REWI is excited to welcome the 2023 REWI Board of Directors:
Chair Christi Calabrese, EDP Renewables
Vice Chair Aimee Delach, Defenders of Wildlife
Treasurer John Rogers, Union of Concerned Scientists
Secretary Jenny McIvor, Berkshire Hathaway Energy
Kyle Boudreaux, NextEra Energy
Rene Braud, Pattern Energy Group
Bill Corcoran, Sierra Club
Garry George, National Audubon Society
Nathanael Greene, Natural Resources Defense Council
Keith Harrison, Southern Power Company
Spencer Hanes, Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions
Chase Huntley, The Wilderness Society
Ray Kelly, Clearway Energy Group
Brad Loveless, Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
Patrick McCarthy, RWE Renewables Americas
Rick Miller, EDF Renewables
Nick Morgan, The Conservation Fund
Jim Murphy, National Wildlife Federation
Laura Nagy, Avangrid Renewables
Terry Root, Stanford University (Advisory Member)
JC Sandberg, American Clean Power Association (Advisory Member)
Johann Walker, Ducks Unlimited
REWI Board Chair:
Christi Calabrese is Director of Permitting and Environmental Affairs for EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA). Christi and her team manage environmental permitting and permit compliance for EDPR NA’s projects in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, from planning phases through implementation and operations, including developing strategies to avoid and minimize environmental impacts. Christi also collaborates with different Sustainability teams within EDP on biodiversity and circular economy initiatives. In addition, Christi develops environmental corporate standards and procedures for EDPR NA and advises EDPR NA’s CEO and Executive Team on environmental regulations and policy issues pertaining to renewable energy development and operations.
Christi currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute (REWI) Board as well as on the Leadership team of the American Clean Power Association’s (ACP) Wildlife and Federal Permitting Committee. She also served as Committee Chair for the American Wind Energy Association’s (now known as ACP) Wildlife and Federal Permitting Committee. Christi was the recipient of the American Wind Energy Association’s 2016 Andy Linehan Environmental Excellence Award.
Christi has a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from the University of Florida and a Masters Degree in Marine Resources Management from Texas A&M Galveston. She has over sixteen years of professional experience in the environmental field and fourteen years of experience working in the renewable energy industry, primarily on environmental and siting issues related to wind and solar energy projects.
REWI Board Vice Chair:
Aimee Delach is a Senior Policy Analyst at Defenders of Wildlife. She has almost two decades of experience working on renewable energy and wildlife issues, starting as a member of the Wildlife Subcommittee of the National Wind Coordinating Collaborative in 2003. From 2007 to 2012 she represented Defenders on the Department of Interior’s Wind Turbine Guidelines Federal Advisory Committee. Her work on smart siting and operation of renewable energy also includes “The Long Island Solar Roadmap: Advancing Low-Impact Solar in Nassau & Suffolk Counties” and the forthcoming “Siting of Renewable Energy in Oregon: Voluntary Guidelines Developed with Outreach and Engagement.” In addition, Aimee is Defenders of Wildlife’s program lead on climate change adaptation for wildlife and ecosystems. Aimee holds a BS in Biology from the University of Notre Dame and an MS in Environmental and Forest Biology from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and began her career with Defenders as an intern in 1997.