Summer Internship Program

Summer Internship in Metro Denver Area of Colorado: Unpaid, but student will receive substantial training and will be the co-author, and possibly, sole author, of several articles that will be published in the summer and fall:

Areas of Responsibility:

1. Serve as liaison between our nonprofit, THE LEEEGH, which stands for Leadership in Education, Energy, Environment, Governance and Health, our for profit consulting firm, The Sustainable Business Group, and several organizations in the Denver Metro area including:

  1. Rocky Mountain Institute
  2. NREL
  3. The Collaboratory (CSU, NREL, MINES, CU-Boulder)
  4. Governor’s Energy Office
  5. Western Governor’s Association
  6. US Department of Energy – Golden Office
  7. US Environmental Protection Agency – Denver Regional Office
  8. Colorado Oil and Gas Commission
  9. Colorado Public Utilities Commission
  10. Bell Policy Center
  11. Western Area Power Administration
  12. ACTION/VISTA/Americorps
  13. Colorado Education Association
  14. CleenLaunch Business Incubator at NREL
  15. Molson Brewing
  16. UC Boulder Engineering Department
  17. Lockheed Martin Center for Engineering Management, UC Boulder
  18. GEM Program, UC Denver
  19. Vestas
  20. RES
  21. ConocoPhllips
  22. DCP Midstream
  23. Encana
  24. Abingoa Solar
  25. AB2e – Algae Fuels
  26. Xcel
  27. TriState Generation
  28. CSU – EnviroTech
  29. CSU – Executive MBA and potential future program called “Energy and Leadership”
  30. El Pomar Foundation
  31. Daniels Fund
  32. Anschutz Family Foundation
  33. Gates Family Foundation (Gates Rubber)
  34. Xcel Foundation
  35. Qwest (now Liberty) Foundation
  36. Encana
  37. ProLogis
  38. Denver Foundation
  39. Rose Community Foundation
  40. Comcast
  41. Molson Coors/Adolph Coors Foundation
  42. Western Union Foundation
  43. Boettcher Foundation
  44. Colorado Legacy Foundation
  45. Louise and Harold Price Foundation
  46. Piton Foundation
  47. Colorado Association of Funders
  48. Donnell-Kay Foundation
  49. Colorado School of Mines
  50. Denver Chapter, American Academy of Family Physicians
  51. Founder’s Network – Monthly Meetup
  52. Denver Chapter – Association for Strategic Planning
  53. Energy Finance Discussion Group
  54. Colorado Energy News
  55. Denver Business Journal
  56. Alliance for A Sustainable Colorado
  57. Colorado Renewable Energy Society
  58. CORE
  59. iCAST
  60. American Solar Energy Society
  61. Product Development Management Association
  62. SCIP
  63. Others to be determined

The responsibilities will be to create a file (electronic and paper) for each organization, become familiar with their mission and activities, attend events at the respective organizations when invited, prepare memos on the potential for a relationship between THE LEEEGH, SBG and these organizations, and when allowed, interview officials at these organizations to find out what are the main issues of concern to them and the activities they are undertaking over the next year. There will be no selling of LEEEGH or SBG services. The role will be one of Ambassador or liaison to let the organization know about us and to learn more about the organization so that in the future some forms of strategic alliances could be created.

The work would be 20 – 40 hours per week depending on the schedule of the intern. The student would work virtually and meetings would be held in Golden at least weekly to go over progress and writing opportunities.

To apply for an internship send a resume, plus cover letter to: herb@sbizgroup.com