Who We Are

The EcoBlock team consists of professionals, city government, academics, and national lab researchers committed to partnering with neighborhoods in their transformation to resilient, low-carbon communities.

Sascha von Meier

Senior Advisor

Senior Advisor – Electric Grid Research, California Institute for Energy and Environment, CITRIS Climate Initiative 

Retired Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley

Daniel Kammen

Co-Principal Investigator

Professor of Energy, UC Berkeley

Rich Brown

Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Joe Vukov

Associate, Project Manager, Introba

Andréa Traber

Principal, Traber Sustainable Design Studio

Blake Gleason

Director of Innovation & Technical Excellence, Sun Light & Power (SLP)

Steve Meyer

Senior Project Manager, Sun Light & Power (SLP)

Martin Morehouse

Estimator & Project Developer, Sun Light & Power (SLP)

Harrison Fraker

Senior Advisor

Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Urban Design, UC Berkeley

David Warner

Advisor

CEO, Redhorse Constructors

amy dryden

Amy Dryden

Director of Strategic Innovations, Association for Energy Affordability (AEA)

Keith O'Hara

President, Eco Performance Builders

Denise Vera

Project Management Specialist, Eco Performance Builders

Kyle Bosworth

Senior Building Scientist, Eco Performance Builders

suzi marzuola

Principal, Siegel & Strain Architects

larry strain

Retired, Siegel & Strain Architects

Laura Levenberg

Architect, Siegel & Strain Architects

Ege Yener

Architectural Designer, Siegel & Strain Architects

Tim Lipman

Co-Director, Transportation Studies Research Center
Research Affiliate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Sandy Robertson

Sandy Robertson

Senior Research Engineer (retired), Stanford University

Craig Boman

Design Engineer, Sherwood Design Engineers

Maika Nicholson

Design Engineer, Sherwood Design Engineers

Jon Keim-Shenk

Design Engineer, Sherwood Design Engineers

Kate Ringness

Senior Advisor

Principal, SmartBlock Consulting

Michael Ginsberg

Advisor

President, Tokamak Energy

Cathy Leonard

Cathy Leonard

Executive Director, Oakland Neighborhoods for Equity

daniel hamilton

Sustainability Director, City of Oakland 

Christine Scott Thomson

Senior Project Manager / Urban Planner, MIG

Kiran Jain

EcoBlock General Counsel

Founder, Civic Design Lab

Therese Tuttle

Principal Attorney & Co-founder, Tuttle Law Group

Paola Eisner

Co-op Attorney, Tuttle Law Group

Ted Lamm

Research Fellow, Climate Program, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment

Project Management

Therese Peffer

Principal Investigator

Associate Director, California Institute for Energy and Environment, CITRIS Climate Initiative

Carl Blumstein

Director, California Institute for Energy and Environment, CITRIS Climate Initiative

miriam aczel

Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute for Energy and Environment, CITRIS Climate Initiative 

Phillippe Phanivong

Phillippe Phanivong

Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute for Energy and Environment, CITRIS Climate Initiative 

Eunice Chung

Eunice Chung

Research Analyst, California Institute for Energy and Environment, CITRIS Climate Initiative

Eric Lee

Eric Lee

Deputy Director of Finance and Research Support, California Institute for Energy and Environment, CITRIS Climate Initiative

Jing Wu

Jing Wu

Design and Content Strategist, California Institute for Energy and Environment, CITRIS Climate Initiative