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.

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.

Lisa is an environmental engineer and science educator whose work focuses on promoting cost-effective residential decarbonization technologies and strategies. She discovered HeatSmart Alliance while helping set up Wellesley’s energy coach program. She and her husband built Marblehead’s first all-electric net zero home, and she is active in Town efforts to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, as Marblehead municipal light commissioner and as an active Sustainable Marblehead member.

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.

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 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.