History
Crystal Johnson launched ISES after almost two decades of educating diverse industries about how to best reduce their impact on the environment.
Her experience in the public and private sectors on both the west and east coasts provides her with a critical understanding of environmental issues. Crystal’s professional journey provides her with over 20 years experience in sustainability management, environmental planning and assessment and compliance review. She has experience in scoping, preparing and critique of Environmental Assessments, Environmental Impact Statements/Reports (for NEPA and state environmental regulations), Air Quality Reports, Water Resources Assessments, Climate Change Action Plans and renewable energy feasibility studies.
After graduating from the University of California Berkeley, Crystal passionately pursued a career as an Environmental Specialist...She accepted a position as an Energy Analyst with the City of Berkeley where she wrote innovative environmental policy and created energy retrofit programs for high-end commercial energy users. This opportunity lead to Energy Planner and Environmental Planner positions with Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, an engineering firm, in Hawaii. After many years, she returned home to Boston, MA and served as an Environmental Program Manager for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission (MAC) responsible for the environmental habitat of 47 airports. Her reputation with MAC lead to being offered a position at an engineering firm in Boston, AECOM/Frederic R. Harris, Inc., to provide Environmental Planning services. After a couple of years, Crystal relocated to NYC to work at the NYC Department of Environmental Protection's Office of Environmental Planning and Assessment as a Senior Environmental Program Manager responsible for environmental planning of 7 of the 14 NYC water pollution control plants, environmental assessments of large-scale private and public NYC projects and water demand projections for NYC. The beauty of the Hudson Valley area in Upstate NY lured her to consult in Hudson, NY as a Senior Environmental Planner and Green Marketing Director.
Currently, Crystal provides environmental consulting and planning services (D/MBE/WBE certified) and presents the annual Sustainable Economy Conference. She also serves as the Managing Director of the National Institute for a Sustainable Economy LLC (NISE!). Crystal advances the NISE! mission to be a catalyst for translating environmental and social problems into new business solutions that contribute to an equitable and ecologically sustainable economy. In September 2010, the NISE! business model received an Innovation Grant Award for Energy Efficiency in Residential Homes from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). She is a Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance (MassEnergy) Board Member and is on the Event Committee for Earthwatch Institute.