IES Associates
IES Associates are qualified individuals who support the mission of IES with proven expertise and experience who contribute to carrying out the mission of IES. IAs form the core of institutional knowledge, expertise, and capability for IES to implement its programs. IAs have a broad range of technical, economic, social, and legal expertise.
Professionals in all disciplines interested in environmental solutions may join IES as Institute Associates. Please contact us for more information.

W. Gale Biggs, Ph.D.
Board Member Emeritus
Air Quality Meteorologist
W. Gale Biggs Associates
Boulder, Colorado

Nancy Billica, Ph.D.
CFP Project Associate
Lecturer, University of Colorado
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Denver

Thomas Borch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Environmental Chemistry
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado

Kelle Boumansour
Local Environmental Action Division
City of Boulder
Boulder, Colorado

Brian Braa
Foreign Service Officer
U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington, DC

Claudia Browne
Rocky Mountain Bioregion Leader Biohabitats
Golden, Colorado

Caroline Byus
Utilities Market Manager, Pinyon Environmental, Inc.

Dennis Creamer
Manager (Retired) Stakeholder and Legislative
Affairs Suncor Energy U.S.A.
Commerce City, Colorado

Desiree Cunningham
Analyst
U.S. Government Accountability Office

Adam DeVoe
DeVoe Law
Denver, Colorado

Danielle DiMauro
Office of the Regional Solicitor
Rocky Mountain Region
U.S. Dept. of the Interior

Ann Frazier
National Research Council (retired)

Ken Fucik
Board Member Emeritus
BP Corporation America, Inc.
Houston, TX

Ruth Gaulke
President, Rebel Writer

Al Gerace
CEO
Hardy Boy Bedding Plants / Welby Gardens Co.
Denver, Colorado

Edward F. Harvey
Economist and Principal
Harvey Economics
Denver, Colorado

Shannon Herstein
CFP Project Associate

Douglas Jeavons
Managing Partner
BBC Research & Consulting
Denver, Colorado

Brian P. Kelly
Landscape Architect / Environmental Scientist
Bios Landscape Design Research
Denver, Colorado

Sabrina Kleinman
Owner | Principal Ecologist
EnviroPlan Partners, LLC

Alan S. Kolok
Director of Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, University of Idaho

Anatole (Tony) Konowal
Embryologist/Andrologist, University of Colorado
Advanced Reproductive Medicine
Denver, Colorado

Paul W. Lander, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Geography, University of Colorado Boulder

Casey Laycock
Graduate Intern Emeritus
Member Relations Coordinator
Greater Houston Partnership
MA International Development
GSIS, University of Denver

Lloyd Levy
Lloyd Levy Consulting LLC, retired

Karen J. Lewis
Director of Institutional Greening, Hazon
Chicago, Illinois

Bruce Lundgren
Research Associate

Ann J. Lockhart
Technical Writer/Editor
Eagle Eye Editing
Denver, Colorado

Helen McGrath
CFP Project Associate
MSc Marine Ecology
Queen Mary University of London

Milly Nadler
Teacher, retired
Wheat Ridge Cultural Commission

Kelly Erin O’Toole
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Program & Management Analyst (Acting)
Division of Natural Resources and Fire Management

Trisha Oeth
Colorado Attorney
General’s Office
Denver, Colorado

Yves Parent, Ph.D.
Chemical Engineer
Chemical Engineering Consulting Services
Golden, Colorado

Shannon Phelps
President, The SeaCrest Group, retired

John S. Sanderson
Board Member Emeritus
Biohydrologist
The Nature Conservancy
Fort Collins, Colorado

Susan K. Sherrod, Ph.D.
Certified Ecologist, Biohabitats
Lecturer, University of Colorado Denver

Jake Smith
1949-2011
Hennepin County
Department of Environmental Services, retired
Pine Springs, Minnesota

Jeannette Sutton
Social Marketing Program Administrator,
Environmental Health
City and County of Denver, CO

Kara Swanson
Environmental Planner
Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas

William M. Vaughan, Ph.D.
Air Pollution Physicist
President, Nauset Environmental Services, Inc.
East Orleans, Massachusetts

Andrea Watson
Project Leader
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Golden, Colorado

James M. Williams
Western Governors' Association, retired
Socioeconomic & Public Policy Consultant

Keith Wood
NASF Urban & Community Forestry Committee