Christine Shapard, Founding Executive Director Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA) CCIA is a trade association for Colorado's clean technology industry. Clean technology is anything that helps consumers or industries to use natural resources such as energy, water and waste more efficiently - and, while using them - lessen their environmental footprint.

About Christine Shapard Shapard most recently served as interim director of the Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA), which she originally joined in January 2006 as director of marketing and communications. Prior to CBSA, Shapard was with the Governor's Office of Economc Devopment & International Trade where she helped start Colorado's trade association for nanotechnology companies and help launch both the BioWest Conference & Expo and the Bioscience Colorado magazine. Link to Chris' August 9, 2009, interview in the Sunday Denver Post about the cleantech industry in Colorado.

About the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association The Colorado Cleantech Industry Association represents the interests of the state’s cleantech industry. Its mission is to further establish Colorado as a world leader in clean technology by providing representation and advocacy, a unified voice, relevant programming and capacity development. For more information, visit http://www.coloradocleantech.com.

CCIA also is found on these social media sites: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook  YouTube Channel   News Feed Blog E-mail for more information Link to the Colorado Cleantech Hub Where "Great Ideas Come Out of Thin Air"