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AltWheels Regional Heroes

  AltWheels Regional Heroes are average individuals
doing extraordinary work at the regional and
local levels to achieve healthy, sustainable
transportation and energy for all people.
Heros are in Alphabetical Order
Not All Heroes have profiles - yet.

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  • Donald S. "Brad" Bradshaw
    What:   President, Massachusetts Hydrogen Coalition
    Founding Member, Massachusetts Clean Energy Council
    Where:   Beverly, MA
  • Justin Carven
    What:   Founder & President, Greasecar Vegetable Fuel Systems
    Where:   Florence, MA
  • Robin Chase
    What:   Founder & CEO, GoLoco, Cambridge, MA
    Founder & Former CEO, Zipcar
    Where:   Cambridge, MA
  • Anthony Consigli
    What:   President, Consigli Construction Co. Inc.
    Involved with 15 LEED-registered projects.
    Where:   Milford, MA
  • Michael Crowley
    What:   Assistant Director, Harvard University Green Campus Initiative
    Where:   Cambridge, MA
  • James P. Dunn
    What:   Co-host, Energy Freedom Fighters, WCRN/830 AM - Worcester
    Co-host, This New Car, WICN/90.5 FM - Worcester
    Technical Advisor, 2007 MIT Solar Decathlon Team
    Where:   Millbury, MA
  • Eric Guyer
    What:   President & CEO, Climate Energy LLC
    Where:   Medfield, MA
  • Sajed Kamal
    What:   Member, Boston Area Solar Association's Fenway Solar Committee
    Where:   Boston, MA
  • Gilles Labelle
    What:   Co-host, Energy Freedom Fighters, WCRN/830 AM - Worcester, MA
    Co-host, This New Car, WICN/90.5 FM - Worcester, MA
    Manager, Hybrid Center of Massachusetts at Westboro Toyota
    Where:   Millbury, MA
  • Patricia Lautner
    What:   Principal, CEO & Project Manager, EcoDevelopment of New England LLC
    Building the Jamaica Plain Cohousing Development in Boston
    Where:   Jamaica Plain, MA
  • Jackson Madnick
    What:   Renovating his home to be 95-percent energy efficient with zero reliance on the grid.
    Where:   Wayland, MA
  • Robert Marquis
    What:   A retired electrician and solar enthusiast who built a solar-photovoltaic system for his home.
    Where:   Worcester, MA
  • Colin McCullough
    What:   A piano tuner/environmentalist who drives a diesel/veggie-fueled car.
    Where:   Sutton, MA
  • Peggy Middaugh
    What:   Executive Director, Regional Environmental Council of Central Mass.
    Shows young people how to run their own environmentally friendly businesses
    Where:   Worcester, MA
  • John W. Moore
    What:   Founder, Boston CleanAir CABS
    Where:   Boston, MA
  • Gwen Noyes
    What:   Founder & Partner, Oaktree Development, Cambridge, MA
    Member, Affordable Housing Trust, Cambridge, MA
    Designs environmentally sustainable, multi-family housing in the greater Cambridge area.
    Where:   Cambridge, MA
  • Karen Panetta
    What:   Founder & Director, Tufts University Nerd Girls
    Has brought renewable energy to the last operating twin lighthouse
    in the United States.
    Where:   Medford, MA
  • Dennis Rice
    What:   Executive Director, Alternatives Unlimited
    Renovated a historic mill complex and outfitted it with
    solar-photovoltaic, hydropower and geothermal systems.
    Where:   Whitinsville, MA
  • Jonathan Ricker
    What:   President & CEO, Mass Megawatts Wind Power
    Where:   Worcester, MA
  • Jeff Rosenblum
    What:   Executive Director, Livable Streets Alliance and
    Rethinking Urban Transportation
    Where:   Cambridge, MA
  • "Sidewalk Sam" — Robert Guillemin
    What:   Founder, Art Street Inc.
    Improves and enriches daily life by involving people in arts programs that nurture their community spirit.
    Where:   Newton, MA
  • Ana Sortun
    What:   Proprietor, Oleana Restaurant
    Grows much of the food it serves and composts half of its trash.
    Where:   Cambridge, MA
  • Jory Squibb
    What:   Invented the "Moonbeam" three-wheel microcar.
    Where:   Camden, ME
  • Michael Strizki
    What:   Developed the first solar-hydrogen powered home in the western hemisphere.
    Where:   Hopewell, NJ
  • Matt Wilding
    What:   Guide, Freedom Trail Foundation.
    Attracts and inspires people to exercise their bodies and minds by taking walking tours of the Freedom Trail.
    Where:   Boston, MA
  • Peter Wingate
    What:   Director of Energy Resources, Worcester Community Action Council Inc.
    Provides energy-efficiency services to low-income households in Central Massachusetts.
    Where:   Worcester, MA
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