Join the mailing list for the EBC Climate Change and Air Committee.
Join the upcoming program planning meeting: January 25, 2021
Updated as of December 16, 2020
The mission of the EBC Climate Change and Air Committee is to identify and address air pollution and climate change issues that are of importance to EBC members and their clients. Issues include but are not limited to legislative, regulatory and policy developments, innovative technologies, and business development opportunities at the federal, state, regional, and local level.
These issues are addressed by providing objective information from up-to-date and reliable sources including government officials, academics, technology developers, and business experts.
To carry out this mission, the EBC Climate Change and Air Committee will:
Program Topics of interest include:
Committee Chair
Ruth H. Silman, Managing Partner
Nixon Peabody LLP
100 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02110
(617) 345-6062 // rsilman@nixonpeabody.com
Committee Vice Chairs – Climate
Samuel Bell, Senior Hazard Mitigation Specialist
GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
249 Vanderbilt Avenue, Norwood, MA 02062
781.278.3847 // samuel.bell@gza.com
Julie Eaton Ernst, P.E., Lead Resiliency Engineer
Weston & Sampson
55 Walkers Brook Drive, Reading, MA 01867
978.818.9008 // eatonj@wseinc.com
The members of the EBC Climate Committee and Air Leadership team meet routinely with the committee chair to identify topics for future EBC programs. As part of their responsibility, members of the leadership team will also take on the role of program chair to organize and moderate EBC programs for this committee.
Current members of the EBC Climate Committee and Air Leadership Team include:
Nasser Brahim, Senior Climate Resiliency Specialist
Woods Hole Group
107 Waterhouse Road, Bourne, MA 02532
508.495.6237 // nbrahim@woodsholegroup.com
Joseph Famely, Senior Environmental Scientist
Woods Hole Group
81 Technology Park Drive, East Falmouth, MA 02536
508.495.6220 // jfamely@whgrp.com
Mike Feinblatt, Practice Leader, Energy & Industrial Services
ESS Group, Inc.
100 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor, Waltham, MA 02451
781.419.7749 // mfeinblatt@essgroup.com
Seth Jaffe, Partner
Foley Hoag LLP
155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA 02210
617.832.1203 // sjaffe@foleyhoag.com
Isabel Kaubisch, Project Manager
Nitsch Engineering
2 Center Plaza, Suite 430, Boston, MA 02108
617.338.0063 // ikaubisch@nitscheng.com
Kelly Knee, Director – Coastal Hazards
RPS ASA
55 Village Square Drive, South Kingston, RI 02879
401.789.6224 // kelly.knee@rpsgroup.com
Diane Mas, Vice President | Chief Resilience Officer
Fuss & O’Neill, Inc.
146 Hartford Road Manchester CT 06040
413.348.9738 // dmas@fando.com
Scott D. Turner, Director of Planning
Environmental Partners Group, Inc.
1900 Crown Colony Dr, #402, Quincy, MA 02169
617.657.0280 // sdt@envpartners.com
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