THE PRACTITIONERS
We work in board rooms and around kitchen tables.
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Jim A. Hamilton
CO-FOUNDER
Over twenty years managing the entire life-cycle — siting, design, permitting, construction, closure, decommissioning, remediation and redevelopment — of large-scale manufacturing, energy and infrastructure facilities across North, Central and South America. Direct experience includes terrestrial mines, nuclear power plants, nuclear waste storage installations, hazardous waste repositories, former manufacturing complexes, and brownfield sites.
Designed and led a nation-wide stakeholder dialogue and engagement strategy (ten public meetings, 1,000+ participants) in support of the U.S. Department of Energy’s high-level nuclear waste facility siting program. Has also designed and implemented successful dialogues with First Nations communities in Canada and Brazil.
Former MIT faculty, teaching brownfield redevelopment to graduate students in Urban Studies and Planning. B.A. from the University of British Columbia; graduate degree from MIT.
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Cindy Winland, FAICP
CO-FOUNDER
Urban planner with thirty years of work alongside base-load power plant communities transitioning out of generation. Develops strategies that address the financial, employment, social and environmental impacts of large-facility closure.
Previously served as contractual staff to the Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities; a Senior Fellow with the Just Transition Fund in coal-impacted regions. Has worked with municipalities, Tribal Nations, nonprofits, and the academic community across rural and urban geographies.
Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners. Master of Urban Planning and B.A. in Economics, University of Michigan.
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Brian F. Keane
NATIONAL POLICY DIRECTOR
Brian F. Keane is a nationally recognized leader in clean energy and public engagement, with a career focused on bridging policy, markets, and real-world deployment. He advises utilities, governments, and mission-driven organizations on how to translate complex energy initiatives into strategies that build public understanding, align stakeholder interests, and move projects forward.
His work centers on the idea that durable outcomes depend as much on public trust and market acceptance as on technical execution. Known for a practical, results-oriented approach, Keane helps clients navigate complexity, strengthen credibility, and advance projects from concept to implementation with strategies that are clear, scalable, and broadly supported.
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Dean Girdis
DIRECTOR OF PROJECT FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT
Dean Girdis has more than 30 years of experience developing, financing, and permitting large-scale energy infrastructure projects across the United States. His work spans power generation, LNG, natural gas, renewables, hydrogen, energy storage, grid modernization, and emerging clean energy technologies.
Over the course of his career, Dean has founded multiple energy development companies and advised utilities, private capital, technology providers, and government entities on project origination, commercial strategy, financing, and execution. He has raised more than $100 million in development capital and structured several billion dollars in project financing.
Dean has extensive experience leading multidisciplinary teams through complex federal and state permitting processes involving agencies including FERC, DOE, and EPA. His work has focused on navigating the intersection of infrastructure development, regulation, stakeholder engagement, and long-term project delivery.
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Joelle Greenland, AICP
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS
Joelle is a keen strategist, urban planner and brownfields redevelopment specialist with over twenty years of experience helping communities reinvent themselves after the loss of foundational industries – manufacturing, smelting and nuclear. Works at the intersection of land use, economic development and people-centered processes. As a Senior Planning and Brownfields Redevelopment Consultant for EPA’s TAB Program, she has assisted hundreds of low-capacity and disadvantage communities across the country in transforming contaminated properties into tangible economic and quality of life gains. She founded and facilitates the four-state Northwest Brownfields Peer Group (AK, WA, OR, ID).
Published author, trainer and frequent speaker at regional and national EPA and APA conferences. American Institute of Certified Planners. Master of Urban and Regional Planning (Environmental Emphasis), University of Colorado; B.S. in Biology, University of Richmond.
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Francis (Chip) Cameron
DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY STRATEGY
Attorney and conflict-resolution specialist with more than 30 years in the legal, policy and technical aspects of nuclear materials licensing and regulation. Senior positions at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission included roles in the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Assistant General Counsel for Rulemaking and Materials Licensing, and the agency’s Dispute Resolution Specialist.
Served as the NRC General Counsel’s liaison and advisor on Tribal law, taking the lead in establishing initial contacts between the NRC and Tribal governments adjacent to nuclear facilities.
B.A., Political Science and International Relations, University of Pittsburgh; M.A., Natural Resources Management, University of Rhode Island; J.D., University of Pittsburgh.
WHY THIS TEAM
