core TEAM
stephen richards
Chairman
Thirty years in Washington, DC in government and business
Former Director, International Energy Market Development, US Department of Energy
Co-Founder, International Clean Energy Alliance
Former President, Commerce Development International
Government representation Prime Minister of Thailand, Pratt & Whitney, American Electric Power, etc.
Barry Broman
Special Assistant to the Chairman
Twenty-five year career in the central intelligence agency
Founded Rain Tree International
Producer of documentary films and writer/photographer of books and magazine articles
AMBASSADOR DENNIS K. HAYS, (RET.)
ADVISOR
US AMBASSADOR TO REPUBLIC OF SURINAME
TWENTY-FOUR YEAR CAREER IN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
LECTURER AND CONSULTANT, NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
FORMER DIRECTOR THE EMERGENCE GROUP
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THORIUM POWER, A NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
FORMER MANAGING DIRECTOR, TEW CARDENAS LLC, REPRESENTED INTERNATIONAL CLIENTELE BEFORE US AGENCIES AND THE CONGRESS
GRADUATE OF NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
James Slutz
ADVISOR
Former Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
While at Department of Energy responsible for filling the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve to its maximum capacity of 727 million barrels
Former Oil and Gas Director, State of Indiana, United States
Currently on Advisory Boards of Hart Energy and the Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Distinguished Associate of FACTS Global Energy
John H. Provanzana
Director
Thirty-seven years with American Electric Power
Managing Director, Emerging Technologies – AEP Service Corp.
Holder of four U.S. patents in the area of electric energy storage, and author of 21 technical papers
Philip Sporn Fellow; Active or former member of: Eta Kappa Nu, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Association of Edison Illuminating Companies (AEIC) Committee on Electrical Power Apparatus (COEPA), Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Electric Light & Power Group
IEEE committees: Power Engineering Society - Senior Member (1976-Present), Policy Development Committee as Vice Chairman (2002-2004); Rotating Machinery Committee, Working Group to Revise IEEE Standard #85, Member (1978-1984); Synchronous Machinery Subcommittee, Working on High Speed Switching Effects on Turbine Generators - Member (1978-1984)
Armen agas
Deputy to the Chairman
Worked out 300 MUSD of debt in a sovereign workout team
Achieved MSc in Finance with Distinction from the University of Westminster in London
Closed debt transactions with a face value of 100MUSD
