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David Godfrey David Godfrey has been a part of the GEFA energy team since June, 2006. Overall responsibilities are to manage the team for helping state agencies in the procurement and management of energy resources. The priority for 2009 is the creation of a new program using federal stimulus funds for energy improvement projects on state-owned facilities. In addition, David is working with state agencies and the private sector to develop legislation enabling energy performance contracting for Georgia state government. Other duties are to establish and maintain a state-wide utility database system to help facilities track and analyze energy usage. In addition, he works with the Department of Administrative Services to manage a natural gas purchasing program for state government. Last, but certainly not least, David provides staff support for the State Facilities Energy Council which was set up by the Governor’s Executive Order to develop recommendations for state agencies to save energy and reduce costs. Prior to joining GEFA, David worked at the U.S. Department of Energy from 1999 to 2006. He managed the Southeast Region’s Industrial Technologies program developing state coalitions of business, government and academic partners to increase the efficiency and reduce the energy intensity of our top energy-use industries. David also worked in DOE’s Clean Cities and Bioenergy programs. In other jobs, David worked for Atlanta Gas Light Company specializing in marketing natural gas for vehicles and earlier for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources as a legislative analyst. He lives in Atlanta with his wife Nancy Porteous. Their daughter
Amelia Godfrey just graduated from Guilford College and works as an
intern at Southface Energy Institute. |