: : Board of Directors

The LCTN currently has four Board of Directors.

Paul Breslow - Co-Founder
Wade Byrd
Charles Reith
Stephen Shelton - Co-Founder and Executive Director

There is a growing list of Board of Director Nominees at this time. We will elect additional Board Members from this list of nominees at a LCTN member meeting to be held in 2008.

Board members of LCTN will be from the following business areas

• Academia/Research
• Agriculture
• Banking/Professional Services
• Capital/Entrepreneurship
• Clean technologies
• Government/Policy
• Manufacturing
• Utility

LCTN's organizational structure will consist of the following commitees

• Agricultural and Biomass
• Air, Water and Soil
• Alternative Energy (nonRE)
• Green Building and Sustainable Development
• Manufacturing
• Policy
• Renewable Energy
• Transportation, Recycling and Waste
• Venture Development

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