Tim Simard collaborates across RAP’s communications and global teams to plan, create and deliver engaging digital and social media content. Since joining RAP in 2019, Simard has helped manage and coordinate several high-profile projects, including the Power System Blueprint and the heat pump toolkit and video series.
Simard is a writer, author and editor with more than 10 years’ experience in the communications and marketing fields. He has worked as a reporter and editor at Williston Publishing in Vermont and held communications and public relations roles with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont and Vermont College of Fine Arts. Tim Simard has also worked as a freelance writer for publications throughout New England.
In 2010, he wrote “Haunted Hikes of Vermont,” a book filled with ghost stories and hiking recommendations for spooky locales throughout Vermont.
Tim Simard is a graduate of Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont, and holds a master’s in writing from the University of New Hampshire.
What does a day at RAP look like for you?
Each day brings something different, which I find exciting. I log on each morning to see what’s going on with my colleagues around the world and find ways to help our field staff to prepare, publish and promote their work. Every day brings collaboration, whether it’s helping edit a paper, brainstorming new ways to present our ideas through special projects, or developing fresh ideas on how deliver engaging digital and social media content. The work is always interested and I’m constantly learning new things.
What’s your passion outside of RAP/clean energy?
I’m very passionate about experiencing the outdoors, whether it’s hiking, mountain biking, skiing, winter backpacking; the list goes on. In Vermont where I’m located, there’s no shortage of outdoor opportunities and my family and I are always out and about throughout the week.
When I was 5, I was pretty sure I would be "driving truck" when I grew up. I loved the idea of the open road and seeing what was around the next corner. I still love road trips, but I just drive a smaller car around North America instead of a big rig. When we start getting EV 18-wheelers on the road in the U.S, I might start thinking about truck driving again!