NANCY SUTLEY, Deputy Mayor for Energy and Environment, City of Los Angeles
Ms. Sutley has extensive experience in environmental public policy at the federal and
state levels where she demonstrated an effective management record in complex
environmental and program issues with diverse audiences.
From 2003 to 2005, Ms. Sutley served on the California State Water Resources Control Board where she was confirmed by the California State Senate in 2003. The five-member, full-time board is responsible for protecting water quality and resources throughout California. Ms. Sutley oversaw the allocation and adjudication of water rights for public benefit and the protection of natural resources. The Water Board also developed statewide water protection plans, established water quality standards and implemented federal and state water quality laws.
From 2002 to 2003, Ms. Sutley served as Governor Gray Davis' Energy Advisor where
she managed state and federal regulatory, legislative, financial and press matters. In the
Davis Administration from 1999 - 2003, she also served as the Deputy Secretary for Policy and Intergovernmental Relations within the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA). As a senior level appointee at the Cal/EPA, she advised on water and air pollution policy, lobbied federal agencies and Congress, and established budget and legislative priorities.
During President Clinton's administration, Ms. Sutley served as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Regional Administrator for Region 9 in San Francisco and a Special Assistant to the Administrator at the Federal Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC.
Ms. Sutley received her Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University and an undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
Gurminder Singh
Gurminder is a technologist and has broad business experience developing practical applications and strategies for various companies in technology and enterprise development. He currently applies his technical expertise and business experience to offer organizational development, business re-engineering, technical consulting and capital formation, with special emphasis on organizational, telecommunications and technology development.
As a practical application for developing a whole new market, he co-pioneered the development of the US Prepaid Calling Card industry and instrumental in developing the international "callback" calling industry. This was done in unisons with Dr>Larry Brilliant who most recently was the founder, chairman and CEO of Cometa Networks Inc, a wireless WiFi company started together with Intel, AT&T and IBM.
Gurminder is also the Chief Architect of the Self-Adaptive Intelligent Network Technologies framework utilized for middleware integration, QoS and Protocol management. Currently advising several companies in the development wireless PAN, LAN, MAN, WAN & GAN & wireless middleware technologies. Concurrently, is advising the security and entertainment industries to develop strategies for scalable compression & encryption technologies.
Resume for John Gavlik
Electronic Engineer
(1965 - 2002) - Consultant and fulltime employee in the area of digital circuit and systems design, computer programming and field testing in military and commercial venues for Bendix Electrodynamics, Hoffman Electronics, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Litton Guidance and Control, Litton Data Systems, RCA Avionics, McLaughlin Research, Sonatech, Hayes Microcomputers, National Semiconductor.
Small Business Entrepreneur
(1989-1991) - President and co-founder of Maptech, Inc. - manufacturer of electronic mapping and navigation systems for boats, aircraft and hikers. Maptech continues as the premiere electronic mapping company in the field of electronic navigation.
(1992-1994) - President of Navigation Concepts, Inc. - manufacturer of computer-based navigation hardware and display systems for marine vessels.
(2002 - Present) - President, CEO and principle founder of LearnOnLine, Inc. - a distance learning company focused on providing online educational materials and instruction using the Internet and World Wide Web for content distribution, communications and collaboration among participants. Personally designed and produced the REEL (Renewable Energy Education Lab) Power renewable teaching aid used to help students better understand and apply the math and science they are studying. www.learnonlien.com.
Award
(2002) - Recipient of the 2002 Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Power Electronic Educational Award for REEL Power as recognition of its excellent effort in promoting awareness of Power Electronics in K-Undergrad education.
Author
(2004) - Author of "Experiments with Renewable Energy" published by Parallax, Inc. (ISBN 1-928982-22-0). This text teaches computer programming using solar panels and a miniature wind turbine to show how energy from the sun and wind are captured to make useful electricity.
Education
(1965) - BSEE in Electronic Engineering from California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
(1968 - 1970) Post graduate studies in Computer Science at U.S.C., Los Angeles, CA
Thomas H. Frye Jr.
Leadership positions in providing logistics support of Air Force and Navy missile programs . Commended by the White House, Office of Science and Technology Planning for "leadership role in emerging technologies" Staff member - RCA/ General Electric and small business defense firms. Member - Military Officers Association of America. Graduate of San Diego State University with a BA in History. Co-Founder of LearnOnLine, Inc.
