Board of Managers
Tony Meggs
Board Chairman, former Group Vice President of Technology at BP and former Group Vice President in BP Exploration and Production; currently Co-Chair of MIT Natural Gas Study Initiative
Spencer Abraham
Former U.S. Senator from Michigan (1995-2001) and US Secretary of Energy (2001-2005); member of the Board of Directors of Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Steve Key
Former Executive Vice President and CFO of Textron Inc; currently serves on the board of directors of First Wind, Rhode Island School of Design, Greenhill & Co., and J.D. Watkins
Paul Gaynor
Chief Executive Officer of First Wind; former Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer of Singapore Power Group and Chief Operating Officer of SP International and Vice President and Manager of Asia Pacific at GE Capital’s Structured Finance Group
Michael Alvarez
President and Chief Financial Officer of First Wind; former Vice President of Strategic Planning at Edison International and Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and General Counsel at Nexant, and President of Kenetech Energy Systems
Bryan Martin
Managing Director of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. and co-head of the D. E. Shaw group’s U.S. growth and buyout private equity unit. Formerly a partner at J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC. Mr. Martin currently serves or has served on the boards of First Wind Holdings Inc (current), Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (past), General Maritime (past), Franklin Holdings (Bermuda), Ltd. (current), Seawolf Drilling (past), Aspen Marketing Services (current) and Snikiddy LLC (current).
Brian Redmond
Founder of Paragon Energy Holdings LLC; former President of Houston Pipe Line Company and President of Louisiana Resource Company, Managing Director of Enron, and Executive Director of UBS Warburg Energy.
David Hang
Senior Vice President of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. and a member of the D. E. Shaw group’s U.S. growth and buyout private equity unit. Formerly a principal at J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC. Mr. Hang has served on the boards of Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. and Vetco International Ltd.
William Moore
Chief Executive Officer of Deepwater Wind. Mr. Moore led the development of the 325 MW Maple Ridge Wind Farm (Lowville, NY), which is the largest operating wind facility in eastern North America.
Ed Stern
President and CEO of PowerBridge, LLC; under his guidance, Neptune Regional Transmission System, LLC, a PowerBridge company, developed, constructed and since 2007 has operated the Neptune Project — a 660 megawatt undersea electric transmission system that interconnects the PJM market at Sayreville, NJ with Long Island, NY.
