Community Partnership
Many local residents have already contributed to the vision for Solaqua Power & Art. Re imagining this existing complex as a community resource and new economic engine has created considerable excitement.

Solaqua Power & Art
Jody Rael, Founder and President
Betsy Ferris Wyman, VP Marketing & Sales

Consultants
C.T. Male Associates, P.C., Civil Engineer
www.ctmale.com
Earth Environmental Group, LLC.,
Solar Thermal Consultant
Kaaterskill Associates
www.keaeng.com
Matthew D. Rudikoff Associates, Inc.,
Strategic Planning/Land Use
www.rudikoff.com
Troy Architectural Program, Inc. (TAP, INC.),
Coordinating Architect www.tapinc.org

Community Advisory Council
David Borton, PhD., Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Solar Science
Professor
Carole Clark, Restaurant Designer;
Real Estate Broker
Mary Ann Davis, Berkshire Crafts Guild
founding member; Ceramicist
Jan Hanvik, Columbia County on the Arts,
(former) Executive Director
Martin Ping, Executive Director,
Hawthorne Valley School Foundation
Roel Van der Vossen, Information Technology,
Sano-Rubin Construction Co., Inc.

Arts, Business, and Environmental Affiliations
Alexander White Education Foundation
(grant funding Tower of Power project)
ArtOMI
Artspace USA
Bard College Environmental Studies Program
Berkshire Taconic Foundation
Built Ecology Program
Clearwater Foundation — Eli Schloss,
Director of the Tideline Discovery
Education Program
Columbia County Bounty
Columbia County Chamber of Commerce
Columbia County Council on the Arts
Columbia Greene Humane Society
Columbia County Land Conservancy
Dirt Studio, Julie Bargmann (Charlottesville VA)
EcoGrid (Hudson, NY)
Global Green USA
Green Cross (Gorbachev)
Himalayan Light Foundation
Hudson Sister Cities Program — Palasia, Uganda — Solar Oven Project
New York Solar Energy Industry Association (NYSEIA)
New York State Energy Research and
Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
Parc Foundation
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Spencertown Academy
The Steel Yard (Providence, RI)
Sustainable Hudson Valley
Urban Glass
USDA Rural Development

Education Affiliations
Bard College (internship program)
BOCES
Chatham Central Schools
Darrow School
Hawthorne Valley School
Hudson Valley Community College
Hudson Central Schools
Parker School

Solar Workforce Training
Bronx Community College
Columbia-Greene Community College
Dutchess Community College
Orange Community College
Rockland Community College
Sullivan Community College
Ulster Community College

Artist In Residence Program
John Wells
Chris Werner
Martine Kaczynski

Interns
Jon Sarno
Rachel Bowen
Emanuel Feld
Lucas Braun