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Leadership and Board

Our volunteer leaders include a monthly-meeting facilitator and the leaders of our working groups

Bob Zogg, Facilitator, Organization & Membership, Installer Relations

Bob is a founding member of the HeatSmart Alliance. He retired in 2016, after almost 30 years in energy-related consulting. As a consultant, he led numerous evaluations of residential and commercial building energy use, focusing on space heating and cooling, domestic water heating, and refrigeration. He has a BS and MS in mechanical engineering. Bob and his wife have lived in Carlisle, MA since 2012.
Headshot of Steve Breit, Heatsmart Alliance Coaching and Operations Working Group Lead and Board Member

Steve Breit, Coaching, Operations

Steve is a founding member of the HeatSmart Alliance and dedicates much of his time to heat pump coaching and volunteering for the Alliance and MassEnergize. He retired in 2018 after a career in engineering management for high-tech companies, with software development and technology marketing as a common thread. Steve has a BS and PhD in engineering. Steve is a long-time resident of Wayland, MA.
Kyra Holland, Communications, Heatsmart Alliance

Kyra Holland, Communications

Kyra holds a PhD in Sociology from SUNY Stony Brook. She works as a speechwriter and a freelance digital content creator. She lives in New York City.
Headshot of Tony Jagodnik, Technology Working Group leader

Tony Jagodnik, Technology

Tony is active in several local organizations that promote energy efficiency and renewables, including the HeatSmart Alliance, Solarize Mass Bolton, and Energy Efficient Bolton. Tony worked as an engineer and manager at Raytheon for 45 years, where he specialized in digital signal processing for weather radar, fault-tolerant computing, and traffic control systems. He has an MS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from MIT.

Ayni Strang, Membership Coordinator

Ayni has a keen interest in protecting our communities by addressing climate change. She retired in 2023 after a career in life science research lab design, facility management and lab construction. She is a graduate of Leslie University and lives in Medford, MA. 

Board of Directors

Group photo of the six members of the HeatSmart Alliance Board of Directors as of June 2024

Cora, Charlotte, Dave, Bob, Brad, Steve

Bob Zogg
President, HeatSmart Alliance

Brad Hubbard-Nelson
Treasurer, HeatSmart Alliance

Charlotte Weigel
Clerk, HeatSmart Alliance

Dave Boettcher
Abode Energy Management

Cora Weissbourd
Building Electrification Accelerator

Steve Breit
HeatSmart Alliance

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