Leadership
Steve Cowell – Executive Director
Steve Cowell has spent more than four decades advancing energy efficiency and electrification initiatives and is widely recognized as a change agent in the development of modern energy-efficiency programs. He previously led Conservation Services Group and E4TheFuture, organizations that played significant roles in expanding energy-efficiency program delivery across multiple state
Mary Elizabeth Wheeler – Administrative Director
Mary Elizabeth Wheeler supports the Institute’s organizational operations and development. She brings experience in nonprofit administration, communications, and collaborative program development.
The Institute’s Board of Directors includes leaders with expertise in consumer protection, building electrification, decarbonization policy, and community-based energy initiatives.
Board of Directors

The Institute’s Board of Directors includes leaders with expertise in consumer protection, building electrification, decarbonization policy, and community-based energy initiatives.
With Steve Cowell, President.
Seth Federspiel, Treasurer
Building Electrification Accelerator
Claire Miziolek, Secretary
Energy Solutions
Mary Elizabeth Wheeler, Assistant Secretary
NEEEI Administrative Director
Rouwenna Altemose, Director
All In Energy
Charles Harak, Director
Steve Cowell, Director
Steve Cowell serves as both Executive Director and a member of the Board of Directors.
