Rocky Mountain Chapter, American Scientific Affiliation

Board of Directors  (revised March 20, 2019)

Lynn Billman, Aurora, Colorado -- Lynn grew up in Chicago, and earned a BS in Chemistry and a Phi Beta Kappa key from University of California Berkeley in 1975.  After several years at Chevron as an analytical chemist and operations analyst, she began a 26-year-career at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado, where she served as a senior energy analyst, institutional planner, science writer, and manager, for many different energy related projects, until her retirement in Sept 2013.  Her husband of 34 years passed away in late 2012, but she has four grown children, who have three spouses, and three grandchildren in the Denver area.  She became involved in ASA in 2003, was elected an ASA Fellow in 2009, and served on the ASA National Council 2013-2017.  She has co-chaired, with Terry Gray, the Rocky Mountain Chapter since 2018. 

Allan Harvey, Boulder, Colorado – Allan received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and Technology) and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and did postdoctoral work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland.  After four years with an engineering software company in Southern California, he returned to NIST, this time in Boulder, Colorado, where he has worked since 1994.  His work includes molecular modeling to describe thermophysical properties of fluids, work on national and international standards for the properties of water, steam, and aqueous mixtures, and co-editing a scientific journal.  He is a Fellow of ASME and an Honorary Fellow of the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam.  Allan joined the ASA in 1996, and was named a Fellow in 2012.  He and his wife live in Boulder, where he has served as an Elder in his (Presbyterian) church.  Allan has done some writing about science and faith, including a mini-course called "Science and Nature in Christian Perspective".  That material and other writing may be found at the website steamdoc.itgo.com.

Angela Kantola, Littleton, Colorado -- Angela is a retired fish and wildlife biologist. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in wildlife ecology from Oklahoma State University and the University of Florida. Angela began her career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a graduate student in 1983, working with West Indian manatees and studying Sherman's fox squirrels. Angela worked on endangered species recovery in the southeastern U.S. and then served as the deputy director of the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program from 1989 until her retirement in December 2017. This program received a Department of Interior Cooperative Conservation Award in 2008 and is considered a national model demonstrating that public/private partnerships can work to recover endangered species and resolve Endangered Species Act-related conflicts.

Angela has pursued her vocation with the understanding of conservation as calling to care for God's good creation. Over the years, Angela has been active with a number of Christian environmental organizations, the Rocky Mountain section of the American Scientific Affiliation, and facilitating retreats helping people to rediscover God’s presence in creation.  Angela and her husband, Don Wallace, live in the foothills above Littleton, CO with their cat, Koshi, and an abundance of wildlife and natural beauty. They enjoy growing tomatoes year-round in their passive solar greenhouse, hiking, backpacking, kite-flying, and volunteering with citizen science projects.

Brent Nelson, Lakewood, Colorado -- Brent spent the first part of his career studying second-generation photovoltaic (PV) devices; primarily hydrogenated amorphous silicon and its alloys at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).  He has authored numerous scientific publications, refereed papers for various journals and conferences, and been on the organizing committee for several domestic and international scientific conferences.  Currently Brent manages the Engineering and Informatics group for the Materials and Chemicals Science and Technology directorate at NREL.  This is a group of engineers and technicians that keep research equipment "experiment ready" and state-of-the-art.  Through the years Brent has volunteered with several non-profit organizations, helping found three, including the Fellowship of Home Churches now LK10 Community and currently is on the board of OUR&D, a new non-profit that funds the world’s top scientists and their ideas.

Mark Parker, Lakewood, Colorado – Mark has advanced degrees in theology (MA, Colorado Christian University) and Biology (PhD, University of Denver).  Mark trained as a developmental biologist and neuroscientist in preparation for working in academic research, where he studied the development of the vertebrate nervous system. From there he transitioned into the biotech industry where he served as a director of the technical service department, oversaw both internal production and external production, and directed a research and development team. He has always had a passion for teaching and was blessed to join the CCU faculty in 2011 as an associate professor of biology. Most recently, Dr. Parker has been integral in revamping the curriculum and increasing the enrollment in CCU’s Science program, developing the new Industrial and Systems Engineering program, and launching the newly formed School of Science and Engineering. His wife is a cardiovascular registered nurse pursuing her nurse practitioner degree. Together they have three sons.

Annabelle Pratt, Littleton, Colorado -- Annabelle received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and her PhD degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University. She is currently a principal engineer with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Prior to joining NREL, she was a senior power research engineer with Intel Labs, and previously, she was with Advanced Energy Industries where she developed power supplies for the semiconductor manufacturing and architectural glass coating industries. Her research interests include autonomous energy management of flexible loads in buildings to increase the penetration of renewable energy resources. She is a senior member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and active in providing peer reviews and in standards activities.

Kenell Touryan, Indian Hills, Colorado – Ken received his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Sciences from Princeton University.  During his long career in applied  physics and alternate energy, Ken held R&D Management positions at many prestigious organizations, including Sandia National Laboratories, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, several high technology wind and solar companies. He was adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico and the Colorado School of Mines.  Born in Lebanon of Armenian heritage, Ken has strong ties to Europe and the Middle East, and directed the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention Project for the U.S. Department of Energy.  From 2003 to 2011, Ken acted as Vice President of R&D and Director of the Engineering Research Center,at the American University of Armenia (AUA).  At present he is a visiting professor at the College of Science Engineering of AUA and is active with organizations and companies to further the use of renewable energy technologies in Armenia.  Ken has received awards from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Ministry of Higher Education of the Armenian SSR, and the Polytechnic Institute as a Fulbright Scholar.  He has published over 90 papers in refereed journals, is the author of three books, and holds two patents. On the issues of science and faith, Ken has contributed many, many seminars, articles, lectures and a book.  Ken has been an active ASA member over fifty years, serving on the ASA Council and leading the Rocky Mountain Chapter for many years.  He is married to Anne Cheryl Touryan, a linguistic anthropologist.  They have two daughters and a son with seven grand children.

Not Shown Here:

Rich Blinne, Boulder

Peter Brissette, Broomfield

Robert Durough, Lakewood

Terry Gray, Ft. Collins

Greg Jackson, Golden

Julie Woodman, Lakewood