PROTECT OUR POWER - Key Persons

Admiral Montgomery served for 32 years in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear trained surface warfare officer, retiring as a Rear Admiral in 2017. His flag officer assignments included Director of Operations (J3) at U. S. Pacific Command; Commander of Carrier Strike Group 5 embarked on the USS George Washington stationed in Japan; and Deputy Director, Plans, Policy and Strategy (J5), at U. S. European Command. He was selected as a White House Fellow and assigned to the National Security Council, serving as Director for Transnational Threats from 1998-2000.

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• Advisor

David DesRosiers is the Publisher of the premier independent political website RealClearPolitics.com and its sister sites, twelve verticals covering Policy, Markets, Books, History, World Events, Education, Sports and more. Updated every morning and throughout the day, RealClear culls and publishes the best commentary, news, polling data, and links to important resources from all points of the political compass and covering all the important issues of the day. Mr. DesRosiers is also the Founder and President of Revere Advisors, a policy and opinion consulting boutique with a diverse client base made up of for- and not-for-profit organizations, think tanks, and media. Revere provides strategic counsel to those organizations whose success is necessary for the health and vitality of our political, economic, and cultural institutions. Prior to his current roles, Mr. DesRosiers served for ten years as Executive Vice President at the Manhattan Institute. For part of that time, he was also a Senior Fellow at the Institute's Center for the American University, which is dedicated to promoting intellectual pluralism and the appreciation of free institutions in the American academy. Mr. DesRosiers has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Assumption College and a Ph.D. in political science from Fordham University. He is married to Dr. Fabiana DesRosiers, a developmental psychologist, and has two children, Ryan and Maggie. They reside in Scarsdale, New York.

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• Advisor
• Advisor on Energy

Dr. Bob Simon is an advisor on energy, environment, and the intersection of science, technology and public policy. He served as Principal Advisor to the Director for Energy, Transportation, and Resources at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, or OSTP from April 2015 to April 2016. He joined OSTP in 2013. From March to June 2013, he was a Senior Advisor in the Office of Science at the U.S. Department of Energy. From 1999 to 2013, he was the Democratic Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the full committee Staff Director when Democrats were in the majority in the Senate. His work at the committee contributed to the enactment of 426 public laws in the areas of energy policy, public lands conservation, and natural resources management. He played a major role in the passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. From 1989 to 1998, he was with the U.S. Department of Energy, where he was the founding Executive Director of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board and then Principal Deputy Director of the Office of Energy Research (1989-1993), and then assigned on detail as a technical and scientific advisor in the U.S. Senate (1993-1998). In 2006, Dr. Simon was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society, for his contributions to integrating science with public policy. A graduate of Ursinus College, Dr. Simon received his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from MIT.

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• Advisor

Dr. Thomas B. Cochran was a senior scientist in the nuclear program and held the Wade Greene Chair for Nuclear Policy at NRDC until he retired in 2016. He served as director of the nuclear program until 2007. He initiated NRDC's Nuclear Weapons Databook project. He also initiated a series of joint nuclear weapons verification projects with the Soviet Academy of Sciences. These include the Nuclear Test Ban Verification Project, which demonstrated the feasibility of utilizing seismic monitoring to verify a low-threshold test ban, and the Black Sea Experiment, which examined the utility of passive radiation detectors for verifying limits on sea-launched cruise missiles. He has served as a consultant to numerous government and non-government agencies on energy, nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear reactor matters. He is a member of the Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee. Previously Dr. Cochran served as a member of DOE's Environmental Management Advisory Board, Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Board, and Energy Advisory Board; the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on the Cleanup of Three Mile Island; and the TMI Public Health Advisory Board. Dr. Cochran is the author of The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor: An Environmental and Economic Critique (Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, 1974) and coeditor/author of the Nuclear Weapons Databook, Volume I: U.S. Nuclear Forces and Capabilities (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ballinger Press, 1984); Volume II: U.S. Nuclear Warhead Production (1987); Volume III: U.S. Nuclear Warhead Facility Profiles (1987); Volume IV: Soviet Nuclear Weapons (1989); and Making the Russian Bomb: From Stalin to Yeltsin (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1995). In addition, he has published numerous articles and working papers, including those in SIPRI Yearbook chapters, Arms Control Today, and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. He has coauthored (with Dr. Robert S. Norris) the article "Nuclear Weapons" in the 1990 printing of The New Encyclopedia Britannica (15th edition). Dr. Cochran received his Ph.D. in physics from Vanderbilt University in 1967. He was assistant professor of physics at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, from 1967 to 1969; modeling and simulation group supervisor of the Litton Mellonics Division, Scientific Support Laboratory, Fort Ord, California, from 1969 to 1971; and, from 1971 to 1973, a senior research associate at Resources for the Future. Dr. Cochran has been with NRDC since 1973. He is the recipient of the American Physical Society's Szilard Award and the Federation of American Scientists' Public Service Award, both in 1987. As a consequence of his work, NRDC received the 1989 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Cochran is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the AAAS.

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• Advisor

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• Manager, Best Practices Project

Erick Ford is the former Aide to the past President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU). Erick is known as a get it done type of person. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is the state agency charged with the duties to regulate utilities in New Jersey. Erick is a respected subject matter expert in utility policy, energy policy, government, management, and strategy. Erick has moderated and served on panels discussing utility policy. Erick has guest lectured at Rowan University, Stockton University, and Stevens Institute on utility and government policy. He has published op-eds on utility policy and has testified before government agencies on policy issues. Before joining the BPU Erick served as manager for the State of New Jersey' MVC office in Camden, New Jersey where his agency received perfect audits for the hard work. Erick is civically active, serving on the Board of Directors of Southern and Central New Jersey, and the Sons of the American Revolution of Southern New Jersey. Erick went to George Mason University and he holds a professional real estate license from the State of New Jersey.

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• Advisor

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• Advisor
• Expert
• Principal at the Chertoff Group

General Michael V. Hayden is a retired four-star general who served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency when the course of world events was changing at a rapid rate. As head of the country's premier intelligence agencies, he was on the frontline of global change, the war on terrorism and the growing cyber challenge. He understands the dangers, risks, and potential rewards of the political, economic, and security situations facing us. Gen. Hayden dissects political situations in hot spots around the world, analyzing the tumultuous global environment and what it all means for Americans and America's interests. He speaks on the delicate balance between liberty and security in intelligence work, as well the potential benefits and dangers associated with the cyber domain. As the former head of two multi-billion-dollar enterprises, he can also address the challenges of managing complex organizations in times of stress and risk, and the need to develop effective internal and external communications. In addition to leading CIA and NSA, Gen. Hayden was the country's first principal deputy director of national intelligence and the highest-ranking military intelligence officer in the country. In these jobs, he worked to put a human face on American intelligence, explaining to the American people the role of espionage in protecting both American security and American liberty. Gen. Hayden also served as commander of the Air Intelligence Agency and Director of the Joint Command and Control Warfare Center and served in senior staff positions at the Pentagon, at U.S. European Command, at the National Security Council, and the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria. He was also the deputy chief of staff for the United Nations Command and U.S. Forces in South Korea. Gen. Hayden has been a frequent expert and commentator on major news outlets and in top publications, valued for his expertise on intelligence matters like cyber security, government surveillance, geopolitics, and more. He was featured in the HBO documentary Manhunt, which looked at espionage through the eyes of the insiders who led the secret war against Osama bin Laden, and in Showtime's The Spymasters, a detailed look at the directors of the Central Intelligence Agency. Gen. Hayden is currently a principal at the Chertoff Group and a distinguished visiting professor at the George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government, where he founded the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy and International Security. In 2013, the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) awarded Gen. Hayden the 29th annual William Oliver Baker Award. Gen. Hayden is also the first recipient of the Helms Award presented by the CIA Officers' Memorial Foundation. In 2014 he was the inaugural Humanitas visiting professor in intelligence studies at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. His recent memoir, "Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror," has been a New York Times best-seller and was selected as one of the 100 most notable books of 2016.

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• Advisor
• Consultant
• Deputy General Counsel for Florida Power Corporation

Jim Fama is a consultant specializing in cyber and physical security, business continuity, resilience, reliability, and related FERC, NERC, federal agency, and state commission matters. Formerly Mr. Fama served as Vice President, Energy Delivery for the Edison Electric Institute (EEI). There he was responsible for supporting EEI and its members on operational, reliability, security, and business continuity issues, as well as FERC, NERC, NARUC, and RTO matters. During his 14-year tenure with EEI, Mr. Fama helped to create key industry resilience programs, including Cyber Mutual Assistance, the Spare Transformer Equipment Program, and the National Response Event restoration program. Prior to joining EEI, Mr. Fama was Senior Counsel with the Washington, D.C. office of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae. During his three-year tenure with LeBoeuf, he represented various energy companies in mergers, contracts, and other matters before FERC and the Florida Public Service Commission. For two years, Mr. Fama was Vice President and General Counsel for ECWerks, Inc., a Tampa, Florida IT company specializing in electronic commerce and software development, which is now part of CGI Group, the largest IT company in Canada. Mr. Fama also has served as Deputy General Counsel for Florida Power Corporation (now Duke Florida) in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he was the officer in charge of Florida Power's legal department. He was with Florida Power for eight years. Prior to joining Florida Power, Mr. Fama was Assistant General Counsel for the Bonneville Power Administration in Portland, Oregon, responsible for FERC matters and rate litigation. He was with Bonneville for seven years. Mr. Fama began his career as an attorney in FERC's Office of General Counsel.

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• Advisor
• Managing Director

James Wiggins is a Managing Director within Morgan Stanley's Corporate Affairs group. With responsibilities for media relations and internal communications, he serves Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, an industry leader with over 15,000 financial advisors, approximately $2 trillion in client assets, and more than 600 offices serving clients in the U.S. and Latin America. Mr. Wiggins joined Morgan Stanley in May, 2006, and serves on the Management Committee of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. From 1985 to 2005, Mr. Wiggins served in a succession of corporate communications positions at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. These included director of corporate communications for the company, and director of communications for the Global Private Client group. At various times during his 20-year career, which spanned four CEOs, he oversaw global media relations, internal communications and executive speechwriting activities. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Wiggins served for two years from 1983-1985 as Director of Marketing for PR Newswire, the international public relations wire service headquartered in New York City. From 1979 to 1983, Mr. Wiggins served as a communications official in the administration of Governor Richard Thornburgh of Pennsylvania, including three years as Deputy Press Secretary to the Governor. Mr. Wiggins began his career as a journalist. He edited the Harrisburg (Pa.) Independent Press, a weekly community newspaper, and served as statehouse correspondent for WCAU radio and WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, and WTAE-TV and radio in Pittsburgh. He also reported for the CBS Radio Network on stories of national interest originating in Pennsylvania. Mr. Wiggins received a B.A. degree in journalism from Penn State University in 1972 and is an active alumnus of the university, having served as an Alumni Fellow, president of the College of Communications Alumni Society and currently as a member of the Advisory Board of the Schreyer Honors College. He serves on the board of the Chelsea Day School in New York City, where he resides with his wife and three daughters.

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• Advisor
• Investor
• Member of the Board of Directors
• Chairman of Indigo BioAutomation
• Director of HYbrid Energy Solutions
• Member of Business Executives

Mr. Stone is a member of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a non-partisan, non-profit organization of senior executives who assist national defense and homeland security leaders in addressing national security challenges. Jeff co-authored BENS's widely-read 2012 report, prepared at the request of DoD, recommending new strategies for protecting and enhancing energy security at domestic military installations: "Power the Fight: Capturing Smart Microgrid Potential for DoD Installation Energy Security." Mr. Stone is a businessman and investor with expertise in the electric utility, renewable energy and grid security sectors. Mr. Stone is a Director of HYbrid Energy Solutions, an Ireland-based manufacturer of portable hybrid (solar + lithium-ion battery + diesel) electricity generation systems used primarily to power off-grid telecom facilities. Mr. Stone co-founded APR Energy, an owner/operator of "fast-track" utility scale (25MW-250MW) gas turbine power generation stations. He served on the company's board of directors from 2003 until 2011. APR has installed and operated temporary power plants for utility and industrial customers at more than 40 project locations in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Prior to APR, Mr. Stone served as Chairman of Showpower, Inc., a specialist provider of power generation equipment, HVAC equipment, and electrical distribution services to the entertainment and special events industries. Mr. Stone is a member of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a non-partisan, non-profit organization of senior executives who assist national defense and homeland security leaders in addressing national security challenges. Mr. Stone co-authored BENS's widely-read 2012 report, prepared at the request of DoD, recommending new strategies for protecting and enhancing energy security at domestic military installations: "Power the Fight: Capturing Smart Microgrid Potential for DoD Installation Energy Security." Mr. Stone is also Chairman of Indigo BioAutomation, which offers cloud-based workflow automation software and data analytics services to drug testing and clinical diagnostic laboratories and the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Stone has served as an executive and on the boards of numerous public and private companies operating in the logistics, manufacturing, transportation, insurance and business services industries. Earlier in his career, Mr. Stone served on the staff of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Jr., as chief of staff at the Interstate Commerce Commission and as a securities analyst on Wall Street. Mr. Stone is a graduate of Dartmouth College, summa cum laude, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

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• Member of the Board of Directors
• President
• Expert
• Member of the Board of Advisors of the New York Hall of Science

Jim Cunningham is a noted expert on the nation's power system, with more than three decades of experience serving government and industry, providing him with an in-depth, but broad understanding of America's electric infrastructure. He began his career at the New York Power Authority, where he became Senior Vice President of Public affairs. He was responsible for the activities of the nation's largest power authority in the areas of news media relations, corporate communications, government relations, community relations and public policy. While at the Power Authority, he served as the power industry's spokesperson on the EMF (electric magnetic field) issue in the national media on shows such as ‘Nightline" and NBC Nightly News. He testified before Congressional Committees, which ultimately led to his recommended approach being included in a federal law. He was one of the founding members of the Large Public Power Council, a coalition of the nation's largest public power companies. He also served as Chairman of the Electric Power Research Institute's (EPRI) Communications Committee as well as a member of its Research Advisory Committee. Mr. Cunningham was later named President of the Pennsylvania Electric Association, representing Pennsylvania's 10 investor-owned electric utilities on public policy issues, the most prominent of which was the implementation of the nation's most active utility industry restructuring program. Most recently, Mr. Cunningham led Burson-Marsteller's energy and utility practice. His work has won several industry awards including PR Week's Public Affairs Campaign of the Year. Mr. Cunningham is a member of the Board of Advisors of the New York Hall of Science and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Irish Historical Society. He is a founding member of the Courage Foundation, a national organization that recognizes public officials who exhibit extraordinary courage in the performance of their public duties. The foundation has merged with the Profiles in Courage Committee, a division of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston.

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• Operations Director
• Communications Manager of Protect Our Power through His Role at Lumentus
• Lumentus Operations Director

Jim Gold serves as the prime communications manager of Protect Our Power through his role at Lumentus, the organization's communications firm. With his combination of multimedia skills, solid judgment and global communications experience, Jim ensures that the organization connects with all of its audiences. At Lumentus, he works with firm partners to ensure that all the moving parts of "Paid, Earned, Owned and Shared" client engagements are properly executed. Jim also serves as Project Director of Lightbox Search, the agency's proprietary data technology platform. Mr. Gold came to Lumentus after working in communications and managing roles at broadcast and film associations around the world. Mr. Gold served as managing director at News Xchange, an organization where he conceived the idea of delivering international broadcast media conferences in several European cities on behalf of the European Broadcasting Union. He headed all aspects of developing, funding, marketing, programming and managing these highly successful, still-thriving events. Mr. Gold previously provided consulting services specializing in global communications strategy, media relations and major event management and served as a vice president at Medialink, where he helped transition the corporate video services company from a New York start-up to an international firm. Early in his career, Jim worked in an editorial role at Morgan Stanley and started his career as an editorial coordinator at ABC News. Mr. Gold graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts in communications.

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• Advisor
• Chairman of Millbrook Capital Management

John Dyson, chairman of Millbrook Capital Management, has been a political, civic and business leader for more than 50 years. Mr. Dyson, whose achievements include serving as chairman of the New York Power Authority under two governors between 1979-1985, began serving Gov. Hugh Carey as the Commissioner of Agriculture before he was named Commissioner of Commerce, where he led the State's economic resurgence, job development and tourism. Under his leadership, the state launched the world-famous "I Love New York" campaign. In 1994, Mr. Dyson was appointed Deputy Mayor of New York City by Mayor Rudy Giuliani. As deputy mayor, Mr. Dyson was in charge of economic development and finance for the city. He served as deputy mayor until 1996, when he returned to private life. He continued to serve in the Giuliani Administration from 1996 to 2002 in the part-time position of Chairman of the Mayor's Council of Economic Advisors. In the economic advisors chairmanship, Mr.Dyson worked on economic issues impacting the city following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. From 1981 to 2001, Mr. Dyson was an appointee of the Governor of New York on the Board of Trustees of Cornell University. Mr. Dyson graduated from Cornell University and holds a master's degree from Princeton University.

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• Strategic Director

John Kyte specializes in issues and crisis management, government relations, corporate reputation and media relations. A former news reporter, lobbyist and lawyer, he has more than thirty years of experience assisting corporations, associations and clients in managing difficult, often controversial, issues with public, state and federal government entities and the media. Mr. Kyte has a background in energy, electric utilities and environmental issues, and has provided crisis management, corporate reputation and government relations services to companies and clients involved in facility siting, power plant operations and regulation, community relations and ally development, litigation and bankruptcy proceedings. Prior to serving 16 years as a Managing Director at a major global communications agency and its government relations subsidiary, Mr. Kyte practiced energy and environmental law and regulation in Washington, D.C., specializing in congressional and government agency affairs, and media strategy. He also served for two years as Director of Environmental Quality for the National Association of Manufacturers, as Vice President, Legislative Affairs, for The New England Council, Inc., and as Public Information Manager for New Hampshire Yankee, acting as spokesman, media relations manager, emergency planner and federal lobbyist for the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant. Mr. Kyte received his Juris Doctor degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and his Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Keene (NH) State College. He is admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and Maryland.

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• Advisor

John Quain is the former Chairman of Pennsylvania's Public Utility Commission (PUC), where he served from 1993-2001. When he stepped down, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge said: "During his eight years as a Commissioner, Mr. Quain led Pennsylvania's movement to the forefront of utility regulation. His insight and skills have helped to make Pennsylvania the No. 1 state in the nation for electric competition, saving consumers billions so far. As a result of John's efforts, we've introduced competition to the natural-gas market as well, and we're on the verge of bringing competition to the local telephone market."

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• Chairman and CEO of Medialink
• Strategic Communications Advisor
• Strategic Communications Director

Laurence Moskowitz directs the overall strategic communications efforts of Protect our Power. He is Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Lumentus, the communications agency retained by the organization to drive its digital and social communications strategy for industry, government and the public. He is also CEO of the agency's proprietary technology, Lightbox Search. Mr. Moskowitz was named one of the 10 most influential public relations executives of the 20th Century by PR Week magazine. Regarded as an expert in issues management, crisis communications and strategic corporate communications, Mr. Moskowitz founded Lumentus in 2009 after recognizing that technology and client service needs were changing how public relations, marketing and advertising firms must operate. A communications pioneer, Mr. Moskowitz has leveraged emerging technologies throughout his career to provide business and professional communicators with more powerful and effective means of reaching their audiences. Prior to Lumentus, Mr. Moskowitz founded Medialink, then the world's largest provider of video-based media communications services to Fortune 500 companies including dozens of electric utilities, and federal government agencies. As Chairman and CEO of Medialink, Mr. Moskowitz forged strategic alliances with the Associated Press and Nielsen to create the first professional distribution network linking corporations and other organizations with television broadcasters nationwide. Medialink, which he took public, won hundreds of public relations industry awards, and was successfully merged into a successor company in 2009. Mr. Moskowitz had previously founded a forerunner to PR Newswire and started his career as a reporter and editor. Mr. Moskowitz was honored with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for communications in 1999. Mr. Moskowitz holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Pennsylvania State University, where he was Kappa Tau Alpha in communications.

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• Advisor
• Corporate Executive
• Corporate Leader at National Grid Plc

Lisa Crutchfield is an accomplished corporate executive and energy industry thought leader with 20+ years of experience leading finance, regulatory, strategy and risk teams. She is a transformational leader who thrives in organizations where the metric of change is constant. Crutchfield has pioneered the liberalization of the electric and gas markets in the U.S. and Europe. She is an Ivy - League trained finance and economics expert who developed innovative pricing models to introduce competition into traditionally regulated energy, telecommunications and transportation industries. She applies concepts of finance and theoretical economics to aid companies in improving earnings growth and enhancing long-term shareholder value. Today, Crutchfield leads the consulting firm Hudson Strategic Advisers LLC, an economic analysis and strategic advisory firm. In this role, Crutchfield raised angel and venture funding for start-up healthcare technology companies. Additionally, she recruited investors to fund $3.0 billion in new infrastructure to transport natural gas from the shale resources to the densely populated east coast of the U.S. Prior to her entrepreneurial venture, Crutchfield enjoyed a distinguished corporate career serving as the Chief Regulatory, Risk and Compliance Officer for the U.K. based National Grid plc. At Grid, Crutchfield led the finance, accounting and regulatory teams that successfully generated over $500 million in new revenue for the 12 electric and gas utilities in the U.S. Crutchfield introduced innovative pricing models which significantly improved Grid's cashflow and increased funding for new investment in clean technology. In addition to serving as a corporate leader at National Grid plc, Crutchfield has served in successive executive roles as Senior Vice President of Regulatory and External Affairs at PECO, an Exelon Company; Vice President and General Manager at TIAA-CREF; and Vice President of Energy Policy and Strategy with Duke Energy Corporation. She began her career in banking as a commercial and investment banker. Crutchfield is a graduate of the Harvard Business School with distinctions in Finance. She earned her undergraduate degree in Economics and Political Science from Yale University. Early in her career, she was appointed to serve as the youngest utilities' commissioner in the U.S. She developed a reputation for being an economic policy expert and was frequently asked to serve as an expert witness before the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives and before federal regulatory agencies. Additionally, she has advised European companies on gaining a competitive advantage in dynamic markets and on other investment strategies. Crutchfield is highly regarded as a leader and resource in both corporate settings and in the public sector. She has established a professional brand as a trusted partner with internal and external stake holders and has been applauded for successfully negotiating complex financial matters such as merger and acquisitions and for advocating policy positions on tax, energy, transportation and banking legislation. In addition, to her corporate and advisory roles, Crutchfield has developed a governance expertise having served on 15+ for-profit and non-profit entities. Crutchfield currently serves on the board of Fulton Financial Corporation as the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and former Chair of Risk. She also serves on the board of Unitil Corporation as Chair of the Compensation Committee and on the board of Main Street America, an American Family Company.

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• Advisor
• Executive Director of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission

Mark Montgomery serves as the Executive Director of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. The Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) was established in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to "develop a consensus on a strategic approach to defending the United States in cyberspace against cyberattacks of significant consequences." The finished report was presented to the public on March 11, 2020.

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• Advisor
• Member of the Board of the International Rural Water Association

Michael Curley is a lawyer who has spent the majority of his career in project finance and the last 25 years in energy and environmental finance. He joined the Environmental Law Institute as a Visiting Scholar in 2013. He is the author of Finance Policy for Renewable Energy and a Sustainable Environment, published by Taylor & Francis in 2014. The Central University for Finance & Economics in China is translating this book into Chinese and asked Mr. Curley to write a special Preface for them. Mr. Curley also wrote The Handbook of Project Finance for Water and Wastewater Systems (Handbook), published by Times/Mirror. He recently finished writing Fundamentals of Water Finance, which was just published by Taylor & Francis in October, 2016. He contributes to the Huffington Post, and is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the National Press Club, where his sits on the Book & Author Committee. He has published over 45 articles - 6 in 2015, 3 in 2016, and 3 more in the works. His author page can be found at: "michael-curley-amazon." In 1990, Mr. Curley was appointed to the Environmental Financial Advisory Board at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he served for 21 years under four Presidents. Over the last 20 years, he has taught environmental & energy finance and law courses at the Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University as well as Vermont Law School. He founded the Environmental Finance Centers at the University of Maryland, Syracuse University and Cleveland State University. In the early 1980's, he raised the venture capital for, founded, and served as president and CEO of the third municipal bond insurance company in the world and the first to insure economic development projects. He sold the company to a major international bank. He was also a partner in the celebrated New York City law firm of Shea & Gould. Mr. Curley has also served in several roles in government. First, as Deputy Commissioner & General Counsel of the New York State Department of Economic Development; and then as President and CEO of the State's bank for economic development. He was also the General Counsel of the New York State Science & Technology Foundation, the State's venture capital agency. Prior to that, Mr. Curley served as Parliamentarian of the New York State Assembly and Associate Counsel to the Speaker and was also an Assistant to Congressman Richard D. McCarthy (D-NY) in Washington, DC. He also served as Adjunct Professor of Banking & Finance at New York University teaching Venture Capital and Capital Markets. He has also taught at the Johns Hopkins University and the George Washington Univerity. Mr. Curley was appointed to the Board of Directors of the United Nations Development Corporation by New York City Mayor Ed Koch. For the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mr. Curley served as Senior Financial Advisor to the Office of International Affairs where he developed national municipal bond banks for water, wastewater, district heating and other municipal infrastructure for both the Russian Federation and Ukraine, designed a revolving fund for water resources for the Ministry of the Environment in the Republic of Georgia and built fifteen rural water systems and developed the national model for rural water finance in the Republic of Kazakhstan. As a member of the Board of the International Rural Water Association, Mr. Curley built water and basic sanitation systems in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. He continues this work privately today in Guatemala. In 2017, he and a former colleague from the Bloomberg School of Public Health will start writing a book about bringing safe water and basic sanitation to the rural poor in developing countries. The book will be published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. When Mr. Curley is not doing environmental finance, he is writing fiction. His first novel, a thriller entitled YELLOWSTONE: Final Extinction, was published in January 2016. He has recently published a short story entitled "Bridgette's Guardians" and is currently working on a sequel novel entitled The Calypso Virus.

Job Titles:

• Advisor
• Energy Expert

Nathaniel Woodson is a nationally recognized electric energy expert. He served as Chief Executive Officer of UIL Holdings, a Connecticut-based public utility. Prior to UIL he was President of the Energy Systems Business unit of Westinghouse Electric Corp, the leading global supplier to the commercial nuclear power industry. Mr. Woodson most recently the Chairman of First Niagara Bank, from which he retired upon its merger with KeyBank in 2016. Previously he was a Director of NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc. Mr. Woodson is an active investor in several entrepreneurial ventures. In his community activity, Mr. Woodson had served as Member of Governor's Council on Competitiveness and Technology and Chairman of Regional Leadership Council and Regional Growth Partnership in Connecticut's vocational high school system. He co-chaired the task force to redesign Connecticut's vocational high school system. He was a recipient of the Connecticut Anti-Defamation League's highest honor, the torch of Liberty Award and the Elm and Ivy award, from Yale and the City of New Haven. Mr. Woodson attended Yale (BE), MIT (MS),UPitt (MBA) and Harvard (AMP).

Job Titles:

• Advisor
• Executive
• Board Member at AMP Electric

Paul Feldman was on the original executive team of Protect Our Power, serving as Chief Information Security Officer from 2018-2020. He remains on the Protect Our Power Advisory Panel. Previously, Mr. Feldman is past Chairman of the Midcontinent ISO (MISO) and a former Board Director of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC). He was CEO of Columbia Energy and CEO of Utilicorp United and SVP of AES. Presently, Mr. Feldman serves as a Board member at AMP Electric, Opus One, and EnergySec. He has been appointed to serve on the NCC and advise the Secretary of Energy on matters related to electricity and transmission systems. He also serves as a member of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden on the Energy Systems Integration Technical Review Panel. He also serves as an advisor to several energy companies. Mr. Feldman began his career with AT&T and Bell Labs where he remained for 20 years in positions of increasing responsibility until leaving as vice president of worldwide manufacturing. In 1995 he transitioned to the energy utility industry. His educational background includes theology, a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and a Masters in Economics, with advanced work toward a PhD in Econometrics. Additionally, Mr. Feldman was also an Associate Professor at Cleveland State University. He is also achieved the Professional Director certification and is a Board Leadership Fellow at the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Job Titles:

• Advisor
• Assistant Professor

Rebecca Slayton is an assistant professor in the Department of Science and

Job Titles:

• Leader
• Senior Advisor, State and Government Relations

Richard Mroz is one of the leading advocates in securing the grid from both cyber and physical attacks. He is the immediate past President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and was nominated by former Gov. Chris Christie in 2014. The nomination was unanimously approved by the New Jersey Senate. Mr. Mroz was also a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and served as chairman of the NARUC Committee on Critical Infrastructure, which was established on a temporary basis after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the now-permanent Critical Infrastructure Committee provides State regulators a forum to analyze solutions to utility infrastructure security and delivery concerns. Mr. Mroz is a thought leader on issues the Committee regularly addresses including cyber security, workforce development, and infrastructure improvements in all industries. From 1991-1993, Mr. Mroz served as the County Counsel for Camden County, N.J. In 1993 then Governor Christine Todd Whitman appointed him to the first of several senior positions in her administration. He served as Director of Authorities, Governor's counsel, and liaison to New Jersey's largest independent agencies. In 1998 Governor Whitman appointed him as Special Counsel. In 1999, Governor Whitman recognized Mr. Mroz's thought leading abilities and appointed him to Chief Counsel. Mr. Mroz served as the Governor's primary advisor for legislative affairs, judicial and prosecutorial appointments, as well as, legal, policy and management issues of the State government. Richard Mroz is a graduate of the University of Delaware and holds a J.D. from the Villanova School of Law.

Job Titles:

• Advisor
• Member of the Board of Directors
• the Catholic University of America As Its Vice President for Finance & Treasurer
• VP Finance & Treasurer, the Catholic University of America

Robert M. Specter serves The Catholic University of America as its Vice President for Finance & Treasurer, where he oversees the university's business operations, investments, real estate and facilities design, construction and maintenance, including power generation and distribution. Previously, Rob was Vice President for Administration & Finance at the University of Maryland, where he initiated planning for the university's improvements to nearby College Park neighborhoods. He served as Vice President for Finance at the University of Delaware (UD), guiding its financial course during the lengthy economic recession. In partnership with UD's College of Earth, Ocean and Environment and a private turbine manufacturer, he founded First State Marine Wind LLC, which built and profitably operates a 2.0 megawatt wind turbine as part of the University's research and development in alternative energy technologies. He also served as Board Chair of Blue Hen Hotel LLC, which owns and operates a Marriott-flagged hotel in Newark, DE. Earlier in his career Mr. Specter served in vice presidential roles at the City University of New York, Oregon State University and Montana State University. He was a charter member of the US Green Building Council's Cascadia Region as the initial Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) sustainability metrics were implemented. Mr. Specter currently serves on the board of a chapter of Financial Executives International, on the MidAtlantic Council of the Society for College and University Planning, and is a former board member of the Western Association of College and University Business Officers. He is a frequent presenter at professional association meetings on topics such as enterprise risk management, university finance and wind energy. Mr. Specter earned his bachelor's degree in Geoscience at the University of Rochester, an MS degree in Geology at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, and an MBA at Arizona State University.

Job Titles:

• Advisor
• President of Green Strategies Inc

Roger Ballentine is the President of Green Strategies Inc., where he provides management consulting services to corporate and financial sector clients on sustainability strategy; investment and transaction evaluation and project development execution in the in the clean energy sector; and the integration of energy and environmental policy considerations into business strategy. He is also a Venture Partner with Arborview Capital LLC, a private equity firm making growth capital investments in the clean energy and energy efficiency sectors. Previously, Roger was a senior member of the White House staff, serving President Bill Clinton as Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force and Deputy Assistant to the President for Environmental Initiatives. Prior to being named Deputy Assistant, Roger was Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs where he focused on energy and environmental issues. Before joining the White House, Roger was a partner at Patton Boggs LLP. Over the years, Roger has acquired a wealth of experience and knowledge of the energy sector, financial markets, and environmental business practices as well as the politics, players and trends in the energy and environmental space. Using his expertise and deep relationships, Roger has helped clients develop better business strategies, make better investment decisions, negotiate new business partnerships, build critical alliances with stakeholders, and devise impactful government and public affairs strategies. Roger currently serves on the Advisory Boards of the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Clean Capital LLC, 8 Rivers Capital, and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), where he was a founding Board member in 2001. Roger also serves on the Selection Committee for the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Zayed Future Energy Prize and is the Co-Chair of the Aspen Institute's Clean Energy Forum. In addition to being a frequent speaker, media commentator and writer, he has been a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School teaching in the area of energy and climate policy and a Senior Fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute in Washington D.C. Roger is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Connecticut and a Cum Laude graduate of the Harvard Law School. He is a member of the Connecticut, District of Columbia, and the United States Supreme Court bars.

Job Titles:

• Advisor
• Director of Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Shelley A. Longmuir became a Director of Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) in 2012. She is currently Chair of the Nominating Committee, previously having served as Chair of: the Human Resources & Compensation Committee (2012-2017); the Compliance Committee (2015-17); the Search Committee (2014 & 2018). She also has served as a member of the Corporate Governance; Nominating; and the Finance & Audit Committees. WECC bifurcated its operations in 2013-14, and Ms. Longmuir chaired the Search Committee for both the new CEO of WECC as well as the Reliability Coordinator, Peak Reliability, which provides situational awareness and real-time monitoring within the Western Interconnection. Ms. Longmuir has enjoyed a diverse career as a Corporate Board Member, Fortune 50 Senior Officer and Federal Government Legal/Administrative Counsel. Her experience spans energy, technology, mining, aviation, transportation and healthcare industries. For more than a decade, Ms. Longmuir has been intimately involved in the energy sector as Board member of two entities with the largest footprints in North America, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO), and Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC). Ms. Longmuir also served on the Advisory Board of Petra Solar, a solar technology provider for the renewable energy and distributed power generation markets. Previously Ms. Longmuir served as a Non-Executive Director with Aggregate Industries plc when it operated as a London Stock Exchange company prior to acquisition by Swiss-based Holcim. At the time, it was one of the UK's largest aggregates and building materials enterprises. Complementing Ms. Longmuir's Board experience is an equally diverse executive career. As one of the top female executives at United Continental Holdings for 10 years, she was instrumental in developing global strategies and navigating legislative and regulatory hurdles enabling UAL to establish the "Star Alliance" with partners across Europe and Asia, and achieve "first mover" position in key markets against local and foreign competition. During her tenure as President and CEO of National Business Aviation Association, Ms. Longmuir launched programs to advance worldwide commercial business prospects for the trade association's 7.6K member companies. After clerking for a federal judge and working for a large NYC law firm, Ms. Longmuir spent the initial years of her Washington DC career as an appellate attorney (DOJ) and then as a politically appointed administrator with 2 US federal agencies (HUD & DOT). Ms. Longmuir holds a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law where she served as Managing Editor of the Journal of International Law & Politics. She is admitted to practice in New York, the District of Columbia and Illinois. She is a Magna Cum Laude graduate, with dual Bachelor degrees, from Brown University where she was selected for Phi Beta Kappa.

Job Titles:

• Communications Director

Steve Kerekes is an accomplished professional with 30 years of communications experience at the national level. From 1997 to early 2017, he directed the media relations department for the Nuclear Energy Institute, where in recent years he also guided integrated content development for NEI's website and social media properties. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kerekes directed the media relations division at the National Right to Work Committee. He also has served as press secretary and legislative assistant to Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs and Science, Space and Technology committees, and he has led account teams at the Powell Tate and E. Bruce Harrison public affairs firms. Mr. Kerekes specializes in strategic communications, media relations, message development and management of emerging issues. He regularly has counseled colleagues and member company communicators on priority projects with high-quality results, and he is proud to be considered a "pro's pro" by many of his peers. Mr. Kerekes was a leading member of the NEI team recognized for its crisis communication and rapid response strategy after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. NEI received the Global SABRE Award for best global association public relations campaign and the Public Relations Society of America's Silver Anvil for best crisis communication strategy. Mr. Kerekes started his communications career as a government affairs reporter for daily newspapers in Virginia and Georgia, and he won a Virginia Press Association award for investigative reporting. He and his wife, Karen, and their two children reside in Alexandria, Va.

Job Titles:

• Chief
• Member of the Board of Directors
• Technical Advisor
• Previous Vice President, Transmission and NERC Policy for Exelon Business Services Company

Steven T. Naumann is the former Vice President, Transmission and NERC Policy at Exelon Corporation. Retiring in 2019, he was responsible for developing policy for Exelon on transmission pricing, cost allocation, and high-level transmission planning policy nationwide. He also directed the development of reliability policy issues relating to standards, compliance and other issues involving NERC and has served on advisory groups for NERC special assessments. Mr. Naumann joined Commonwealth Edison Co. following service as an officer in the United States Air Force. In over 40 years at Exelon and Commonwealth Edison, Mr. Naumann has held numerous engineering, managerial and executive positions responsible for the planning, operation, and security of the electric delivery system. He has participated on committees, working groups and task forces of NERC and the Mid-America Interconnected Network Regional Reliability Council (MAIN), including serving as Vice Chairman of the MAIN Board. Mr. Naumann served on NERC Member Representatives Committee as a representative of the Investor Owned Utilities and as Vice Chairman and Chairman. He has testified before Congress, FERC, the Illinois Commerce Commission and the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Mr. Naumann received B.S. and M. Eng. degrees in Electric Power Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1971 and 1972, respectively, and a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1988. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois and is licensed to practice law in Illinois

Job Titles:

• FERC Commissioner
• Regulatory Counsel
• Regulatory Counsel Partner

Job Titles:

• Advisor
• Commissioner of the City of New York

Thomas Von Essen was appointed the 30th FDNY Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani on April 15, 1996 and served in that position until the end of the Rudolph Giuliani Administration on December 31, 2001, nearly four months after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Prior to serving as Commissioner, he was New York City firefighter since 1970, Mr. Von Essen was elected as President of the Uniformed Firefighters Association in 1993. Since returning to the private sector in 2002, Mr. Von Essen has been a fire and life safety consultant for many respected organizations, including Honeywell and Underwriters Laboratories. In 2002, Mr. Von Essen was made an Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. Mr. Von Essen graduated from St. Francis College and received his Masters Degree from Long Island University/C.W. Post campus.

Job Titles:

• Advisor
• Business Manager

Tim Connors is an experienced business manager, entrepreneur and bar certified attorney in New York State. He also has over 28 years of experience as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, where he continues to serve as a Colonel in the Reserves. Mr. Connors' civilian career includes work as a business attorney with Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC and as a scholar at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, where he studied counterterrorism and policing issues. After leaving MI, Mr. Connors started his own business providing advice to clients on 21st century threats. He also has worked as a senior manager in a security firm in New York City. Mr. Connors' Army career includes command at the brigade and battalion levels, as well as deployments to Korea, Afghanistan and Africa. He is a Distinguished Graduate from the U.S. Army War College with a Masters in Strategic Studies. Mr. Connors is a 1988 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and holds an MBA and JD from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

Job Titles:

• Advisor
• Secretary
• Chairman of Ridge Global

Tom Ridge is Chairman of Ridge Global. He provides clients with solutions to cyber security, international security and risk management issues. Following the tragic events of September 11th, 2001, Tom Ridge became the first Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and, on January 24, 2003, became the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The creation of the country's 15th Cabinet Department marked the largest reorganization of government since the Truman administration and another call to service for the former soldier, congressman and governor of Pennsylvania. During his DHS tenure, Secretary Ridge worked with more than 180,000 employees from a combined 22 agencies to create an agency that facilitated the flow of people and goods, instituted layered security at air, land and seaports, developed a unified national response and recovery plan, protected critical infrastructure, integrated new technology and improved information sharing worldwide. Tom Ridge served as Secretary of this historic and critical endeavor until February 1, 2005. Tom Ridge was twice elected Governor of Pennsylvania. He served as the state's 43rd governor from 1995 to 2001. Governor Ridge's aggressive technology strategy helped fuel the state's advances in economic development, education, health care and the environment. He serves on the boards of the Institute for Defense Analyses, the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and other private and public entities. He is currently chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's National Security Task Force. He graduated from Harvard with honors. After his first year at Penn State University's Dickinson School of Law, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he served as an infantry staff sergeant in Vietnam, earning the Bronze Star for Valor, the Combat Infantry Badge and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. After returning to Pennsylvania and to Dickinson, he earned his law degree and, later, became one of the first Vietnam combat veterans elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served six terms.