Toney Anaya
Chairman & CEO
Toney Anaya is a former Governor (1983-1986) and Attorney General of New Mexico (1975-1978). As Attorney General, he is recognized for turning a previously obscure office into a major force as a protector of consumer rights. As Governor, he focused on energy alternatives, water development and conservation, the environment, education, economic development, and provided leadership in investing of the state’s multi-billion dollar trust funds. Known as a visionary, he successfully steered the state through a national recession, transforming New Mexico into a more technology-based economy and laid the groundwork for future deployment of rapid rail transit, education and social reform.
From Anaya Law offices in Santa Fe, he represents major corporate clients; pursues his own business development initiatives, including real estate and energy projects; was a founding member of Valor Telecommunications which provides telephone service in New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma; for five years was a principal advisor to the country of Mexico during negotiations and passage in the U.S. of the North American Free Trade Agreement. He has served on many public and private boards and commissions. He also possesses extensive federal government experience in Washington, D.C., including seven years at the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of State and five years as legal counsel to a U.S. Senator.
He has a Juris Doctorate from American University; a B.A. from Georgetown University.
He and his wife Elaine consider as their most treasured accomplishment their three adult children and eight grandchildren.
Paul Pelosi Jr.
President & COO
Paul Pelosi has over 15 years experience in advising emerging and Fortune 500 companies in the areas of finance, infrastructure, sustainability and public policy. Mr. Pelosi is a co-founder of Natural Blue Resources where he currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Pelosi advises NASA Ames Research Center, Sunforce Solution International, and AirPatrol Corporation on a variety of infrastructure projects to promote sustainable development, recycling, security and develop effective strategies for solar energy deployment. As Vice President of Corporate Strategy at InfoUsa, he identified and executed mergers, acquisitions, and business partnerships. Previous experience with Bank of America Securities, Bank of America Countrywide and JP Morgan Chase working in sales, corporate finance, loan origination, and institutional sales.
Appointed by Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr. in 2003, to the San Francisco Commission on the Environment where he currently serves as President. Under his leadership, policies and programs have been implemented, which increased recycling from 46% to 70%; energy efficiency, resulting in a reduction of 28 megawatts in electricity; climate change initiatives, reducing carbon emissions to 6% below 1990 levels, and is the first municipality to implement a ban on plastic bags.
Mr. Pelosi is a founding member of Cisco Connected Urban Development. Under the direction of Cisco CEO John Chambers, Mr. Pelosi works with a international cities including San Francisco, Birmingham, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Lisbon, Madrid and Seoul to demonstrate how network connectivity reduces carbon emissions in urban environments.
Mr. Pelosi is a sought after speaker on environmental policies to encourage individuals and local government’s active role in conserving natural resources and reduce carbon foot prints. Over the past 12 months, he has spoken at international conferences in Stockholm, Milan, Amsterdam, and Seoul.
Mr. Pelosi is a graduate of Georgetown University with a BA in History (Cum Laude, 1991) and a JD/MBA (Joint Degree 1995) emphasis in International Business. Mr. Pelosi has been a member of the California State Bar since 1996 and currently resides in San Francisco.
Stella Thomas
VP of Strategic Development
Stella Thomas comes to Natural Blue from her position as Founder and the Executive Director of the Global Water Fund, whose aim is to raise awareness of the global water crisis and to find tangible financial and technical solutions to problems of water scarcity and sanitation.
Ms. Thomas serves as a liaison to governments, international organizations, and business and civic groups on issues related to sustainable development and the environment. Through backgrounds in diplomacy and international relations, Ms. Thomas also consults on global water issues and on water technologies, and advises governments and industry leaders on environmental, health, economic, political, and social factors related to water. She is also the author of many writings on water and sustainable development and frequently lectures to organizations around the world.
Ms. Thomas has been involved with the following organizations: US Congress, United
Nations (New York), UN Summit on Sustainable Development (South Africa), NATO
(Brussels), European Space Agency (Paris), Ministerial Conference on Water (The Hague), Council of African Unity (Paris), UNESCO (Paris), United Nations Development Program (New York), OECD (Paris), Ministry of Finance (Paris), World Bank (Paris), World Trade Organization (Geneva), Council of Water (Morocco), League of Arab Nations (Paris).
Ms. Thomas holds two Bachelors Degrees from Michigan State University in the fields of
International Relations and Political Science. She holds diplomas in Economics from the
University of Cambridge and The London School of Economics. Ms. Thomas also attended the School of International Relations & Diplomacy/University of Paris, where she obtained her Master’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conflict Resolution, and completed a Master's Degree at the University of Oxford in Water Science, Policy & Management.
Khalid Al-Ali
Chief Technology Advisor
Khalia Al Ali –38- principal investigator, project lead, and program visionary at the NASA Ames Research Center and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL), on key projects involving advanced aircraft and spacecraft control systems, intelligent avionics, novel power systems, planetary rovers and robots, spacecraft, and autonomous exploratory vehicles for Lunar, Martian, and Antarctic missions. He is also the founder of Senseta, a robotic sentry and patrol platform provider for the space automaton and security industry. He founded CMIL (http://cmil.west.cmu.edu) and directs its activities to create compact, highly capable mobile autonomous vehicles covering ground, air and space operations. Some of these platforms are already in use by NASA Ames and NASA JPL as research test beds for NASA-relevant technologies and educational tools to excite students about robotics, science, and engineering. With deep expertise in advanced control systems, he has lead multidisciplinary, award-winning, and high profile NASA projects as Principal Investigator and is the principal UAV test pilot for the Adaptive Control and Evolvable Systems Group at NASA Ames Research Center. As Director of Research at Carnegie Mellon University’s Silicon Valley campus in Moffett Field, CA, he oversees a superlative group of scientists and engineers conducting multidisciplinary, high profile award winning research.
Dr. Al-Ali has been involved with a multitude of scientific and research endeavors with General Electric Medical Systems, University of Colorado at Boulder, and University of California at Berkeley in the U.S.A. He has been on numerous global teams that resolved a multitude of issues ranging from scientific, technical, strategic, and project implementation. His work has resulted in the creation of innovations that have lead to breakthroughs and methodologies that have evolved to become best practices. While a scientist at the Universities of Colorado and California, he has worked extensively and lead efforts in robotics, controls, acoustics for various multi-media systems, space shuttle payload systems, and medical systems. Dr. Al-Ali is the principal inventor of a U.S. and worldwide-patented technology involving advanced control systems for nonlinear acoustic devices.