These are people devoted to developing local, sustainable energy resources:

Doug Widener, Executive Director US Green Building Council-Illinois Chapter

As executive director, Doug is responsible for the management of the affairs of the local Chapter including formulation of new policies in concert with the Board of Directors and is responsible for daily implementation of Chapter programs, events and initiatives, and oversight of financial planning and budgets. Prior to coming to the USGBC-IL, Doug served as Vice President of Education at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences. Doug also served as the co-Chair of the Education Team of Chicago Wilderness – a regional coalition of nearly 200 institutions working together to preserve the biological diversity of the Chicago region.

Jay Wrobel, Executive Director Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance


Jay Wrobel has more than 10 years experience in the energy, efficiency and sustainability fields.  He joined MEEA as Director of Programs, coming to us from the Gas Technology Institute where he led developed and managed projects addressing the economic and environmental impacts of community energy planning, distributed and renewable energy deployment and energy efficiency applications. He also worked in the Environmental Strategy & Latin America groups at Cambridge Energy Research Associates.