Leadership and Staff

Chip Fox
CHPS Board of Directors Chair
Chip Fox has been with San Diego Gas & Electric for 25 years. He has a broad range of experience holding positions in the Distribution Engineering, Customer Service, Regulatory, and Energy Efficiency Departments at SDG&E. Currently, he is New Construction Manager of Sempra Utilities, overseeing the various energy efficiency programs for the Commercial and Residential New Construction markets at San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas Company. Mr. Fox has a B.S. Degrees in Civil Engineering and Business Administration from the University of Washington and University of Phoenix. Mr. Fox's hobbies include road cycling, astronomy and classic cars. A few years ago he completed a 635-mile bike ride from San Francisco to San Diego, raising funds for Arthritis Research.

Vice Chairs
Carolyn Sarno
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership

Jim Ogden, CHPS Technical Committee Chair
3QC

Jim Ogden is a Principal of 3QC and the firm's Green Services Practice Leader. Having a passion for creating sustainable buildings, Jim is a founding member of the State of California’s Sustainable Building Task Force and has assisted on a variety of state-wide green building initiatives. Jim’s green building experience includes sustainable planning and design, life-cycle cost analysis, green architecture, and green materials selection, building commissioning, construction waste management and CHPS and LEED certification processes. He leads 3QC's Eco-Charrette services and has taught green building for secondary and higher education students and staff, as well as CHPS and LEED specific workshops for numerous architects, contractors, and project management firms. His 22 years of professional experience includes planning, architecture, general contracting and construction project management which provides clients with an excellent environmental viewpoint and the expertise necessary to exceed projects environmental goals. He is a LEED Fellow.

Treasurer
Kelvin Lee

Secretary
Brian Dougherty

Dougherty & Dougherty

CHPS Staff

William "Bill" Orr, C.E.G.
Executive Director
William "Bill" Orr became the Executive Director of CHPS in July 2009 to transition CHPS from a regional organization to a national program. Bill is a leader in the high performance schools field and is dedicatedto making all schools better places to learn. During his tenure, CHPS has expanded regionally-based initiatives to more than a dozen states, and developed a more consistent, streamlined process for bringing high performance school resources to new states. Under his leadership, CHPS launched a high performance product database, and the Operations Report Card, a web-based benchmarking and continual improvement tool for existing schools.

Before coming to CHPS, Bill worked for the state of California for almost thirty years. For a majority of career in state government, Bill worked for the California Integrated Waste Management Board where he managed their Green Building and Environmentally Preferable Purchasing programs from 2000-2007. Bill served on the national LEED for Schools committee and was inducted into the California Green Schools Hall of Fame in 2007. Bill is a registered Engineering Geologist in California. On weekends, he enjoys geocaching and the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Jennifer Blankenship-Gowin
Membership and Education Manager

Ariel Dekovic
Senior Programs and Communications Manager

CHPS Associates

Kristin Parineh
Technical Projects Associate

Nick Semon
Technical Programs Associate

Ed Wansing
Technical Programs Associate