I am the executive director of Boston Green Tourism (bostongrentourism.org), which is a catalyst for expanding the use of environmentally-friendly practices in Greater Boston??™s visitor industry. Boston Green Tourism works with local hotels and convention centers. Its mission is to make Boston a green convention and tourism destination. It was awarded an Environmental Merit Award by the EPA in April 2008.
Previously, I was the executive director of the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Conventions (www.cerc04.org), an organization that planned, implemented and publicized environmental best practices at the 2004 Democratic and Republican National Conventions. CERC won the international Environmentally Responsible Meeting Award, two EPA Environmental Merit awards, and Mass Energy??™s Advocate of the Year award. I advised the City of Denver about greening the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
I served for 8 years as vice president and one year as president of the Green Decade Coalition/Newton (www.greendecade.org), a grassroots volunteer environmental non-profit, and currently serves as a board member. The Green Decade works with households, businesses, schools and institutions in Newton and elsewhere to implement measurable improvements in the way they use resources. I started a campaign in 2006 to get the City of Newton to negotiate a performance contract that would make all of its buildings more energy efficient.  The campaign succeeded, and the City signed a performance contract that is expected to be $12 to $20 million.
I also serve as Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance.
I was the Eastern Massachusetts Coordinator for the Global Action Plan's Household EcoTeam Program, and have coached about 180 participants on more than 30 Household EcoTeams to live environmentally sustainable lifestyles. For this, I was honored as Unsung Environmental Hero for Massachusetts by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection in 1998. I initiated Low Carbon Diet teams, too, and have conducted training sessions for team leaders on behalf of the Massachusetts Climate Action Network. That organization recognized him as an Everday Climate Hero.
Before working in the environmental sector, I spent 17 years as a health care administrator with Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital. For seven years, I was the Health Center Administrator of HCHP??™s Swansea Health Center. 
I speak and write on the subjects of green hospitality, global warming and environmentally sustainable lifestyles. I have advised organizations such as Cotton Incorporated, City of Denver, Clear Channel Communications, Pioneer Investments and the Down to Earth Expo on adopting environmentally-friendly practices.
