Meet Our Board ...
Tina King Neuhausel, MPA
Tina has spent the last nine years of her professional life helping to advance
sustainable technologies and encouraging a more sustainable society. She served
for over three years as the Outreach Director for Sustainable San Mateo County.
Previous to that, she was Owner of Next Generation Energy Network consulting
with governments and businesses on renewable energy projects and policies, and
sustainable building and business practices. Tina served as Policy Aide to,
then, Santa Clara County Supervisor Jim Beall (current State Assembly Member)
focusing energy, work-force development, transportation, and land-use issues.
She created Santa Clara County Fuel Cell Advancement Initiative. Tina has eight
years executive management experience in the hotel industry. She now heads the
Board of Sustainable Contra Costa and is spearheading SCOCO's efforts to become
an effective leader in the county's sustainability movement.
- Master of Public Administration - San Francisco State University
- B.A. in Sociology - Sonoma State University
Tina's projects have includes:
- Bloom Energy (Ion America), Moffett Field—Formulated government-sector
marketing strategy;
initiated fuel cell energy system project at Santa Clara County
Communications Department;
coordinated partnerships with industry, government and non-profit
organizations
- Intellergy Corporation, Berkeley—Partnership development/government
liaison
- California Air Resources Board, Sacramento—Co-authored and Team Lead for
California’s Hydrogen Highway’s Marketing, Communications and Education Plan
- Santa Clara County—Coordinated public education/outreach workshops and
built partnerships for
sustainability issues; drafted renewable energy legislation and authored
grant proposals
- Embassy Suites Hotel, So. San Francisco & Burlingame—Managed solar power
system project;
advised on energy efficiency and sustainable business practices
- San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association—Produced and
facilitated Citizen
Planning Institute on the City’s electricity resource issues. Speakers
included Amory Lovins of
Rocky Mountain Institute and experts from California Energy Commission and
NRDC
- California Fuel Cell Partnership, Sacramento—Generated civic and
community leader attendance
for public workshops