After receiving a degree in Biology from Harvard University, Jon earned a PhD from UNC Chapel Hill in Landscape Ecology. Following years of conducting ecological research, he realized using his scientific background to improve building efficiency would be the most...

Elisabeth graduated from Wake Forest University with a Bachelor’s Degree Early Childhood Education. She was the director of education at-a-hands on inquiry based science center. Elisabeth spent a decade in the classroom and 15 years homeschooling. Essentially, she is...

Maria is Snug Planet’s secret weapon for cutting through NYSERDA’s red tape. She utilizes her organizational skills and meticulousness honed from her Masters in Elementary Education, Bachelor’s in Math, and years of teaching and homeschooling to help people navigate...

Myron can build, fix, grow, install, and operate anything... he is truly a master of all trades. Raised in DeRuyter, NY, he grew up dairy farming and developed an affinity for the environment at a young age. So he studied Environmental Science, became a Naturalist,...

Sarah received a degree in Environmental Science from Ithaca College and fell in love with Ithaca and energy conservation.  She has been trained and certified as a Building Analyst through the Building Performance Institute and was also trained and certified as a Home...

Born in Burma, Wailin came to the US when he was 16.  His first stop was Iowa, but that only lasted 3 months because in Ithaca, he found a strong Asian community and the BOCES carpentry program.  He has studied European masonry techniques in the Netherlands, speaks...

Meredith was raised in Upstate New York and has degrees in both Sociology and Fine Woodworking. After years of traveling around the country building furniture and constructing houses with AmeriCorps, she has returned to the Ithaca area and is raising her family and...

Daniel graduated from Universal Technical Institute with a degree in Basic Automotive.  Another Snug that comes from a line of local farmers, he was raised on the family farm and grew up around animals. As a father of two young children, he's happy to be making a...

Susan, born and raised in the Finger Lakes, is happy to be able to make an environmental impact in her own backyard. She has a BS in Science communication from Cornell and a Masters in environmental Education from NYU. Susan is a trained Energy Educator who enjoys...

Maya was born in the first passive solar-heated home on Long Island, built by her grandfather. This instilled in her a life-long respect for conservation and innovation. After achieving a B.A. in Psychology from UC Santa Cruz, she wore many hats before moving to...

Rusty is our go to guy for installing and maintaining water heaters and heat pump mini-splits. He grew up 10 miles from the Arch in St. Louis and worked there in the automotive industry until 5 years ago, when he left city life for the country. Rusty relocated to the...