Investing in a sustainable future for all

Rich Baltimore is a Director of Investments for Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”). As Director, Mr. Baltimore is responsible for originating and managing investment transactions in a broad range of businesses and projects that serve to support GSC’s mission of advancing a more sustainable economy.

Mr. Baltimore gained valuable experience early in his career managing large-scale commercial construction projects. He has since accrued 15 years of experience as a leader in renewable energy, corporate sustainability, and sustainable agriculture. Mr. Baltimore was an early team member of the start-up, ClearCarbon Consulting, where he led client engagements aimed at reducing carbon and cost in operations and supply chain for Fortune 500 companies in the food and beverage and retail sectors. In this role, he was integral to the company’s growth and success, resulting in acquisition by Deloitte less than three years after joining the company. Subsequently, Rich led development and project financing efforts for commercial and industrial biogas and solar projects, first as CEO and Founder of NewAg Development, and then with Sol Systems, respectively. Most recently, as the Vice President of Project Finance at Ductor, he originated and managed equity and debt financing for the company’s North American portfolio of biogas projects.

Mr. Baltimore graduated from Virginia Military Institute with a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering and earned his MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

Phillip Choi is Vice President of Legal Affairs at Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”) where he directs the management of legal affairs for GSC. Phillip is a seasoned attorney with experience in the energy and finance industries. Prior to joining GSC, he was legal counsel at a venture capital-backed energy infrastructure-focused company, and a project development and finance attorney at international and national law firms. Prior to becoming an attorney, Phillip served in the U.S. Navy Reserve as a Lieutenant and also as a navigational officer aboard various ocean-going commercial ships.

Ben Fenton is an Investment Partner at Galway. Mr. Fenton is responsible for originating and managing investments in a broad range of industries and projects that serve to support Galway’s mission of advancing a more sustainable economy. Prior to Galway, Ben spent nearly 9 years with BFG Partners, a venture capital fund that invests in better for you consumer product companies. Ben is an experienced and accomplished investor, Board Member and advisor with deep experience investing across the capital structure, both credit and equity and from seed, venture capital, growth equity and corporate credit. Ben graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in Economics.

Richard Haddon is a Managing Director for Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”). Mr. Haddon is the former President and CEO of Sterling Power Opportunities, LLC (GSC portfolio company). Mr. Haddon has served Vice President of Structured Finance for Strata Solar as well as Head of Structured Finance for both BP Solar & GCL Solar Energy collectively overseeing the development and financing of over 2 GW of solar power in the US. While at Strata, Mr. Haddon was responsible for structured financing of Strata’s solar energy projects, including equity and debt capital markets, project acquisitions & divestitures and joint ventures. Mr. Haddon joined Strata Solar from OneRoof Energy, where he was Vice President of Capital Markets responsible for capital market transactions and project contract negotiations for the residential solar developer. Mr. Haddon has been the responsible for structured financing of each firm’s global portfolio of solar assets.

Prior to working in solar development, Mr. Haddon was a Managing Director at TowPath Renewable Ventures, a Galway Company, where he worked with Jennifer von Bismarck and Ben Mummert to originate investment opportunities for an investment vehicle, providing mezzanine and long-term debt capital to renewable energy projects. Prior to his work with TowPath, he was an Executive Director at Pace Global Energy Services where he was responsible for capital market transactions, mergers & acquisitions and financial transaction structuring practice area.

Prior to working at Pace, Mr. Haddon was Director of Portfolio Management for National Energy & Gas Transmission (formerly PG&E National Energy Group), a diversified energy company with power generation, fuels, and gas transmission assets within the domestic United States. At NEGT, he was responsible for managing in excess of 4,000 MWs of merchant electric generating assets, financing and managing over 6,000 MWs of electric generating capacity. He is a former Business Manager for Ogden Projects (currently Covanta Energy) managing two Municipal Solid Waste – to – Energy Power Plants.

His corporate experience includes management and executive management positions in operations with P&L responsibility, green-field development, M&A, income and cash budgeting, financial and strategic modeling/planning, project finance, asset management, asset optimization, risk management and contract negotiations. Mr. Haddon holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an MBA in Finance and Investment from George Washington University.

Steve Hane is a Vice President of Asset Management at Galway Sustainable Capital, where he focuses on the support and development of Galway’s investment assets. With over 30 years of experience in C and VP-level roles, Steve has experience in all stages of venture development and operation, from inception and financing, onward through scale and exit, including strategic partnership work globally. In addition to working in the fields of sustainable and renewable technologies (such as solar PV cell development, intelligent LED technologies, and hydrogen storage systems), he has experience in networking, IoT and AI, as well as advanced materials and manufacturing processes. His technology commercialization concepts have been presented as case studies at Harvard and the University of Colorado. Along with consultancy work with CEOs of other early-stage ventures, Steve was a founding member of the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA). Steve has a Bachelor’s Degree in Geological Engineering from the University of Minnesota, with an emphasis in groundwater hydrology.

Rita Herzog is a Corporate Associate at Galway Sustainable Capital, where she supports portfolio services, strategic communications, investor relations, and other reporting activities.

Prior to joining GSC, Rita worked at various advertising agencies in Austin, Texas. Her most recent role was as a Senior Media Planner at Springbox, a Prophet Company, planning, executing, and reporting on advertising campaigns across insurance, technology, and healthcare industries. She also has experience with entertainment, tourism, and lottery.

Before beginning her role at GSC, Ms. Herzog received two master’s degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a Master of the Environment with a focus in sustainable food systems and a Master of Business Administration with a focus on entrepreneurial finance and high growth companies. Throughout her time at CU Boulder, she served as the Managing Director of the Deming Center Venture Fund, a graduate-run venture fund through the University, and was also a High Growth Venture Fellow where she consulted for a variety of start-ups. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Religion and Economics from Colgate University.

Alla Jezmir’s professional journey as an entrepreneur, investor, operating executive, and board member is characterized by a relentless pursuit of clean energy innovation and sustainable development. Ms. Jezmir is currently Managing Director at Galway Sustainable Capital where she originates investment opportunities and leads transactions designed to accelerate the deployment of sustainable infrastructure. She also serves as Board Member and Advisor to the CEO of Fusion Fuel (NASDAQ: HTOO), a green hydrogen company. Previously, Ms. Jezmir was founding team member of Earthrise Energy, where she served as Executive Vice President, Corporate and Business Development and was instrumental in launching, capitalizing, and building the company into a rapidly scaling Independent Power Producer. Before Earthrise she was a clean energy venture investor at CCM Group, served on the business development team at AES Corporation, led the Green Investment Initiative at Calvert Impact Capital, and was co-founder and Board Chair at EGG-energy, an energy access company in Tanzania. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MPA from Harvard Kenedy School and a B.S.B.A from Washington University in St. Louis.

Sonia Khanna serves as Investment Partner at Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”), where she focuses on originating and managing new and follow-on investment transactions with targeted sustainability businesses and projects. Prior to joining GSC, Ms. Khanna was Managing Director of Sustainable Finance at Forbright Bank, a full service bank that is committed to accelerating the transition to a clean energy economy. Within this role, Sonia led the sustainable finance strategy across the bank’s lending business lines and originated new transactions primarily in the sustainable real estate sector. Prior to Forbright, Ms. Khanna spent 15 years developing relationships with investors, operators, and intermediaries in primary and secondary markets throughout the country as a senior member of the Commercial Real Estate Group at Pacific Western Bank, where she served as Senior Director and ran the Washington, DC Commercial Real Estate originations team. Ms. Khanna also previously worked at CapitalSource Inc. and UBS Investment Bank.

Ms. Khanna holds a BA in Mathematics from Barnard College and an MBA in Finance from The Kellogg School of Management. Ms. Khanna is an active member of ULI’s Sustainable Development Council and is a guest lecturer at the NYU Stern School of Business.

Megan Liu is a Senior Accountant at Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”). Megan is a CPA with 4 years of experience in public accounting and public traded company in the real estate and hospitality industries. Before joining GSC, Megan was at Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) where she focused on general ledger accounting, financial reporting, and hotel reviews. Prior to Pebblebrook, Megan was an auditor at CohnReznick, where she performed audits for private real estate companies and prepared federal tax returns for affordable housing tax credit funds. Megan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Wuhan University, and Master of Science in Accounting from American University.

Eric Long is the CFO of Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”), where he leads all finance, accounting, treasury, capital raising, and strategic growth initiatives. He serves on the Management Committee and the Investment Committee. Mr. Long is an experienced business executive, chief financial officer, investor, portfolio manager, and product developer. He has deep expertise across the energy, energy transition, infrastructure, financial services, and technology sectors and has been responsible for all aspects of the investment process, including originating, due diligence, structuring, documentation, monitoring, and exiting. Prior to joining GSC, Mr. Long was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at EIG Partners (“EIG”), where he managed over $5 billion of permanent capital vehicles. While at EIG, he was also a founding member and CFO of Harbour Energy, which eventually became the largest independent midstream and upstream company in the UK. Prior to EIG, Mr. Long was an investment banker with Goldman Sachs & Co., where he advised over 40 companies on a broad range of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity financings, IPOs, LBOs, and other corporate finance transactions. He successfully raised over $75 billion of capital. Mr. Long holds a BA from the University of Vermont and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a CFA charterholder.

Sarene Marshall is the Chief Sustainability Officer for Galway (GSC), where she is responsible for developing an ESG framework to guide Galway investments and measure and improve sustainability performance of the portfolio . Ms. Marshall comes to Galway from the Inter-American Development Bank, where she led the Corporate Sustainability Program and helped lower the Bank’s footprint through energy efficiency, renewable energy, waste reduction, and fleet management initiatives. She was also responsible for measuring and reporting on the IDB’s progress, including at meeting its net-zero emissions goals. Previously, as Executive Director of the Urban Land Institute’s Center for Sustainability, she worked with real estate professionals and city leaders on reducing energy and water use, waste, and emissions from buildings and making the case for climate-resilient urban development. Before ULI, she spearheaded the Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) efforts to reduce its environmental footprint by managing carbon, waste, water, and recycling. She also served as managing director of TNC’s global Climate Change program, led change management, globalization and strategic planning projects on behalf of TNC’s executive team, and worked with a roundtable of CEOs to develop food security, water security, and smart infrastructure initiatives across Latin America. Earlier, Ms. Marshall was a management consultant at Mercer (now Oliver Wyman) and held roles at the World Wildlife Fund. She earned an MBA and MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School / Lauder Institute. Having lived and worked extensively in Latin America, she is a fluent Spanish speaker.

Joe Matta is a Vice President on the investment team at Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”), where he helps support and lead the origination, underwriting, and managing of new and follow-on investments in variety of businesses and projects that serve to support GSC’s mission of advancing a more sustainable economy.

Mr. Matta gained valuable experience in his prior roles as CFO at Chapul Farms (an insect agriculture project developer building waste-to-value infrastructure using black soldier fly larvae as the primary processing “technology” for organics waste management) and serving for several years as a consultant and advisor to a variety of project developers and startups across sustainable food systems and clean energy. As CFO and as a consultant and advisor Mr. Matta led and managed pipeline development, business development, and fundraising efforts for both large and small food related and waste-to-value infrastructure projects, distributed energy storage projects, and other climate and sustainability focused projects and technologies.

Prior to this work, Mr. Matta served as the VP of Finance and Operations at Sunrise Strategic Partners, a venture capital fund in Boulder, CO focused on emerging brands in the healthy and sustainable living space, specifically natural foods and beverages. Key investments included Vital Farms, Maple Hill Creamery, and Teton Waters Ranch. Before that, Mr. Matta worked at the private equity fund Trilantic Capital Partners where he focused on consumer and business services companies, and before that he served as a Global M&A analyst at Barclays focused on power and utility companies with significant project finance work in renewable energy projects including Cape Wind and the Topaz Solar Farm, in addition to others.

Mr. Matta holds a Masters of the Environment degree from CU Boulder where he specialized in Sustainable Food Systems, with additional course work in Renewable and Sustainable Energy. Mr. Matta earned a BS in Management from the Boston College Carroll School of Management with concentrations in Finance and Accounting.

Parhum works as a financial reporting manager at Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”), where he collaborates with the deal and asset management teams by analyzing financial statements from GSC investment entities and assessing portfolio performance. Parhum previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers within the Energy, Utilities & Sustainability practice working both in a consultative role in the financial and reporting space as well as public audits for listed energy companies. During his time there, he guided companies in building out their accounting and reporting processes and has experience working in the development of renewable energy ventures including climate change adaptation projects, utility-scale energy efficiency programs, grid hardening of transmission lines, and constructing and organizing Green Bond financing arrangements. Parhum received a BA from the University of Exeter, an MA from the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, and is a fully qualified Chartered Accountant through the Institute of Chartered Accounts of Scotland.

Ben Mummert is a founding partner and Head of Underwriting of Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”) where he co-leads the Company’s efforts to underwrite transactions in sustainable credit. Prior to forming GSC, Mr. Mummert served as CFO and head of underwriting for Galway II, III and IV, as well as affiliated entities, TowPath Partners and ARENA Investments (collectively the “Galway Companies”). As part of his work for the Galway Companies, Mr. Mummert helped structure investments in over $2 billion of financial assets and structure, rate and sell over $1 billion of asset backed bonds and private placements backed by these assets. Before joining the Galway Companies, Mr. Mummert was a senior auditor at Arthur Andersen. Mr. Mummert holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from James Madison University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Maggie Nowlan is the Sustainability Manager for Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”), where she conducts data collection and sustainability reporting, participates in evaluation of investment impacts and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks, and supports sustainability strategy implementation by GSC and its portfolio companies. Prior to joining GSC, she served as a Senior Associate at Malk Partners, an ESG advisory firm that serves private equity and venture capital clients and their portfolio companies. In that role, Ms. Nowlan supported more than 60 ESG due diligence and strategy engagements across a wide range of industries, including energy, agriculture, consumer products, and real estate. Ms. Nowlan holds a Master of Science in Sustainability Science and Practice, and a Bachelor of Science in Science, Technology, and Society, both from Stanford University.

Ola Omotoso is an Investment Associate at Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”). Prior to joining GSC, Mr. Omotoso co-founded Bioloop, where he led investment and finance activities for a project that refined organic waste to produce agricultural inputs in a closed system. He also spent time at the investment banking arm of Asset and Resources Management Ltd one of the largest asset managers in Nigeria, where he pitched and executed project finance, debt and equity capital market deals in the Energy and Agriculture sectors. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia and Master of Science in Finance from Kogod School of Business, American University.

Kara Parmelee is General Counsel at Galway Sustainable Capital, responsible for leading Galway’s legal affairs, including developing and maintaining policies and procedures concerning all legal and regulatory matters, as well as compliance with Galway’s principal governing documents and credit arrangements. She also oversees the process and people involved in the legal components of underwriting, closing, and managing investments made by Galway in its portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Galway, Ms. Parmelee was a finance attorney at Paul Hastings, LLP, representing investment banks, commercial finance companies, direct lenders, private equity funds, and originators in complex financings in the FinTech market. Ms. Parmelee worked for many years designing and administering high-profile victim compensation fund programs intended to evaluate and settle claims as an attractive alternative to litigation. She was Deputy General Counsel of a publicly-traded business development company that provided capital and financing solutions to support growth of mid-sized businesses in diverse industries.

Ms. Parmelee received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, and holds an M.A. from Yale University and a B.A. from Wellesley College. She is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.

Nishil Patel serves as Vice President, Controller at Galway Sustainable Capital, where he is responsible for the accounting operations of the company. Mr. Patel has 15+ years of experience serving in various accounting and finance roles, including responsibilities over corporate accounting, technical accounting, SEC reporting, SOX compliance, cash management, treasury, FP&A, and investor relations.

Mr. Patel spent a majority of his career at Chesapeake Lodging Trust, a publicly traded hospitality REIT, where he last served as Vice President and Treasurer. He joined Chesapeake Lodging Trust shortly after its IPO and was an integral member of the team over its 10-year life as the company grew from an enterprise value of approximately $200M to an eventual exit through a $2.7B M&A transaction. Mr. Patel has also served as a Consultant for PIMCO, Manager – External Reporting at Interstate Hotels & Resorts, and Senior Audit Associate at Grant Thornton LLP.

Mr. Patel received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from the University of Maryland in College Park and is a CPA.

Derek Porter serves as a Vice President of Asset Management at Galway Sustainable Capital, where he focuses on the support and development of Galway’s investment assets. Derek is an energy-industry veteran with more than 30 years of operational, commercial, asset management, financial, M&A, and project development experience. His energy transition experience includes wind, solar, run-of-the-river hydroelectric, biomass, biogas, geothermal and waste-to-energy (gasification) with related greenhouse gas offset and carbon management knowledge. Also, Derek has experience in grid optimization technologies including ancillary services, battery storage, energy efficiency and advanced metering infrastructure. Derek received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University. He sits on the Finance Committee of the Palm Beach chapter of Adopt a Family, a non-profit that provides housing and support services to families in need.

Cameron is the Chief People Officer at Galway (“GSC”) where she leads all internal people centered programs and works with GSC portfolio companies on strategic human capital initiatives. Cameron has 20 years of experience in recruiting and HR in venture backed portfolio companies as well as investment firms. Prior to Galway, Cameron led all human capital initiatives for an early-stage investment firm, Longview Innovation. In this role she developed and led people initiatives for the firm and its portfolio investments and also led marketing, communications, and portfolio operations. During her career, Cameron also held talent and commercial roles at Renmatix, Inc., a Kleiner Perkins-backed renewable materials company. She started her human capital career at Heidrick & Struggles, placing C-level and senior management executives in early-stage, mid-cap, and Fortune 100 companies across the technology, industrial, consumer, and life science sectors.

She received her BA in History from the University of Pennsylvania and an MS from Columbia University.

Jennifer Simpson is the COO of Galway Sustainable Capital, focused on the firm’s investment processes, integrating underwriting with sustainability and asset management as well as supporting the overall growth of the organization.

Jennifer has been an executive in the finance field for most of her career, including private equity and debt investing at the Gladstone Companies, venture credit with Anzu Partners, middle market leveraged lending and small business credit at National City Bank, and debt arrangement at Morgenthaler Partners. She has also been a leader in several impactful organizations including as founding executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Finance Leaders Fellowship and EVP of Finance and Operations of a nationally recognized environmental-focused foundation.

Jennifer served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army’s Medical Service Corps after earning a bachelor’s degree in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Her MBA is from Case Western Reserve University. She has served on the boards of various private companies and currently is a member of the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation board.

Megan Spitzer is an associate on Galway’s Investment team, based out of the Boulder, CO office. Prior to joining Galway, she was an Analyst for Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, with a focus on GIG’s utility-scale solar portfolio and evaluating new investment opportunities. Most notably, she played a key role in Savion’s sale to Shell as the sole junior member of the transaction team. She also worked as a Corporate Development Manager for Zoomo, a micromobility platform for last mile delivery. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics, with concentrations in Finance and Business Analytics, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Bianca is the Financial Reporting Manager at Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”) where she collaborates with the deal and asset management teams by analyzing financial statements from GSC investment entities and assesses portfolio performance. Prior to joining GSC, Bianca was a consultant at CFGI, where she consulted on technical accounting, SEC reporting, and corporate accounting projects for clients in various industries. Prior to CFGI, Bianca was in public audit at PricewaterhouseCoopers overseeing private equity and venture capital clients. Bianca holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Babson College and is a certified public accountant.

Jennifer von Bismarck is a founding partner and CEO of Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”) where she co-leads the Company’s efforts to originate and underwrite transactions in sustainable credit, serves on the boards of portfolio companies, raises corporate capital, and oversees day-to-day operations of the Company. Prior to forming GSC, Ms. Von Bismarck served as an investment partner in Galway II, III and IV, as well as affiliated entities, TowPath Partners and ARENA Investments (collectively the “Galway Companies”). These prior investment enterprises served to originate, underwrite and acquire niche non-correlated assets in structured credit as well as sustainability. Ms. von Bismarck served on the investment committee of these entities, helped lead the acquisition of $2 billion in financial assets, including a portfolio of commercial energy efficiency assets, and oversaw the issuance of over $1 billion in debt and private placements. One such placement won the US Asset-Backed Securities Deal of the Year Award. Prior to her work with the Galway Companies, Ms. von Bismarck served as the second team member hired to manage the personal net worth of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. Ms. von Bismarck serves on the board of Partnership for Responsible Growth, a non-profit organization working to establish a regulated price on carbon. She holds a BA from Mount Holyoke and an MBA from Cornell University.

Phoebe Xu is an Investment Associate at Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”) where she helps the Company underwrite transactions in sustainable credit. Ms. Xu has over 15 years of structured finance experience in credit analysis and cash-flow modeling. Before joining GSC, Ms. Xu was an ABS rating analyst at Moody’s and Morningstar, and she also worked on CMBS transactions at KPMG. Ms. Xu holds a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from Goizueta Business School of Emory University, and a Master of Science with a concentration in risk management from Georgia State University. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Trent Yang is a founding partner, President and board member of Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”) where he co-leads the Company’s investment efforts, serves on boards of portfolio companies and manages the day-to-day activities of the Company. Prior to forming GSC, Mr. Yang, served as the Vice President of private equity for AMG National Trust Bank (“AMG”), a $5B privately held wealth management firm headquartered in Denver, CO. Within this role, he created AMG’s sustainability Private Capital investment vehicle and was responsible for leading, sourcing, investing, and managing sustainability, energy, infrastructure, and international private equity investments for AMG. Trent has over 15+ years of entrepreneurial, investment, strategy, and project/product development experience including time as founder/CEO of a water technology company based in Boston, founder and founding director of a public-private partnership with the University of Colorado for commercializing renewable energy technologies, investor with a $1B venture capital firm focused in technology and cleantech investments, and providing strategic advice to US government and Fortune 500 companies. Trent has deployed and managed over several hundred million dollars of investments in the energy and technology space and is a recognized expert in the energy industry and sits on the Blackstone Entrepreneurial Network in Colorado. Trent has a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Colorado and M.S. in both Aerospace Engineering and Technology Management & Policy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Matthew Walsh is a Business Analyst at Galway Sustainable Capital (“GSC”) where he works in the Asset Management department. Mr. Walsh focuses on developing and implementing data collection and analysis solutions to manage GSC’s portfolio. Prior to joining GSC, Mr. Walsh gained experience in the insurance and construction industries as a data analyst at Hannover Re and as a billing director at Valor Roof and Solar. Mr. Walsh holds a dual Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Environmental Science from Saint Lawrence University. Mr. Walsh is pursuing a Master’s in Accountancy from the University of Denver.