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Claire Behar joined Foss & Company as Vice President of Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technologies, where she leads the origination and structuring of renewable energy tax equity and transfer credit transactions while fostering strategic relationships with project developers. She brings over a decade of experience across energy markets—including trading, structuring, project development, and commercial strategy. Prior to joining Foss & Company, she served as an executive and founding member of a renewable hydrogen startup. She began her career in natural gas trading at a global commodities trading firm. She is a respected speaker and thought leader on energy markets and decarbonization, having presented at leading international conferences such as COP28. Claire graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Geological Engineering and is a member of the NREL Energy Executive Leadership Class of 2022.

Andy Bowman has been a clean energy entrepreneur since the late 1990s. His nearly 30 year career spans from the early days of renewable technologies – he helped execute some of the first utility scale wind, then solar and now energy storage projects to be financed in the U.S. – to today’s era of renewables dominating power markets. Andy is CEO and founder of Jupiter Power LLC, a pioneering energy storage company started in 2017 which has nearly 8GWh of BESS projects operating and in construction and 12GW in development. Prior to Jupiter, Bowman was CEO and founder of Pioneer Green Energy LLC (2009-15), Chief Development Officer at E.On Climate & Renewables (now RWE Clean Energy) (2007-2009), SVP Development at Airtricity (2004-2007), and CEO and founder of Renewable Generation Inc. (2001-2004). He is also author of The West Texas Power Plant That Saved the World, the updated second edition of which was published in November 2023.

Jaime Carlson specializes in alternative asset, energy, and digital infrastructure across the Americas.  Jaime is Head of Commercialization and Market Risk at Softbank Energy, an integrated infrastructure platform that delivers reliable and secure data center and power infrastructure at scale. Prior to SB Energy, Jaime was COO at Cypress Creek Renewables and Global Finance Director of SunEdison’s TerraForm Group. Jaime also led M&A in the Americas for Rentech, Inc., a Blackstone-backed master limited partnershp. Jaime served as an advisor for finance and operations to former Secretary of Energy Steven Chu.  During her three years, Jaime directly oversaw the deployment of over $35B in Recovery Act funds and helped set up the Department of Energy’s Loan Program.

Jaime received an MBA and MEM from Yale University and a BS from Tufts University.  Jaime co-teaches a class on energy development at Yale School of Business and Environment. She is a board member of the Aquarium of the Pacific and Friends of the Los Angeles River, as well as advisor to UCLA’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability.

Lucy is an accomplished leader with a robust background in energy and sustainability. Prior to XGS, Lucy served as a Principal at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where she specialized in the Energy, Climate & Sustainability, and Public Sector practices. At BCG, Lucy led clean energy studies and investment strategies for renewable energy developers, utilities, integrated energy companies, and large-scale energy consumers globally. Lucy holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, where she authored over 25 technical papers in materials science for energy and computing applications. Her unique blend of technical expertise and strategic vision positions her as a driving force in advancing XGS’s commercial initiatives and expanding its impact in the renewable energy sector.

As Director of Origination & Power Marketing, Erik Ejups is responsible for the sale and negotiation of long-term renewable energy transactions for EDF’s pipeline of wind, solar, and storage assets. Erik joined the EDFR in early 2019 and has negotiated and closed structured power transactions with leading corporate and utility buyers of renewable energy products across the United States. Prior to joining EDFR, Erik worked in Chicago, trading quantitative equity option strategies. Erik is a CFA® charter holder and earned his BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ike Emehelu, co-head of Akin’s Projects & Energy Transition practice, is a trusted authority in energy and infrastructure transactions, with extensive experience advising clients on complex financings, joint ventures, and development projects across the energy spectrum. Ike regularly counsels leading energy companies, financial institutions, and investors on structuring and executing innovative deals in conventional power, renewable energy, and emerging energy transition technologies. His collaborative approach and deep industry knowledge enable clients to navigate critical challenges and achieve their strategic objectives in an evolving market.

Antonio has a master's degree in Aerospace engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal) and from the Technical University of Delft (Netherlands). He worked several years for EDP's corporate strategy team with a broad range of responsibilities on power market modelling and long-term forecast, energy policy advisory and business case definition for utility and small-scale renewables and battery storage. He is the responsible for EDP's Hydrogen Strategy in North America since 2021 and now has expanded its responsibilities to lead all development activities on co-location and powered land for utility-scale projects.

Stephen Fernands is Founder and President of Customized Energy Solutions. Since Customized Energy Solutions founding in 1998 it has helped thousands of companies understand wholesale and retail electric and natural gas market and implement solutions through its hosted software platforms.  INC magazine ranked Customized Energy Solutions as one of the fasted growing companies in the United States from 2005 through 2015 and in 2008 it was the 15th fastest growing private company in the energy industry.  Stephen has led the expansion of Customized Energy Solutions from a Mid-Atlantic based energy services firm to one that provides comprehensive solutions throughout the US, Canada, India and Japan.

As President, Stephen has focused on developing competitive wholesale and retail energy markets and development of software that enables innovation in the areas of retail competition, demand response program development, supply procurement, generation development, and transmission congestion analysis. Stephen has a BS in economics from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA in Finance from Drexel University.

Brooks Friedeman is the Vice President of Capital Markets for Clearway Energy Group, where he oversees all project capital raising activities for the organization. Prior to joining Clearway in 2018, Brooks spent over a decade in progressively senior roles within the project and structured finance, starting at Invenergy, then BrightSource, and finally at SunPower. Brooks has led or overseen the structuring, debt financing, tax equity, and sale processes for over twenty utility-scale wind, solar, and storage projects, representing more than 3.5 GW and $6.5 billion of capital raised. In addition to project financing, Brooks led or held key roles in several corporate transactions, including the structuring and IPO of 8point3 Energy Partners and the sale of SunPower’s utility-scale pipeline to Clearway. Before entering the renewable energy field, Brooks structured securitized investments at the Bank of New York. Brooks graduated from Lake Forest College with a bachelor’s degree in finance.

As SVP, Origination at Origis Energy, David leads strategic partnership development, PPA executions, and power solutions for hypercsalers, utilities and institutions across the country. David is a veteran of the power generation industry, leading over 10 GW of greenfield developments, 3 GW of acquisitions, and 5 GW of successful PPA negotiations/executions. David's 20 year power history includes project development and commercialization across wind, solar, BESS and natural gas infrastructure.

Hy Martin is Chief Development Officer at DESRI (formerly D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments), having built and led the DESRI Development team and portfolio since its inception. Over the past two decades, he has developed, financed, or brought into commercial operations more than 15,000 MW of clean energy and storage projects across 30 states. In his current role, he leads development of DESRI’s renewable energy portfolio across the United States. 

He serves on the board of the Sandia National Laboratory Solar Energy Board, and is a youth soccer coach with West Austin Youth Association. Previously, Mr. Martin held positions at SunEdison, NRG Energy, and the U.S. Department of Treasury.

He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, an M.P.A. from Harvard Kennedy School, as well as a B.S. in Physics, a B.S. in Engineering Science, and a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Virginia.

Chris Matos is an accomplished energy and sustainability professional with over a decade of experience navigating the complexities of the electric utility industry. His expertise spans wholesale power contracts, regulatory affairs, settlement models, and environmental markets, with experience in every major US ISO/RTO and several international markets. Currently, Chris drives Google's energy strategy in the Central U.S. by leading evaluations of regulatory and policy environments.

Craig McKesson is a senior executive and digital infrastructure leader with more than 30 years of experience spanning data centers, mission-critical operations, and infrastructure strategy. He currently serves as Chief Commercial Officer of Takanock LLC, a next-generation platform backed by DigitalBridge and ArcLight Capital Partners, focused on delivering scalable, power-enabled data center sites to support hyperscale and AI-driven demand across the U.S.

Prior to Takanock, Craig spent over a decade helping build T5 Data Centers into a leading full-lifecycle data center services company, most recently as EVP of Global Sales and Marketing. There, he led global commercial strategy and sustainability initiatives, earning recognition as an Infrastructure Masons IM100 honoree.

Earlier in his career, Craig served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, working on Delta II/GPS satellite launch programs. He holds an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Miami (FL).

Mak Nagle is the Head of Strategy for Elmya’s North American division, playing a key role in the company’s growth into the U.S. market. He leads efforts to build a solid pipeline of over 4 GW in solar, wind, and energy storage projects, focusing on the growing needs of the U.S. data center sector. In this role, Mak offers both technical and strategic direction for the company, working closely with industry partners and suppliers.

Before joining Elmya, Mak served as Chief Developer Officer at SolSystems, where he oversaw project origination—either through new developments or acquisitions—and led them to financing. At Pine Gate Renewables, Mak managed solar and storage development teams responsible for project siting, grid integration, market strategy, and energy storage. Under his leadership, Pine Gate expanded its reach to more than 30 GW across 30 states and brought online over 2 GW of projects, some featuring paired storage solutions. Earlier, Mak also held senior roles at AES and Apex Clean Energy.

Bringing more than 25 years of expertise, Mak specializes in project development, origination, power marketing, market design, transmission operations, and planning. He also advises on technical matters and emerging technologies such as energy storage and grid-enhancing technologies, always seeking innovative value propositions for clients.

Before entering the renewable space, Mak worked at Southwest Power Pool—a Regional Transmission Organization—where he helped design their Day 2 energy market and led technical studies, planning, and compliance teams. Additionally, he spent over six years as a planning engineer with Entergy’s Transmission group, participating in electric grid restoration following hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Mak earned his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Tyler is Managing Director on KeyBanc Capital Markets’ Utilities, Power & Renewable Energy Investment Banking team. He has more than 10 years of experience raising capital and providing advisory services to developers and sponsors in the renewable energy industry. Tyler holds a BSBA from The Ohio State University in Accounting and is a registered representative of KeyBanc Capital Markets with Series 79 and Series 63 designations.

Rohit represents over 25 of the world’s leading renewables and energy storage developers on project development and project M&A arrangements.

Rohit has extensive experience in the solar, wind, energy storage, and biofuel sectors, and has advised on numerous award-winning transactions. He is recognized by Chambers USA and Chambers Global in the Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy category. Rohit’s clients describe him as “excellent,” “knowledgeable,” “timely in his work,” “commercially-oriented,” “very plugged into the market” with a “great demeanor."

In recent years, Rohit's practice has focused particularly on project development and project M&A transactions. He has successfully negotiated many GWs of "physical" and "virtual" PPAs and tolling agreements, as well as a variety of construction, supply and other development arrangements. Rohit has also represented clients on the purchase and sale of renewables projects in various U.S. jurisdictions, as well as joint venture and other project asset arrangements. He has particularly focused on the development, financing and sale of domestic and international energy storage projects, including stand-alone, hybrid, front-of-meter and behind-the-meter projects.

Rohit co-leads Orrick’s South Asian Inclusion Network and served as a Fellow for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.

He started his legal career at an international law firm in New York, where he focused on project development and project finance transactions across the globe. Prior to law and business schools, Rohit was an investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse in San Francisco where he provided M&A and financial advisory services to technology companies in Silicon Valley.

Nathan Serota is a Vice President, Digital Infrastructure, at Blue Owl Capital, one of the largest private data center investment platforms in the US, EMEA and APAC. At Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure (BODI), Nate is responsible for energy supply strategy and power-focused development activities. He has over a decade of experience in clean energy and digital infrastructure. Prior to BODI, he was on Google’s energy team, where he led carbon-free energy transactions and hyperscale data center growth initiatives. Before that, he held clean energy investment and development roles at D. E. Shaw and Lightsource bp. Nate holds an MBA from MIT and a bachelor’s degree in Atmospheric Science from Princeton University

Lance has over 30 years of experience in commodities trading, origination, structuring, and risk management, where he commercialized enterprises, commoditized markets, and created material enterprise value. He possesses extensive knowledge in the marketing and trading of electricity, natural gas, carbon, emissions, coal, oil, renewables, hydrogen, ammonia, and the financing and development of energy projects. Having founded several energy trading platforms, he has concluded over $20 billion in transactions across energy and environmental commodities and structured products, including contracted offtake of over 4 GW of power supply.

Lance is the former Senior Managing Director and Head of New Energies, Americas at Uniper Global Commodities where he accelerated Uniper’s clean and low-carbon energy businesses, including the development and commercialization of hydrogen and ammonia opportunities for domestic and international exports from the Americas. Titus holds an M.B.A. from the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business, B.S. degrees in Finance and Marketing, and has completed post-graduate studies at Harvard Business School and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He also serves on the University of Colorado’s J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities Advisory Council, and the Advisory Board for the Commodity Insights Digest at Bayes Business School, University of London

Scott is a partner in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the firm's energy and climate solutions practice. He represents leading and emerging companies that are decarbonizing the global economy. He assists his clients developing technology innovations and building the next generation of projects in the solar, wind, energy storage, nuclear, CCUS, green hydrogen, electrification, energy efficiency, water, and distributed energy resources industries.

Scott advises new and established companies and their investors on issues affecting the energy, infrastructure, decarbonization, and clean tech industries, including all aspects of project development, joint ventures, debt and tax equity project finance, private equity, structured finance, and start-up counseling. He has supported enterprises and institutions across the globe involved in financing, developing, and regulating energy technology and infrastructure. Scott is an active contributor to the firm's pro bono activities, representing nonprofits in the energy, climate, health, and environmental fields.

Scott brings more than 25 years of experience working in the energy industry to his practice. He was a process engineer for Fluor Corporation, where he supported the design and construction of international oil and gas facilities. Subsequently, Scott led the product development team at a start-up software company, developing solutions to improve the design, operation, and maintenance of large energy facilities. Scott teaches Energy Project Development and Finance at UC Berkeley School of Law.