American Renewables Board of Managers
Frank Getman
Jim Gordon
Karl Usami
American Renewables Employees
Robert Donahoe
Leonard Fagan
Joshua Levine
Stephen McInnis
Ari Mervis
Albert Morales
Paul Nist
Stuart Sohn
Other American Renewables Team Members
Tony Callendrello
Christopher Smith |
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Frank Getman
Frank Getman is President and CEO of BayCorp Holdings, Ltd. and is also President and CEO of HoustonStreet Exchange.
Prior to joining BayCorp, Frank was an attorney with the Boston-based law firm Hale and Dorr, LLP. Frank is also a Director of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, an independent, non-partisan free market think tank focused on state and local public policy issues that affect the quality of life in New Hampshire and is Chairman of the School Board of St. Patrick's School in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Mr. Getman has a joint JD/MBA degree from Boston College and a bachelor's degree in political science from Tufts University.
Jim Gordon
Jim Gordon is the CEO of American Renewables and serves on its Board of Managers. Mr. Gordon is also President of Energy Management, Inc. (EMI).
In 1975, Mr. Gordon started EMI and over the ensuing years built EMI into one of the most successful privately held independent power companies in America. He recruited and managed a team of dedicated and highly motivated professionals that were able to complete the myriad and complex tasks of creating state of the art power projects. Mr. Gordon's sense of timing and grasp of political and regulatory directions allowed EMI to develop and operate some of New England's first gas fired cogeneration and independent power projects as well as the first generation of merchant electric plants in the United States.
Mr. Gordon is a graduate of Boston University's School of Public Communications and worked for Warner Communications Corporation prior to founding EMI.
Karl Usami
Karl Usami is CEO of Tyr Energy, Inc. and all Tyr investment subsidiaries including Tyr Capital, LLC.
Prior to his current CEO position at Tyr Energy, Mr. Usami was Director, Power Projects at ITOCHU International Inc. in New York. He brings to Tyr over 15-years management experience in business and project development and implementation of business strategy. Such experience includes capital investment in Orion Power Holdings, Inc. with Goldman Sachs and Constellation Energy Group; and project development at Diamond Energy, Inc. (currently Diamond Generating, Inc.) under Mitsubishi Corporation. In addition, Mr. Usami has orchestrated and closed numerous non-recourse project finance transactions in asset acquisition, project development, M&A, turnkey engineering-procurement-construction, and O&M, not only in the United States but also in overseas markets. Further, Mr. Usami has directed and led the profitable growth of many kinds of transactions of greenfield development and asset acquisition in the power and energy sector.
Mr. Usami earned a BA in English; obtained a degree specializing in Economics; and earned an MBA specializing in Finance and Accounting.
Robert Donahoe
Mr. Donahoe is Vice President of Environmental Services. His responsibilities include the management and coordination of all permitting and engineering development activities such as surveys, environmental site assessments, geotechnical evaluations and the various ancillary infrastructure requirements to serve each facility.
He has been an integral part of every energy project developed, owned and operated by Energy Management Inc. since 1983. Prior to 1983, he worked as a Design Engineer for Chas. T. Main and Stone & Webster on various energy and heat recovery projects throughout the United States.
Mr. Donahoe attended Wentworth Institute of Technology and furthered his education in the waste water treatment field and renewable energy technologies.
Leonard Fagan
Mr. Fagan is Vice President, Engineering and Technology at American Renewables.
Prior to joining American Renewables he was Vice President of Engineering for Energy Management, Inc. Mr. Fagan has over 38 years experience in engineering and project management with steam and gas turbines, combined cycle power plants, biomass power generation, solid fueled boilers, wind turbines and reciprocating engines. He has demonstrated achievements in engineering and project management with complex turnkey projects and greenfield power plant development including environmental permitting and studies, and negotiations of major equipment and EPC construction contracts. Mr. Fagan has been involved in supporting plant operations, development and review of operating and maintenance procedures. He has also been responsible for project budgets, schedule, planning, reporting and organization. Mr. Fagan's background prior to joining EMI includes managing several large international energy projects and he has held key positions with equipment manufacturers in the steam and gas turbine industry.
Mr. Fagan has a BSME from Northeastern University and has completed advanced studies in physics and meteorology.
Joshua Levine
Josh Levine is the Director of Project Development with over 10 years experience in environmental permitting, economic analysis, project finance and energy project development. Mr. Levine's responsibilities include managing all facets of project development from initial site selection and contract negotiation through environmental permitting and the development of a fuel procurement strategy. In addition, he is responsible for developing and maintaining the projects' financial pro forma models during the development process. Mr. Levine is also involved in new business development for American Renewables, including partnership development as well as evaluation of project feasibility.
Before joining American Renewables, Mr. Levine worked for Tamarack Energy where he was responsible for the development and management of the financial pro forma models used to evaluate and analyze Tamarack Energy's renewable energy development opportunities, identifying new development opportunities, and managing the ongoing development of renewable energy projects. His experience at Tamarack Energy included the management of utility-scale biomass and wind energy projects throughout New England and the Southeast. Prior to Tamarack Energy, Mr. Levine worked for Haley & Aldrich, where he helped manage the environmental permitting process for large energy infrastructure projects, including liquid natural gas terminals and natural gas pipelines. Prior to Haley & Aldrich, Mr. Levine worked for a major environmental consulting firm, assisting state and federal governments, as well as the United Nations, on a range of issues including the economic impact of domestic and international natural resource damage claims, and advising U.S. Department of Justice attorneys on large-scale environmental litigation cases.
Mr. Levine received his B.S. in Economics from Connecticut College, his M.B.A. from the Yale University - School of Management and his M.E.M. in Policy, Economics and Law from the Yale University - School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Stephen McInnis
Mr. McInnis has the primary responsibility of securing fiber fuel supply contracts for American Renewables' Nacogdoches Power project. He will also help ensure woodyard engineering designs appropriately match available fuel resources. Once the Nacogdoches project is operational, he will be the Fuel Procurement Manager responsible for sourcing, pricing and the logistics for fuel supply.
Mr. McInnis most recently worked for six years as Assistant Wood Procurement Manager in a pulp and paper environment responsible for pulpwood and wood chip procurement. Additionally, he had responsibilities for fiber fuel procurement for the papermill's two wood fired power boilers which together consumed 800,000 tons annually. Prior to that Stephen worked for 12 years in wood procurement in a solid wood environment buying both standing and delivered logs for a large building products company.
Mr. McInnis graduated from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science in Forestry in 1991. Stephen is a Certified Forester with the Society of American Foresters and is a Texas Tree Farm Inspector.
Ari Mervis
Mr. Mervis is the Vice President of Business Development for American Renewables.
Prior to joining American Renewables, Mr. Mervis was the Vice President of Finance and Assistant General Counsel of Energy Management, Inc. Mr. Mervis oversees the development of the American Renewables projects. He has principal responsibility for strategic planning and the negotiation and preparation of project documents.
Mr. Mervis is a graduate of Stanford University and the Harvard Law School. He is admitted to practice law in Illinois and Massachusetts.
Albert Morales
Mr. Morales serves as Chief Financial Officer of American Renewables.
Mr. Morales has held a number of leadership positions in the renewable energy and finance fields, including serving as COO and EVP of Environmental Power Corporation/Microgy, a publicly-traded developer of commercial-scale renewable natural gas facilities. At Microgy Mr. Morales helped develop and construct several facilities, managed the day-to-day operations of the business, and played an integral role in arranging corporate and project financing. Mr. Morales has also worked with various early-stage companies in the clean tech sector, including a developer of mid-range wind and solar facilities, a designer of green residential building systems and others. Earlier in his career Mr. Morales was a Vice President at Latona Associates, a private merchant bank, where he exercised a broad range of responsibilities for a $500 million portfolio of businesses. Mr. Morales has also served as an investment banker in the Industrial Manufacturing Group of ING Barings Furman Selz, providing advisory and capital-raising services to clients, and as a corporate attorney in the New York offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
Mr. Morales graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in economics, received a J.D. from Columbia Law School where he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Columbia Law Review, and received an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.
Paul Nist
Mr. Nist is the Manager of Construction for American Renewables.
Mr. Nist's responsibilities during the development of the projects include supporting the VP of Engineering and of Technology in the placement of major construction and equipment contracts. During the implementation phase of projects, Mr. Nist is responsible for the oversight of the processes necessary to monitor budgets, schedules, contract administration, project reporting, cost forecasting, and site staffing during construction of the projects.
Mr. Nist is a mechanical engineer with over 30 years experience in the power generation field with 7 years directly related to the EPC of large fossil fuel boilers similar to those being utilized for the American Renewables projects. Mr. Nist's background prior to joining American Renewables includes the management and successful completion of several large international energy projects. Most recently he completed two combined cycle natural gas power plants in industry record setting time and within budget in the State of Texas.
Mr. Nist also is degreed BSBA and an ASME member.
Stuart Sohn
Mr. Sohn is the Controller at American Renewables. He is responsible for a broad variety of financial items, including overseeing project-level development and construction finances, as well as corporate-level accounting, reporting and year-end auditing.
Mr. Sohn spent the last several years at Kelson Energy, Inc., a $2 billion independent power producer, as their corporate controller. His responsibilities included all accounting and finance functions for the projects and corporate entities. Previously, he was at Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a $400MM Pharmaceutical company as their corporate controller. Responsibilities included all accounting and finance functions including SEC reporting, budgeting, financial modeling and ERP systems implementation.
Mr. Sohn is a CPA licensed in Massachusetts. He has an undergraduate degree from Boston College in accounting and an MBA from Babson College in finance. He is a member of the AICPA and the Massachusetts Society of CPAs.
Tony Callendrello
Mr. Callendrello assists American Renewables with state and local government and regulatory relations.
He is currently the Chief Operating Officer and a director of BayCorp Holdings, Ltd., one of the partners of American Renewables LLC. He is also a director of HoustonStreet Exchange, Inc..
Mr. Callendrello is a professional engineer with over 25 years of experience in the power industry. He received a Bachelors of Engineering and a Masters of Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ.
Christopher Smith
Mr. Smith's responsibilities include structuring, arranging and financial placement for American Renewables' projects companies.
Mr. Smith is a Managing Director with Energy Management, Inc. His experience includes ten years in private equity and asset management in the energy industry at top tier firms including Enron Principal Investments, Constellation Energy Commodities Group, and, most recently, Merrill Lynch - Corporate Principal Investments. In addition, he has served on the board of Enron's largest independent oil & gas investment, Venoco, and led investment teams in the power, freight, coal and natural gas markets.
Mr. Smith has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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