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VEIC Welcomes New Executive Director Scott Johnstone to Replace Beth Sachs
The Board of Directors of Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC) is delighted to announce that Scott Johnstone of Burlington, Vermont will become its new Executive Director in June 2008. VEIC is a non-profit energy services organization, best known for operating Efficiency Vermont; Vermont’s nationally-acclaimed statewide energy efficiency utility.
“VEIC sought a new Executive Director to lead it through its next phase of development as the urgency and demand for energy services grow,” says Chip Stone, VEIC’s Board President, "and we have found that leader in Scott Johnstone.” Scott brings a wealth of wisdom and experience from his roles in both the private and public sectors in Vermont. He has demonstrated his leadership talents at developing strategic direction, fostering innovation, building effective partnerships, and producing measurable results."
Johnstone comes to VEIC from the Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization, where he has been the Executive Director since 2005. Prior to that, he was a senior project director at Stone Environmental; a private environmental consulting firm with a focus on water resources. He served as the Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources from 2000 - 2003, where he developed innovative approaches to addressing many of Vermont’s pressing environmental issues. Johnstone is a Professional Engineer with an engineering degree from the University of Maine.
"I am so pleased to join the VEIC team," says Johnstone. "It is a rare opportunity to join an organization with such a demonstrated record of success coupled with the chance to dive deeply into helping both our state and our world make progress in addressing our energy needs and lessening our climate challenges."
Beth Sachs, co-founder and current Executive Director of VEIC, is stepping down from the role that she has held since its creation in 1986. She will be staying on at VEIC to lead its new business development activities and special projects.
VEIC provides energy planning, design, implementation and evaluation services to clients throughout North America and beyond. Its mission is “to reduce the costs – both monetary and environmental – of energy use“. VEIC has adopted very ambitious goals to reduce climate change emissions through its work on advanced efficiency and renewable energy projects worldwide. Under contract to the Vermont Public Service Board, VEIC provides the services of Efficiency Vermont to all Vermonters. VEIC has a staff of 150 and operates out of offices in Burlington, Rutland and New Jersey.
