Nora Maccoby

Nora graduated from the Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C. She received her BA in Theater and Government from Oberlin College, and her MFA in Film Directing from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

Nora directed “Dropping the Bomb on My Street” (1994), winner of the Youth Jury: Leopard of Tomorrow Award at the Locarno Film Festival. She went on to co-write “Bongwater” (Jack Black, Luke Wilson, Andy Dick, Brittany Murphy) (1998) and “Buffalo Soldiers” (Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Anna Paquin) (2003). "Buffalo Soldiers" was nominated for six London Independent Spirit Awards and was the winner of the 2003 London Evening Standard Award for Best Screenplay.

In 2003, Nora began to focus primarily on energy related issues and co-founded Nature’s Partners, a bipartisan non-profit foundation devoted to energy literacy/education.

Since 2003, she has consulted with a broad range of energy users, including members of Congress, the Department of Defense, the International Fund for China’s Environment, California and Maryland state governments, the government of Grenada, private industry and cutting edge new technology entities.

Nora is currently President of Walker Enterprises, the Vice President of The Maccoby Group, The Stella Group, and co-creator of The Eaglefeathers Project. She has appeared on C-Span, led a workshop at the 2006 Tallberg Forum (Getting Green Technology to Market in Time) bringing together leaders in the investment world with green technology experts. She also organized and co-hosted the Washington D.C. Green Salon and Blue Salon symposiums devoted to the world’s energy and water problems and solutions, the most recent of which was held at the Swedish Embassy’s new House of Sweden.

As an advisor to The International Fund for China’s Environment (and currently serving on the Board of Directors), Nora led a three week November 2005 international clean energy delegation, meeting with Chinese mayors, business leaders, provincial government leaders, and NGO and Chinese Government Planning and Reform Commission members to discuss energy projects, diplomacy and way ahead strategies to develop international clean energy partnerships and alliances.

Since 2005, Nora has been working with the Department of Defense to enact a new DoD energy directive highlighting conservation, energy efficiency, and the use of renewable energy technology, as well as working with members of Congress to advise on energy smart policy. She is a critical player in the Energy Consensus, an interdepartmental/interdisciplinary network of energy experts, thinkers, scientists, engineers, and leaders in the energy field, tasked with developing “energy smart” policies/strategies. Nora’s advising of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld in December 2005 on energy strategy helped establish a centralized DoD initiative which led to the creation of The Energy Conversation - www.energyconversation.org.

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