John BergerFounder, Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerJohn Berger is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Standard Renewable Energy. Prior to Standard, Mr. Berger founded and was the Managing Partner of Contango Capital Partners, LP, a venture capital firm. While at Contango Capital Partners, Mr. Berger either invested in at an early stage or founded nine renewable energy companies. This experience has produced a track record that is amongst the best in the nascent renewable energy industry. Mr. Berger joined Enron in 1996 as an analyst for its East Power Trading department and later became a division manager. Before leaving the company for Harvard Business School in 2001, Mr. Berger was instrumental in the development of a new Premium Power division, where he developed corporate strategy for new energy technologies and spearheaded development opportunities in renewable energy technologies. In 2002 and 2003, Mr. Berger served as an advisor to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Mr. Berger has more than thirteen years of experience in the energy industry. Mr. Berger graduated cum laude from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. Peter L. CorsellPresident and Chief Executive Officer, GridPointPeter L. Corsell is President and Chief Executive Officer for GridPoint and is responsible for the strategic vision and leadership of the company. GridPoint is the pioneer of an innovative smart grid platform to address today's energy challenges while aligning the interests of electric utilities, consumers and the environment. In 2003, Mr. Corsell founded GridPoint to create a technology that would fuel the mass adoption of renewable energy sources and increase energy efficiency in homes and businesses. By 2005, the company identified the opportunity for its products to provide electric utilities with control over an intelligent network of distributed load measurement and control devices, energy storage technologies and renewable energy sources, thereby enabling utilities to balance demand and supply in an economical, scaleable and environmentally beneficial manner. Today, GridPoint has raised $102 million in invested capital, including a large investment by the Goldman Sachs Group, and is working with electric utilities nationwide. The World Economic Forum selected the company as a Technology Pioneer 2008. Mr. Corsell's commitment to protect the environment and serve society is also evident in his background and work outside of GridPoint. Mr. Corsell serves on Newsweek's Global Environment and Leadership Advisory Committee and the corporate board of the Environmental Media Association. Previously, he served with the U.S. State Department in Cuba and worked as a political analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Corsell holds a B.S.F.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Michael T. FlynnGroup President & Officer ALLTEL CorporationMr. Flynn was formerly Group President and an officer of ALLTEL Corporation, an integrated telecommunications provider of wireless, local telephone, long-distance, competitive local exchange, Internet and high-speed data services from 1994 until he retired in 2004. Mr. Flynn has four years experience at the board level of public and private companies. He has served on the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Airspan Networks (AIRN), a worldwide wireless broadband product manufacturer, since 2002. Since 2004 Mr. Flynn has served on the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee of WebEx Communications, a publicly-traded company providing real time web collaboration and conferencing services. He is also as a member of the Board of Directors of several private companies including: Calix, GENBAND, and BayPackets. He has worked at Southwestern Bell Telephone, SBC, AT&T, Bell Communications Research, and ALLTEL Corporation during the course of his career. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University. Mr. Flynn also attended The Dartmouth Institute and the Harvard Graduate School of Business. David GelbaumCo-Trustee, Quercus Trust David Gelbaum is co-trustee of the Quercus Trust along with his wife, Monica Chavez Gelbaum. Beginning in 1972, Mr. Gelbaum spent 30 years developing quantitative trading strategies in publicly traded stocks and their derivatives. In 2002, he and Mrs. Gelbaum formed The Quercus Trust, which is focused on investing in companies that are building businesses that will generate significant returns for shareholders while protecting the environment and creating a better future for this generation and those that follow. J. Roderick Heller, IIIChairman, GridPointJ. Roderick Heller is Chairman and CEO of Carnton Capital Associates LP, a venture capital firm, and has more than 30 years' experience in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Heller serves on the board of directors of two public companies, Montpelier Ray Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE) and First Potomac Realty Trust (NYSE), as well as three private companies. He recently served as Chairman of the National Capital Revitalization Corporation (2001-2003), a quasi-public entity that stimulates economic development in Washington, D.C. through real estate development, business finance and job creation. Mr. Heller assumed control of, and successfully turned around, several underperforming corporations. As Chairman and CEO of the National Housing Partnerships, Inc. (1985-1997), Mr. Heller built the housing consortium into the largest owner and operator of apartments in the U.S. and directed the public offering and subsequent sale of the company in 1995 and 1997. As President and CEO of Bristol Compressors, Inc. (1982-1985), a manufacturer of air conditioning compressors and condensing units that had not been profitable since its founding in 1975, Mr. Heller led the company to significant profits within two years. Bristol Compressors was sold in 1986 to York International, a global supplier of heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. Earlier in his career, Mr. Heller was a partner at the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, D.C. (1971-1982), where his practice focused on corporate finance, with an emphasis on foreign investment transactions, real estate financing and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Heller holds an A.B. degree from Princeton University, where he was awarded the Danforth Foundation Fellowship and the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. Mr. Heller also holds an M.A. degree in history from Harvard University and an LL.D degree from Harvard Law School. Richard A. RabinowRetired President & CEO, Longhorn Partners Pipeline, LPRichard A. Rabinow retired in 2006 from the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Longhorn Partners Pipeline, LP, a position he had held since June 2004. Concurrently, Mr. Rabinow resigned from the Executive Committee of the Association of Oil Pipe Lines. Mr. Rabinow is the President of The Rabinow Consortium, LLC, which was established by Mr.Rabinow following his retirement from ExxonMobil in 2002. Mr. Rabinow recently served on the Committee for Pipelines and Public Safety of the National Academies' Transportation Research Board and formerly was a member and chairman of the Owners Committee of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. Mr. Rabinow earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Mechanics from Lehigh University and received Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Management, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. John D. WhiteCo-Founder, Chairman/Managing Partner, SREG, LLCJohn White is a co-founder and currently serves as Chairman & CEO of SREG, LLC. Prior to SREG, Mr. White co-founded Contango Capital Partners, LP, a venture capital firm. Mr.White brings over 30 years of legal experience in many industry sectors. Board certified in civil trial law, Mr. White has successfully prosecuted and defended high-dollar, complex business matters, and he is a seasoned counselor to a variety of individuals and business entities, including major and independent oil companies, power generators and a diverse group of non-energy related businesses, including alternative education and manufacturing. Mr. White's legal career includes an in-house counsel position with Texaco,Inc. and private practice in the Houston area, for the last 25 years. He founded his own firm - Watt, White & Craig in 1981, and from 1992 to 2003,he was a shareholder of the firm of Winstead Sechrest & Minick, having served as the Managing Shareholder of the Houston office for eight years. Before joining SREG in 2006, Mr. White was a partner of the national firm of Jones Walker, LLP, managing its Houston office. (In 2003, Mr. White was appointed by the Governor of Texas as a Regent of the Texas A&M University System and served as chairman from 2005 through 2007; currently he serves as vice-chairman.) Mr. White continues to be the Chairman of the Board of the Ed Rachal Foundation and a member of The University of Texas Law Alumni Association Executive Committee. Mr. White received a degree in Political Science from Texas A&M University and his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law.
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