Executive Director
Carbonfund.org

Eric is a founder, with his wife Lesley, and Executive Director of Carbonfund.org. Eric has more than fifteen years experience promoting cost-effective solutions to climate change, with an extensive background in energy efficiency and renewable energy. Eric lived in Central and Eastern Europe for six years managing international programs for the Alliance to Save Energy. There he advised ministers of energy and environment, testified before Parliaments, developed a $30 million debt-for-environment swap, and advised the World Bank and IFC on multi-million dollar project investments. He also created Serbia’s first CDM project proposal. Prior to this, Eric worked at the US EPA’s Energy Star programs managing voluntary partnership programs and advised firms such as Gillette, AT&T and IBM on energy and money saving opportunities. Lesley and Eric have two beautiful young daughters and want to pass on to them a cleaner world. At a minimum, they want to be able to say they tried.