Leadership Team
Patricia Zavala, Executive Director
Patricia Zavala, Executive Director
Patricia Zavala, Executive Director
Patricia Zavala is the Executive Director of PowerHouse Texas. She has nearly 15 years of experience in grassroots organizing, program management, training and advocacy. Previously, she served as the Senior Policy Analyst for Jolt, where she led the organization's legislative advocacy agenda for the state’s largest Latino civic engagement
Patricia Zavala is the Executive Director of PowerHouse Texas. She has nearly 15 years of experience in grassroots organizing, program management, training and advocacy. Previously, she served as the Senior Policy Analyst for Jolt, where she led the organization's legislative advocacy agenda for the state’s largest Latino civic engagement organization.
While living in Europe, she worked with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and organized transnational climate actions with the UN Climate Vulnerable Forum. Her research at FAO examined agrarian peasants’ movements' influence on international climate policies and environmental justice frameworks.
For over five years she worked at Workers Defense Project, an advocacy organization that uses legislative and legal action to improve working conditions for low-wage workers. She served as the Director of the Employment and Legal Services program, which she expanded to the statewide level.
Patricia holds two masters degrees in Public Affairs and Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and an undergraduate degree from the University of California Santa Barbara. She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and has worked as an interpreter for a language justice organization that she co-founded. Patricia previously served on the Steering Committee for the Austin Immigrants Rights Coalition and is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance.
Lyndsi Lambert, Program Director
Patricia Zavala, Executive Director
Patricia Zavala, Executive Director
Lyndsi Lambert is the Program Director of PowerHouse Texas.
She has over 10 years of experience in project management, coalition building, programming and advocacy. She recently
worked with Healthy Gulf as the Texas and Louisiana Organizer for the No New Leases campaign.
Prior to that, she served as Director of Capacity Building for the Tex
Lyndsi Lambert is the Program Director of PowerHouse Texas.
She has over 10 years of experience in project management, coalition building, programming and advocacy. She recently
worked with Healthy Gulf as the Texas and Louisiana Organizer for the No New Leases campaign.
Prior to that, she served as Director of Capacity Building for the Texas Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice Coalition where she provided strategic support to nearly 20 partner organizations through two legislative sessions.
As a consultant, she helped strengthen Central Health’s Community Health Champions program and provided policy research and technical assistance for the
Central Health Equity Policy Council.
Early in her career, Lyndsi managed a three-year, $2.3M grant project which helped expand food access and health education to nearly 61,000 East Baton Rouge residents through the creation of mobile farmers markets, healthy corner stores, the East Baton Rouge Food Access Policy Commission and Baton Rouge’s first farm to school program.
Board of Directors
Doug Lewin, Board Chair
Lanson Burrows Jones Jr., Vice Chair
Vikki Goodwin, Secretary Treasurer
Doug Lewin founded Stoic Energy, LLC, an energy advisory consulting firm focused on markets, technology, and policy in 2018. Previously, Doug led government and regulatory affairs work for CLEAResult, an energy efficiency program implementer for over 250 utilities in 40 states and provinces. Prior to joining CLEAResult, Lewin was the fou
Doug Lewin founded Stoic Energy, LLC, an energy advisory consulting firm focused on markets, technology, and policy in 2018. Previously, Doug led government and regulatory affairs work for CLEAResult, an energy efficiency program implementer for over 250 utilities in 40 states and provinces. Prior to joining CLEAResult, Lewin was the founding Executive Director of the South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER). SPEER was recognized by the US Department of Energy as the regional energy efficiency organization for Texas and Oklahoma, working with a network of similar organizations throughout the US to advance energy efficiency.
Lewin worked at the Texas Legislature for five years as a legislative aide, primarily on energy, environment, and climate issues for three different elected officials in the House and Senate. There, he established a successful bipartisan energy policy working group which deepened the knowledge base of a wide group of Capitol staffers and members by bringing in guest speakers from industry and academia.
Lewin is a nationally recognized energy expert, particularly in the electric grid, renewable energy, energy efficiency, demand response, utility regulation, and pollution reduction. He is contributor of articles on Texas energy to Renewable Energy World and has been featured in newspaper articles and TV/radio segments throughout Texas and nationally, including the Texas Tribune, the New York Times, the Austin American Statesman, the Dallas Morning News, the Houston Chronicle, Texas Monthly, the Texas Observer, Texas Public Radio, and more. Lewin earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and is a proud husband and father of four children.
Vikki Goodwin, Secretary Treasurer
Lanson Burrows Jones Jr., Vice Chair
Vikki Goodwin, Secretary Treasurer
Vikki Goodwin is a state representative serving her second term in the Texas Legislature. She represents western Travis County including parts of Austin, Westlake and Lake Travis.
Vikki is passionate about protecting the environment and addressing climate change. She is currently serving on the House Environmental Regulation Committee as w
Vikki Goodwin is a state representative serving her second term in the Texas Legislature. She represents western Travis County including parts of Austin, Westlake and Lake Travis.
Vikki is passionate about protecting the environment and addressing climate change. She is currently serving on the House Environmental Regulation Committee as well as being the state
lead for the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators. She personally drives an electric vehicle and has solar panels on her roof. Expanding renewable energy and maintaining incentives for solar, wind and electric vehicles is an important step in decreasing our carbon footprint.
In her first session, Vikki passed legislation allowing the Western Travis County Groundwater Conservation District to establish its governing body and continue its work. With the tremendous growth in her district, water resources are strained and additional planning is required. In her second session, Vikki worked across the aisle to ensure high-level radioactive waste could not be transported across the state. Additionally, she worked to ensure an excessive registration fee was not placed on electric vehicles.
Vikki and her husband raised their kids in Austin, and now run a small business, Goodwin & Goodwin Real Estate. Vikki is a graduate of the University of Texas, and earned her Master’s degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Lanson Burrows Jones Jr., Vice Chair
Lanson Burrows Jones Jr., Vice Chair
Lanson Burrows Jones Jr., Vice Chair
Lanson Burrows Jones Jr. is the Founder and CEO of Everlast Energy, one of the fastest growing energy brokerage companies on the market. Lanson is a passionate entrepreneur with experience in launching early stage innovative companies in the energy and technology sectors. He has extensive transitional experience before and after a success
Lanson Burrows Jones Jr. is the Founder and CEO of Everlast Energy, one of the fastest growing energy brokerage companies on the market. Lanson is a passionate entrepreneur with experience in launching early stage innovative companies in the energy and technology sectors. He has extensive transitional experience before and after a successful Mergers & Acquisitions in the deregulated energy sector and brings key thought leadership in understanding, recognizing, establishing and staying ahead of market trends by leveraging technology and unique go to market strategies.