Our Team

Our principals and associates have served in foundational roles for numerous industry-building collaborations, including ACORE, SEIA, UN Foundation Mini-Grids Working Group, ABA Distributed Generation Committee, US Green Building Council, American Cogeneration Association, the Transactive Energy Association, and other groups.

Professionals on our staff and in our networks bring a
broad range of experience in the utility, independent power, industrial cogeneration, and distributed energy industries.

Staff members and collaborators on the Microgrid Institute team combine expertise in:

• law, regulation, markets, and technology
• research, analysis, and communications
• project development, finance, and design
• green buildings, LEED certification, real estate
• policy studies and expert testimony
• project management, leadership, and collaborative work 

Leadership:
Michael T. Burr, Executive Director

Michael J. Zimmer, Washington Counsel

Peter Douglass, Project Manager

Advisers & Associates:
Christopher O'Brien, Fresh Energy

Doris Galvin, The Dedic Group

Steven W. Pullins, Hitachi, IEEE, 
Transactive Energy Association

Leanne Tobias, Malachite LLC and
U.S. Green Building Council

Allison Archambault, Earthspark International

Mani Vadari, Modern Grid Solutions and GridWise Alliance

Peter Asmus, Navigant

Brian Meloy, Stinson Leonard Street

James Finlay, Soundview Risk Advisors,
National Institute of Building Science