Advisory Board

Donald W. Aitken, Ph.D.
DONALD AITKEN ASSOCIATES
Consulting Scientist

Ed Begley, Jr.
Actor / Environmental Advocate

Steve Bornstein
Consultant

Christopher Flavin, President
WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE

Jean A. Gardner, Director
EARTH GROUP

Sara Nichols
Environmental Attorney

Walter Scott Perry, Architect
S E ARCH

William Roley, Ph.D., Director
PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Michael Rotondi FAIA
ROTO ARCHITECTS, INC.

Steven J Strong, President
SOLAR DESIGN ASSOCIATES

Mary Tucker
Environmental Services Specialist
CITY OF SAN JOSE

Robert Wilkinson
Lecturer, Environmental Studies
UC SANTA BARBARA
DONALD BREN SCHOOL

Mary Tucker
Supervising Environmental Services Specialist
Environmental Services Department
City of San Jose
mary.tucker@ci.sj.ca.us

Since 1989, Ms. Tucker has been with the City of San Jose's Environmental Services Department where she is responsible for developing urban environmental policies, and managing various environmental and energy programs ranging from urban sustainability issues, watershed management, water quality, and urban climate change to legislative issues. She is currently responsible for coordination of many of the City's Energy activities, including energy supply, renewable energy installations and opportunities and other energy demand reduction activities. Ms. Tucker also manages the City's Green Building Program, ensuring that new city construction meets green building standards as defined by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Ms. Tucker has had a major role in planning and managing energy and environmental programs on a local, state and national level for more than 20 years. She has organized and managed education and advocacy programs dealing with a wide range of energy and environmental issues, such as high level nuclear waste legislation, director of a solar installers' training and energy conservation installation program, coordination for numerous state, local and national conferences/strategy workshops, and has assisted community-based groups in establishing job-training/energy rehabilitation programs.

Ms. Tucker is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for the U.S. Green Building Council, representing state and local governments. She has been president of the Northern California Solar Energy Association, a chapter of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES). She has also been very active in the Solar Cities Project of the International Energy Agency and the Urban Consortium Energy Task Force, a national consortium of cities and counties, on issues related to sustainability, long range planning and utility restructuring.

Most recently, Ms. Tucker was asked to include an essay in the publication Sustainable Architecture, a collection of essays celebrating the connection between our built and natural environments published by the Earth Pledge Foundation. Her work has also been featured in several other publications.

Ms. Tucker is the proud owner of a 2.6 kW PV system on her 1909 craftsman bungalow home, a net zero home.

Environmental Services Department
City of San Jose
777 N. First Street, Suite 450
San Jose, CA 95112
408-277-5533 (phone)
408-277-3606 (fax)

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