Carl Little
Energy Analyst
Carl Little joined NCAT on January 1, 2011, as Senior Program Manager for NCAT’s Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Communities program. As a Senior Program Manager, Carl was responsible for overseeing all of NCAT’s agricultural projects, including its flagship ATTRA program, a $2.8 million cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development that provides education and technical assistance to agricultural producers and educators across the United States. In 2018, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Director for Operations and Programs, where he is now responsible for supervising both Senior Program Managers at NCAT (Energy and Agriculture) and maintaining oversight on facilities management and administrative operations.
Carl is a graduate of Indiana State University with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Economics. He also holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Regent University School of Law, where he earned his law degree with honors. His emphasis in law school was environmental and administrative law.
Following law school, Carl worked as Legislative Counsel and then Chief of Staff for the Honorable John Hostettler, U.S. Representative for the Eighth District of Indiana. In 2004, he moved from the Washington, DC, area back to Indiana where he practiced law until being hired by NCAT in 2011.
Prior to law school, Carl was a Trooper for the Indiana State Police and also worked part-time as a framing and finish carpenter as he had through his high school and college years.
More recently, he has immersed himself in the study of building science, building codes, and energy codes. He has completed seminars in building science with Building Science Corporation’s Joe Lstiburek, and Building Performance Institute’s Building Science Principles courses. He has also earned builder certificates from the Structural Insulated Panel Association completed NCAT’s HERS Rater training and earned NCAT’s certification on building and duct tightness testing. He has also maintained his carpenter skills, having built his last two residences and is currently renovating his 105-year-old house in Butte.