Global Executive with accountability for growth of multimillion-dollar existing business and new business units. Skilled in operations, sales, business, marketing, and domestic/global management, and managing senior-level technology teams. Experienced in both domestic and international markets and posted in Singapore for 6 Asia country companies, including China, India, Indonesia, Korea, and Malaysia. Worldwide recognition in development […]
Mark Stover serves as the Executive Director of the Texas Solar Power Association (TSPA). He joined the association in May 2024. Prior to joining TSPA, Mark served on the association’s board of directors and was its secretary. Before TSPA, Mark led government and regulatory affairs activities in ERCOT and SPP for Apex Clean Energy, a […]
George earned his J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law (after earning his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. After graduating, he worked on various statewide, congressional, and local political campaigns before spending five years serving in the communications department in the Minnesota House. George has been the Director of Government Affairs for Clean […]
Mariannette’s father was a Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force who was forced to take up extra work, sometimes two or three jobs, to support their family. Her mother, who did not have a high school education, also worked multiple jobs. Mariannette originally dreamed of becoming a teacher because she loved school and […]
Harsh S. Desai is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center. He has over fifteen years of experience in deploying clean energy technologies. In his current capacity as the chief commercialization officer for Zeno Power, he is responsible for supply-chain and commercial business development. In his previous role at the Nuclear […]
Andrew Harmon is the Vice President of Operations and Business Development of Natura Resources, LLC. Natura is a privately owned advanced reactor development company focused on molten salt reactors. Since it’s founding, Harmon has led the capital investment and commercial development strategy. Andrew’s professional experience includes executive roles in finance/operations in the manufacturing industry and […]
Alex Bozmoski has been chasing climate solutions for fifteen years through grassroots education, business, technical assistance, and academic research. Prior to DEPLOY/US, he co-founded republicEn.org, a community of EcoRight libertarians and conservatives advancing climate action rooted in free enterprise. He previously developed clean-energy projects in East Africa, consulted for think tanks, authored peer-reviewed articles, worked […]
Neil is Senior Vice President of Energy Products, responsible for the Global Fuels and Aromatics value chains. Neil started his career with ExxonMobil in 2000 in Houston as a Financial Analyst in Exploration. He then held analyst and financial supervisory positions in Upstream Production from 2002 to 2006 before moving to Sakhalin, Russia as the […]
Bret Biggart serves as Chief Executive Officer of Freedom Solar LLC and is responsible for daily operations as well as the company’s growth and financing strategies. Since 2011, Biggart has played an integral role in Freedom Solar’s expansion across both commercial and residential solar markets in Texas as well as in other states. During his tenure, Freedom Solar has become the 13th […]
Research Scientist Dr. Katherine Romanak joined the Bureau of Economic Geology in 2008 as part of the Gulf Coast Carbon Center to work on the geochemistry of groundwater and the vadose zone above geologic carbon storage site. She has an M.Sc. in geology from the University of Texas at Arlington with a specialty in igneous […]