Bob Gough, an attorney with graduate degrees in sociology and cultural ecology with 35 years’ experience working on tribal cultural and natural resource issues, was the first Director of the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Utility Commission, and is currently the Secretary of the Intertribal Council On Utility Policy (COUP), an organization composed of many Indian tribes in the Northern Great Plains that seeks sustainable homeland economies based upon efficient and renewable energy. COUP’s plan for tribal wind development across the West was recently awarded the inaugural World Clean Energy Award for Courage. Bob directed the first tribal utility wind turbine project, co-chaired the national tribal climate assessment, and served on the DOE Wind-Powering Native America Initiative.
