Rebecca Holcombe, Ed.D., M.B.A.
Troy McBride, PHD
Sean Andersson, PhD
Matthew Murphy
Rebecca Holcombe, Ed.D., M.B.A.
she/her
Rebecca Holcombe is a long-time educator of students, of teachers, and of administrators. She served as Director of the Dartmouth Teacher Education Program and as Secretary of Education for the State of Vermont. During her tenure as Secretary of Education, the Agency she led innovative statewide initiatives related to career pathways, proficiency-based learning, and nationally-recognized work on school quality reviews. Rebecca is passionate about equity, sustainability and our green energy transition. For her, Greenway is an opportunity to help students build the confidence, capability and networks they need to thrive in engineering, while they build a more just and sustainable future.
Troy McBride, PHD
he/him
Troy has years of experience in both engineering education and sustainable technology. He has over ten years of experience as a professor, including as an Assistant & Associate Professor of Physics and Engineering at Etown College, receiving tenure in 2008. He helped guide the Engineering Department at Elizabethtown through their first-ever ABET accreditation process, co-authoring the self-study. Troy has co-founded two clean energy companies – the most recent, Norwich Technologies, located in White River Junction and Windsor, is now one of the largest solar providers in Vermont and New Hampshire. Troy has direct experience in start-up organizations, management, sustainable energy technology design, project development, and engineering education. He looks forward to making Greenway a reality with your help.
Sean Andersson, PhD
he/him
Sean B. Andersson received a B.S. degree in engineering and applied physics from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, in 1994, an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, in 1995, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, in 2003. He has worked at AlliedSignal Aerospace and Aerovironment, Inc. and is currently an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering and of systems engineering with Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. He received an NSF CAREER award in 2009, is a senior member of the IEEE, and was an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2014-2018) and for the SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2013-2018).
Matthew Murphy
Matthew Murphy, Chief Operating Officer, is responsible for all corporate and fleet operations and has extensive experience in the development, design, construction, and operation of renewable energy facilities. He joined GCM in November of 2016, bringing with him 12 years of experience in renewable power plant operations working in a wide variety of roles. In his time at GCM, Mr. Murphy has built and manages all of the fleet operations, information technology, and business operations functions of the company. From 2012 – 2016 he worked at Borrego Solar Systems, where he started and led their third-party fleets services group from the ground up, eventually growing it to 700 megawatts under management, making it one of the largest such providers in North America at the time. From 2007 – 2011 he worked at Peck Electric, the largest electrical contractor in Vermont, where he founded their renewables division and was responsible for the development, design, and construction of solar projects. During this time Mr. Murphy was also lead instructor for the IBEW’s photovoltaic training program where he certified over 300 electricians in photovoltaic installations and built the first renewable energy training facility in New England. This program was funded and backed by the Department of Energy. Mr. Murphy is an electrician by trade and education and was certified by the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, where he received his electrical license in 2011. In 2010, he became the youngest person in New England to receive his North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioner’s (NABCEP) energy certification at the age of 29.