. As part of a state pilot project, he led Rejuvenation’s implementation of an International Organization for Standardization 14001-based energy management system based on the sustainability principles of The Natural Step. For ten years he worked directly with Asian suppliers to reduce their environmental impacts, while implementing socially responsible policies and programs in Rejuvenation's Portland operations.

Jason Eisdorfer

Jason Eisdorfer recently became the Greenhouse Gas Policy Strategist for the Bonneville Power Administration, a federal agency serving the Pacific Northwest. He serves as the senior technical consultant and advisor to BPA on the development and implementation of strategic objectives, policies and programs related to global, national and state greenhouse gas and carbon dioxide issues. He served as legal counsel and energy program director of the Citizens' Utility Board of Oregon from 1994 and 2008. At CUB, he represented residential consumers in numerous rate cases and policy dockets before the Oregon Public Utility Commission. He has co-authored legislation related to electric utility operations and to climate change, including the Oregon Renewable Energy Act and the Climate Change Integration Act, both of 2007. He is an adjunct professor at Lewis and Clark Law School and the University of Oregon School of Law. Prior to joining CUB, he was an attorney with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of General Counsel, and served an appointment as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. He received his law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law and received certificates of completion in the Environment and Natural Resources Program and the Ocean and Coastal Program. He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Dan Enloe

Dan Enloe is a commodity manager at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, where he has worked in varying capacities since 1984. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with a BS in Electrical Engineering. Prior to 1984, he was on active duty in the U.S. Navy and served as a nuclear submarine officer. Since he left active duty in 1984 he has been affiliated with the Naval Reserve and has served in six reserve command tours. He is a member of the Naval Reserve Association, the American Legion and the Navy League. He also has two patents.

Roger Hamilton

Roger Hamilton is manager of the local government and communities program of the Climate Leadership Initiative at the University of Oregon. He also is a consultant with Western Grid Group, an organization that promotes transmission access for renewable energy projects across the West. He owns and operates a cattle and hay ranch in south central Oregon. He has spent many years in public service as a Klamath County Commissioner, advisor on energy and watersheds to Governor Kitzhaber and Oregon Public Utility Commissioner. He has also served on the Oregon State Parks Commission and the National Association of Public Utility Commissioners. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Regulatory Assistance Project and the Pacific Rivers Council.

Julie Hammond

Julie Hammond is the branch manager of Beecher Carlson in Bend. She has more than 20 years experience in the insurance industry. She recently served Deschutes United Way as campaign chair. She brings a customer service orientation, small business perspective and regional representation to Energy Trust program delivery.

Al Jubitz

Al Jubitz is a native Oregonian and spent his work career helping to build the family business, Jubitz Corporation. He is President and Founder of the Jubitz Family Foundation and serves as director of Monsoon, Inc. He is also past President and an active member of the Rotary Club of Portland, a board member of the Portland Schools Foundation, director emeritus of Morrison Child and Family Services and a trustee emeritus of Outward Bound Wilderness School. In addition he serves on the Leadership Council of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and serves on the National Advisory Council of Environmental Defense Fund in NYC. He has an extensive business background and brings a strong business sense to the board. He has a BS degree from Yale University and an MBA from the University of Oregon School of Business.

Alan Meyer

Alan Meyer is Director of Energy Management for Weyerhaeuser Company, a diversified forest products manufacturing company. He is responsible for coordinating energy management activities at numerous manufacturing facilities throughout North America. Prior to joining Weyerhaeuser, he was Director of Energy for Willamette Industries, holding similar responsibilities. He also worked for PacifiCorp as the Oregon Large Industrial Accounts Manager. He brings this extensive experience in the energy industry plus prior sales and marketing experience to the Energy Trust board.

Caddy McKeown

Caddy McKeown is active in her community, serving as commissioner and vice chair for the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay. She served on the Coos Bay School District Board of Directors for 11 years and on the budget committee for 15 years. She serves on the board of directors of the nonprofit organization that manages the Mingus Park Municipal Pool, serves the Oregon Community Foundation as a volunteer grant evaluator and recently stepped down after 17 years on the board of directors of Bob Belloni Ranch, Inc., a residential treatment facility for adolescent offenders. She brings private, nonprofit and economic development experience, years of community service and a South Coast perspective to her service to Energy Trust.

Dan Davis

Dan Davis is Vice President of the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity Rogue Valley. He is passionate about energy conservation and alternative energy, and is currently involved in building an advanced waste vegetable oil biodiesel production facility in Central Point, Oregon. His previous experience includes working for General Electric in the 1970s and 80s, during which he designed a simple hybrid automobile and designed and built an energy-efficient home with integral passive and active solar capabilities.

John Savage, Ex-Officio

John Savage is one of three commissioners serving the Oregon Public Utility Commission. He joined the staff of the OPUC in 2003 as director of its utility program, after having served as director of Oregon Department of Energy for the previous decade. He was administrator of the department's policy and planning division from 1987-1993. He received a Master’s degree in natural resource economics from Oregon State University in 1979 and a Bachelor of Science degree from OSU in 1975.

Bob Repine, Oregon Department of Energy Special Advisor to the board

Bob Repine is the Director of the Oregon Department of Energy where he is working to enhance Oregon’s leadership role among states in growing a clean energy economy. He previously served as a special advisor to Governor Kulongoski on construction of the new Oregon State Hospital after serving as director of the Oregon Department of Economic and Community Development from 2006-2008 and director of the Oregon Department of Housing and Community Services from 1998-2006. A former construction contractor, he previously was an elected member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing Grants Pass and surrounding communities from 1988-1998 and served as co-chair of the budget-writing Joint Committee on Ways & Means for the 1995 and 1997 legislative sessions.