David Crane is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Generate Capital, a leading sustainable infrastructure platform delivering affordable, reliable resource solutions to companies, communities, and cities.  Prior to Generate, David served as CEO of five publicly traded energy companies and as Chair of three: NRG Energy, NRG Yield, Climate Real Impact Solutions I&II, and International Power Plc. During his 12 years at NRG Energy, David led the company from Chapter 11 to a Fortune 200 company. He is a frequent speaker on opportunities for accelerating the energy transition and was named the Energy Industry “CEO of the Year” by EnergyBiz in 2010, top CEO in the electric utility sector by Institutional Investor in 2011, and “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young in 2010. Prior to Generate, he served as Under Secretary for Infrastructure at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). David has previously served on the Boards of Heliogen Inc, Source Global, JERA Co. Inc., Saudi Electric Company, ACWA Power, El Paso and Tata Steel Ltd. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Princeton University.

Paul Ross is the Global Head of Investor Solutions at Generate Capital, a division within the Capital Formation team. Paul has more than 20 years of experience in financial services, including a distinguished tenure at Bridgewater Associates. He joined Bridgewater in 2004 and became a Partner and senior member of the Operating Committee. Paul served as Co-Head of Client Service and Marketing for many years, where he focused on building strategic relationships with some of the world’s largest investors and developed investment and research strategies tailored to their objectives. He also served as Head of the Investment Engine, where he led the firm’s investment activities across a team of approximately 400 professionals – spanning research and idea generation, portfolio management, operations, and trade execution. Prior to Bridgewater, he worked at Bank of America, focusing on media and technology investment banking. Paul earned high honors in economics from Harvard University.

Mr. William Sonneborn is President of Generate Capital. Before joining Generate Capital, he was the Senior Director at International Finance Corporation, overseeing investments in Disruptive Technologies, Creative Industries and Funds and on IFC’s management committee. Prior to joining IFC, he was the President of EIG, a leading energy and infrastructure investment firm, and a member of its Investment and Executive Committees. Prior to joining EIG, he was a partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and a member of KKR’s Management Committee. William served as CEO of KKR Asset Management as well as CEO and Director of KKR Financial Corporation, a publicly traded specialty finance firm. He also sat on the board of Nephila Capital, a $10 billion hedge fund that is one of the largest private tech-enabled reinsurance vehicles in the world. Prior to joining KKR, he was with the global investment firm TCW Group, Inc., most recently as President and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, he worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York and Hong Kong, where he focused on mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Sonneborn is a frequent speaker on sustainable infrastructure and technology opportunities. He has given keynote presentations at conferences such as Vivatech, CES, the Global Private Capital Conference and SuperReturn and has appeared on television, radio and in print on venues such as Bloomberg, CNBC, France24, The Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal and PEI. William graduated with honors from Georgetown University. He is involved with a variety of non-profit organizations, serving as a director or trustee of Georgetown University, Georgetown University Entrepreneurship Initiative, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health at Stanford University, the Global Private Capital Association and Chairman of the board of St. Albans School in Washington, DC.

Harsi Thethi is the Chief Financial Officer of Generate Capital.     Prior to Generate, Harsi spent nearly 20 years at Credit Suisse, where most recently he served as the CFO of the Global Investment Bank (covering both the Markets and Banking businesses).  As part of this role, Harsi was responsible for the financial planning and analysis, capital & liquidity management, as well as the strategy function for the division.  He has also been the Head of the Asset Resolution Unit (the non-core unit), XVA Management and the Global Liquidity Group, as part of these trading supervisory roles, he was a UK Senior Manager under the FCA regime.  Prior to these roles, he held various finance roles, including the CFO of the Global Markets division.     Prior to Credit Suisse, Harsi qualified as a chartered accountant at PwC.  Harsi also holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School and an honors degree in Economics from University College London. Harsi has worked in both London and New York.  

Nam Nguyen is Chief Operating Officer at Generate Capital, responsible for the company’s assets and portfolio and operations. Prior to joining Generate, Nam was Executive Vice President at SunPower, one of the largest solar companies in the world. Nam was responsible for SunPower’s Commercial Solar division, delivering approximately $500 million in revenues and number 1 market share in the U.S. Prior to that, Nam served as Senior Vice President and oversaw SunPower’s power plant business in Latin America, where she was responsible for the P&L, driving approximately 1GW of contracted pipeline and $1.5 billion in revenues. Prior to SunPower, Nam was Vice President of Global Business Development at First Solar. At First Solar, she led the sale and financing of the First Solar project pipeline, including raising $8 billion of financing, and various M&A activities. She also led the expansion of First Solar’s global platform and pipeline. Prior to First Solar, Nam was responsible for corporate development and strategy at a solar start-up OptiSolar, where she helped raise $300 million in venture funding and eventually led the sale of OptiSolar to First Solar. She has also held various roles in investment banking working in New York, Singapore and Los Angeles and is on Generac’s Board of Directors. Nam has a BA in Economics from Columbia University and an MBA from Harvard University and was a Fulbright Scholar.

Jeff Ross is Chief Investment Officer, Infrastructure at Generate Capital. Prior to Generate, he served as a Managing Director at an investment platform investing in renewable energy assets, and as Senior Vice President at NRG, leading the distributed generation and retail energy businesses. Jeff served as a Partner at Arborview Capital, investing in mid-market companies in the energy and sustainability sectors; as Executive Vice President at GridPoint, a private-equity backed energy management company; and in senior management roles at several private equity-backed services and technology companies. Jeff is a frequent speaker on energy and sustainability issues, and has appeared on television, radio and in print in venues such as CNBC and the Wall Street Journal. He has testified before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission, and several state public utility commissions. Jeff graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis and has a law degree from the University of Virginia.

Ed Bossange is the Chief Capital Formation Officer at Generate Capital. Ed brings more than 10 years of experience in renewable energy and project finance. Prior to Generate, he was a vice president of origination and structuring at Morgan Stanley, where he sat in the North America Power and Gas business on the commodities trading floor, investing the firm’s balance sheet into renewable energy assets. He spent more than six years at Morgan Stanley, primarily focused on originating, acquiring, developing, and financing solar PV projects across residential, commercial, industrial, and small utility scale, which included playing an integral role in more than $200 million of the first community solar portfolios institutionally financed in the United States. Ed began his career in renewable energy as a design engineer for both solar PV and solar hot-water-system integration in New York City. Ed holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering‐Energy Systems from Columbia University and a BS in Mathematics from Hamilton College.

Kristine Janhunen is Chief People Officer of Generate Capital. Prior to Generate, Kristine consulted globally for private equity and venture firms on many talent and organization-building matters. She has also served as the chief operating officer of Larcen Consulting Group, where she grew and managed the operations group focused on delivering human-capital services to a portfolio of private-equity backed companies as well as large corporate organizations. While with Larcen, she also led the executive search strategy and execution for the portfolio of investments managed by Gryphon Investors, a San Francisco–based middle market private equity firm. Her corporate training comes from her time as the chief of staff for British Petroleum’s Wind and Solar business, as a director of large commercial solar projects for BP, and as a leader at NPower (a Microsoft-backed IT consulting start-up). Kristine was a Sloan Fellow at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where she received her MS in Management. She also received an MEd in Psychology from the University of North Carolina and a BA in Psychology and International Studies from Taylor University.

Darryl Carbonaro is General Counsel at Generate Capital. Darryl brings more than 20 years of experience in tax-equity and debt financing of all types of energy assets, including hydroelectric facilities along the Danube, utility scale wind projects in California, and residential solar installations around the United States. A former chemical engineer focused on downstream waste treatment technologies, Darryl began his legal career at White & Case in New York, then moved to Dechert LLP in San Francisco to focus on structured finance and securitization. He served as an assistant general counsel for six years at Bank of America, where he helped launch the bank’s renewable energy finance and energy efficiency finance groups. Prior to joining Generate, Darryl was a managing director and deputy general counsel for a technology-enabled consumer finance company focused on solar energy, energy efficiency, and home improvements. Darryl earned a JD from Pace Law School and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University.

Jonah is the Head of External Affairs and Impact at Generate where he oversees our communications, government engagement, and impact assessment and strategy. Prior to Generate, Jonah led Breakthrough Energy a network founded by Bill Gates including investment funds, nonprofit and philanthropic programs, and policy efforts linked by a common commitment to scale the technologies we need to achieve a path to net zero emissions by 2050. During that time, he also served as Mr. Gates’s senior advisor for policy and government relations. Prior to Breakthrough Energy, Jonah spent nearly 15 years in Washington, D.C., leading integrated advocacy, communications, and grassroots campaigns. He led a series of policy efforts on a variety of issues – from civil rights to education reform to nuclear non-proliferation. Before that, he served as primary spokesperson and chief strategist for the largest national campaign to protect voting rights. Jonah holds a J.D. degree from Boston College Law School and a B.A. degree in History from Binghamton University. Jonah lives in Seattle with his wife Jackie and his two children, Desmond and Fiona.

Aaron serves as Head of Portfolio Management at Generate Capital responsible for performance improvement and value creation across Generate’s $7bn+ sustainable infrastructure portfolio. Aaron has 20+ years of global experience advising energy and infrastructure investors, operating companies, growth companies, developers and governments on core business strategy, investment strategy, financing strategy and capital deployment / infrastructure development and public private partnerships, value creation initiatives, technology roll out programs, transformations and restructurings in North America, Europe, Middle East and Latin America/Caribbean. Aaron has worked extensively across energy transition sectors (renewable power generation, battery storage, hydrogen, clean mobility, waste, water) and core infrastructure sectors (ports, airports, roads, logistics, power and water utilities) and is a frequent speaker and author on sustainable infrastructure financing topics. Prior to Generate Aaron was a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group leading work with infrastructure investors on portfolio value creation and supporting governments on large scale infrastructure development and construction programs. Prior to that Aaron was a Partner at McKinsey & Co. where he led large scale transformation programs at power and water utilities, supported development finance institutions and government agencies on infrastructure investment and funding strategy and supported infrastructure investors on strategy and performance improvement programs in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and North America and served on the Millenium Challenge Corporation’s private sector advisory board. During his work advising on the Puerto Rico sovereign restructurings, Aaron was appointed the Revitalization Coordinator for Puerto Rico by the Governor of Puerto Rico and the Federal Oversight Management Board. Prior to McKinsey Aaron was a Senior Associate at Latham & Watkins where he structured and executed project financings, leveraged financings, mergers and acquisitions and large-scale restructurings, including the restructuring of Dubai World for the Government of Dubai. While in Dubai, Aaron founded the Middle East’s first energy transition focused business group the Clean Energy Business Council MENA. Aaron was also an Investment Banking Associate in Credit Suisse’s Energy Group focused on infrastructure financings and M&A. Aaron was a Hamilton Scholar at Columbia Law School where he was awarded a J.D. and graduated from Brown University with a B.A. with Honors. He lives in Washington DC.

Eduardo Clemente is a Managing Director on the European Investment Team. Eduardo brings more than 13 years of experience in the energy, power and infrastructure space across investment and advisory roles resulting in more than $3B of principal investments. Prior to Generate, he was a Senior Vice President at Exergy Capital Management LLP, a private equity firm focused on the energy transition in Europe. He also served 9 years at Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Division where he was an Executive Director participating in principal investing, M&A, equity, debt, restructuring and commodity financing transactions worth excess of $20B in the broader Energy and Infrastructure sector. Eduardo holds a “Licenciatura” and Master’s degree in Business Administration from ESADE (Barcelona) and a “Grande Ecole” degree conferring a Master’s degree in Finance from HEC (Paris).

Mateo Aceves is a Principal and Senior Counsel at Generate Capital. He is responsible for originating, structuring and executing sustiainable infrastructure transactions within Generate’s private credit strategy. At Generate, Mateo has completed over $3 billion in diverse credit transactions. Prior to joining Generate in 2021, Mateo practiced law at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, focusing his practice on energy and infrastructure transactions. In that capacity, he advised on over 50 transactions including financings, acquisitions and dispositions in the LNG, conventional power, waste-to-value, social infrastructure and renewable energy sectors. Mateo holds a BA from Brandeis University and JD from the University of Chicago. He is based in Generate’s San Francisco headquarters.

Scott Gosselink was Generate Capital’s first employee and serves as a Managing Director and a member of Generate’s Investment Committee. With more than 15 years of experience in the energy industry, Scott focuses on the emerging clean-mobility sector by accelerating the decarbonization of transportation. Prior to Generate Capital, Scott spent time at SunEdison, EDF-Renewable Energy, and the Lower Colorado River Authority where he developed, marketed, and structured several billion dollars for renewable energy and energy transition projects. Scott received his Bachelor of Science in Commerce from Washington and Lee University, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

Peggy Flannery is a Managing Director on the Investment Team at Generate Capital, where she helps build and lead the firm’s community solar investment strategy. Peggy has led Generate’s community solar investment strategy over the last 5 years, building over 200 MW of project, and has 17 years of experience in renewable energy and finance. Prior to Generate Peggy was a director at SunEdision. She holds a BA from Columbia University in Environmental Science and Mathematics.

Pietro Lomazzi is a Managing Director on the Investment Team at Generate Capital responsible for originating, executing, and managing investments. Pietro has more than 14 years of sustainable investment experience across principal investment, venture capital, and project finance. Prior to Generate, Pietro was a Director at Onyx Renewable Partners, a Blackstone investment vehicle focused on renewable energy infrastructure in North America. Across his career Pietro has been responsible for over $1 Billion investments across the sustainability space from early-stage corporate equity to large, distributed asset acquisitions and financing. Pietro holds a MS/BS in environmental engineering form the Politecnico di Milano, a MS in renewable energy and climate policies from the Politecnico di Milano and, an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Greg Richards is a Managing Director, Credit at Generate Capital. He is responsible for originating, structuring, executing, and managing investments for Generate Credit. With an expertise across the utility, sustainability, and energy technology sectors, Greg has spent the majority of his 20-year career advising for, and investing in, both companies and projects with roles at Mubadala Investment Company, Credit Suisse, Bank of America, and Medley Capital. Most recently, Greg was a Managing Director at Energy Impact Partners. Greg has led numerous sustainability transactions in hydroelectric, biomass, residential solar, data centers, and carbon capture assets. He has additionally advised several sustainability-focused early-stage companies and investment firms. Greg received a BBA in Finance from the College of William and Mary and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is also a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Society of South Carolina.

Sven Semmelmann is a Managing Director at Generate Capital on the Capital Formation team. His responsibilities include structuring and raising project finance debt and tax equity for Generate’s asset portfolio. Sven brings more than 15 years of experience in Infrastructure & Energy project finance. Prior to Generate, Sven worked for Deutsche Bank and ICBC where he advised, structured, and led infrastructure, power, and renewable energy transactions. He executed a cumulative deal volume that exceeded $20bn across North America, Latin America, and Europe. Sven holds a “Diplom-Kaufmann” from the University of Augsburg in Germany.

Andrew Hughes is a Managing Director at Generate Capital and leads investor relations. In addition to covering the company’s existing investor base, his responsibilities include supporting all aspects of the business’ capital formation programs, ESG strategy & reporting initiatives, and corporate financial strategy. Andrew brings more than a decade of experience working at the intersection of financial markets and the environment. Prior to Generate, Andrew was a Vice President at Credit Suisse where he ran the bank’s U.S. renewable energy equity research team and was recognized as a rising star in the Institutional Investor All-America Research Poll. Prior to Credit Suisse, Andrew was a senior publishing analyst on the Renewable Energy, Power, and Utilities teams at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Here, he was responsible for renewable energy company coverage and oversaw over $10 billion of listed transactions among residential solar companies, renewable energy developers, and YieldCos. He started his career as a Policy Analyst at the Environmental Defense Fund, and as a naturalist and environmental educator at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies. Andrew holds a BA in Economics and Environmental Studies from Bowdoin College, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

Kaitlin Bergan is a Principal on the Capital Formation team at Generate Capital, where she is responsible for investor coverage, product ideation and fundraising strategy.  Prior to Generate, Kaitlin spent seven years at BlackRock, most recently as Head of Sustainable Client Solutions, Americas. Passionate about climate issues, she is a frequent speaker on sustainable finance at industry events. Previously, Kaitlin held roles in asset management in London and New York. She earned a BA from Oxford and an MSc from the London School of Economics. Based in New York, Kaitlin serves as Co-President of the Rising Leaders Council at New York Cares, New York City’s largest volunteer organization.

Laxman Ramu is a Managing Director of Investments at Generate Capital, responsible for originating, executing, and managing sustainable infrastructure investments. Laxman has more than 13 years of experience as a principal investor and investment banker in the infrastructure industry. Throughout his career, Laxman has completed over $5 billion of transactions in the generation, utility and transportation sectors. Prior to Generate, Laxman was a Director at Macquarie Asset Management in New York. Laxman holds a BS in Electrical and Electronics engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, and MBA from XLRI in India.

Peter Nulsen is a managing director at Generate Capital in New York City and is responsible for its distributed generation investments. Peter joined Generate in 2015 and has led investments in fuel cells, microgrids, stationary energy storage and clean transportation assets. At Generate he has transacted on >$1.25 billion of sustainable infrastructure assets. Prior to Generate Peter worked in General Electric’s Energy business holding commercial finance roles in both the United States and the U.K. as well as in its Energy Finance Services group where he was investing in solar and energy storage assets. Prior to GE Peter worked for a solar energy developer where he supported project finance, project development and solar panel procurement while based in Shanghai, China. Peter has a BA in political economy from Georgetown University where he was recognized as a Baker Scholar.

Stephanie Kwong is a Principal at Generate Capital, where she is responsible for originating, executing and managing the firm’s digital infrastructure investments. Prior to Generate, Stephanie held investment roles at IFM Investors’ Global and Australian Infrastructure Funds, completing over $10 billion of transactions across the digital, energy and transportation sectors in North America. She has managed investments and has served as a shareholder representative across digital, midstream, district energy, airports and toll road portfolio companies in the US and Australia. Stephanie commenced her career in investment banking at Lazard. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics and Finance), and Bachelor of Laws (LLB), with Honours.

Christian Okoye is a Principal at Generate Capital responsible for investments in emerging sustainable infrastructure opportunities. Prior to Generate, Christian was a Partner at Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners where he focused on transactions advancing virtual power plants. Leading up to his time at Sidewalk, Christian was a director of Venture Investments at Emerson Collective. Here, he focused on managing venture capital and growth equity investments across energy and environmental solutions including waste to energy, distributed energy resource management, and energy efficiency technologies. Christian has also worked for Denham Capital’s Energy Infrastructure platform investing in infrastructure development in emerging markets, and started his career in Goldman Sachs’ Natural Resources group. Christian holds an MBA and MS in Energy and Environmental Resources from Stanford University, and a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Ryan Miller is a Principal at Generate Capital, overseeing investments in power, digital infrastructure, and transportation. With over 10 years of experience in renewable energy and infrastructure investing, Ryan has been involved in over $5 billion in sustainable infrastructure transactions. Prior to joining Generate in 2021, Ryan was a Strategic Business Development Advisor at Shell New Energies, focusing on onshore renewable power project acquisitions and development partnerships. Prior to Shell, Ryan worked on JP Morgan’s tax equity team where he structured and executed complex tax equity transactions. Earlier in his career, he held various positions in banking and capital markets. Ryan holds a B.S. in Finance from Virginia Tech and is a CFA charterholder. He is based in Generate Capital’s New York City office and is an active member of the LGBTQIA employee resource group.

Josh Feldman is a Principal at Generate Capital, responsible for originating, executing, and managing renewable energy investments with a focus on community solar. He has over 15 years of experience in the energy sector, having held various roles across investment, development, and asset management.  Prior to joining Generate in 2022, Josh spent 8 years at Clearway Energy / NRG focused on energy asset acquisition and building their community solar platform. Josh holds a B.A. in Physics from Middlebury College.

Regina Chung is Head of Infrastructure Fundraising, and leads product formation and fundraising at Generate Capital. Regina brings over 15 years of experience across infrastructure investing, fundraising and banking. Prior to joining Generate, Regina was at CIM Group where she was responsible for investor coverage in North America and leading the firm’s infrastructure co-investment efforts. Before CIM, Regina was the inaugural infrastructure product specialist for IFM Investors. Regina has also held investment roles at the National Pension Service of Korea and Darby, investing in transportation, power & energy, renewables sectors across direct, fund and co-investment structures. Regina began her career at Macquarie Capital providing financial advisory for infrastructure project and corporate financing, and M&A transactions. Regina holds MS in Finance from INSEAD and BA in Economics from Yonsei University.

Jason Cho is a Principal at Generate Capital on the Capital Formation team. His responsibilities include executing corporate transactions and developing capital formation strategy. Prior to joining Generate, Jason focused on buy-side M&A transactions at DBO Partners. He also led sponsor-related transactions including IPOs, refinancings and dividend recapitalizations at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in their Financial Sponsors Group. Jason began his career at Accenture in management consulting and worked at KKR on their credit platform. Jason holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of the Arts in Psychology from Duke University, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

Sarie Lovell is Head of Asset Management and Operations at Generate Capital. She has 10 years of experience in renewable energy asset management and, prior to that, nine years of experience in finance and data analytics. Before joining Generate, Sarie led the asset management function at Longroad Energy, and in previous positions she held leadership roles in asset management at SunEdison and First Wind Energy, with portfolio sizes ranging from 1.3 to 2.6 GW and more than $2 billion in assets under management. Over the course of her career in renewables, Sarie has played a key role in many renewable energy firsts, including the first wind energy project in Hawaii, the first utility scale wind project to be coupled with utility scale battery storage, and the first wind project to be built on federal lands. Sarie holds a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis on economics and management information systems from UC Berkeley.

Benji Jasik is the Head of Technology at Generate Capital. Prior to joining Generate, Benji was the Chief Operating Officer at the Epic Institute, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he worked in 2019. Prior to this, he was the Vice President of Global Infrastructure Planning and Deployment at Google, working on capacity planning and deployment for data center infrastructure. Prior to Google, he was at Salesforce where he helped the company grow from 300 to over 25k employees as the SVP of Infrastructure Engineering on Site Reliability and Capacity Planning. Benji is a graduate of Princeton University where he received his BSE in Computer Science.

Sam Blodgett is a Principal on the Capital Formation team at Generate Capital, PBC and has worked for over a decade at the intersection of renewable energy, financial markets, and public policy. At Generate, Sam leads corporate transactions and develops capital formation strategy and positioning. Since joining in 2020, he has helped Generate raise more than $4.7 billion of new equity and debt capital. Prior to Generate, Sam was an investment banker covering the power and renewables sector at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He advised leading institutional investors, utilities, and independent power producers on mergers, acquisitions, and capital markets transactions. Sam began his career in Washington, DC at The Glover Park Group and at Advanced Energy Economy, where he designed and executed advocacy campaigns for public policies to grow the renewable energy industry. He received a B.A. in History from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business.