Heather E. Rhoads-Weaver
Principal Consultant / Founder

Ms. Rhoads-Weaver launched eFormative Options LLC in 2005 to initiate and build sustainable ventures and provide funding development, public affairs, market research and management consulting. Drawing on more than 12 years of experience in wind energy advocacy and lessons learned with numerous U.S. federal and state funding programs designed to aid distributed wind generation, Ms. Rhoads-Weaver can provide expertise with a broad range of development issues. She has designed, launched and managed dozens of energy-related outreach and analysis project work plans funded by the USDA, the US Dept. of Energy, the US Dept. of Health & Human Services, the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, the Energy Foundation, the Bullitt Foundation, the California Energy Commission, the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority, the Energy Trust of Oregon, the Iowa Energy Center, and others.

Among her current consulting responsibilities, Ms. Rhoads-Weaver is responsible for fund development and stakeholder involvement for the Small Wind Certification Corporation, a project of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council. She was awarded the 2006 "Small Wind Advocate of the Year" by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. She served as American Wind Energy Association's Small Wind Advocate for 5 years and was the founding Executive Director and Director of Community Partnerships for Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development (SEED). She previously worked as Policy Associate for the NW Energy Coalition, Program Manager for Global Energy Concepts, Senior Outreach Coordinator for the National Wind Coordinating Committee, and lobbyist for Iowa Citizen Action Network. She holds an M.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Northern Iowa and a B.A. in Science in Society from Wesleyan University.

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