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Scott A. Weiner |
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Scott A. Weiner
Faculty Fellow
Scott Weiner was the founding director of the Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy following an extensive career in public policymaking and the energy industry. He currently serves as CEO of the New Jersey School Construction Corporation. He is active in many organizations that promote sustainable development and technology commercialization, serving as a board member of the Center for Sustainable Development in the Americas, the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (chairman emeritus), and the New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology. He is a former board member of the National Hydrogen Association and the Solar Energy Industries Association.
Weiner served as senior vice president for Market Structure, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs at Sithe Energies, a company that develops, owns, and operates wholesale electric power facilities. Immediately prior to joining Sithe, he was president of Ballard Generation Systems, a subsidiary of Ballard Power Systems, where he led the commercialization of distributed generation systems based on the Ballard fuel cell technology. He served also as vice president for Development at GPU International, where he was responsible for investment and project development activities related to power generation and distribution, including the commercialization of emerging energy technologies. He has also held a number of elected and appointed public offices, including chief counsel to former New Jersey Governor Jim Florio, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, president of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, executive director of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, and vice chair of the New Jersey Executive Commission of Ethical Standards.
A graduate of New York University, Weiner also earned a Juris Doctor degree from the New York Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude.
email: sweiner@njscc.com
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