Florida Governor’s Action Team on Energy and Climate Change

Action Team Members

Governor Crist established the Action Team on Energy and Climate Change by signing Executive Order 07-128, “Florida Governor’s Action Team on Energy and Climate Change,” on July 13, 2007. The team will develop a comprehensive strategy to achieve targets for statewide greenhouse gas reductions, including policy recommendations and changes to existing law.

The Florida Governor’s Action Team on Energy and Climate Change consists of 27 members and one ex officio member and serves at the pleasure of the Governor. Appointments to the Governor’s Action Team are:

• Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection:
  • Secretary Michael W. Sole, Chair

• Chair of the Florida Public Service Commission:
• Chairman Matthew Carter
• Four Members of the Florida Legislature:
  • Senator Jeff Atwater
  • Senator Al Lawson
  • Representative Dan Gelber
  • Representative Stan Mayfield

• Consumer Advocate:
  • Jack Shreve, Senior Counsel to the Governor

• Five Representatives of the Environmental Community:
  • Manley Fuller, President, Florida Wildlife Federation
  • David Guest, Managing Attorney, Earthjustice
  • Debbie Harrison, Director of South Florida Program, World Wildlife Fund
  • Gerald Karnas, Florida Climate Project Director, Environmental Defense
  • Charles Pattison, President, 1000 Friends of Florida
• Six Representatives of the Business Community:
  • Michael Branch, Governmental Affairs Manager, Smurfit-Stone Forest Resources
  • Tim Hernandez, Principal, New Urban Communities
  • Robert “Buzz” Hoover, President, Gate Biofuels
  • Mark Kaplan, Vice President, Mosaic Fertilizer LLC
  • Jerry Montgomery, Senior Vice President, Conservation & Environmental Sustainability, Disney
  • Kathleen Shanahan, Chief Executive Officer, WRS Infrastructure & Environment Inc.

• Chair of the Energy Commission:
  • Chairman Tommy Boroughs

• Three Members of the Academic Community:
  • Camille Coley, J.D., Executive Assistant Vice President for Research, Florida Atlantic University
  • Dr. James Fenton, Florida Solar Energy Center, University of Central Florida
  • Dr. Lonnie Ingram, Professor of Microbiology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida

• Three Representatives of the Utilities Industry:
  • R. David McConnell, Area Vice President of Florida, Waste Management
  • Armando Olivera, President, FPL Group
  • Kathy E. Viehe, Assistant General Manager of Customer Support Services, Gainesville Regional Utilities
• One Local Government Representative:
  • Mayor Rick Baker, City of St. Petersburg, Vice-Chair
• One Representative of Financial Interests:
  • Kathy Baughman McLeod, Office of Florida’s Chief Financial Officer

• One Ex Officio Member:
  • Chris Kise, Special Advisor to the Governor on Energy and Climate Change