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San Francisco, California, Us

Lacuna Sustainable Investments is a Marin County, California based investment firm that provides projects, portfolios and platforms with capital to further the demand for renewable energy. Its investment professionals seek situations where its capital can fulfill a specific need and their experience and expertise provide tangible benefit. The firm invests early, de-risks opportunities, and serves as a bridge to the “right” long-term capital, investor, or owner. Lacuna invests with the dual goals of generating returns for investors and helping talented operators convert good ideas into profitable endeavors. Lacuna has committed over $150M to sustainable infrastructure opportunities since March of 2020.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

kWh Analytics is the leader in Climate Insurance, delivering data-enabled insurance for zero-carbon assets. As the custodian of the world’s largest database of renewable energy asset performance, kWh Analytics uses real-world data to bring innovation to underwriting. The company’s first product, the Solar Revenue Put, now protects over $3 billion of solar power plants, while delivering a best-in-class loss ratio. The second product, Renewable Energy Property Insurance, fills a critical gap with all-risk coverage for solar, storage, and wind projects.

BLU Leaf Ventures invests in and provides advisory services to renewable energy projects and companies. We have sourced, evaluated, negotiated and closed numerous investments and M&A transactions - highlighted by our seed investment in a national solar development company; our development investment in an $800 million natural gas-fueled, combined cycle power plant; and our creation, management and operation of a development investment fund in partnership with a global provider of electronic solutions.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Durham, North Carolina, Us

My work at Cypress focused on the strategy and practice of capital formation, optimization and investment – spanning corporate and project finance, corporate development, investor and lender relations, M&A, tax and cross-company collaboration. In this role I originated, negotiated, structured and closed corporate equity and debt capital of roughly $1B; led corporate acquisition and asset rotation/divestiture initiatives; oversaw Cypress’ investor and lender group; and maintained corporate relations within the private equity, commercial and investment banking industries.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Founded in 2007, MP2 Capital was one of the first equity investors in the US solar market - developing, building, owning and operating over sixty solar generating assets across North America.

New York, Ny, Us

My practice focused largely on the tax and commercial aspects of mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and joint ventures; debt restructurings; securitizations; optimized ownership and group financing arrangements; and more generally, project, structured and corporate financings. My clients were private and publicly traded companies in the energy, investment and advisory, financial services, gaming and retail industries.

Ll.M., Taxation

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Ba, Political Sience And Economics