Advisory Council

The Advisory Council provides scientific and technical advice on BRSI activities. The members are:

Russ Martin, Co-Chair (Former Mayor of Asheville and Investment Officer, Merrill Lynch & Co.)

David Wallace, Co-Chair (Vice President for Strategic Development, Vanir Energy)

John Ager (Owner, Hickory Gap Nut Farm)

Jim Barton (Director, Smith Mill Creek Permaculture School)

George Briggs (Executive Director, North Carolina Arboretum)

Tom Byers (Western North Carolina Marketing Director, Self-Help Ventures Fund)

Robin Cape (RLCape Consulting)

Carl Donovan (Board Member, Western North Carolina Green Building Council)

Robert Deutsch (Robert J. Deutsch, PA)

Susan Garrett (Green Jobs Director, Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry)

Patti Glazer (Principal, Glazer Architecture)

Neil Gurney (Partner, Integritive)

Scott Hamilton (President and CEO, AdvantageWest Economic Development Group)

Dave Hollister (Owner, Sundance Power Systems)

Betty Huskins (President, Ridgetop Associates)

Jess Ingram (Director of Solar Technologies, FLS Energy)

Janell Kapoor (Co-Founder & Co-Director, Kleiwerks International, Spokesperson, Ashevillage Institute)

Paul Knott (Director, Center of Graduate Studies of Asheville, Lenoir- Ryhne University)

Yuri Koslen (Transit Project Manager, City of Asheville)

Lourdes Lorenz (Director of Integrative Healthcare, Mission Hospitals)

Rob Moody (Founder, EcoBuilders)

Susan Roderick (Executive Director, Quality Forward)

Jeff Schmitt (Professor & Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Wake Forest School of Medicine)

Clarke Snell (Managing Director, The Nauhaus Institute)

Ron Townley (Former Local Government Services Director, Land of Sky Regional Council)

Advisory Council Documents