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Dick Munson
For the past several decades, Dick Munson has been a key advocate for clean energy and industrial energy efficiency. Before joining Recycled Energy Development to lead its public affairs efforts, Dick directed the Northeast-Midwest Institute and coordinated with the Northeast-Midwest House and Senate Coalitions, which are bipartisan caucuses that conduct policy research and draft legislation on issues pertaining to agriculture, economic development, energy, the environment, and manufacturing.
Dick has also served as secretary of the U.S. Clean Heat and Power Association, director of the Solar Lobby, director of the Center for Renewable Resources, co-coordinator of Sun Day, coordinator of the Environmental Action Foundation, and lecturer in history at the University of Michigan. He now sits on the boards of directors for the U.S. Clean Heat and Power Association, Institute for Health Policy Solutions, and Business Council for Sustainable Energy. He has received outstanding service awards from the Great Lakes Commission, U.S. Clean Heat and Power Association, and American Small Manufacturers Coalition.
Dick is the author of several books. His most recent is From Edison to Enron, which recounts the history of electricity and proposes an innovation-based vision for the power industry. His Cardinals of Capitol Hill traces the machinations of congressional appropriators who control government spending, and Cousteau: The Captain and His World is a biography of the famed ocean explorer and filmmaker. Dick’s articles on energy and environmental policy have appeared in numerous newspapers and journals, including Electricity Journal, Issues in Science and Technology, and the Baltimore Sun, among others.
He is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Michigan.