About Us

Spring Hill Solutions is a carbon management, clean energy, and business sustainability consulting firm based in Burlington, Vermont.

We work collaboratively with our clients – businesses, institutions, and organizations of all sizes – to create positive social and environmental change by focusing on the issues that are foremost on their minds and the minds of their stakeholders: planning for success and long-term viability in the context of climate change, rising energy costs, and growing sustainability imperatives.

Our three distinct but related service areas – Carbon Management, Clean Energy, and Business Sustainability – are custom-designed to meet our clients’ unique sustainability needs and goals while streamlining the process of going green.

Staff

• Greg Strong, President
• Jon Griesser, Vice President
• Noah Pollock, Senior Project Manager
• Melissa Meece, Marketing and Officer Manager
• Jena Strong, Strategic Advisor

Greg Strong, Principal [back to top]
Building on fifteen years of experience designing, developing, assessing, and marketing renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and services, Greg founded Spring Hill Solutions in 2002. He offers expertise in systems design and integration, project management, research, strategic planning and business development, and commercialization in the areas of clean energy, sustainability, and carbon management.

Greg holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. He is a published writer of both fiction and non-fiction, as well as an instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School, the Adirondack Mountain Club’s Winter Mountaineering School, and the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Mountain Leadership School. He lives in his hometown of Burlington, Vermont with his fun, gorgeous, and inspiring family: Jena, Aviva, and Pearl.

Jon Griesser [back to top]
Jon has worked in the environmental field for over a decade with land trusts, legal advocacy groups, and watershed organizations. Most recently, as a business manager and small business owner, he has implemented energy efficient and sustainable solutions in practical and cost-effective ways. His proficiencies are business and project management and analyzing the legal, scientific, and economic aspects of environmental issues.

Jon has a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and Government from St. Lawrence University and a Master of Science in Environmental Policy from Bard College. He is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration at Champlain College. He is a member of the Burlington Bike Council, an avid traveler, a biking and snowboarding fanatic, an aspiring gardener, and a lover of wine and food, especially if it's Italian. Jon lives in Burlington, Vermont with his beautiful and supportive wife Sarah and their amazing, German Shorthaired Pointer, Rigi.

Noah Pollock [back to top]
Noah hails from Delmar, NY, and graduated from Cornell University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources. He recently earned a Master's degree from the Rubenstein School for Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont, where he studied sustainable community development and ecological economics.

Noah continues his work as a Project Assistant at the Gund Institute of Ecological Economics. A passionate outdoorsman, aspring permiculturist, capable woodworker, and interdisciplinary thinker, he joined the Spring Hill Solutions team in December, 2007.

Melissa Meece [back to top]
Tired of the concrete jungle of New York City, Melissa moved to Vermont in the spring of 2007 where her passions for sustainable living and working close to nature are satisfied on a daily basis. She loves cooking (especially homegrown food), writing for local publications, and consulting on issues of professional and personal sustainability.

Melissa holds a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies from Vassar College, and has focused much of her academic and professional career on waste management and recycling. She currently lives in Burlington, Vermont, with her two feline friends and a wonderful roommate.

Jena Strong [back to top]
Strategic advisor, coach, writer, and editor: Jena wears many hats. She does everything possible to help the Spring Hill team prioritize, make decisions, identify and pursue opportunities, and function as happily and efficiently as possible.