Staff

Tim Fisher

Tim Fisher

Energy Projects Coordinator
tim@greatvalley.org

Tim Fisher is the Energy Projects Coordinator for GVC. He is responsible for PG&E ‘Clean Energy Outreach’ programs and assisting in the Governor’s California Partnership ‘Energy Work Group’.

Tim grew up in Modesto, graduating from Modesto High School and Modesto Junior College. After completing his Zoology Degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara he served in the US Air Force. Upon his return to civilian life he acquired his Architectural Degree from the University of Arizona. He met & married Judy and has resided in Modesto since 1979 where they raised their four children. Tim founded his architectural firm, Architecture Plus, Inc. in 1982 and retired as President & CEO in 2006. Tim focused on affordable housing projects and energy efficiency in buildings. Tim served on the Modesto City Council from 1995-2003 after many years of service on the Planning Commission.

Stacy Shepard

Stacey Shepard

South Valley Energy Program Representative
stacey@greatvalley.org

Stacey Shepard is the southern valley representative for the Energy Program and also runs the Great Valley Center's Bakersfield office, which opened in May 2009. She works with local governments, industry and utility companies to boost energy efficiency and promote renewable energy use throughout the southern valley. As part of her work, Stacey is also researching the potential for energy independence in the valley and a green regional economy.

Before joining the Center, Stacey was the environment and energy reporter for The Bakersfield Californian newspaper for three years. Her reporting covered topics ranging from the area's severe air pollution problem to water shortages, shrinking habitat for endangered species and the burgeoning renewable energy sector. In 2008, she received the George F. Gruner Prize for Public Service in Journalism for an investigative series on groundwater contamination at a Bakersfield refinery.

Stacey grew up in the rural community of Batavia in Western New York. She earned a degree in journalism from Buffalo State College and moved to Bakersfield in 2006 after working several years a reporter in Buffalo. Outside of work, Stacey is a literacy volunteer and amateur botanist, and spends her free time cooking.

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Lindsay Buckley

Lindsay Buckley

Sacramento Valley Energy Program Representative
lindsay@greatvalley.org

Lindsay is a native Northern Californian having grown up in the Sacramento area. Upon graduation from high school, she headed further north to attend college at California State University, Chico where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Instructional Design and Technology.

While attending school, Lindsay was contracted to participate in a number of multimedia development projects for local non-profit organizations including the Butte Environmental Council. She produced a series of public service announcements for the “What’s In Your Gutter’s In Your Creek” campaign addressing urban runoff pollution in Chico. In the summer of 2007, she also worked with Wells Fargo in the area of supplier diversity.

Based in Chico, Lindsay is representing the GVC’s Energy Program in the Sacramento Valley covering the ten counties between Sacramento and Mount Shasta. She will be working to inform and educate the Sacramento Valley about energy efficiency, conservation, and renewables in order to reduce energy consumption on a per capita basis, reduce carbon emissions and increase the acceptance and implementation of new technologies in the region.

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