VOLT ENERGY UTILITY - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Fellow
• Environmental Justice Fellow

Job Titles:

• Partner
• Managing Partner for Volt Energy

Barry Schochet is a distinguished attorney and has extensive business development experience. Barry serves as a Managing Partner for Volt Energy and oversees business development and strategy for the company. He received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his J.D. from Emory University. His career has included private law practice and service in the United States Senate where he was counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee and Staff Director for the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East and South Asia. In Barry's role as a business developer, he has crafted significant projects in both the US and international markets. These projects include the food service, real estate, restaurant, financial, and solar industries. Mr. Schochet was also an early limited partner with The Cheesecake Factory and played an integral part in the company's early expansion nationwide and initial public offering.

Job Titles:

• Partner

Eric is responsible for Volt's external affairs, marketing and communications. He also directs the management and governance of the Environmental Justice Community Impact Fund, as stipulated in the Environmental Justice Power Purchase Agreement ™. Eric has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector. As former vice president of government affairs and communications for WGL Energy and Washington Gas, he directed the company's multi-state government and public affairs, federal government affairs, external and crisis communications, media relations, branding and corporate giving. His government affairs team led the lobbying efforts for the landmark utility infrastructure repair and replacement law in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Early in his career, he served as manager of state government affairs at The American Petroleum Institute. For almost a decade, he served as spokesperson, director of communications, public affairs and corporate philanthropy at The Washington Post. His non-profit experience included five years as director of cause marketing and mega city grants for Special Olympics, Inc., structuring major corporate sponsorships with such companies as Lands' End, Subaru, Raymond Co., AMF, and Hoyle Cards. He has served on several boards including: Volt Energy, LLC., the DC and Maryland Chambers of Commerce, Red Cross - National Capital Region, and the Black Student Fund. Eric is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Landeggar International Business Executive Program at Georgetown University.

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive Officer
• Founder

Gilbert Campbell is Founder and CEO of Volt Energy Utility, a national renewable energy firm that finances and develops utility-scale solar and energy storage projects for large corporate clients, municipalities, and other institutions. Gilbert serves on the Board of Directors at The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), The Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA), The American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE), is an Advisory Board Member at 3Degrees, and is a Founding Member of Renewables Forward. Gilbert also co-founded Volt Energy, a national distributed generation solar development company. Under Gilbert's leadership, Volt Energy successfully developed solar projects for numerous public and private sector clients including, Accenture, Exelon/Pepco, The Cheesecake Factory, Subaru, District of Columbia Government, Howard University and Wake Forest University. Gilbert is an advocate and spokesperson for diversity, equity and inclusion in clean energy, environmental justice and sustainability; and regularly advises federal and local officials, corporations and other key stakeholders on policies and best practices. Gilbert has been nationally recognized for his efforts and has testified before Congress regarding the need for increased minority participation in the renewable energy sector. In 2016, the Obama Administration presented Gilbert with the White House Champions of Change Award for his leadership in advancing climate change equity. Gilbert was named to EBONY magazine's 2014 Power 100 List, which recognizes influential achievements by African Americans annually. Under Gilbert's leadership, Volt is a 2014 recipient of Amtrak and The Washington Wizards Pioneer Award, which honors companies that have made a positive impact in their community. Realizing that change begins with preparation Gilbert has been a vocal proponent of STEM education and outreach opportunities for young people across the country.

Job Titles:

• Vice President of Operations

Laura Miller joined the Volt Energy Utility team in March 2022, as Vice President of Operations. She manages day-to-day operations, oversees contract compliance, and works closely with the business development team. She practiced law in various sectors including civil litigation, real estate, and contracts, and is licensed in both Texas and Oklahoma. Laura's passion for sustainability and renewable energy started at a young age which made the transition to the Volt team a natural fit. Laura received her BBA in Finance, graduating magna cum laude from the University of Oklahoma Price School of Business, and acquired a Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. She resides in Austin, Texas with her husband and two young children who inspire her to work toward the collective goal of a clean energy future.

Job Titles:

• Senior Program Manager CSR

Lauren Strickland manages Volt's corporate social responsibility efforts. She also serves as a liaison with Volt's business partners on issues of supplier diversity, minority student internships, environmental justice and opportunities of interest with the Sharing the Power Foundation. The Volt-founded foundation is an independently-operated national philanthropic non-profit that advances environmental justice and an inclusive clean energy future through grant making and seeding the next generation of environmental leaders. Lauren currently is assisting the foundation with program management. Lauren is a 2023 Dream.Org's Green for All Business Council Fellow. The fellowship provides clean energy career opportunities for fellows with leading diverse-owned clean tech firms. Prior to Volt, Lauren worked as a business development executive in the hospitality industry. She developed innovative strategies and led expansion efforts for leading hospitality groups. Lauren was recognized as Leader of the Year by the Denihan Hospitality Group. She served on the board of IMPACT, a social impact non-profit based in Washington, DC. She oversaw key partnerships with Capitol Hill leaders and other lawmakers across the country. Lauren has served on KIPP DC's Ambassador Board. Lauren is a graduate of Howard University with a journalism degree from the school of communications.

Job Titles:

• Partner

Tiffany Elliott is a Partner at Volt Energy Utility. She leads the company's project acquisition function and all capital sourcing activities, including project evaluation and capital allocation, project financing, corporate financing and project monetization strategy. Tiffany has nearly 20 years of industry experience leading capital markets and business development functions across the conventional generation and renewable space with a focus on utility-scale solar and energy storage. Prior to joining Volt Energy Utility, Tiffany was the founder and CEO of Clean Capital Partners, LLC, a financial advisory firm providing best-in-class execution capability in the sourcing and deployment of sponsor equity capital on behalf of developers and long-term sponsor investors. Her company also provided structured hedge and offtake advisory execution expertise to support renewable project financings. Prior to founding Clean Capital Partners, Tiffany served as the head of US Project Sales for Cypress Creek Renewables, Senior Vice President of Market Strategy and Business Development for Recurrent Energy where she led the company's Origination, Structuring, M&A and Corporate Strategy efforts, and has held a number of leadership roles on the commodity desks of leading trading organizations such as Citigroup Energy and Calpine Energy Services where she was responsible for the execution of structured power and natural gas transactions. Tiffany holds a B.B.A in Finance and B.A. in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.