Michael has worked on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change since 1995. He co-established the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Program within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Michael’s work at EPA concentrated on development of an overall system for producing high quality greenhouse gas emission inventories and on the international compliance process for doing so under the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He was lead author of the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks reports published from 1997 through 2003.

Michael is listed on the rosters of technical experts and is actively engaged in the work of the UNFCCC and as a lead author of several IPCC reports. He developed and teaches the courses that certify experts to serve on compliance review teams under the Kyoto Protocol. He is also a core advisor to World Resources Institute and the World Business Council on Sustainable Development for the revised edition of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. He founded the Greenhouse Gas Experts Network (www.ghgnetwork.org) and currently serves as its Executive Director.

Most recently he was Director of the EcoRegistry® Program at Environmental Resources Trust (ERT). Michael is currently at Princeton University’s Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Program while also serving as Director of Verification Policy (a senior advisory role) for ERT and as a consultant and advisor to the UNFCCC Secretariat, and UNDP. His research is focused renewable and emission markets and on monitoring and verification issues with for climate change policies. Prior to joining ERT, Michael was first with the U.S. EPA’s Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation and then EPA’s Clean Air Markets Division. He has also worked for Sandia National Laboratories and ICF Consulting’s Global Environmental Issues Group. He has a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University and masters degrees in environmental engineering and “Technology and Policy” from MIT. He also spent a year at the University of Sussex as Fulbright Scholar in Evolutionary Adaptive Systems.

He has been a significant contributor to the development of the standards, tools, and systems to support GHG technologies as well as GHG credits for both voluntary and regulated markets. Tom has led many teams of climate change experts for major customers around the world, including work based on the ISO 14064 GHG Standards, WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol, and UNFCCC CDM projects.

Tom is the main author of the ISO 14064-2 International Standard for GHG Projects (www.iso.org), which has been adopted by various GHG initiatives including the Voluntary Carbon Standard (www.v-c-s.org), the GE-AES Greenhouse Gas Standard (www.ge-aes.com), the Government of Canada (www.ec.gc.ca), the Government of Canada (www.ec.gc.ca) and the Government of Alberta (www.environment.gov.ab.ca). ISO 14064-2 also forms part of industry and sectoral GHG guidelines including the IPIECA GHG project guidelines (www.ipieca.org).

Tom was also a significant contributor to the development of the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol for Projects (www.ghgprotocol.org) as best practice guidance on “how to do” GHG project accounting. Tom lead the development of several sector specific GHG protocols, based on the ISO 14064-2, WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol for Projects, and CDM Approved Methodologies. Tom also co-lead the development of training courses for GHG quantification and verification based on ISO 14064 and the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocols.

Prior to founding ClimateCHECK, Tom was Director of Climate Change Services for North America for Det Norske Veritas (www.dnv.com). Prior to DNV, Tom developed and implemented the System of Measurement And Reporting of Technologies (SMART) for the Government of Canada’s climate change Technology Early Action Measures Initiative (www.team.gc.ca) – a government fund having invested in more than 140 GHG technology demonstration projects with a total investment of more than $1.2 billion. The SMART has been adopted by Sustainable Development Technologies Canada (www.sdtc.ca), a leading green investment program. Tom has worked on techno-economic GHG models, strategic studies and market research.

Tom has a B.A. in environmental economics and completed graduate studies in environmental and natural resource economics. Tom also has a B.Eng. and M.Eng. in environmental engineering, as well as certificates in sustainable business and environmental impact assessment. Tom is a qualified GHG verifier and is also trained as an ISO 14001 EMS Lead Auditor.

Patrick is the main author of a GHG handbook including guidance and case studies on the application of the ISO 10464-1 standard-GHG quantification and reporting at the organizational level and also developed and delivered GHG training material for both the Canadian government and previous employers.

Prior to founding ClimateCHECK, Patrick was the Manager of Climate Change Services for a leading international certification body. Patrick managed the verification of major international customers for their world-wide GHG inventory, and delivered consulting, validation, verification and training services to numerous clients.

Patrick managed the GHG Measurement and Reporting for the Government of Canada’s GHG technology investment fund. His work included developing and delivering GHG validation/verification courses, developing sector protocols based on the ISO GHG standard and managing staff, internal and external resources to develop measurement and reporting plans, evaluate scientific and technical reports, and to perform GHG evaluations/validations for funded projects.

Before starting work on climate change, Patrick was the Lab Manager for a leading Canadian bio-fuel technology company. Patrick’s responsibilities included managing staff, verifying and reporting lab results and developing and implementing the QA/QC systems. He was also responsible for research and development activities including the identification and extraction of new compounds from bio-oil, the development of new types of resins and the development and implementation of new test plans. Patrick has a Bachelor in Biology and an Applied Degree in Biotechnology.

Through his role with AS-AP, Rob provides a range of services covering climate change policy, carbon finance capacity building, offsets frameworks, project structuring, and carbon strategy development.

Rob is an active member of the UNFCCC’s expert register and provides adviceto the CDM Executive Board on new methodologies, registration of projects and accreditation of verifiers. He is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the CDM Gold Standard, and has contributed to the development of standards and protocols including the WBCSD/WRI GHG Project Protocol, the international standard ISO14064, and the Australian Standard for carbon accounting in forests.

Closer to home, Rob is best known for his work with the Australian State-based “New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme” (GGAS), where from August 2003 to June 2006 he drove the implementation and development of many of the scheme’s abatement frameworks, including coal-fired power generation, carbon sequestration in forests, and the distribution of energy efficient light bulbs. He trained auditors, developed administration workflow tools, and educated a wide variety of participants on the workings and opportunities of this innovative scheme.

During his tenure at LiveNeutral, Jason helped facilitate numerous CO2 offset and climate change education initiatives at major organizations, such as TransGroup Worldwide Logistics, American Electric Power, Williams-Sonoma and University of Colorado's Environmental Center.

Jason earned an MBA in sustainable management from Presidio School of Management and a bachelor's degree in Ethics and Religion at the University of Oklahoma, where he focused his studies on environmental ethics and economics . Jason also sits on the board of Climate Cycle, a fundraiser created to bring renewable energy to public schools across the country.

She has been extensively involved in the standardization of forest greenhouse gas accounting. She was the main author of Standards Australia’s Interim Standard AS 4978.1(Int)-2002 Carbon Accounting for Greenhouse Sinks Part 1: Afforestation and Reforestation, this was the first voluntary consensus national standard in the area of greenhouse gas accounting in the world. She was the key ‘removals’ advisor to all three parts of ISO 14064 and one of the lead authors to Part 2 ISO 14064 Greenhouse Gases - Part 2: Specification with guidance at the project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions and removal enhancements. She further participated as a road tester and reviewer for WRI/WBCSD’s GHG Protocol for Project Accounting and as one of the core drafters for their LULUCF Guidance for GHG Project Accounting.

As Det Norske Veritas’ (the main auditor within Kyoto Protocol) Global Forestry Manager - Climate Change Services, Penny also updated the CDM/JI Validation and Verification Manual (VVM) to include reporting templates for afforestation and reforestation CDM projects and was among the first group of approved auditors for the CCAR.

As president of Raven Ridge Resources, Incorporated, his experience and responsibility comprises corporate and strategic planning, as well development of new business and project opportunities worldwide. Raven Ridge Resources, Incorporated, is a geological and engineering consulting firm that has provided expertise to private and public sectors for 20 years. Mr. Pilcher provides leadership in projects conducted for government and private sector clients looking to explore for and develop coalbed methane and other energy resources. He has worked on coal mine methane-related projects in support of U.S. EPA’s Climate Protection Program since 1990 and is currently the Program Manager for RRR’s contract with U.S. EPA to provide Technical Support for Reduction of Methane Emissions from Coal Mining.   Mr. Pilcher was instrumental in developing coal mine methane projects in China and India funded by the Global Environmental Facility.

Raven Ridge has supported the development of several CDM projects in China.   Mr. Pilcher lead the RRR team that developed two of the first coal mine methane project design documents submitted.  These were two of the first registered with UNFCCC. He also contributed to developing a methodology that was incorporated in the UNFCCC consolidated methodology for coalmine methane capture and use.  In 2007, Mr. Pilcher took the lead in authoring the methodology entitled “Methodology for Coal Mine Methane and Abandoned Mine Methane Capture and Destruction Projects”, which underpins Greenhouse Gas Services’ voluntary carbon emissions reduction business in the coal mining sector. He is a member of the bureau for the UNECE Committee on Sustainable Energy Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and is the Chairman of its Task Force on Improving Mine Safety through the Extraction & Use of Coal Mine Methane.

In 2007, he was the lead author for the Landfill Gas Methodology used by GE Greenhouse Gas Services. He also provides consulting services for both private and municipally-owned landfill operators on the applicability of domestic greenhouse gas markets to such operations. At SCS, he has co-developed and delivered three separate greenhouse gas seminars for interested parties. Additionally, he works with various landfill owners to structure greenhouse gas purchase agreements.

In addition to his work with greenhouse gases, Mr. Leatherwood also works with the development and permitting of landfill gas to energy projects. He has managed several projects supporting U.S. EPA's Landfill Methane Outreach Program both domestically and internationally over the past 6 years.

Prior to his work in the landfill sector, Chad was primarily involved in the air emission field. He has worked in industry as the Air Compliance Coordinator for a large pulp and paper facility and led the preparation of that facility for compliance with a NOx cap-and-trade program. Mr. Leatherwood also spent several years as a consultant to both private industry and to EPA.

Chad currently serves on the Technical Advisory Committee for GE Greenhouse Gas Services and is an Executive Board member for the EnergyXchange Renewable Energy Center in Yancey County, NC.

Mr. Leatherwood received an M.S. in from the Institute of Pulp and Paper Science and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from N.C. State University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer the State of North Carolina.

Kathryn’s climate change career began in 2001 when she joined the Global Change Program Office of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and later the Climate Change Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). In these positions, she staffed advisors to lead administrators, served on and supported U.S. delegations at international climate change meetings, and became a GHG inventory expert for the U.S. government. She was a lead author on multiple IPCC methodology reports, editor for the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry GHG Inventory, and contributor to the annual U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks. She also contributed to revising the GHG accounting methods for the U.S. Department of Energy Voluntary GHG Reporting Program (1605b). In 2006, Kathryn moved with her family to Los Angeles, California where she continues her work on climate change as an independent consultant.

Kathryn holds a Masters of Environmental Management (M.E.M.) from Duke University and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Integrative Biology from the University of California at Berkeley.

Stephen remained a consultant to the Canadian government for several years, working with various groups tasked with the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol. These groups included Canada’s large final emitter group who was responsible to set up a nationwide greenhouse gas reporting system and set sector reduction targets.  It also included Canada’s national inventory group who is responsible in producing annual greenhouse inventories and reporting to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Stephen was also a contributor to the development of the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol for Projects (www.ghgprotocol.org) as best practice guidance on “how to do” GHG project accounting. 
Stephen continues to work with the UNFCCC secretariat in Bonn and the World Bank in Washington, providing analysis on CDM projects.  He was the lead author in a significant report to the secretariat analysing technology transfer in the CDM (http://cdm.unfccc.int/index.html). 

Stephen has a B.A. in economics and environmental science and completed a graduate studies in environmental and natural resource economics, obtaining a M.Sc. degree from McGill university.  Stephen continues to contribute academically by publishing papers in peer reviewed journals. 

Prior to ClimateCHECK, Steve worked as a consultant for an environmental software company (Enviance) where he lead the development of their GHG management solution based on WRI/WBSCD GHG Protocol for Corporate Accounting and various U.S. voluntary programs.  Prior to that, Steve worked as the Regional Manager for Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and worked with the U.S. Director of Sustainability and Climate Change Services providing policy analysis, market research, standards interpretation, and business development support.  In addition, he became accredited to be an ISO 14001 auditor and conducted environmental management system audits for numerous Fortune 500 clients.

Steve has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from the University of Vermont.

Tom provides ClimateCHECK clients with a range of GHG measurement and management services, including performing project quantifications; developing GHG strategy papers and guidance documents for the government, not-for-profit and private sectors; performing validations of projects and protocols, such as those of the GE-AES Greenhouse Gas Services program; undertaking verifications of projects, corporate inventories and carbon neutral product claims; and assessing the GHG impacts of programs, management practices and sustainability initiatives, including a green IT procurement initiative for an organisation with over 65,000 employees. Specific project activity areas Tom has worked in include landfill gas, coal bed methane, waste water treatment, manufacturing, biofuels, wind, small hydro, transportation, and industrial projects.

Prior to joining ClimateCHECK, Tom was the Development Manager for a $550 million (CAD) fund that supported sustainable municipal infrastructure across Canada, where he developed a reporting system consistent with the ISO14065-2 GHG standard for project-level accounting and managed its application to over 125 sustainable municipal infrastructure projects with a total value of almost $2 billion.

In addition to his corporate roles, Tom served as a member of the Canadian technical committee responsible for the development of the International Organization for Standardization ISO14064/14065 suite of GHG standards, and participated for four years on a federal inter-departmental working group on the development of GHG tools and protocols.

Tom was educated at McGill University in Geography and Environmental Science, and has received formal training in GHG verification and in project management.