Our Team
William M. Moore
Chief Executive Officer
Bill serves as Chief Executive Officer for Deepwater Wind, where his duties include oversight of the financing and management of the company’s offshore wind projects and overall operations.
Prior to joining Deepwater Wind, Bill was co-founder of Atlantic Renewable Energy Corporation, the leading developer of commercial wind farms in the eastern U.S. In that role, Bill was instrumental in the development of wind projects in New York, the mid-Atlantic and West Virginia. Atlantic Renewable co-owned and co-developed The Maple Ridge facility, which remains the largest wind plant in eastern North America. After the acquisition of Atlantic Renewable, Bill continued to work for PPM Energy on the development of a 500mw portfolio of wind farms in northern New York until the end of 2008.
Bill earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Yale College. He studied at the London School of Economics and received a Master’s of Business Administration degree from the Yale School of Management.
Chris van Beek
President
Chris serves as President, where he manages all project-related construction activities.
Prior to joining Deepwater Wind, Chris served most recently as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President for Heerema Marine Contractors, a global leader in offshore construction based in The Netherlands. Over his 25-year career at Heerema, Chris was involved in all aspects of offshore oil and gas marine construction including engineering, operations, procurement, contracting, equipment management, planning, logistics, and project management. Van Beek is formerly a member of the International Marine Contractors Association, where he served as chairman of the safety and legislation committee.
Chris earned a BSC in Civil Engineering from Technical College in Zwolle and an Economics degree from Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
David Hang
Chief Financial Officer
David serves as Deepwater Wind’s Chief Financial Officer, where his responsibilities include management of all aspects of the company’s financial planning and execution.
As a 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, David also serves on the Deepwater Wind Board of Managers. David was formerly a principal in the private equity firm CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC and its predecessor J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC. David has served on the boards of Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. and Vetco International Ltd.
David earned a bachelor of science degree in business and finance from the University of Virginia.
Jeffrey Grybowski
Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Vice President for Strategy and External Affairs
Jeff serves as Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Vice President for Strategy and External Affairs for Deepwater Wind where he coordinates the company’s development activities and manages public and community relations as well as governmental strategy.
Prior to joining Deepwater Wind, Jeff worked for a number of years in the private and public sectors on complex policy, financial, and development matters. He has served as Chief of Staff to the Governor of the State of Rhode Island, was a corporate and business law partner at Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, and practiced law in New York City at Sullivan & Cromwell.
Jeff earned an A.B. with Honors in Public Policy from Brown University and a J.D. with High Honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law where he was Publication Editor of the North Carolina Law Review.
Tim Daniels
Senior Vice President for Market Development
Tim serves as Deepwater Wind’s Vice President for Market Development, where his responsibilities include leading market-development efforts in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Before joining the Company, Tim served as vice president of energy policy for Constellation Energy Group, where he represented the company’s wholesale and retail commodity business and its nuclear and renewable development groups in Delaware, New Jersey, New York and New England. Prior to that, Daniels managed the implementation of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s 2004 energy policy at the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
Tim earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Emory University and a master of science degree in environmental sciences and policy from Johns Hopkins University.
David Schwartz
General Counsel
David serves as General Counsel to the Company, where his duties include oversight of the Company’s legal and regulatory functions.
An experienced professional with over 20 years of demonstrated entrepreneurship, legal and managerial experience, and significant transactional involvement, both domestic and international, including originating start-up capital and working capital financing, complex structured transactions, over-the-counter derivative transactions, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and project, structured and corporate finance, secured loan transactions, and large syndicated financings.
David earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Delaware and his Juris Doctor Degree with High Honors from the National Law Center at George Washington University.
Clinton L. Plummer
Vice President of Development
Clint serves as Vice President of Development for Deepwater Wind, where he manages the company’s pre-construction project development activities.
Prior to joining Deepwater Wind, Clint served as Vice President of Asset Development and Underwriting for Endurant Energy, and before that, as founder and President of Redwood Power Company, which he sold to Endurant. Clint’s career includes experience in project origination and development, financial structuring and negotiations, as well as analytics and underwriting for a variety of energy asset development projects.
Clint earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Ohio State University and his Master’s Degree in Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Aileen Kenney
Director of Permitting
Aileen Kenney is the Director of Permitting at Deepwater Wind, she is responsible for overseeing the permitting of all projects.
Aileen has worked on the permitting of wind and other energy projects in the United States and abroad for over 10 years. Prior to joining Deepwater Wind in May 2010, she was the National Director of Wind Energy at Tetra Tech EC, Inc. During her time with Tetra Tech, their wind energy program was responsible for permitting over 335 projects representing over 20,000 MW of installed capacity. She co-managed preparation of the Wind Energy Siting Handbook for the American Wind Energy Association, published in 2008.
Aileen received her BA and MA in Environmental Science & Policy from Clark University.
Paul Murphy
Project Manager
Paul serves as Project Manager for Deepwater Wind, where he directs the company’s pre-construction surveying and engineering.
Prior to joining Deepwater Wind, Paul served as a fellow at the MIT Energy Initiative and as a contributing author to MIT’s study on the future of natural gas. Prior to MIT, Paul served as a director of strategic planning for a mayoral initiative in New York City government.
Paul earned graduate degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and engineering systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Bryan Wilson
Block Island Wind Farm Manager
Bryan serves as Manager of Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm, overseeing on-island operations and public engagement. He had previously served as the company’s island liaison.
Bryan is a former member of the New Shoreham Town Council and a number of island boards and commissions. He has owned and operated ZMA Design/Build Inc., a design and construction business on Block Island, since 1998. He is also a volunteer firefighter/EMT for Block Island Volunteer Fire & Rescue.
