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:
- Rocky Mountain Institute
- NREL
- The Collaboratory (CSU, NREL, MINES, CU-Boulder)
- Governor’s Energy Office
- Western Governor’s Association
- US Department of Energy – Golden Office
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Denver Regional Office
- Colorado Oil and Gas Commission
- Colorado Public Utilities Commission
- Bell Policy Center
- Western Area Power Administration
- ACTION/VISTA/Americorps
- Colorado Education Association
- CleenLaunch Business Incubator at NREL
- Molson Brewing
- UC Boulder Engineering Department
- Lockheed Martin Center for Engineering Management, UC Boulder
- GEM Program, UC Denver
- Vestas
- RES
- ConocoPhllips
- DCP Midstream
- Encana
- Abingoa Solar
- AB2e – Algae Fuels
- Xcel
- TriState Generation
- CSU – EnviroTech
- CSU – Executive MBA and potential future program called “Energy and Leadership”
- El Pomar Foundation
- Daniels Fund
- Anschutz Family Foundation
- Gates Family Foundation (Gates Rubber)
- Xcel Foundation
- Qwest (now Liberty) Foundation
- Encana
- ProLogis
- Denver Foundation
- Rose Community Foundation
- Comcast
- Molson Coors/Adolph Coors Foundation
- Western Union Foundation
- Boettcher Foundation
- Colorado Legacy Foundation
- Louise and Harold Price Foundation
- Piton Foundation
- Colorado Association of Funders
- Donnell-Kay Foundation
- Colorado School of Mines
- Denver Chapter, American Academy of Family Physicians
- Founder’s Network – Monthly Meetup
- Denver Chapter – Association for Strategic Planning
- Energy Finance Discussion Group
- Colorado Energy News
- Denver Business Journal
- Alliance for A Sustainable Colorado
- Colorado Renewable Energy Society
- CORE
- iCAST
- American Solar Energy Society
- Product Development Management Association
- SCIP
- 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




