LEED AP O+M, Sustainable Facility Professional™, ENV SP

As the Founder and President of ecoPreserve, LLC, Alexa Stone oversees an experienced team of credentialed professionals. She and her team provide transformative solutions, optimizing workplace operations while reducing environmental impacts.

Since 2009, Alexa and her team have brought greater sustainability to scores of public, private, and non-profit organizations. The reductions in greenhouse gas emissions documented at those municipalities, companies, and agencies have reached and often surpassed compliance with global climate standards. Clients of this certified woman-owned business have included federal agencies, all levels of government entities, transportation authorities, airports, hospitals, and universities.

Alexa is a speaker, author, and leader. Her work, environmental advocacy, and teaching have supported IFMA’s International Environmental Stewardship, Utilities, and Sustainability Community, the Association of Energy Engineers, Council for Women in Energy & Environmental Leadership, University of Florida’s School of Architecture Sustainability and the Built Environment, and the Smart Electric Power Alliance.

Alexa is a mayoral appointee to GreenWorks Orlando and a founding member of the Central Florida Energy Efficiency Alliance. Her committee chair and board member activities have supported substantial environmental achievements at the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Orlando, the US Green Building Council (USGBC) Central Florida Group, and the International Facilities Management Association (IFMA).

 LEED Green Associate, GBI Guiding Principles Compliance Professional

With over 15 years of experience in strategic partnerships and business development, Oscar serves as Vice President of ecoPreserve where he oversees the multiple functions that sustain and shape the strategic development of the firm. As a member of the company’s leadership team, Oscar has enhanced processes and capabilities across the organization. He developed and implemented a new set of reporting instruments and a new accounting system. He has also developed processes to optimize team productivity and service quality to deliver projects on time, on schedule, and in budget.

Oscar holds a Master of Marketing from the University of New South Wales in Australia, a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Business Administration from Rollins College, and Sustainable Business Strategy and Disruptive Innovation program certificates from Harvard Business School Online.

Nate Boyd is a professional mechanical engineer who has spent his 20+ year career focused on building automation and energy management. He started his career as a teenager working in his family’s business with his dad and four uncles installing BAS and HVAC systems in SW Florida. There he learned the values of hard work, critical problem solving, and customer care. As he progressed through the roles of controls technician, applications engineer, and account manager, he developed a passion for optimizing customers’ BAS experience to make both maintenance and energy efficiency intuitive for his customers. He took this approach with him when he joined the City of Orlando as the city’s energy project manager, where he helped develop the city’s Greenworks municipal operations plan and launched the city’s energy efficiency projects through a strong focus on building automation, HVAC, and LED lighting upgrades. His experiences at the City of Orlando led him into engineering consulting, where he focused on energy audits, commissioning, and developing energy roadmaps for large portfolio clients such as the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, Florida Hospital, and his Alma Mater UCF. Nate then joined UCF as the Associate Director of Utilities & Energy Services and later as the Director of Facilities Maintenance. In these roles, he oversaw the teams responsible for the energy management and commissioning activities of all UCF projects, and then the maintenance practices of the trades shops responsible for maintaining the built environment and capital upgrade plans at the sprawling metropolitan campus of over 72,000 students.

Nate has been a volunteer and advocate of ASHRAE for almost 15 years and has served in numerous voluntary leadership and technical roles within ASHRAE, including the roles of Central Florida Chapter President and the UCF ASHRAE Student Branch Advisor. Nate also serves on the UCF Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering advisory board, as well as the Valencia College Energy Management & Controls Technology advisory board.

Nate graduated from Valencia College and then the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, with an emphasis on Energy Systems. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Systems Engineering at UCF.

Jodi is a highly experienced and accomplished operations specialist with a proven track record of supporting professional services operations. She brings her expertise to ecoPreserve, where she coordinates proposals, manages projects, and implements process improvements to promote projects with the goal of altering the course of climate change. Jodi is a dedicated climate advocate, working to raise awareness and take action to address climate change in her community, family, and the world at large.

Jodi is an active volunteer who leads initiatives to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by reducing waste sent to landfills and implementing recycling programs in her local community and educational institutions.

Kaylee is an experienced grant writer driven by a genuine passion to improve local communities. Her experience in environmental compliance, disaster preparedness and community health have resulted in unique proficiency and skills to identify and qualify funding opportunities. Kaylee’s skills include her ability to work with large and diverse groups and gently pull them together toward a united and winning concept. She is a Licensed Environmental Health Practitioner, a Licensed Lead (pB) Risk Assessor, and a ServSafe Food Manager Course Instructor. She holds an Illinois Department of Agriculture General Standards and Pesticide Application certification, and carries many ICS and FEMA certifications such as: Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program (HSEEP), Public Information Officer (PIO), Crisis + Emergency Risk Communication (CERC).Kaylee’s diverse skillset and passion for the field of EV, sustainability, and resiliency make her an invaluable asset to any team seeking to secure funding for environmental and sustainability initiatives.

Conrad is a dedicated and motivated team player focused on improving access to EV charging infrastructure and supporting the transition to a cleaner energy future. At ecoPreserve, Conrad manages EV charger infrastructure implementation from site assessments, equipment selection, software configuration, construction, and installation of EV charging stations.

Conrad brings stakeholder collaboration skills rarely found in highly technical professionals. He credits his mastery to his early involvement in deploying telecommunication solutions in dense metro areas. His experience with heavy construction, inspection, and project management, has provided the ideal background for the EV revolution.

 Construction Documents Technology (CDT), LEED AP BD+C

An accomplished construction and green building professional, DuWayne has performed as Project Administrator and Consultant in close to 50 different LEED certification projects. Those resulted in certification for over 3,300,000 square feet of Retail, Healthcare, K-12 and Higher Education projects.

DuWayne has guided and supported all phases of LEED credit compliance and documentation requirements. His work draws upon thorough understanding of energy efficiency, including the EnergyStar program, 179D Federal Tax Credit Incentives, Utility Energy Efficiency Rebate programs and Green Funding sources.

He led B2B development initiatives at an Ohio electric power company, overseeing creation of the essential documents for engineering review, third-party audits and state regulatory compliance. As one result, customers received $11 million dollars in benefits. During DuWayne’s four years at that utility, 160 million kilowatt hours were saved annually.

Husband and father to four, DuWayne proudly watches his children participate in many sports and activities. His hobbies include home improvement projects, and he enjoys both college and NFL football.

 LEED AP O+M, CAPM, AHERA Asbestos Inspector

Justin is an emerging professional on the ecoPreserve Project Management Team. Driven to create positive change in the world, he uses his project management and consulting expertise on sustainability-focused projects throughout the Central Florida area. Justin is a certified LEED AP O+M, AHERA Asbestos Inspector, and CAPM. At the University of Central Florida, Justin received a BSBA in Integrated Business. This versatile degree gives graduates the soft skills needed to understand businesses at a micro and macro level. Justin’s credentials empower him to develop and implement sustainable strategies.

Justin draws his management experience from grassroots initiatives and service work. He spent many years coordinating a Food Not Bombs kitchen — a grassroots movement that uses second life food waste to create delicious meals for low income and homeless individuals. Justin’s kitchen contributed approximately 8,000 meals over two years. Justin specializes in coordinating front-line workers, management, and public initiatives to inspire successful sustainable strategy and social change.

In Justin’s time at ecoPreserve, he has worked on project approach development and documentation of several LEED certification projects, including the certification of the South Terminal Complex at Orlando International Airport. He has also supported on waste minimization, recycling, and zero waste projects with healthcare and public university clients.

Justin hopes to continue to drive environmental, social, and economic change through his contributions to the sustainability industry.

 LEED AP BD+C, CxA, CPMP, OPMP, BEAP

Michael Kuk brings his clients 25 years’ experience providing building system optimization services. He has commissioned over 100 new and existing buildings, performing energy efficiency studies on hundreds more. His more than 90 LEED projects have ranged from Certified to Platinum. Beyond commissioning, he provides cost-reducing energy management services that include auditing, rate analysis, Energy Star® Benchmarking, and specialized HVAC analysis.

After graduating from the Milwaukee School of Engineering (BS MET), Michael provided energy optimization services to commercial and industrial services for Exelon Corporation, then led Commissioning and Energy Efficiency teams as Technical Director at a Chicago based energy services consulting firm. He also taught a Building Operator Certification (BOC) program that provided energy management, conservation, and building optimization skills to building facility managers and engineers.