Green Jobs Working Group
The Green Jobs Working Group (GJWG) is a partnership of New Energy Economy stakeholders who represent industry, education, and workforce development interests. Its mission is to provide support to the development of green jobs through continued research, collaboration, and communication.
Since its inception in January 2008, the GJWG has been a leader in promoting green energy jobs in Colorado through a number of initiatives. First, the GJWG commissioned and closely managed the green jobs study, “Defining, Estimating, and Forecasting the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Industries in the U.S. and in Colorado,” that was conducted by the American Solar Energy Society. Second, it took a comprehensive inventory of green energy education and training opportunities in Colorado to assess the state’s capacity to educate and train a green energy workforce. Third, partnering with the Environmental Defense Fund, the GJWG is currently producing a Colorado Green Jobs Guidebook that details the occupational profiles of jobs in renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors.
Current Green Jobs Working Group Members:
- Geri Anderson, Colorado Community College System
- Kelly Causey, Executive Director of Mile High Youth Corps
- Ben Curtiss-Lusher, Colorado Governor’s Office
- Kate Drexler, The Governor’s Energy Office
- Jennifer Freeman, Colorado Youth Corps Association
- David Griffin, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
- Cher Haavind, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
- Alexandra Hall, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
- Doug Hargrave, LONG Energy Solutions
- David Hiller, Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory
- Georgia Howard, City and County of Denver Office of Economic Development
- Mary Jeffreys, Metro Denver WIRED Initiative
- Colleen Jorgensen, Red Rocks Community College
- Deb Kleinman, U.S. Green Building Council of Colorado
- Chad McConathy, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT)
- Inta Morris, Colorado Department of Higher Education
- Linda Murphy, Workforce Board of Metro Denver
- Seth Portner, The Governor’s Energy Office
- T. Lynn Sargent, City and County of Denver Office of Economic Development
- Fred Stoffel, Xcel Energy
- Chris Stoneman, International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technologies (iCAST)
- Dennis Whalen, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local #68 (IBEW)
If, after reviewing this section, you would like more information about Colorado Green Jobs or you would like to share a resource with the Governor’s Energy Office, please send an email to geo@state.co.us with “Attn: Green Jobs” in the subject line.
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