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The Energy Efficiency Forum Hall of Fame is an initiative to pay tribute to outstanding leadership in energy efficiency by honoring professionals who have advanced the mission of the Energy Efficiency Forum: To be the premier forum that promotes an energy efficiency ethic through the presentation of national and worldwide views on energy efficiency and the resulting impact on the environment, national security and economic growth.
The first Hall of Fame inductees were selected at the 20th annual Forum in 2009. The Energy Efficiency Forum Executive Council used the following criteria:
- The nominee must have demonstrated ongoing leadership in energy efficiency, making the topic a significant part of the individual's career and extending his/her impact beyond the organization.
- The nominee must have attained recognition in the field of energy efficiency, either in the public or private sector.
- The nominee must have advanced the Energy Efficiency Forum mission.
- The nominee must have participated or plan to participate in an Energy Efficiency Forum, as an award recipient, speaker, or member of the Executive Council.
The Energy Efficiency Forum Hall of Fame will consider new inductees every five years.
Click on the names to the left to read about these pioneers, and where available, watch a video to hear their comments.
Inaugural members of the Energy Efficiency Forum Hall of Fame are inducted in June 2009
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| Back Row: Master of Ceremonies, Clay Nesler, Johnson Controls; Barry Worthington, U.S. Energy Association. Hall of Fame members: Spencer Abraham, former U.S. Secretary of Energy; Branko Terzic, former Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner; regulatory policy leader - energy & resources, Deloitte Services LP; David Garman, former Under Secretary of Energy; Tom Leppert, former CEO of Turner Construction; mayor of Dallas; James Rogers, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Duke Energy; Kateri Callahan, president, Alliance to Save Energy; Alexander "Andy" Karsner, former Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Also pictured: Betty Arndt, Johnson Controls; Dave Myers, Johnson Controls. |
| Front Row: Doug Decker, Energy Efficiency Forum founder; Mark Ginsberg, former director, Federal Energy Management Program; Hazel O'Leary, former U.S. Secretary of Energy; president, Fisk University; Philip Sharp, former U.S. Congressman, Indiana; president, Resources for the Future; Jack Gibbons, former director, U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment; Christine Ervin, former president, U.S. Green Buildings Council; Kathleen Hogan, director, Climate Protection Partnerships Division. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Dan Reicher, former Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; director, Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Google.org. |
| Not Pictured: Eileen Claussen, president, Pew Center on Global Climate Change and Strategies for the Global Environment; Byron Dorgan, U.S. Senator, North Dakota; Thomas L. Freidman, NY Times; Thomas Kuhn, president, Edison Electric Institute; Greg Nichols, mayor of Seattle; Governor Edward G. Rendell, governor of Pennsylvania; James Schlesinger, first U.S. Secretary of Energy; Christine Whitman, former Governor of New Jersey, former EPA Administrator; Timothy E. Wirth, former U.S. Senator, Colorado; president, United Nations Foundation |
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