ENERGY STAR @ Home Podcast

June 5, 2008

Host and Speaker Bios

Kathleen Hogan

Director of the Climate Protection Partnerships Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Kathleen Hogan manages many of the Agency's industry partnership programs designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while saving businesses and consumers money, including the ENERGY STAR Program.

Recognizing the environmental benefits to be gained from government-industry partnerships, Kathleen has helped the ENERGY STAR program grow from a partnership with product manufacturers to one with major retailers, utilities, and states. She has helped make the ENERGY STAR available for products in more than 50 product categories and bring national recognition of the ENERGY STAR to more than 70 percent of the public, as well as help bring the benefits of energy efficiency to schools, hospitals, and commercial buildings.

Previously, she managed partnership programs designed to reduce emissions of the more potent greenhouse gases. She developed and managed programs with the U.S. natural gas industry and the U.S. primary aluminum industry as well as a joint effort with the Russian natural gas industry. Kathleen has been with EPA for more than 15 years.

Prior to EPA, she worked in consulting and for a water resources planning commission for the Potomac River. She received her doctorate in systems analysis and environmental engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Bucknell University.

Susan Caminiti

Fortune

Susan Caminiti is a business writer whose work covers a wide range of subjects including corporate profiles, corporate performance, work/life issues, governance, real estate, and personal finance. Her writing appears in Fortune, nyse magazine, New York, and More magazines. Recently, she co-authored An Unfinished Journey, a book detailing women heroes of the 20th century. Susan is a former staff writer for Fortune where, during her 13 years, she developed the magazine's award-winning coverage of apparel and retailing.

Prior to joining Fortune, Susan was a reporter for the Record newspaper in northern New Jersey where she covered business and municipal government. She is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University with a B.A. in English.

Mark Breuker

Director of Energy Consulting, Advantage IQ, Inc.

Mark Breuker is responsible for leading Advantage IQ's increased focus on assisting clients in more effectively managing all aspects of their energy costs. Mark has more than 15 years of experience in the energy industry. For the past eight years, he has helped retail, commercial, and industrial clients in establishing and implementing energy strategies that tie directly to corporate objectives. Mark has helped clients save millions of dollars through the implementation of supply-side and demand-side initiatives.

Mark is a Certified Energy Manager and registered Professional Engineer, with a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.

Michael Winka

Director, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities' Office of Clean Energy

In 2003, Mike Winka was named the director of the newly organized Office of Clean Energy in the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU). He manages the New Jersey Clean Energy Program and the State Energy Plan. The Office is responsible for promoting energy efficiency, clean energy generation and renewable energy generation through the various regulatory and non-regulatory tools available to the NJBPU, including the USDOE State and special project funding, societal benefits charge for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy funding, renewable portfolio standards, RECs and emissions portfolio standards and soon to be established energy efficiency portfolio standards.

Mike is the designated State Energy Officer for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy activities and is support staff for the NARUC Renewable Energy and Greenhouse subcommittee. He is also a working group member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

Mike worked for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) for 22 years. His past duties include Chief in the NJDEP's Bureau of Resource Recovery and Administrator for the NJDEP's Office of Innovative Technology and Market Development. This included managing an interstate technology acceptance reciprocity program. At the NJDEP, Mike was also responsible for overall management of the NJ Sustainability Greenhouse Gas/Climate Change Action Plan.