NewVerdant Outdoors

Ken Bariahtaris has lived with his family in Morristown, NJ since 1990. In parallel with careers in Financial Services Operations and Consulting, he has focused recent hobby and entrepreneurial time on Clean Energy evolution. Motivated to act by the US intent to depart the Paris Climate Accord, as well as the observable emissions, noise, and less-than-ideal working conditions in local residential landscaping, he launched New Verdant Outdoors (NVO), LLC in August, 2017. NVO’s goal is to "transform residential lawn cutting / edging / trimming/ blowing into a Zero emissions, Low noise, Fair Wage service sector across the state of New Jersey (and beyond).”  

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Ken holds a BS in Operations Research from Cornell University, and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. 

Deborah McComber has lived with her family in Morristown since 1983. She is a communications consultant focusing on user-friendly communications' strategies for nonprofits and small businesses. She walks clients through an engagement plan focusing on the web that takes into account limited resources, funding, time and tech ability. 

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In addition to her work at NVO, Debbie is Director of Public Relations and Web Communications for Opera at Florham. She is a Board Trustee for the League of Women Voters NJ, manages the website and social media pro bono for the Morristown Area League, and advocates with the NJ League's Fair Districts campaign. She also assists with communications and the web for the Operation Bling Foundation, a cancer patient support organization.

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For ten years, Debbie served as Communications Coordinator for The Presbyterian Church in Morristown. She has a background in economic research and forecasting with a focus on sustainable energy resources. Debbie is a graduate of Wellesley College with a degree in Mathematics.

Rick Bye is a long time Morristown resident who spent 30 years as research and development scientist/engineer with Honeywell. In both laboratory and industrial environments, he was involved in the design, development, and implementation of equipment, processes, and materials focused on energy efficiency and low emissions in electrical distribution and aerospace power systems. He continues to do contract work for Honeywell as an independent consultant.

Rick holds BS and MS degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT. Now that he is semi-retired, and spends more time at home during the day, Rick has become acutely aware of the noise and disruption to the neighborhood caused by gas powered lawn care services.