Bruce Karney: Stepping up on Climate Change

  Please join us on Friday when our speaker will be knowledge management consultant Bruce Karney. Bruce is s a retired marketing professional who has lived in Mountain View since 1981.  In 2007 he led a city-wide group of 119 Mountain View homeowners who purchased solar panels at a 35% discount.  He subsequently joined SolarCity when it was a small startup to lead group purchasing programs in other cities.  Bruce retired from the solar industry in 2012 and is now a full-time environmental activist. 

  In 2008 and again in 2017 he was elected as Chair of Mountain View's Environmental Sustainability Task Force (ESTF).  The recommendations from the 2008 Task Force provided the basis for the City's Environmental Sustainability Action Plans from 2009 to 2018, and the recommendations from the second Task Force provide a pathway for achieving the City's goals for 2019-2030. 

  Bruce championed the creation of Carbon Free Silicon Valley (CFSV) to bring together environmental advocates from San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.  He serves on the Board of CFSV.

  He has a BS in Mathematical Sciences from Stanford and an MS in Management Science from UC Berkeley. He is also a graduate of Leadership Mountain View and Acterra's "Be the Change" programs, and has held several leadership roles in the Old Mountain View Neighborhood Association.

  Bruce's first job after college was at SRI International where he worked as a research assistant to a team studying the negative income tax, now known as Universal Basic Income. From 1981-2005 he worked for HP in Palo Alto, Cupertino and Mountain View in marketing, education and training, and knowledge management.