Ms. Nicholson has 20 years of experience in the fields of energy, resource economics, and global climate change. Prior to founding Sage Energy, Ms. Nicholson served as Director and Deputy Director of the Maryland Energy Administration. Ms. Nicholson oversaw the State energy efficiency programs and Maryland’s renewable energy program that promotes the construction of wind, solar, landfill gas, and biomass projects. Ms. Nicholson advised Republican and Democratic governors on energy policy formation, and served as legislative liaison on energy policy matters. Her work included crafting renewable energy and energy efficiency legislation, developing diverse markets for renewable energy, and providing incentives for the construction of renewable energy facilities. She has also worked on siting power plants and renewable energy facilities.
Ms. Nicholson established and managed Maryland’s Climate Change Program. She coordinated State greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts, including management of an impacts analysis, and a greenhouse gas reduction strategy of cost-effective actions. She has provided technical expertise on the feasibility and benefits of carbon sequestration, and developed a comprehensive model to project future stocks and flows of carbon in U.S. forest products. This methodology is currently being used in the California Climate Action Registry Protocols.
Before coming to Maryland, Ms. Nicholson worked as an economist for the USDA Forest Service. For the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, she oversaw development of a comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS) tool to promote sustainable management of watershed resources. She also served as a Fellow in the Botany Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, while working as a consulting resource economist for Yale University. Ms. Nicholson worked for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Power Plant Research Program as Administrator of Economic Studies. She is published in the fields of resource economics, industrial ecology, climate change, and renewable energy policy. She has a Master of Science in Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
Ms. Dolan recently joined Sage Energy as research and data
analyst. With expertise in competitive benchmarking
research and analysis, Ms. Dolan provides the critical role of liaison between
on-the-ground data collection and the data analysis team insuring timely,
complete and accurate collection of data – a prerequisite for implementation
and evaluation of energy, carbon and sustainability plans. Her research background and project
management skills are invaluable in the methodical identification and
acquisition of large quantities of data. They are equally important when delving
into complex policy issues for clients.
Her work with Sage Energy also includes research on energy efficiency,
renewable energy and climate change programs for various municipal and state
government projects. Ms. Dolan maintains
Sage Energy’s incentive database, coordinating project development with
relevant local, state, regional and federal incentives.
Ms. Kossey is currently on leave from Sage Energy while she pursues her Masters degree.Dr. Miles specializes in renewable energy system design and evaluation for Sage Energy clients. His expertise lies in heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and fossil and renewable energy design and analysis.
Dr. Miles has a Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a B.A. in Physics from Clark University. Dr. Miles teaches at James Madison University in the energy sector and advises the JMU Student Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). He is Founder and Co- Director of the Infrared Development and Thermal Structures Laboratory (IDTSL), which supports undergraduate and faculty research and development efforts that involve non-contact thermal and mechanical measurement techniques and provides expert services to government and industry and professional experiences to students. He serves as Director of the JMU Office of the Virginia Wind Energy Collaborative (VWEC) established in 2002 to promote the balanced development of wind energy across Virginia and is a founding member of the new Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability.
Tad Wood brings to Sage Energy more than 25 years of public and private
sector real estate and asset management experience. He has earned his
reputation as a professional who creates innovative and effective solutions to
accomplishing development goals with increased profitability. Mr. Wood is knowledgeable and experienced in eco-assets and alternative energy solutions as
a means of increasing asset development, as well as management efficiencies and
profitability.
Saudia Gajadhar brings over 18 years of marketing communications experience to Sage Energy, including work for a number of industry-leading clients spanning many business sectors. She understands how to help commercial clients leverage and promote the social responsibility value of energy projects. Saudia provides on-staff marketing expertise to assist with leveraging the value of green efforts to client’s core customers, prospects and the industry, including: media outreach, messaging and branding, and project and materials development and management.
