Harter named new executive director PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jim Sloan   
Tuesday, 13 September 2011 11:31
Jeneane_11-24-08_SmallReno resident Jeneane Harter, a former chairwoman of Nevada Conservation League C-4 board of directors, has been named the new executive director of the Nevada Wilderness Project.

“We’re thrilled to be able to bring on a person of Jeneane’s caliber to lead our efforts,” said NWP board chairwoman Debra Bookout in a press release issued today. “She truly understands how the intersection of wild lands and energy development in Nevada will be a critical issue in the coming years.”

While chair of the conservation league’s board, Harter helped lead a nonprofit organization that worked with public interest groups, businesses, labor organizations, government agencies and many others to promote sensible conservation policies through education and advocacy.

Harter is also the founder and president of HiTech Communications, which since 2002 has specialized in developing and communicating clean energy policies for a variety of clients, including the U.S. Department of Energy, the Nevada State Office of Energy and several Nevada cities and counties. She’s also served as a consultant to the Nevada Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Task Force and as Wind Powering America’s Nevada representative.

Harter said she was drawn to the Nevada Wilderness Project’s “Smart from the Start” program, which advocates renewable energy projects that are sited on already-disturbed lands that have minimal value for wildlife and are near existing transmission lines. NWP launched its “smart from the start” program three years ago.

“I’ve always admired the approach NWP advocates because it mirrors my own beliefs about the right way to do renewable energy projects,” Harter said. “The Nevada Wilderness Project has worked to assemble a complex of wildlands that can one day become a mosaic of global significance. We need to protect that.”

Harter was selected to the executive director’s position after an exhaustive national search. Nevada Wilderness Project staff and its board of directors both unanimously endorsed Harter’s selection.

“Jeneane was clearly the best person for leading the Nevada Wilderness Project into the future,” said NWP Conservation Director John Tull. “She’s well-known throughout Nevada and has the respect and credibility needed to make sure we can reach our strategic goals. We’re excited to begin this new chapter at the wilderness project.”

Harter is a member of Sen. Harry Reid’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Energy, served on Gov. Jim Gibbons’ Renewable Energy Transmission Access Advisory Committee and sits on the Nevada Pinyon-Juniper Partnership steering committee. She also has extensive executive experience in the computer industry, holding various high-level positions in public education, marketing, licensing and communications.

 

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