Fred Palmer is Senior Vice President of Government Relations. He joined Peabody in February 2001 and is responsible for advancing state and federal policies related to the production and use of coal. Prior to joining Peabody Energy, he served for 15 years as chief executive officer of Western Fuels Association, Inc. He most recently served as counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Shook Hardy & Bacon, a Kansas City-based law firm.

Fred is the 2004 recipient of the Erskine Ramsay Medal Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME). He is a member of the National Coal Council, Executive Committee and Chairman, Coal Policy Committee. He is Peabody Energy's representative and on the Board of Directors of FutureGen Alliance, as well as on the Board of Directors of the World Coal Institute. He formerly served as: Board of Directors, National Mining Association and chaired its Legal Committee and Climate Change Task Force.

Gregg Dixon has led various sales, marketing, and business development efforts at EnerNOC and currently leads marketing efforts worldwide to utility and end-use customers. Gregg is primarily responsible for leading the development of EnerNOC's go-to-market strategy, product and service development, and the execution of marketing mechanisms that accelerate profitable sales growth and brand recognition through creative and customer-driven insights.

Prior to joining EnerNOC, Gregg was Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Hess Microgen, the leading provider of commercial on-site co-generation systems and services in the United States. As a highly recognized expert in distributed generation, Gregg pioneered efforts to bring more than 100 co-generation systems to leading grocery, hospitality, commercial property, and manufacturing customers and developed Hess Microgen's Internet-based monitoring system, CONIFER. Gregg was also Partner at Mercer Management Consulting, where he advised global Fortune 1000 technology, consumer products, and energy clients on customer and product strategy, economic choice analysis, and new business model development.

Gregg graduated from Boston College with bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and Computer Science and he is a Certified Energy Manager, Certified Demand Side Management Professional, and Certified Sustainable Development Professional with the Association of Energy Engineers. Gregg was also voted one of Boston's "40 Under 40" by Boston Business Journal as recognition for having established himself as a leader to be watched in the field of energy.

Robert "Bob" Gates joined Clipper in early 2006, to manage the Company's Commercial Operations, including North American sales. Prior to joining Clipper, he served in a senior position within GE Energy's wind energy segment, with responsibilities spanning wind power project development, wind turbine sales, and related activities in government and regulatory, construction and operations. Under his sales leadership, GE became one of the world's most prominent wind turbine suppliers.

Bob Gates' leadership in the global wind industry extends from the pioneering era in the early 1980's, when, as a principal and senior manager of Zond Systems, the company grew to become a leading wind power project developer and wind turbine manufacturer. Bob's senior management role continued through Zond's strategic and proactive acquisition by Enron in 1997, and the subsequent acquisition of the company's wind turbine technology by GE in 2002. Bob has served as a member of the board of the American Wind Energy Association since the outset of the U.S. wind energy industry in the early 1980's, and the organization's president in 1999-2000, and again in 2007-08.

Marc D. Montalvo is Director of Market Development with ISO New England Inc., the not-for-profit organization that operates New England's bulk power grid and wholesale electricity markets. Mr. Montalvo has electric power industry experience that includes wholesale electricity market design and operation, asset valuation and project finance, portfolio management, and resource planning.

Prior to joining the ISO in 2004, Mr. Montalvo served as Manager of Wholesale Market Analytics at La Capra Associates, an energy industry consultancy based in Boston, MA. Before joining La Capra Associates, he was an Analyst in the generation operation and marketing group at New England Power Company (NEES). Mr. Montalvo holds a M.S. in Finance from Clark University and a B.S. in Mathematics from Allegheny College.

Brian X. Tierney is executive vice president - AEP East Utilities. He is responsible for distribution and customer service operations in the states of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

He was previously senior vice president-commercial operations, with responsibility for energy marketing, energy trading, power projects and commercial analysis.

Tierney joined AEP in 1998 and has held a number of management positions responsible for pricing energy transactions, market operations, and trading and marketing. Prior to being appointed to his current position, he was senior vice president-energy marketing, where he was responsible for bidding AEP's load and resources into PJM as well as natural gas and electricity trading and marketing. From 2001-2002, he served on the Board of Directors of ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas).

Prior to joining AEP, Tierney worked for a subsidiary of Enron Corp., where he was an electricity trader in the ECAR and PJM regions, traded coal and priced energy transactions. Prior to entering the energy industry, Tierney served as a United States Peace Corps volunteer in the Republic of the Philippines and worked in the consumer products industry.

Tierney has a bachelor of arts degree in history from Boston College and a master's in business administration degree from the University of Chicago with concentrations in finance and accounting.

Osmar Abib is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse in the Global Energy group within the Investment Banking division, based in Houston. He is the Head of the Houston, Texas regional office.

Mr. Abib joined Credit Suisse First Boston in September 1995 from Lehman Brothers where he was a Director in the Oil & Gas Group in Investment Banking.

Mr. Abib has extensive public offering and M&A experience in the Oil & Gas sector including completing transactions for Atwood Oceanics, Baker Hughes, Basic Energy Services, BJ Services, Camco International, Chesapeake Energy, ConocoPhillips, Cooper Cameron, Core Labs, Daniel Industries, Devon Energy, Diamond Shamrock, Dreco Energy, Dresser Industries, Drilex International, First Reserve, Flowserve, FMC Technologies, Global Industries, Grant Prideco, Grey Wolf, Halliburton Company, Hanover Compressor, Helmerich & Payne, Hydril Company, John Wood Group, Kerr-McGee, Lyondell Chemical, Maxus Energy, McDermott International, Ocean Energy, Oil States, Oryx Energy, Petroleos de Venezuela, Petroleum Geo-Services, Pool Energy, R&B Falcon, SCF Partners, Seagull Energy, Smith International, Stewart & Stevenson, Superior Energy, Tejas Gas, Tesoro Petroleum, Tuboscope, Varco International, Weatherford International, Western Atlas, W-H Energy, and The Williams Companies.

Mr. Abib holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Rice University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Randy Foutch is an experienced oil and gas executive with prior successes in forming his own privately held companies. He is currently Chairman & CEO of Laredo Petroleum, Inc.

Laredo Petroleum is an independent oil and gas company with headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Laredo’s business strategy is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and gas properties in the Mid-Continent region of the United States. Laredo was formed with an initial commitment of up to $500 million of equity from Warburg Pincus.

Prior to the formation of Laredo, Mr. Foutch founded Latigo Petroleum, Inc. and served as its President & CEO until Latigo was sold to Pogo Producing Co. in May 2006 for $750 million dollars in a corporate transaction. Latigo was honored as co-winner of the Oklahoma Venture of the Year Award.

Among many other awards and honors, Foutch was inducted into the 2008 Tulsa Historical Society Hall of Fame, and received the American Association of Petroleum Geologists' Public Service Award at its 1999 convention. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Texas and a Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Houston.

Colin South has held leading technology and management-focused positions for companies in engineering, genetics and marketing arenas. He has over ten years of bioprocess design, construction and operation experience in the biotech industry acquired while with BioMetics Consulting. He was the former CEO of ViaLactia Biosciences, a gene discovery and commercialization company and was Fonterra Co-operative Group's General Manager of Health and Nutrition in Auckland, New Zealand. Dr. South received a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand and both an ME in Engineering Management and a Ph.D. in Bioprocess Engineering from Dartmouth College.

Gordon Shearer is Chief Executive Officer of Hess LNG LLC, a joint venture of Hess Corporation and Poten & Partners, established in June 2004. He joined Hess Corporation in June 2007 as a Senior Vice President. Prior to joining Hess he was employed by Poten & Partners from early 2001. Before joining Poten he was employed by Cabot Corporation from 1978 until 2001, with numerous assignments in the Corporation’s energy businesses. From 1981 until 1987 he was a Vice President of Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation responsible for exploration, production, gas transmission and marketing in the Appalachian Basin. From 1987 until 2000 he was CEO of Cabot LNG Corporation which owned and operated the LNG terminal in Boston Harbor and the LNG carrier "Matthew". During this time he was heavily involved in the creation of the Atlantic LNG project in Trinidad and Tobago. He was a Vice President of Cabot Corporation from 1991-2001. He received a B.Sc. in Geophysics from Edinburgh University in 1976, and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1978. He was appointed to the National Petroleum Council in May 2005. He is the co-author of "LNG – A Nontechnical Guide" (Pennwell, 2007).

Diarmuid joined Tesla Motors in 2006, and currently serves as the Vice President of Business Development in which capacity he manages commercial relationships and all aspects of government affairs. Before joining Tesla, Diarmuid served as Chief of Staff for Political Military Affairs at the US State Department, where he was involved in policy and operational support to the U.S military in various theaters of operation.

Before his tenure in Washington, Diarmuid worked in corporate strategy as a management consultant for Accenture, as a founder of educational software developer, Real Time Learning, and as a senior executive with both McCann Erickson Worldwide and Young and Rubicam. Over the course of his career, he has managed international operations, projects and marketing for such brands as Coca Cola, Gillette, and AT&T, among others.

Diarmuid has earned a bachelors degree from Dartmouth College, a Masters in Foreign Policy from the University of Virginia, and an M.B.A. from Kellogg.

James leads the Automotive Marketing, Sales and Service Solutions Team for IBM Global Business Services. In his role, Mr. Johnson is responsible for developing industry solutions that address the business requirements of Automotive, Truck and Heavy Equipment manufacturers. These solutions cover the disciplines of Marketing, Sales, Service, Parts and Captive Finance.
Prior to his relocation to Michigan in 2003, Mr. Johnson lived in Atlanta, GA and was an Executive Consultant for IBM's Retail and CPG industries. During this time Mr. Johnson was part of IBM's eBusiness Innovation Center that provided advanced web development and channel management services. He also spent two years as the Global eBusiness SME for the Travel and Transportation sector.
Before joining IBM, Mr. Johnson worked for MSX International, then a division of Masco Corporation, a Tier 1 Supplier to the Automotive Industry that specializes in Engineering Services and Specialty Program Management.
Mr. Johnson has a degree in Communications from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. He also studied Visual Design and Advertising at Detroit's Center for Creative Studies.

Osmar Abib is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse in the Global Energy group within the Investment Banking division, based in Houston. He is the Head of the Houston, Texas regional office.

Mr. Abib joined Credit Suisse First Boston in September 1995 from Lehman Brothers where he was a Director in the Oil & Gas Group in Investment Banking.

Mr. Abib has extensive public offering and M&A experience in the Oil & Gas sector including completing transactions for Atwood Oceanics, Baker Hughes, Basic Energy Services, BJ Services, Camco International, Chesapeake Energy, ConocoPhillips, Cooper Cameron, Core Labs, Daniel Industries, Devon Energy, Diamond Shamrock, Dreco Energy, Dresser Industries, Drilex International, First Reserve, Flowserve, FMC Technologies, Global Industries, Grant Prideco, Grey Wolf, Halliburton Company, Hanover Compressor, Helmerich & Payne, Hydril Company, John Wood Group, Kerr-McGee, Lyondell Chemical, Maxus Energy, McDermott International, Ocean Energy, Oil States, Oryx Energy, Petroleos de Venezuela, Petroleum Geo-Services, Pool Energy, R&B Falcon, SCF Partners, Seagull Energy, Smith International, Stewart & Stevenson, Superior Energy, Tejas Gas, Tesoro Petroleum, Tuboscope, Varco International, Weatherford International, Western Atlas, W-H Energy, and The Williams Companies.

Mr. Abib holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Rice University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

William Lee is Vice President, Project Finance and Corporate Development, at Sun Edison LLC. In that capacity, he leads SunEdison's global project financing and corporate development activities and originates, negotiates, structures and executes various types of financial and strategic transactions in these areas. Lee is based in the company's Maryland headquarters.

Prior to SunEdison, he worked at the Massachusetts Green Energy Fund, a private venture capital firm that invests in clean and renewable energy technologies. Additionally, Lee worked as an investment banker at Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup Global Markets) where he was involved in M&A and capital markets transactions within the global energy sector. He also was a principal investor at Golub Capital, a private equity and mezzanine debt investment firm.

William holds an A.B. in Government from Harvard College, and received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

Michael joined Greentech Capital Advisors from Goldman Sachs, where he was a Vice President in Global Investment Research and the lead analyst for the US alternative energy and coal sectors. His research was spread among a variety of areas such as coal mining, coal technology, solar module manufacturing, demand response, waste-to-energy, battery storage, wind, and fuel cells. Prior to that, he also covered the homebuilder sector. For 2008, Michael's stock-picking performance was in the top 5% of all of Goldman Sachs US equity analysts with his recommendations resulting in +32% absolute performance, +72% relative to Russell 3000 and +50% relative to coverage universe.

Prior to Goldman Sachs, Michael was a Visiting Research Fellow at Accenture's Institute for High Performance Business, a company-sponsored think tank. His research focused on management techniques to most effectively maximize shareholder value at high-growth companies and was published in both internal and external business journals. He was also a manager in Accenture's strategy practice.

Michael started his career with Arthur Andersen in the consumer products and services audit and business advisory group, where he conducted financial statement audits in a variety of sectors such as casino entertainment, discount retail, high-fashion retail, as well as nonprofits. While an undergraduate, he was selected to represent the State of New Jersey in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Honors Internship Program where he assisted in white collar crime investigations.

Michael Eckhart is founding President and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE). He also is co-chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), a member of the Steering Committee of the REN 21 global policy network, and co-head of the North American Secretariat of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). He is a 2008 recipient of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, a 2006 recipient of RSA's Good Deal for All Award, and a three-time participant in the Clinton Global Initiative.

In 1998 he was named Renewable Energy Man of the Year of India for his work in bringing financing to solar energy markets, and in 1999 formed a $50 million joint venture between Shell and ESKOM in South Africa which electrified 10,000 off-grid homes with solar home systems.

He has over 25 years of experience in renewable energy, power generation, high technology, and finance. Previously, he was Chairman/CEO of United Power Systems, Inc.; Co-founder and Vice President of the venture capital firm Arete Ventures, Inc.; Manager of Strategic Planning for the Power Systems Sector of General Electric Company; and a Principal of Booz, Allen & Hamilton's energy practice where he conducted many of the original national studies in the 1970s on emerging energy technologies including solar PV, solar heating & cooling, solar thermal-electric, windpower, hydropower, geothermal energy, cogeneration, energy storage, advanced coal combustion, gasification, liquefaction, synthetic fuels, and advanced nuclear. He served in the US Navy Submarine Service. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

John Lushetsky is Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Mr. Lushetsky is responsible for EERE's efforts to develop clean and energy-efficient technologies for vehicles, buildings, and industries and manages activities to implement energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies within the Federal government. As part of EERE's senior leadership, Mr. Lushetsky helps to oversee $16.8 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding, including state, city, and community programs for energy efficiency, as well as other energy efficiency programs focused on buildings, industrial technologies, and advanced vehicles.

Prior to this position, Mr. Lushetsky served as Program Manager of DOE's Solar Energy Technology Program (SETP) with responsibility for all activities under the Solar America Initiative. He directed the program's $170 million budget through solar technology research and development agreements with universities, venture capital funded start-ups, and established companies and oversaw solar research and development through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and other national labs. In this role, Mr. Lushetsky led key solar market transformation programs in collaboration with legislators, industry groups, utilities, city governments, and other key stakeholders.

Mr. Lushetsky holds an MBA in International Business from George Washington University and an M.S. and B.S. with High Honors in Engineering Science from the University of Florida.

Fred Palmer is Senior Vice President of Government Relations. He joined Peabody in February 2001 and is responsible for advancing state and federal policies related to the production and use of coal. Prior to joining Peabody Energy, he served for 15 years as chief executive officer of Western Fuels Association, Inc. He most recently served as counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Shook Hardy & Bacon, a Kansas City-based law firm.

Fred is the 2004 recipient of the Erskine Ramsay Medal Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME). He is a member of the National Coal Council, Executive Committee and Chairman, Coal Policy Committee. He is Peabody Energy's representative and on the Board of Directors of FutureGen Alliance, as well as on the Board of Directors of the World Coal Institute. He formerly served as: Board of Directors, National Mining Association and chaired its Legal Committee and Climate Change Task Force.

Chuck began his cleantech career over 20 years ago helping to launch in 1984 the nation’s first independent bulk electric power trading company, the predecessor to Citizens Power. In 1986, having directed the successful campaign of Congressman Joseph Kennedy II, Chuck served two terms as his Chief of Staff. He then joined Waste Management, the world’s largest environmental services company, as Vice President for Government Affairs. During his 12 years of senior level energy and environmental policy work in Washington, DC Chuck established strong administrative and strategic relationships that have put him at the forefront of cleantech policy deliberations today. He brought this public/private sector experience to RockPort when he joined in 1998. Chuck studied at Yale University before beginning a 14 year career in the music business as a songwriter, performer and recording artist.

Matthew joined Venrock in 2009, focusing on energy, environmental, and materials technologies. Prior to Venrock, Matthew was president of Lux Research, an advisory services firm for science-driven innovation that he co-founded in 2004. Under Matthew's leadership, Lux Research became a widely-recognized authority on emerging technologies stemming from the physical sciences, counseling corporations, investors, and governments. Earlier, Matthew served in a variety of management roles with technology advisory Forrester Research in the U.S. and Europe.

James Rosenfield is co-Founder and Senior Advisor to Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA). CERA is a leading international energy Research and Advisory firm respected for its independent insight into the energy future, including technology, markets, geopolitics and strategy. Jamey was a driving force behind CERA's growth over 25 years, including oversight of strategy, new products, sales and marketing and operations. He was also engaged in digital strategies and emerging energy technologies and strategies. He created and produced CERAWeek, the foremost annual senior executive energy conference, ranked as one of the top five conferences for CEOs in the world.

Jamey is also founding Partner in SourceSquared, LLC, a firm focusing on building technology-enabled information services businesses in energy, power and efficiency. He co-founded and serves on the board of Azima, Inc, a SourceSquared firm that is a leader in web-based industrial equipment diagnostics and reliability. He is Chairman of Acumentrics, a pioneering solid oxide fuel cell and power electronics firm. Jamey co-founded and previously served on the board of Xcellerex, LLC, a bio-technology manufacturing company nominated as one of the "Top Ten Companies to Watch" by ContractPharma Magazine, and which has received significant funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Vantage Point and others.

Jamey is on the Board of the New England Clean Energy Council and is an advisor to a variety of firms in energy and technology. He has presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland; the United Nations in Geneva; CERAWeek, and at other international forums. He was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2006-7). He is a Member of the Corporation of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Jamey attended Harvard College and holds an MBA from Boston University. He lives with his wife and three children in Lexington, MA.

Jim Rogers is chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Duke Energy. Rogers has more than 20 years of experience as a chief executive officer in the electric utility industry. He was named president and chief executive officer of Duke Energy following the merger of Duke Energy and Cinergy in April 2006. Before the merger, Rogers served as Cinergy’s chairman and chief executive officer for more than 11 years. Prior to the formation of Cinergy, he joined PSI Energy in 1988 as the company’s chairman, president and chief executive officer.

In the course of his career, Rogers has served more than 50 cumulative years on the boards of Fortune 500 companies. In 2009, Rogers was honored with EnergyBiz magazine’s CEO of the Year EnergyBiz KITE Award (Knowledge, Innovation, Technology, Excellence). In 2007, he was named the energy industry’s CEO of the Year by Platts and Business Person of the Year by the Charlotte Business Journal. The Jan. 5, 2009, edition of Newsweek named Rogers to The Global Elite list, "The 50 Most Powerful People in the World."

Rogers attended Emory University and earned a bachelor of business administration and a juris doctor degree from the University of Kentucky, where he was a member of the Kentucky Law Journal and Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society.

Jim Rogers is chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Duke Energy. Rogers has more than 20 years of experience as a chief executive officer in the electric utility industry. He was named president and chief executive officer of Duke Energy following the merger of Duke Energy and Cinergy in April 2006. Before the merger, Rogers served as Cinergy’s chairman and chief executive officer for more than 11 years. Prior to the formation of Cinergy, he joined PSI Energy in 1988 as the company’s chairman, president and chief executive officer.

In the course of his career, Rogers has served more than 50 cumulative years on the boards of Fortune 500 companies. In 2009, Rogers was honored with EnergyBiz magazine’s CEO of the Year EnergyBiz KITE Award (Knowledge, Innovation, Technology, Excellence). In 2007, he was named the energy industry’s CEO of the Year by Platts and Business Person of the Year by the Charlotte Business Journal. The Jan. 5, 2009, edition of Newsweek named Rogers to The Global Elite list, "The 50 Most Powerful People in the World."

Rogers attended Emory University and earned a bachelor of business administration and a juris doctor degree from the University of Kentucky, where he was a member of the Kentucky Law Journal and Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society.