Meet Our Experts
Joseph Franceschi, Ph. D.
Over 30 years of experience in environmental and engineering fields. Expert in ‘green tech’ project design and development and with a long background in environmental sciences. Most recently an Operating Advisor for Pegasus Capital managing cleantech investing solutions.
Envorionmental Science
Rob Nordhagen
Is a senior accounting and analytics professional that performs outsourced special project work for Fortune 500 companies as well as private equity firms. He has been a senior director in treasury and accounting roles at Siemens and Sunbeam and was a Systems Engineer at Electronic Data Systems in Dallas Texas.
Analytics
Samuel Bernstein, Ph.D.
Partner at Global Carbon Fund and former utility executive, including leading innovation at NationalGrid US. Former Director of Planning at the Gas Research Institute. Earned a Bachelor and Masters of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University and a doctorate in Aeronautics from the University of Washington. Has authored more than 70 technical papers in energy and cleantech.
Carbon Markets
Jason Doedderlein
Energy and sustainability researcher with extensive background in economic modeling. Jason has built complex forecasting tools to support public and private research projects focused on solar developments, EV rollouts, smart grid plans and biofuels plants. He has done feasibility assessments for city and state government entities in the US and internationally. Jason is a former US Navy Nuclear Power Engineer.
Ken Hoffman
Sustainability Researcher
Ken served as the Chief Operating Officer of Terra-Gen Power LLC (an Arc Light Energy company) a major owner, developer and operator of renewable and clean energy assets. He was Sr. Vice President of Caithness Energy, a large renewables developer, running various finance and development affiliates. Ken, for more than 20 years, was Vice President of NextEra Energy building power plants in wind, solar and other renewable conventional technologies.
Renewables
Renewables
Mandy Fryer
Has been is a financial executive with experience in financial structuring, transaction modeling and project underwriting. She has extensive experience in renewables and utility finance including valuations and tax structures. Mandy most recently was Managing Director at Duff & Phelps handling Power and Utilities Department and was a Senior Director for Valuations at NextEra Energy.