Thomas Cameron

Senior Vice President

(702) 360-0186 office

(262) 853-3777 mobile

(262) 560-0524 fax

Thomas Cameron is Senior Vice President, Engineering and Project Management of Summit. He is a principal and founder of Power Development Associates, LLC and Managing Director of Cameron & Associates, a project management and engineering firm. Mr. Cameron has 20 years of experience in the power industry and has held positions in a variety of disciplines. Mr. Cameron was Project Director for Blythe Energy, LLC, a 520 MW combined cycle facility (a Summit project) using the Siemens technology; he is also currently Project Director for the Lake Side Project, a 543 MW combined cycle facility (a Summit project) using the Siemens technology, Summit Westward Project, a 520 MW combined cycle facility (a Summit project) using the Siemens technology and for the Cliffs Project, a 300 MW combined cycle facility (a Summit project) using the Siemens technology. Prior to this, Mr. Cameron held assignments as Project Manager, in charge of design, procurement, equipment manufacturing, construction, and commissioning, of several large gas turbine power projects, including the 340 MW simple cycle and the 520 MW combined cycle Bridgeport Energy Project (a Summit project), using the Siemens technology. During execution of these projects, Mr. Cameron’s responsibilities have included project management, cost and schedule control, technical and commercial contract negotiations, selection and coordination of vendors, engineering firms, and erection contractors, supervision of engineering and site staff, preparation of bid specifications, coordination of construction management, startup coordination and customer interfaces. He also has primary responsibility for the integration of fuel and electric transmission.

Eric Gjelde

Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

(206) 780-3551 office

(206) 780-3571 fax

(206) 999-3700 mobile

Eric Gjelde, P.E., is CFO and Senior Vice President, Finance, of Summit, and the principal shareholder of Meridian Northwest, Ltd. (1993 to present) which manages investments. Mr. Gjelde is responsible for Summit's financial management, local government and community relations, land acquisition, and local services, including new power plant site development. Mr. Gjelde has been an owner of and has separately held senior management positions in commercial real estate development, asset management and financial management world-wide. He was principal officer/shareholder of three privately held real estate consulting, development, brokerage and investment firms that acted as managing general partners for properties totaling 1,190,000 sf and $160 million in acquisition cost. Under his direction, these firms performed asset and property management for 1,320,000 sf of retail, office and industrial property and participated in commercial real estate joint venture development with major Japanese banks and trading companies. He was asset manager for the Carpenters' Union retirement fund of Hawaii. Mr. Gjelde also owned and managed a heavy equipment company in California and a John Deere Agricultural Equipment Company in Idaho. He has extensive experience in commercial investing, brokerage, financing, development, asset and property management, general and financial management in the heavy equipment sector and in providing financial management services.

Management/Professionals

Richard W. Burkhardt, CPA

Vice President, Finance

(206) 239-7541 office

Richard W. Burkhardt, CPA, is Vice President-Finance for Summit.  Prior to joining Summit, Mr. Burkhardt held the position Director, domestic income tax for Starbucks Coffee Company, a vertically integrated roaster and retailer of specialty coffee through its stores around the world.  He was a senior leader in the tax department and responsible for the domestic income tax function including tax planning, tax accounting for the worldwide operations and federal, state and local income tax compliance.  Mr. Burkhardt joined Starbucks Coffee Company in 1994 and worked in a variety of roles in the tax department.  He was instrumental in facilitating tax structuring and consulting for the Company’s domestic merger and acquisition activity.  Mr. Burkhardt received his BA in Business Administration from University of Washington in 1990 and his Master of Taxation from University of Denver in 1991.  He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Washington and a member of the Washington State Society of CPA’s.

Karl Mattes

Vice President

(262) 439-8007 office

Karl E. Mattes is Vice President and Director of Projects for Summit.  Mr. Mattes has more than 25 years of experience in the power industry and has held positions in a variety of disciplines.  Most recently, Mr. Mattes was the Combustion Turbine Business Segment Manager for a major integrated service provider.  In this position, Mr. Mattes was responsible for all aspects of combustion turbine repairs and service, including facility planning and implementation, repair development, business development, project management, and industry presentation of technical repairs related to operation and maintenance.  Prior to this position, Mr. Mattes was employed as the Project Director for numerous turnkey combined cycle projects including Chouteau, St. Francis 2 and St. Francis 1 (all Summit projects), with a total capacity of over 1000MW using the Siemens technology.  Mr. Mattes also was Project Director for other turnkey combined cycle and cogeneration projects in California, New York, Virginia and other locations in the United States.  In these positions, Mr. Mattes was in charge of design, procurement, equipment manufacturing, construction, and commissioning.  During execution of these projects, Mr. Mattes' responsibilities included project management, cost and schedule control, technical and commercial contract negotiations, selection and schedule control, technical and commercial contract negotiations, selection and coordination of vendors, engineering firms, and erection contractors, supervision of engineering and site staff, preparation of bid specifications, coordination of construction management, startup coordination and customer interfaces.

Shawn Nichols

Vice President

(636) 273-6857 office

Shawn Nichols is Vice President, focused on business development and origination. Shawn brings more than 20 years of experience in the energy industry including asset acquisitions and divestitures, business development, contract negotiations, fuel transportation, gas supply, power origination and regulatory proceedings impacting existing power generation plants and the development of new transmission facilities. Throughout his career in the power sector, Mr. Nichols has been involved in numerous structured transactions totaling more than 5,000 MW across various regions including ERCOT, SERC and WECC. Deals range from 3 months to 30 years and include fixed priced power sales, full requirements, heat rate call options, gas-fired tolling agreements and coal – fired power purchase agreements.  Currently, Mr. Nichols is engaged in power development activities for various opportunities throughout the United States with a primary focus in the Midwest.  Mr. Nichols received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Business Administration from Baylor University.

Dana Zentz

Vice President

(509) 448-7589 office

Dana Zentz is Vice President of Summit and has over 25 years of active involvement in the energy industry with management roles in supply, marketing and project development.  He founded and managed Inland Energy Consulting, Inc.  Inland Energy assisted utilities, Independent Power Producers and energy merchant firms with strategic and commercial matters related to power and natural gas supplies and energy project management.  Prior to Inland Energy Consulting, Mr. Zentz was Director of Business Development for National Fuel Marketing Company, a Rockies based natural gas production and marketing firm.  He also served as Strategic Director of western markets for Williams Energy Marketing and Trading.  Mr. Zentz worked for over 15 years in electric, gas and telecommunications utility operations at Avista Corporation in Spokane, Washington, advancing to Vice President of Wholesale Energy Marketing.  During his tenure, Avista Energy grew to become one of the top 15 U.S. energy merchant firms.  Mr. Zentz has many years experience in wholesale natural gas and power markets in the U.S. and Western Canada.  His experience includes pricing, structuring, and negotiation of numerous long and short term natural gas and power supply agreements; development of strategic plans for energy firms; management of generation project development; construction/administration of utility energy resource procurement processes; analysis and evaluation of energy projects employing both traditional and renewable generation technology; evaluation of energy projects employing both traditional and renewable generation technology; evaluation and mitigation of financial risk associated with energy supplies; and development of natural gas, wind & IGCC projects.  Recently he has been active in development of wind generation projects having assisted with contracts for off-take, asset sales and financing of wind projects in the Western U.S.  He is a registered professional engineer in Washington and holds engineering degrees (with honors) from the University of Idaho (BSCE) and Washington State University (MSEng).

Jeff Brown

Director of Project Finance

(206) 232-4305 office

(425) 503-0714 mobile

Mr. Brown joined Summit mid-2009 after twenty-six years of project finance and capital market experience (domestic and international) in the energy sector, most recently as Merrill Lynch Managing Director/Senior Northwest Investment Banker. He offers Summit clients and development associates a history of varied and successful energy financial services experience, including with municipal and private electric utilities, natural gas producers/pipeline operators and coal, hydro, nuclear and geothermal developers. His clients have included Intermountain Power Projects, Florida Municipal Power Agency (St. Lucie nuclear), Modesto Irrigation District, SMUD/Nashville/Tallahassee municipals, Texas Eastern/SONAT gas pipelines, Shell/Anadarko/EOG gas producers, AIDEA (coal), Alaska Energy Authority (hydro), State of Alaska, City of Spokane, Energy Northwest, City of Portland, Alaska Electric Light & Power and Bonneville Power Administration. Internationally (with Goldman Sachs) he advised the Qatar National Petroleum Corporation among other Mid-East and Asian Clients. Mr. Brown holds an A.B. degree from Harvard College in Economics and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Barry Cunningham

Managing Director, Project Development

Barry Cunningham is Managing Director, Project Development of Summit. Mr. Cunningham has 30 years of experience in the power industry and has held positions in a variety of disciplines.  Prior to joining Summit, Mr. Cunningham was Senior Vice President of Generation for Pacificorp where he was responsible for over 8000 MW of generating assets, and all associated support functions.  Mr. Cunningham's responsibility also included re-licensing of hydroelectric projects, new generation resource development, and construction of new resources, including the Lakeside Project, a 543 MW combined cycle plant (Summit Project).  Mr. Cunningham spent 17 years with Pacificorp and 12 years with Utah Power and Light Co. where he filled roles for all aspects of the power generation including power plant operations, maintenance, training, technical support, procurement, and health and safety.  Mr. Cunningham progressively moved into higher level roles of Plant Manager at several large thermal plants, Assistant Vice President, Vice President and Senior Vice President and executive board of director member for PacifiCorp before retiring in 2006.  Mr. Cunningham has a Bachelor of Arts with Honors degree from the University of Wyoming, and an Associates Degree of Science from Casper College.

David Felix

Director, Business Development - Summit Power Solar, LLC

David Felix is Director, Business Development of Summit Power Solar, LLC.  Most recently, Mr. Felix worked to develop and manage over 35 MW of solar PV with Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (formerly MMA) including the 14 MW facility at Nellis AFB. Additionally, he led State-level solar policy development in CA, AZ and NV.  Prior to FRV, Mr. Felix worked for the New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority where he crafted national biofuel requirements and analyzed international best practice for renewable energy policy.  In addition, Mr. Felix created a blueprint for aggressive carbon reduction policies and measures for the central coast at the Community Environmental Council in Santa Barbara. Mr. Felix holds a Masters in Environmental Science and Management from University of California, Santa Barbara and a BSME from the University of Arizona.

Kelly Fennerty Goodman

Director Commercial Transactions & Counsel

(503) 575-5240 office

Kelly Fennerty Goodman, J.D., is Director of Commercial Transactions. Ms. Fennerty Goodman manages the various commercial relationships across Summit’s project disciplines. She has experience handling agreements related to project offtake, financing and asset transfer, among others. Ms. Fennerty also handles issues related to carbon management and related benefits for Summit's projects. Ms. Fennerty Goodman's work frequently involves collaboration with industry environmental groups, and recently co-authored a chapter in a Clean Air Task Force industry report entitled Coal Without Carbon. Prior to joining Summit, she practiced law at a major international law firm. Her legal experience includes advisement to public companies and corporate boards regarding securities and corporate litigation and investigatory matters in addition to work within the firm's energy practice group. She also works with Laurus Energy and its technology provider Ergo Exergy on underground coal gasification.  Ms. Fennerty Goodman holds a law degree from the University of Washington School of Law (with high honors) and a B.A. from Santa Clara University.

Chris Kirksey

Director of Projects, Texas

(512) 306-1367 office

(512) 415-2467 mobile

Prior to joining Summit, Chris Kirksey held the position of Sr. Vice President of Power Production for Austin Energy, the City of Austin's municipally owned electric utility, where he was responsible for executive oversight of Austin Energy's electric power generation facilities which include nuclear, coal, and natural gas fueled plants.  Mr. Kirksey joined Austin Energy in 1985 and worked in a variety of roles in generation, including engineering and plant management.  He was instrumental in the planning and development of the Sand Hill Energy Center, including all phases of contract negotiation and administration for technical services, equipment procurement, and construction.  Mr. Kirksey served as a director on the board of the South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company and on the owners committees for the South Texas Project and the Fayette Power Project.  Mr. Kirksey received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University in 1984 and is a member of the Texas Tech Academy of Mechanical Engineers.  He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas.