After helping found the National Solutions
Council (along with Kathy Finley)
in 2003, Elaine LeBuhn is stepping
down from her role as Co-Chair of the
NSC. RMI is pleased to welcome Peter
Boyer as our new Co-Chair. Peter will
be serving with Doug Weiser, who has
served as NSC Co-Chair for the last
two years.
Who is Peter Boyer? After hearing a
talk by Amory Lovins in 1992 at San
Francisco’s Commonwealth Club, Peter
Boyer was convinced that he had heard
a voice that demanded much closer
attention. Indeed, Peter has gone on to
become an avid student of RMI publications,
and a sort of Johnny Appleseed
for Winning the Oil Endgame, carrying
10 copies around in his car and giving
them out to people who seem interested
(or should be).
Peter and his wife Terry’s family, in
conjunction with their family foundation
(The Ayrshire Foundation), have
gone on to help raise funds for various
RMI projects, most recently the short
film High-Performance Building:
Perspective & Practice.
Peter is an artist by profession and
maintains a studio in San Francisco,
where he lives with his wife and two
children, both of whom are militant
recyclers.
Who is Doug Weiser? As our world
continues to become more
crowded and the pace of life
quickens, we are confronted
with mounting challenges that
our ancestors never had to face.
Doug believes “wholeheartedly
in, and supports RMI’s constructive
efforts to partner with and
guide, rather than to blame and
undermine, the corporations,
institutions, and other entities
that are positioned to meet these
challenges and effect significant,
immediate positive changes in
our society and in the world at
large.”
A member of the Florida Bar
Association, Doug is a hotel developer
and owner (The Ritz-Carlton Hotel,
Key Biscayne, Florida). He currently
resides in Snowmass, Colorado with
his wife and two children, writing and
producing screenplays and serving as a
volunteer firefighter.
