Thomas H. Stoner Jr. is lead director and a co-founder, along with Nobel laureate David Schimel of the

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(NASA) and other leading climate experts, of Entelligent, a global provider of Smart Climate indexes, predictive equity portfolio analytics and advanced data on climate risk and climate transition. He was CEO of Entelligent from 2017 to October 2023. Prior to Entelligent, Stoner founded Project Butterfly, a research organization that advocates primarily for the global capital markets as a solution to climate change. The research produced by Project Butterfly led to the creation of Entelligent and ultimately yielded two climate risk patents issued by the USPTO. Stoner is also the author of the 2013 book, "Small Change, Big Gains: Reflections of an Energy Entrepreneur," which includes research about transforming the global energy supply to be more reliant on sustainable fuel sources by the end of the century. Stoner has been a promoter of

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for over 30 years, having built, financed and owned and operated renewable energy projects throughout the Americas. He has led three companies in the

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space, including one of the original cleantech venture funds backed by international development banks, including the Multilateral Investment Fund, a division of the

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Education and personal life

Stoner received a master's degree in accounting and finance from the

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and a B.A. from

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, Amherst, Massachusetts. In 1988, he married Laurie Larsen; they have two children.

Career

Prior to creating and leading Entelligent as CEO, Stoner was from 2008 to 2010 CEO and chairman of Evergreen Energy (NYSE: EEE), a publicly traded coal and clean coal technology company based in Denver, Colorado. From 1998 to 2008, Stoner was CEO of Econergy International, a carbon markets consultancy and owner/operator of renewable energy projects throughout the Americas. Econergy International floated on the

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in 2006. Econergy was an independent power developer of renewable energy projects, including wind farms, small hydro and methane-fired power generation facilities throughout the Americas as well as one of the leading carbon emissions traders under the Kyoto Protocol. Under Stoner's leadership, Econergy developed the first methodology submitted to the governing body of the

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of the

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. Stoner led the sale of Econergy to

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, one of the largest utilities in the world. While at Econergy, Stoner helped five international development banks develop the CleanTechFund, a $25 million private equity fund focused on small-scale energy generation and energy efficiency projects in Latin America. He was senior manager of the fund from its formation in 2004 to 2008. Prior to Econergy, Stoner founded and was president of Highland Energy Group, a national

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(ESCO) providing

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services to public utilities, such as the

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, and Texas Utilities. Stoner led the sale of the company to Eastern Utilities, formerly a NYSE-traded public utility based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Publications and appearances

*What Climate Change Means for Investors *Donald Trump is about to become an even bigger champion of coal and fracking *Investors must adjust their portfolios now for a changing climate *Why Big Oil might secretly wish for a

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*Opinion: Exxon Mobil cover-up case shows why energy investors need a new strategy *Paris: Subsidies, taxes and the energy investor *China Still Needs to Focus on Renewable Energy Despite Economic Slowdown *The problem with Obama's clean-energy plan *Panelist at Livingston Securities Advanced Energy Conference Denver, CO *Panelist at 2015 Burridge Conference, Burridge Center for Finance at University of Colorado Boulder, CO *Instructor at Viridis Graduate Institute Ecopsychology and Environmental Humanities course: Economics, Humans & Environment *Invited member for "Committee on Determinants of Market Adoption of Advanced Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Technologies" at the

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*Small Change Big Gains: Reflections of an Energy Entrepreneur, 2013. 556p. *A Financial Model for Evaluating Projects with Performance Contracts Report to the Energy Efficiency Financial Task Force *The Most Important Climate Change Question: How Will Investors React? *Smart Grid: On a Path Toward Climate Stability? *Divestment and Climate Change: Thomas Stoner at TEDxHampshire *Carbon Taxes Shifts us From Polluting to Non-Polluting
The Advantage of Using a Climate Risk Score Ranking During Periods of Energy Price VolatilityTree-huggers and capitalists can agree on fossil-fuel disclosure for companies
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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stoner, Thomas H. Jr. 1960 births Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics American energy industry executives American sustainability advocates Hampshire College alumni People associated with renewable energy