Greg Watson

Greg Watson is senior adviser for clean energy technology within the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. He is the administration's point of contact for the clean energy entrepreneurial community.

Watson is on loan from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, where he most recently served as vice president for sustainable development and renewable energy. In that capacity, he directed the Cape & Islands Offshore Wind Public Outreach Initiative and MTC’s Offshore Wind Energy Collaborative (OWC).

From 1995-99 Watson served as executive director of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI), a resident-driven community planning organization in Roxbury, Mass.

Watson was previously director of educational programs for Second Nature, a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing systems thinking and sustainable development for educational programs at all levels. Prior to joining Second Nature, he was director of The Nature Conservancy's Eastern Regional Office.

Watson served as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture from October 1990 to June 1993. Prior to becoming commissioner, he was the executive director of the New Alchemy Institute, a nonprofit research and education center dedicated to developing environmentally sound approaches to agriculture.

In 1983 Watson was appointed assistant secretary for science and technology within the Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Affairs, a post he held until 1989. From 1983-86 he also served as deputy director of the Massachusetts Centers of Excellence Corporation.

He attended Tufts University where he majored in civil engineering.