About Ginny Ades

Ginny is a founding board member of the Evergreen Sustainability Alliance and has worked with a variety of nonprofit organizations in the Evergreen area to promote the missions of conservation, energy efficiency and healthy communities. Ginny studied Environmental Science and Philosophy as an undergraduate; after moving to Evergreen with her husband in 1976, she earned a graduate degree in Urban Planning and Community Development. She worked as a planner for the City of Greenwood Village and in the Community Development section of the Jefferson County Planning Department in her early career, and, while raising her children, has spent most of the past 30 years utilizing her skills to advance community development and conservation through local nonprofit work. Ginny formed her business, Step Ahead Energy Efficiency Consulting, in 2009, and joined The EML Group in 2012, to help home and building owners create sustainable environments that are economical and respectful of our natural resources. She is interested in learning how to live more sustainably and is passionate about her role in helping to establish the Evergreen Sustainability Alliance as an organization that can reach and teach others in the community about sustainable lifestyles, as well.