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a deep bench with a track record of delivering results

we have assembled a comprehensive team of investors, researchers, and operators with decades of experience and a track record of delivering results for our portfolio, partners and investors.

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Our Team

Lindsay Luger Co-founder & Partner

Hans Kobler Founder and Managing Partner

Sameer Reddy Managing Partner, Flagship

Joshua Feldman Co-founder, Partner, General Counsel & Chief Operating Officer

Cassie Bowe Partner

Shayle Kann Managing Partner, Frontier

Anthony Oni Managing Partner, Elevate Future Fund

Michael Donnelly Co-founder, Partner and Chief Risk Officer

Shawn Cherian Partner

Matthias Dill CEO & Managing Partner, Europe

Nazo Moosa Managing Partner, Europe

Steven Kantowitz Partner

Jeff McDermott Partner & Head of Strategic Finance

Ashwin Shashindranath Partner

Andy Lubershane Partner & Head of Research

Kevin C. Fitzgerald Partner & Chief Utility Officer

Harry Giovani Managing Partner & CEO of Energy Impact Partners Credit

Harry Giovani is the Managing Partner & CEO of Energy Impact Partners Credit Group, where he leads the firm’s credit strategies. His responsibilities include deal sourcing, execution, portfolio monitoring, operations, and marketing. He also serves on EICF’s investment committee.

Mr. Giovani has spent his 20+ year career working at every aspect of credit investing including credit management, origination, execution and capital markets. Most recently, he was Co-Founder, Senior Managing Director and Chief Credit Officer of CION Investment Group (“CIG”), a leading investment manager that manages a series of funds that provide alternative financing solutions to companies in asset intensive industries, as well as CION Investment Corporation (“CION”), a $1.5 billion non-traded business development company advised by CIG, which primarily invests in the senior secured debt of U.S. middle market companies. He has been a member of CIG’s investment committee since 2009 and a member of CION’s investment committee since its inception in 2012. Between 2007 and 2008, Mr. Giovani was Vice President and one of the founding members of FirstLight Financial Corporation (“FFC”), a newly formed specialty finance company led by a number of high-ranking GE Capital executives and sponsored by Ares Management and Catterton Partners, where, from the firm’s inception, he was instrumental in laying the foundation for FFC’s investment policies and procedures. He developed the underwriting process and document infrastructure, as well led the due diligence on a substantial portion of FFC’s investments. Between 2004 and 2007, Mr. Giovani worked at GE Commercial Finance, initially as an Assistant Vice President in the Intermediary Group, where he was responsible for executing middle-market transactions in a number of industries, including manufacturing, steel, paper, pharmaceutical, technology, chemicals and automotive, and later as a Vice President in GE’s Industrial Project Finance Group. Mr. Giovani started his career in 1997 at Citigroup’s Citicorp Securities and CitiCapital divisions, where he spent six years in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility, including underwriting, origination and strategic marketing/business development.

Mr. Giovani graduated from Cornell University in 1996 with a B.S. in Finance. He lives in Jupiter, Florida with his wife and three children.

Kyle Wool Chief Financial Officer

Tal Sheynfeld Managing Partner, Energy Impact Partners Credit

Dr. Peter Fox-Penner Chairman, Impact & Sustainability

Steven Simone Managing Director & Head of Investor Relations

Adam James Partner, Head of Customer Experience & Impact

Nisha Raswant Chhabra Chief People Officer

Klaus-Dieter Maubach Chief Utility Officer, Europe

Swapnil Shah Partner

Mark Lantrip Operating Partner & Senior Advisor

Evan Pittman Managing Director, Research & Innovation

Niloofar Razi Howe Senior Operating Partner

James P. Laurito Operating Partner

Arthur Pierse Venture Partner Ireland

Ann Hackett Controller

Dr. Melissa Ball Associate Director of Technology

Sam Bursten Principal

Steven Yang Principal

Miho Kurosaki Vice President, Asia Pacific

Tansel Ismail Vice President

Matt Bisgyer Vice President

Shahriar Shams-Ansari Vice President

Joshua Kamali Principal

Kathrin Meier Vice President of Operations, Europe

Albert Abaunza Compliance Officer

Dr. Eve Hanson Senior Vice President, Research & Innovation

Charlotte Guyett Vice President, Investor Relations

James Sprinz Vice President, Europe

Gregory P. Thiel, Ph.D. Managing Director, Technology

Doug Norfleet Assistant Controller

Yoachim Haynes Vice President of Strategy, Europe

Jason D. Christopher Vice President, Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation

Jake Elder Senior Vice President, Research & Innovation

Ananya Rajesh Senior Associate

Alexander Hayek Principal

Bryant Ebright Associate Vice President, Research & Innovation

Sophia Katz Senior Associate

John Daugherty Vice President, Research & Innovation

Jacob Hoberg Senior Associate, Office of the CEO

Rime Jabbara Finance Manager

Mila Hunt Associate Vice President, Research & Innovation

Karla Vicente Operations Manager

Dhana Warnecke Marketing Manager

Jenny Gao Vice President, Elevate Future Fund

Kirsten Nicole Smith Senior Associate, Research & Innovation

Ryan Spencer Vice President

Dylan Small Senior Associate

Matthew Lynch Associate, Strategy & Innovation

Dan Giordano Finance Manager

Maria Monopati Executive Assistant & Office Manager, Europe

Robert H. Edwards III Associate

Hany Zerbib Senior Associate, HR & Operations

Timothy Chung Associate

Natàlia Costa i Coromina Associate, Impact & Sustainability

Geneva Werner Senior Associate, Research & Innovation

Nancy Rowland Executive Assistant

Katherine Lovell Associate, Legal & Operations

Tyler Knowles Senior Accountant

Faiza Hussain Staff Accountant

Janaki Narayanan Senior Associate

Claudia Solleder Senior Executive Assistant

Dr. Michael Campos Investor

Will Lipscomb Investor

Emilia Emcke Associate, Strategic Accounts

Chelsea Chetcuti Executive Assistant

Morgan Price Senior Executive Assistant

Linda Duraj Senior Associate

Carola Kamphausen Executive Assistant

Luke Emanuel Analyst, Finance

Camilla Kobler Analyst, Customer Experience

Kiera Jackson Analyst, Research & Innovation

Khin Zin Staff Accountant

Shreyas Pulle Associate, Europe

Ozi Ghimire Legal Analyst

Sofia Raziq Associate, Credit

Keval Patel Associate, Research & Innovation

Lauren Reidy Recruiter, Human Resources

Maya Wendel Analyst, Investor Relations

Joe Reinisch Associate

Nico Luciano-Carson Staff Accountant

Adhali Nino NY Office Admin

Noah Sumait Investor

Ava McCord Office Administrator

Kaly Glavas Compliance Associate

Brooke Marraccini Executive Assistant

Senior Advisory Board

Alexis Abramson

Dean of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

Former Director of the Great Lakes Energy Institute and Chief Scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Program, co-founder of Edifice Analytics, and advisor to various energy start-ups and investment firms.

Charles E. Bayless

Former Chairman, President & CEO of Tucson Electric Power

Retired Utility Executive and a lecturer on Energy Policy, Climate Change and Ocean Acidification.
Board Member of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, the Climate Institute (Co-Chair), and the West Virginia American Water Company.

Barbara J. Burger

Former VP, Innovation and President of Chevron Technology Ventures

Senior Advisor to Lazard, to the Heliogen Board of Directors, Emerald Technology Ventures Advisory Council, Greentown Labs Board of Directors, and Advisor to Syzygy Plasmonics, Epicore Biosystems and Sparkz, Inc..

Brett C. Carter Sr.

Former EVP, Group President Utilities and CCO of Xcel Energy

Former COO Global Technology & Operations for Bank of America; and President of Carolinas and Chief Distribution Officer for Duke Energy; Current Board of Directors of Graco Inc. and Algonquin Power and Utilities.

Philip B. Jones

President of Phil Jones Consulting LLC

Director of the Western Grid Group,
Board of Directors of Greenlots, Inc.,
Non-profit Boards of Directors of Carbon WA and Climate Solutions,
Past President of NARUC,
Former Washington UTC Commissioner.
Mr. Jones served in many advisory roles in the energy and communications sectors, and was active nationally with the FERC, U.S. Department of Energy, DHS, and the FCC.

Kathryn J. Jackson

Former CTO, RTI

Serves on three corporate boards and until recently was the Chief Technology Officer at RTI responsible to transform the research activities to align with corporate strategy, develop technology platforms to drive growth and integrate business units, and to leverage internal capabilities by collaborating with key customers, consortia, academia and government partners. She consults with government, industry, and academia to drive new technologies to market, solve energy and environmental problems, and improve the innovation effectiveness and investment value.

Jesse Jenkins

Assistant Professor at Princeton University

17+ years experience working at the intersection of energy systems engineering and public policy. Served on the National Academies expert committee on Accelerating Decarbonization of the U.S. Energy System. Principal investigator of Net-Zero America study and REPEAT Project. Currently an advisor to Rondo Energy, Eavor Technologies, MUUS Climate Partners, Energy Impact Partners, and Clean Air Task Force and a partner with DeSolve, LLC.

Ann R. Klee

Senior Advisor

Nationally recognized expert in environmental law and policy. Serves on the Board of Wabtec, Sotera Health, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, WGBH, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Formerly led ESG and environmental health and safety at General Electric and served as General Counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Serves on EIP’s ESG Advisory Board.

Mark Little

SVP & CTO, GE Director, GE Global Research

SVP & Director of GE Global Research, and also a member of the GE Ventures Growth Board, 30+ years with GE, and in 2005, became the ninth director in GE Global Research’s 105-year history.

Patrick McGrath

Senior Advisor

Former Deputy Director ARPA-E. Senior Fellow at Schmidt Futures, lead of climatetech portfolio. Technical advisor for Science for America. Former advisor to Galvanize Climate Solutions and Deep Science Fund at Intellectual Ventures. Former Deputy Director for Technology at U.S. DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), launched ARPA-E initiatives in low-cost nuclear fusion and “SCALEUP” public-private partnership.

Sarah McPhee

Senior Advisor at EIP, Chair Houdinisportswear, NED at Thule Group and Bure Equity

Former chair of AP4, former Chair of SNS (Center for Business and Policy Studies), former NED at Klarna, former CEO of SPP and Director at Storebrand ASA, former Chief Investment at AMF;

Holder of H.M. The King’s Medal, 12th size with the Seraphim ribbon for contributions to business.

Tim Naughton

Chairman, AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (Multifamily REIT)

Former CEO, COO, and CIO, AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Director at Park Hotels and Resorts (Lodging REIT), Trustee of Urban Land Institute (ULI), former Chair of ULI Multifamily Council, former Director, Welltower (Healthcare REIT), former Chair of NAREIT.

Mark Patterson

Senior Advisor at EIP, Rockefeller Capital Management & Investcorp

Former Managing Director and the Head of Real Estate Global Principal Investments at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc and Global Head of Real Estate Investment Banking at Citigroup. Board director for multiple REITs: Digital Realty Trust, Americold Realty Trust, UDR, Inc. and Paramount Group.

Ed Walter

Former Global Chief Executive, Urban Land Institute

Former CEO and CFO, Host Hotels and Resorts; Director, AvalonBay Communities; Director, Ameriprise Financial; Director, Claros Mortgage Trust; Director, Cohen & Steers REIT; Former Chair, NAREIT.

Don Wood

Venture Partner/ West

Venture Partner at technology investment firm DFJ. Teaches courses in energy innovation and entrepreneurship at the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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Principal at Energy Impact Partners

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Principal at Energy Impact Partners

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Overview

Work Experience

Energy Impact Partners

Principal

2023 - Current

Vice President

2021 - 2023

Senior Associate

2016 - 2021

Cyclic Materials

Board Member

2023

Rondo Energy

Board Member

2022

Aeroseal

Board Observer

2021

Project Canary

Board Observer

2021

Sitetracker

Board Observer

2021

CIT Energy Finance

Analyst

2014 - 2016

Education

Duke University

2010 - 2014

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