Meet the ecoAdvocates
Meet ecobeco's Advisory Board

ecoAdvocates

Cindy Chang — Operations Manager

Cindy is a LEED Accedited Professional with several years of sustainable design and architecture experience.  Cindy's interests include renewables, materials re-use, stormwater management, and of course, energy efficiency! Cindy lives in Rockville.

Jonathan Ferree — Energy Auditor

Having a lifelong affinity for nature and the outdoors, Jonathan is of the belief that it's the little decisions we have in our day-to-day that add up to create a big, positive impact for our environment. A Certified Building Analyst through the Building Performance Institute, Jonathan not only enjoys meeting homeowners who are taking steps to improve their energy usage, but also crawling through their attics and crawlspace. He lives in Arlington with his wife and daughter.

Mike Ingram — Energy Auditor

Mike is a lifelong resident of Arlington, now living in the house he grew up in built by his parents.  He has over 40 years of experience in all phases of residential and light commercial construction. Mike has been recycling and conserving since his Cub Scout days and has extensive “hands on” experience reducing consumption, material waste and energy costs in a variety of fields. Mike has a business degree from George Mason University, a Green Advantage environmental certification, and is a Certified Building Analyst through the Building Performance Institute. Mike is commited to using his knowledge and experience to assist others to build a better environment for everyone.

Brian Toll — Founder and Chief Executive

With oil and energy prices on the rise and global warming all over the news, Brian went looking for ways to reduce his energy costs and environmental impact. Frustrated with his experience at big box retail and suffering from information overload thanks to the Internet, Brian left his role in Sprint Nextel's marketing department to found ecobeco, a company whose primary mission is to end the confusion of what it means to be eco-friendly and to make it easy for consumers to implement eco-friendly solutions in their homes. Brian and his wife live in McLean, VA.

Reuven Walder — Founder and Vice-President In-Home Services

Reuven is a Certified Building Analyst and Building Envelope Specialist through the Building Performance Institute. He has a broad base of knowledge around building science, energy efficiency and environmentally friendly products. A committed conservationist, Reuven has devoted his career to developing projects aimed to reduce resource consumption and promote sustainability. He also has experience conducting research on ecosystems and species. He is an experienced environmental educator utilizing his broad base of scientific and mechanical systems knowledge to educate and empower people around him to wisely use and protect our resources whether on a nature tour or in their home. Reuven lives in Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife and two daughters.

ecobeco's Advisory Board

Mark Adams

Mark is a retail expert with 30 years of experience in the wireless and consumer electronics, which includes serving as Nextel's Vice President of Retail Stores. Mark served as head of Marketing at Ritz Camera. Early in his career, Mark also founded a multi-store consumer electronics retail firm.

Scott Sklar

Scott is currently President of The Stella Group, Ltd, a marketing and strategy firm focused on helping consumers and government adopt clean energy. Before forming Stella Group, Scott served as Executive Director of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade organization of the solar industry, since 1986. Scott was appointed in April 2007 to the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy & Technology (NACEPT) of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Scott Wiener

Scott is a marketing executive with over 15 years of experience who focuses on business development, strategy, and operations for leading private equity firms, mobile operators, and early start-up ventures. Scott previously served as Marketing Vice President at Sprint Nextel with responsibility for service and handset pricing, promotions/discounting, and revenue planning.