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February 10, 2012
Dear Representative:
Business relies on America’s transportation network to operate, compete, and grow. As business leaders and members of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), we are writing to urge Congress to reject the extreme proposals offered in the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012. The Senate has shown that working together to create a responsible bill is possible and we ask that you follow their example and instead create a true bipartisan transportation bill that supports economic prosperity by prioritizing federal investment in cost-effective and energy efficient transportation of goods, people and services.
E2 is a non-partisan, national community of business leaders who promote strong environmental policy to grow the economy. We are entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals from every sector of the economy who collectively have been involved in financing, creating or working in the early development of more than 1,100 companies, which have created over 500,000 jobs. Our members manage over $90 billion in private equity capital that will flow over the next several years into new companies.
For more than two years, Americans have been waiting for Congress to create a new transportation plan that properly funds infrastructure improvements, offers better transportation choices, and alleviates our destabilizing dependence on oil. America needs a transportation policy that will solve these problems, but the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act will only exacerbate them by reducing funding for clean transportation options, circumventing important environmental laws, and misguidedly linking transportation funding to expanded oil drilling. Linking transportation funding to increased oil drilling is antithetical to the transportation solutions our country needs. It will increase our dependence on this price-volatile resource while still failing to produce enough revenue to properly fund our infrastructure needs.
Transportation services are a major contributor to the U.S. economy, representing about $1.1 trillion in 2006, equal to 9.8 percent of GDP. Billions more in economic activity is facilitated by this mobility or impeded by bottlenecks or crumbling systems. Underinvestment has left our transportation infrastructure in dire need of repair and rehabilitation. The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that $1.2 trillion is needed over the next 5 years to improve the condition of the system (American Society of Civil Engineers. Report Card for America's Infrastructure. 2009). Linking our nation’s ability to invest in critical infrastructure to revenues from oil drilling will significantly undermine our country’s economic growth potential by further exposing our economy to the risks associated with dependence on a resource where global demand is rapidly outpacing supply. Moreover, the funding scheme is based on speculation, it's a fraction of what's needed, and most of it won’t be available during the timeline of this bill.
America’s businesses need a real transportation bill that incorporates the necessary policies and funding to build a 21st century system that makes America safer, cleaner, more secure, and more prosperous. The American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act fails to meet these goals and we urge you to oppose it and support a true bipartisan solution that addresses our nation’s infrastructure needs.
Sincerely,
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Dan Abrams (California)
President/CEO, Cross River Pictures
Clifford Adams (New York)
Managing Director, Coady Diemar Partners
Steven Anderson (Virginia)
Brigadier General (Ret), US Army; Chief Marketing Officer, Relyant LLC
Channing Arndt (Colorado)
Professor, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
Jay Baldwin (Massachusetts)
Partner, Wind River Capital Partners, LLC
Holly Beaver (Colorado)
Consultant, Educator & Technical Assistance
Jeff Bennett (Colorado)
Founder, Big Kid Science
Lisa Bennett (Colorado)
Fiona Bensen (California)
Tod Bensen (California)
Director, WildAid
Tony Bernhardt, PhD (California)
Northern California Director, Environmental Entrepreneurs
Aron Bernstein (Massachusetts)
Professor of physics, MIT
Marcella Bernstein (California)
Stuart Bernstein (California)
Lori Bonn (California)
President, Bonnventures LLC
Diane Brinkmann (Colorado)
Dianne Callan (Massachusetts)
Independent Legal Consulting, Green Tech Legal
Hamilton Candee (California)
Partner, Altshuler Berzon LLP
Steve Chadima (California)
Senior Vice President, Communications & Director of California Initiatives, AEE Advanced Energy Economy
David Cheng (California)
Co-Founder & CEO, VendorStack
Stacie Cheng (California)
Director of Business Strategy and Operations, Dell
Roger Choplin (California)
Proprietor / Owner, Our Earth Music, Inc.
Tom Cole (California)
CEO, Consuming, Inc.
Brooke Coleman (Washington)
Assistant Professor, Seattle University Law School
Joy Covey (Utah)
President, Beagle Foundation
Catherine Crystal Foster (California)
Consultant, Policy & Advocacy Consulting
Andrew Currie (Colorado)
Investor, Active Minds LLC
John Cusack
Financial Services Risk Management, Maplecroft Limited
Paul Danielsen (California)
VP Business Development, MMA Renewable Ventures
Lynne David (California)
Jayne Davis (California)
Peter Davis (California)
Retired Attorney
Wayne Davis (Massachusetts)
Co-Founder, Vice President of Government Affairs, Harvest Power Inc.
Rick DeGolia (California)
Partner, Exigen Capital
Michael Delapa (California)
DeLapa Consulting
Anne Delehunt (California)
Marketing Consultant, Delehunt-Ricketts
Chris Dennett (Oregon)
Systems & Analytics Manager, Account Management, Regence
Heather Dennett (Oregon)
Physical Therapist, Kaiser Permanente
Harry Dennis (California)
Pediatrician, Palo Alto Medical Clinic
Peggy Dennis (California)
Reid Dennis (California)
Managing Director, Institutional Venture Partners
Susan Dennis (California)
Fine Arts Advisor, Self-employed
Ann Doerr (California)
John Doerr (California)
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
Elizabeth Dreicer (California)
CEO, KUITY Corp
Ted Driscoll (California)
Director, Digital Healthcare Lead, Claremont Creek Ventures
Patricia Durham (California)
Scott Elliott (Washington)
CEO, MountainLogic
Homeyra Eshaghi (California)
Lynn Feintech (California)
Anne Feldhusen (California)
Bob Fisher (California)
Chair, Gap, Inc.
Kacey Fitzpatrick (California)
President, Avalon Enterprises Inc
Jon Foster (California)
Chief Financial Officer, LS9
Karen Francis (California)
CEO, Academix Direct, Inc
Nell Freudenberger (New York)
Rona Fried (New York)
President, SustainableBusiness.com
Guillaume Gauthereau (New York)
Founder and Chairman, Sequoia Lab
Bonnie Gemmell (California)
GoFavo
Rob Gemmell (California)
Co-founder, AlikeList
Jonathan Gensler (New York)
Project Developer - Federal Markets, Borrego Solar Systems, Inc
Tushar Gheewala (California)
CEO & Chairman, Inventions Outsource
Nancy Gail Goebner (California)
Gardenpeach Place
Mitchell Golden (New York)
Principal, Jun Group
Susan Goldhor (Massachusetts)
Biologist, C.A.R.S.
Dan Goldman (Massachusetts)
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Clean Energy Venture Group
Diana Goldman (Massachusetts)
Founder, ICanPlanIt
Ken Goldsholl (California)
CEO, x.o.ware, Inc.
Nancy Goldsholl (California)
Wes Goldstein (California)
Senior Partner, Hobbs & Towne, Inc.
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Jon Gordon (Colorado)
Executive Vice President, JobPlex, Inc.
Vicki Gordon (Colorado)
Bob Hambrecht (California)
Self-Employed
Elissa Hambrecht (California)
Doug Hammer (California)
John Harper (Massachusetts)
Principal, Birch Tree Capital, LLC
Jordan Harris (California)
Founder, OZOcar
Julie Harris (California)
Berl Hartman (Massachusetts)
E2 New England Chapter Director, Hartman Consulting
Hyman Hartman (Massachusetts)
Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paula Hawthorn, PhD (California)
Alan Herzig (California)
Independent Director
James Higgins (California)
Partner, Lakeside Enterprises
Jill Tate Higgins (California)
General Partner, Lakeside Enterprises
Shiela Hingorani (California)
First Vice President- Wealth Management , Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Jerry Hinkle (California)
Manager, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
Tom Jacoby (California)
CEO, Tymphany Corporation
Jeni James Arndt (Colorado)
Director, Office of Field Experience, Walden University
Charlene Kabcenell (California)
Former Vice President, Oracle Corporation
Derry Kabcenell (California)
Former Executive Vice President, Oracle Corporation
Suparna Kadam (New Jersey)
Jerome Kalur (Montana)
Attorney at Law
Christopher Kaneb (Massachusetts)
Principal, Catamount Management Corporation
Timothy David Karsten (California)
TDKA Group
Arthur Keller (California)
Managing Partner, Minerva Consulting
Marie Kent (Oregon)
Steven Kiralla (California)
Karinna Kittles Karsten (California)
Bob Klausner (California)
Charly Kleissner (California)
Co-Founder, KL Felicitas Foundation
Lisa Kleissner (California)
KL Felicitas Foundation
Eric Kloor (Colorado)
CEO, MacroSystem US
Shanti Kloor (Colorado)
Chip Krauskopf (California)
Chief Operating Officer, Chromasun Inc.
Susan Labandibar (Massachusetts)
President, Tech Networks of Boston
Sue Learned-Driscoll (California)
Administrator, Stanford University
Nicole Lederer (California)
Co-Founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs
Rebecca Lee (California)
Waidy Lee (California)
Sam Leichman (California)
Co-Founder, LivingPlug
Malcolm Lewis (California)
Founder, Constructive Technologies Group Inc.
Florence W. Liddell (New York)
Environmental Advocate
Mark Liffmann (Washington)
Vice President of Business Development, Clean Power Research
Paul Logan (New York)
Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle
Alison Long Poetsch (California)
Principal, SHR Investments
Tracy Lyons (California)
Singer-Songwriter, Mythic Records LLC
Steve MacKay (California)
Principal, Scourie Network Partners
Andrew Magee (Massachusetts)
Senior Consultant, Epsilon Associates
Marguerite Manteau-Rao (California)
Entrepreneur, blogger
Drew Maran (California)
President, Drew Maran Construction, Inc.
Ryan Martens (Colorado)
Founder, CTO & CSO, Rally Software Development
Wynn Martens (Colorado)
Outreach, University of Colorado
Jeff Maurer (California)
VP, Project Management and Fleet Services, Clipper Windpower
Julie Maurer (California)
Julie Cline Fine Art Services
Nancy McCarter-Zorner (California)
Plant Pathologist
Bill McClure (California)
Attorney/Partner, Jorgenson, Siegel, McClure & Flegel LLP
Christina McClure (California)
Community Volunteer
Lisa Mihaly (California)
Family Nurse Practitioner
David Miller (Massachusetts)
Executive Managing Director, Clean Energy Venture Group
Karen Miller (Massachusetts)
President, Belly Shmooze
Kate Mitchell (California)
Managing Partner, Scale Venture Partners
Wes Mitchell (California)
Board Member, Foto Forum, SFMOMA
Carol Moné (California)
Producer, Our Earth Productions
Liz Muller (California)
Director of Sustainability, U.S. Biodiesel Group
Gib Myers (California)
Partner Emeritus, Mayfield Fund and Founder/board of the Entrepreneurs Foundation
Susan Myers (California)
Jim Nail (Massachusetts)
Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
Armand Neukermans (California)
Founder, Xros
Eliane Neukermans (California)
Nadine North (California)
CEO, The North Point
Anne O'Grady (California)
Standish O'Grady (California)
Managing Director, Granite Ventures, LLC
| Larry Orr (California)
Managing Partner, Trinity Ventures
Jack Oswald (California)
CEO, SynGest Inc.
Peter Papesch (Massachusetts)
Architect, Papesch Associates
Mark Parnes (California)
Attorney, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Jim Patton (California)
Trade Counsel, Apple
Rebecca Patton (California)
Matt Peak (California)
Director of Clean Technologies, Prize Capital, LLC.
Ron Pernick (Oregon)
Co-founder and Managing Director, Clean Edge
Jeff Poetsch (California)
Principal, JCP Advisors
Christopher Pribe (California)
Prad Rao (California)
Investor
Grant Ricketts (California)
Co-Founder and VP Business Development, Saba
Laurie Rothenberg (New York)
Jacqueline Royce (Massachusetts)
Independent Scholar
Paul Royce (Massachusetts)
Independent Scholar
Paul Salinger (California)
VP, Marketing, Oracle
Ella Saunders (Massachusetts)
Tedd Saunders (Massachusetts)
Co-Owner, The Saunders Hotel Group
Eric Schmidt (California)
Executive Chairman, Google
Wendy Schmidt (California)
Founder, The 11th Hour Project
David Schwartz (California)
Lauren Scott (California)
Paul B. Scott (California)
Vice President, Advanced Technologies, Transportation Power Inc
Kathleen Seip (Virginia)
Lt Gen (ret) Noman Seip (Virginia)
Owner, NS Solutions, LLC
Anneke Seley (California)
CEO, ALIO Inc.
Tim Sexton (California)
Founder & CEO, The Sexton Company
Jon Slangerup (California)
CEO, NEI Treatment Systems, LLC
Sandra Slater (California)
Owner, Sandra Slater Environments
Jennifer Solow (California)
Author
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Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co
Ed Supplee (California)
Former CFO, UTStarcom
Sally Supplee (California)
Former Chief Financial Officer, various companies
Jacob Susman (New York)
Founder and CEO, OwnEnergy
Jim Sweeney (Massachusetts)
President, Sustainable New Energy
Cariad Thronson (California)
CEO, Forefront Communications
Robert Thronson (California)
VP Business Development, Vigilent
Mike Ubell (California)
Architect, Oracle
Thomas Van Dyck (California)
Sr. Vice President, RBC Wealth Management
Mark Vander Ploeg (California)
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Independent film/video producer
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Director of Consulting, Discover-e Legal, LLC
Lisa Wan (California)
Mark Wan (California)
Founding Partner, Three Arch Partners
Samuel Weaver (Colorado)
President/CEO, Cool Energy, Inc.
Bill Weihl (California)
Sustainability guru, Facebook
Jeffrey Weiss (Rhode Island)
Member, Clean Energy Venture Group
Dave Welch (California)
Chief Technology Officer, Infinera Corporation
Heidi Welch (California)
Clint Wilder (California)
Contributing Editor, Clean Edge
Ellie Wilder (California)
Trevor Winnie (Oregon)
Senior Research Analyst, Clean Edge
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Founder, Winston Eco-Strategies
Christine Winston (Connecticut)
Tonia Wisman (California)
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COO, Future 500
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Founder and Director Emeritus, The Woods Hole Research Center
Katharine Woodwell (Massachusetts)
Administrator-retired
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Managing Partner, Capricorn Investment Group
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Director of Real Estate, Nature Conservancy
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Scientist and Entrepreneur
Daniel Yost (California)
Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Rosamund Zander (Massachusetts)
Chairman, Independent Design Center for the Environment
Margaret Zankel (California)
Martin Zankel (California)
Emeritus Chairman, Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller
Paul Zorner (California)
Chairman, Kuehnle AgroSystems
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