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Panelists
Herbert Magid is a managing partner of Energy Investors Fund (EIF) and a member of its executive and investment committees. Mr. Magid was one of the original founders of EIF in 1987 and has more than 30 years of experience in the financing, development, and operations of power assets in the energy industry. Together with the other two EIF managing partners, John E. Buehler and Terence L. Darby, Mr. Magid is responsible for the overall investment, asset management, strategic planning, and operations of the Firm and the funds it manages. Previously, Mr. Magid was a senior investment officer of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, and a licensing engineer for the construction of electric power plants with United Engineers & Constructors. He received an MBA from Cornell University and a BA from Colby College.
Rob Pratt is CEO of Energy Climate Solutions and serves as chairman of the board of the International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC), a non-profit that he founded in 1984, which promotes energy efficiency policies and their implementation in developing countries. He serves as treasurer and is on the board of the Alliance to Save Energy (ASE), the largest non-profit organization in the U.S. solely dedicated to the promotion and acceleration of energy efficiency. He also serves on several energy-related boards, including the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA), the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), and the Cambridge Energy Alliance. Previously, Mr. Pratt was senior vice president of the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, heading up the Foundation's climate change program and the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Energia Global International, Ltd. (EGI), one of the leading renewable energy companies in Latin America. Mr. Pratt received an MPA from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a JD from Georgetown University Law Center, and a BA from Wesleyan University.
Kellogg L. (Kelly) Warner is the founder and CEO of Deerpath Energy, a venture-backed company whose mission is to develop community-scale renewable energy projects using micro-wind turbine technologies. Prior to starting Deerpath, Mr. Warner spent five years as president and CEO of KEMA Inc. At KEMA, a Dutch international energy consulting, testing, and certification business, Mr. Warner was co-managing director of the company’s 600-person Global Consulting Unit and was responsible for thought leadership and strategic engagements in the areas of energy efficiency, energy industry restructuring, grid modernization, and sustainable energy solutions. Prior to his work at KEMA, Mr. Warner was president and CEO of XENERGY Inc., a US-based energy consulting and services business. Mr. Warner has also managed a broad portfolio of unregulated utility business units as president of NGE Enterprises, the unregulated subsidiary of Energy East Corporation, and was an analyst at Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Mr. Warner holds an MS in Civil Engineering from Stanford University and a BA in American Studies from Williams College.
Moderators
John Ballantine is a financial economist who has worked in banking, consulting, software, and academe over the past 30 years. At Brandeis IBS, he teaches the course, “Investing in Energy: Fossil Fuels to Cleaner Energy.” He is actively involved in research, consulting, teaching and community service. He gained broad experience in banking, bankruptcy, highly levered finance and corporate planning while working for the Chase Bank. He worked as a senior consultant with Arthur D. Little, Inc. on systems and banking strategies. He was a professor at Babson College and a research economist at the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University. Ballantine also worked in an entrepreneurial software company and help raise significant start-up funds. He has published a number of articles about labor economics, the banking industry, financial crises, small business finance and civic society. He earned his BA from Harvard University, an MA from the University of Chicago, and a PhD from New York University, The Stern School.
Warren Leon has focused on energy and environmental issues for the past 20 years. From 2003 to 2009, he held several positions at the quasi-public Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, including serving as director of the Renewable Energy Trust, a $25 million annual fund to advance renewable energy. Before that, he was executive director of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association and deputy director for Programs at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Warren is co-author of the influential book The Consumer’s Guide to Effective Environmental Choices (1999) and also co-authored Is Our Food Safe? A Consumer’s Guide to Protecting Our Health and the Environment (2002). He now works as an independent consultant; his current and recent projects include coordinating and serving as lead author for an international trade and investment strategy report for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and helping the national Clean Energy States Alliance plan and implement an initiative to advance regional cooperation on clean energy among the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. He also teaches courses at Brandeis IBS on businesses’ relationships with governments, NGOs, activists, and the media. |
