The Team

PRIOR TO FOUNDING HAMILTONCLARK JOHN WAS:

• CFO, STM Power, Inc., (Ann Arbor) an
  energy technologies and methane destruction
  company
• Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  Securities where he managed the U.S. Energy
  Investment Banking Group (Houston), and the
  U.S Project Finance and Privatization Group
  (Washington, DC)
• Managing Director, Lehman Brothers,
  (Houston), where he managed the Corporate
  Finance office
• Managing Director, Dean Witter Reynolds,
  now Morgan Stanley, (Houston) where he
  managed the Energy Group
• Vice President, Citibank (New York) where
  he managed a team in the Petroleum
  Department. He had responsibility for the
  Bank’s relationship with Exxon, Shell Oil
  Company, Atlantic Richfield, Amoco,
  Occidental Petroleum, Schlumberger, Fluor
  Corporation, Koch Industries, and Petrobras

PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF:

• Equus Corporation, a business development
  company (now NYSE: EQS)
• Proler International Corp., which at the time of
  acquisition was the world’s largest scrap steel
  recycling company (formerly NYSE: PS)
• STM Power, Inc. a venture-financed, energy
  technology company that commercialized the
  world’s leading kinematic Stirling engine
• Technical Advisory Committee of the joint U.S.
  DOE/USDA Biomass Research and Development
  Initiative
• The Alley Theatre, Houston
• Houston Grand Opera and Texas Opera Theater
• University of St. Thomas (Houston)

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service degree
  from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at
  Georgetown University
• Adjunct Professor at the McDonough Graduate
  School of Business at Georgetown University
  where he taught the course titled Project Finance
• General Securities Principal and holds Series 7,
  14, 24, 63 and 79, and 99 licenses

PRIOR TO FOUNDING HAMILTONCLARK ROSS WAS:

• President and Managing Partner, Dominion Financial Partners, LLC, the private merchant banking firm, which he co-founded in 1988, and Dominion Financial Securities Company, a NASD-member firm
• COO and a Director, Ruska Instrument Corporation, a manufacturer of precision pressure instrumentation products for the oil and gas industry
• COO and Director, HydroTech Systems, an engineering and manufacturing company of high pressure oil and gas sub-sea flow line connecting devices
• Senior Vice President. First City Bancorporation (Houston), where he spent a 25-year career in corporate banking
• Co-founding Director, Houston Angel Network, and has judged investment proposals for the U.S. Department of Energy, Houston Technology Center, the Rice University Investment Forum and Business Plan Competition, the NREL Industry Growth Forum, and the Texas Emerging Technology Fund.

PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF:

• Ruska Instrument Corporation, a company that produced laboratory instruments and instrumentation systems for the oil and gas industry, now a part of GE’s Sensor Division
• HydroTech Systems, an oil-field off-shore engineering, manufacturing and service company, ultimately sold to Oil States Industries, Inc.

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• Bachelor of Arts in International Relations degree from the University of the Pacific
• U.S. Army Security Agency (Germany)
• General Securities Principal and holds Series 7, 24, 63, 79, and 99 licenses

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK  HE WAS:

• Partner, Holland & Knight LLP where he advised clients on the structuring of projects and compliance with federal laws related to their applications for financings from the Loan Programs Office (LPO) of the Department of Energy (DOE).
• Deputy Chief Counsel and Acting Chief Counsel of the LPO where he led 12 lawyers that advised DOE in legal matters relating to the origination and monitoring of loans in the nuclear, renewable energy, and power generation sectors. He worked with the leadership team of the LPO to address critical commercial and legal issues, and to develop policies and procedures appliable to the loan programs.
• Senior Legal Counsel at the LPO where has the lead LPO lawyer in the origination of loans to finance a nuclear power generating facility, utility scale thermal and photovoltaic generating facilities, and solar panel manufacturing facilities. Lead LPO lawyer official who negotiated and closed the $8.3B initial and $3.7B supplemental financing loans for the Vogtle nuclear generating facility, and over $4.7B of financing for utility scale concentrating solar and photovoltaic generating facilities.
• Associate, Hunton & Williams, Energy and Project Development and Finance Team where he spent 12 years advising energy companies on project finance, M&A transactions in the United States.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, Minor in Mathematics, Bucknell University
• Juris Doctor, University of Richmond School of Law, cum laude
• McNeil Honor Society; American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law 

MILITARY SERVICE

• U.S. Army – Lieutenant; Tank Company Executive Officer and Platoon Leader
• Armor Officer Basic Course – Class Leader, Commandant’s List
• Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Army Commendation Medal with 1st Oak Leaf Cluster; Army Achievement Medal with 1st Oak Leaf Cluster; Army Service Ribbon 

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK HECTOR WAS:

• Managing Director, Legend Merchant LLC (San Francisco), investment banking
• Vice President, Key Bank Capital Markets Inc. (San Francisco), investment banking
• Vice President, JPMorgan (San Francisco)
• Vice President, Hambrecht & Quist (San Francisco), investment banking
• Vice President, Sutro & Co. (San Francisco), investment banking
• Associate, Nissan Motor Corporation
• He has over 25 years of corporate advisory, investment banking, and business development experience. He has advised numerous clients on M&A and public and private equity and debt capital transactions.

CURRENTLY AND PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF:

• Advisory board, Pathwork Informatics (oncology diagnostics)
• Campolindo High School Cross Country and Track and Field Booster Club (501c3)
• Walnut Creek Masters Swim Team (501c3)
• St. Perpetua Catholic Youth Organization, Lafayette, CA.

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles
• MBA degree with an emphasis in Finance from the UCLA Anderson School of Management
• Registered Securities Professional and holds Series 7 securities license

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK ROB WAS:

• Director, Outreach and Business Development, U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office, Washington, DC
• Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Empower Energies, Bethesda, MD
• Managing Director, Policy, Business Development and General Counsel S-3 Energy developer of energy+storage projects, Atlanta,GA
• Partner and Co-Head Energy, Project Finance and Clean Technologies Practice, Kilpatrick Townsend, Washington, DC
• Executive Director, JP Morgan Global Commodities Group where he served as a key member of the Project Finance and Structured Finance desk.
• Deputy General Counsel for Energy Policy, U.S. Department of Energy where he led a staff of 47 lawyers for three offices
• Partner, Hunton & Williams, Energy and Project Development and Finance Team where he spent 13 years advising energy companies on project finance and M&A transactions in the US and globally

CURRENTLY AND PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF:

• Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors, Maryland Clean Energy Center, College Park, MD
• Advisor, Board of Advisors, H/L Ventures, New York, NY
• NREL Energy Executive Selection 2015 – National Renewable Energy Lab honor issued by the U.S. Department of Energy
• Chairman, D.C. Schools and Scholarships Committee, Harvard Alumni Association 2011-2015
• Member, Board of Trustees, Landon School, Bethesda, MD 2012-2018

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, Magna Cum Laude, Harvard University
• Master of Business Administration, Stanford Graduate School of Business
• Juris Doctor, Stanford Law School
• Competent Boards Sustainability & ESG Designation (GCB.D) and Certification, 2023
• Certificate, Making Corporate Boards More Effective – Harvard Business School Executive Education
• Series 79 and 82 securities license

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK ROBERT WAS:

• Senior investment banker, Entoro Securities, LLC
• Strategic, financial and legal advisor to Pacific LNG, a private US-Mexican partnership in connection with its development of a proposed $350 million LNG liquefaction and marine terminal
• Advisor, PSEG (New Jersey) in connection the utility’s sale of its 50% interest in a Hong Kong based independent power producer
• Vice President, Enron North America’s Principal Investments Group
• Investment banker, Energy & Natural Resources Group of Lehman Brothers
• He has deep experience in private and public debt and equity financings, buy and sell side mergers and acquisitions, as well as originating, structuring, negotiating, drafting and implementing a wide variety of complex business transactions.

PRIOR TO HIS INVESTMENT BANKING CAREER, HE PRACTICED LAW AT :

• Vinson & Elkins, Houston
• Energy Maintenance Services — General Counsel to privately held provider of construction and maintenance services to energy-related companies

PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF:

• Quanta Services (NYSE) – Advisory Director
• Imedeon (private) – Advisory Director

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Amherst College
• Juris Doctor degree from the Georgetown University Law Center
• Holds Series 79, 63 and 82 licenses

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK DUNCAN WAS:

• A freelance Producer and Content Creator (Hawaii and North Carolina) Duncan pitched and produced television and print stories covering economic and cultural topics as well as national breaking news coverage.
• Producer for “CBS This Morning” and CBS News (Washington, DC) covering national news out of the Capitol, White House, Pentagon, other Departments, and led the Democratic coverage of the 2016 Presidential Campaign for the show. Other national stories included breaking news coverage of natural disasters, shootings, and protests. In total, she produced over 500 stories for a national audience.
• Producer for NewsChannel 8 in Washington, DC. She was a line producer for the morning broadcasts covering news in the Capitol Region.
• Producer and Web Editor NBC29 WVIR in Charlottesville, VA where she reported on air and led the social media and web development for the station.
• Desk Assistant and NBC News in Washington, DC where she covered the White House as a pool producer and covered the overnight news desk for the network monitoring breaking news.

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

• CBS This Morning: Received 2017 Edward R. Murrow Award for “Best News Broadcast”
• CBS This Morning: Nominated for 2016 Emmy “Outstanding Morning Program”
• NBC29.com: Received 2012 Virginia AP’s “Superior” award for best website

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a Certificate in Documentary Film from Duke University
• Summer Guest Lecturer at Georgetown University

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK JIM WAS:

• Partner and co-founder, Earthrise Capital Fund (New York) a cleantech venture fund
• Founder and Principal, Vortex Energy, (New York) a clean energy consulting firm
• Advisor to the City of Baltimore and to the Government of Japan on clean energy project assessment
• Managing Director, BOVARO Partners, (New York and Baltimore) an energy-focused investment bank
• Equity Research Analyst, Bank of America Securities, (New York), where he covered the energy technology industry, and won recognition from Institutional Investor and StarMine for excellence in research

CURRENTLY AND PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF:

• Coolchip Technologies
• Helion Energy
• NanoMas
• Stellaris Sola
• Tour Engine

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from the University of Washington
• Master’s degree in Accounting from City University of New York
• Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University
• Sustainability Analytics Certificate from Columbia University
• Chartered Financial Analyst designation holder
• Holds Series 7, 63, 79, 82, 86, and 87 licenses

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK GARY WAS:

• CEO, Seldon Energy, (Houston) a hardware and software company providing oil and gas operators with AI technology to improve economic productivity of well production
• CEO, Terrabon, Inc., (Houston) a biofuels technology company formed to commercialize MixAlco®. Secured a hard-won and coveted grant from DARPA to build the first large-scale commercial renewable energy facility converting MSW to jet fuel
• General Partner, K-L Energy Partners, LP (Houston), organized to invest capital in targeted sectors of the energy industry
• Group Senior Vice President, Reliant Resources (Wholesale Group) (Houston), managing structuring, asset development, and transaction support
• Executive Vice President, EOTT Energy Partners, (Houston) managing their commercial operations, acquisition and development program
• Principal, McKinsey & Company, Inc. (Houston), focusing on downstream energy and risk management practice areas

CURRENTLY AND PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF:

• Freestone Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: FSTNU) Dallas, TX
• Seldon Energy – Private
• Terrabon – Private
• Regency Gas Services (NASDAQ: RGNC)
• Voyava Republic Corporation (Fortification Technology) – Private
• Church Assist Ministry Association (CAMA) – Nonprofit

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• MBA, Houston Baptist University
• BSE, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University
• BS, Physics, Stephen F. Austin State University
• Holds Series 63, 79 and 82 licenses

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK JOHN WAS:

• Founder and Co-Head, Stern Brothers & Co (St Louis), investment bank Renewable Energy practice
• Vice President, and Director, Edward D. Jones & Co., (St. Louis) Public Finance practice
• He is credited with having pioneered the use of bonds as a form of project finance debt in the renewables market. In the past 10 years, he has become one of the top renewable energy bankers in the country, having developed a national practice in renewable energy finance focusing on biofuels, biomass, biochemical and bioproducts.

PRIOR TO HIS INVESTMENT BANKING CAREER, HE PRACTICED LAW AT:

• Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne (Kansas City)
• Butler & Binion (Dallas)

PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF, AND AWARDED:

• Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative. The first banker ever to receive an award from CAAFI, the sustainability subsidiary of the international airline association, for financial innovation in the biojet industry.

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• Bachelor of Arts degree, Cum Laude from Brown University
• MBA (with concentration in Finance) from University of Kansas
• Juris Doctor degree from University of Kansas
• Holds Series 7, 63 and 79 licenses

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK JEFF WAS:

• Managing Director, WoodRock Securities, L.P., (Houston) investment banking firm where he specialized in complex oil and gas, and LNG financings
• Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer, Galway Capital, L.P., (Houston) investment bank where he specialized in private placement and M&A transactions for energy sector clients
• Founder and CEO, Wind Rose Group, an angel investment and consulting firm specializing in the gas processing and energy technology sectors
• Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Lyondell Chemical Company, (formerly NYSE: LYO)

CURRENTLY AND PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF:

• Previously served as Chairman of the Board of Lyondell-Citgo Refining, a $2 billion refinery joint venture between Lyondell and Citgo Petroleum, a subsidiary of PDVSA, the Venezuelan national oil company
• Previously served on the Board of Blast Energy Inc., a publicly traded oil and gas technology company
• Previously served as Chairman of the Board of HNNG Holdings, LLC, a privately-held natural gas processing company
• Previously served as an Advisory Board Member of InvestLinc South Central Fund, a private equity fund

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University
• Juris Doctor degree from Stanford University School of Law
• General Securities Principal and holds Series 24, 62, 63, 79, and 82 licenses

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK ALLISON WAS:

• Private Consultant, Real estate funds and startups (New York)
• Vice President, Creek Lane Capital (Chicago), a private equity fund focused on development of real assets
• Associate, PNC Realty Investors (Washington, DC), a core real estate fund based in Washington, DC focused on the acquisition and development of real assets

CURRENTLY AND PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF:

• City Parks Foundation, Education Committee (making parks vibrant centers of community through sports, arts, and environmental education across all five boroughs)
• A Better Chicago (focused on improving educational outcomes for low-income students)
• Trust for the National Mall (dedicated to improving and restoring the National Mall)

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Real Estate from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business
• Master of Business Administration degree with concentrations in Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• Holds Series 7, 63, and 79 licenses
• LEED AP (BD+C)
• WELL AP

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK JOHN WAS:

• Managing Director, Scully Capital Securities Corp., (Washington, DC)
• Senior Vice President and Chief Underwriter, ABB Energy Capital (Boston)
• Vice President, TD Bank’s Project Finance Group, (Westport, CT)
• Vice President, EnGroup Securities, LLC, (Boston)
• Director of Project Finance and Development, Raytheon Engineers and Constructors, (Lexington, MA)
• Director, Constellation Energy, (Baltimore)
• Associate, ABB Project and Trade Finance, (Stamford, CT)
• He has managed numerous strategic, financial, and corporate development initiatives, such as acquisitions, divestitures, workouts and restructurings, joint ventures, project development efforts, and new business ventures.

PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF:

• Board Member, Economic Development Commission, Town of Acton, MA
• Volunteer with Fundación Borincana assisting businesses, nonprofits, and municipalities in Puerto Rico with the development of their energy infrastructure investment plans

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree from the University of Michigan
• MBA from the University of Michigan
• Holds Series 7, 63, 79, and 82 licenses

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK CHARLES WAS:

• Managing Director of Debt Capital Markets, Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., LLC (New York), one of the largest woman-and minority-owned investment banks on Wall Street
• Managing Director of Debt Capital Markets, Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., (New York)
• Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales and Trading, MAGNA Securities, (New York)
• Senior Vice President, Sales and Trading, Fixed Income Syndicate Manager, Muriel Siebert & Co. (New York)
• Senior Vice President, Debt Capital Markets, Samuel A. Ramirez & Co., Inc, (New York)
• He has considerable experience in capital markets, high-grade syndicate, and fixed income sales and trading, and has been responsible for fixed income counterparty relationships with both the Street, as well as various state and local public fund investors.
• He has maintained relationships with hundreds of institutional investors, governments, and also acted as a liquidity provider on Bloomberg and MarketAxess. His prior experience on the sell side encompassed equity research and equity capital markets, and his teams participated in syndicated debt and equity capital raising transactions which have generated substantial global proceeds for his clients.

CURRENTLY AND PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF:

• Methodist Home for Children Foundation, Chairman of the Board, Philadelphia, PA
• Board of Guardians of the Washington Square United Methodist Church, a New York State Endowment Fund

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh
• General Securities Principal and holds Series 3, 7, 24, 55, 63, 79, and 99 licenses

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK RON WAS:

• Founder and CEO of Mariner Midstream, a project development company (Houston)
• Director, Corporate Development at Targa Resources Corp. (NYSE: TRGP) (Houston)
• Senior Vice President, Finance at Syntroleum Corporation (Tulsa and Houston), formerly a publicly traded energy technology company (NASDAQ: SYNM).  While at Syntroleum, Ron raised $350 million in capital and sold Syntroleum to Renewable Energy Group, which was subsequently sold to Chevron. He also initiated the biofuels strategy that led to Syntroleum building a $150 million renewable diesel project in 2010, the first advanced biofuels plant in United States.
• Director, Energy Investment Banking at ABN AMRO (Houston)
• Vice President, Energy Investment Banking at Prudential Securities (New York and Houston)
• Associate, Private Equity at Trivest, Inc. (Miami)
• Financial Analyst, Natural Resources Group, Investment Banking, Kidder, Peabody & Co. (New York)
• As an investment banker, Ron closed $10 billion in transactions, including $5.5 billion in mergers & acquisitions, $1.5 billion in public equity offerings, of which $1.2 billion were IPO’s and $360 million in private placements of equity.

PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF:

• Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), Texas Chapter, 2016 to 2023. PCA seeks to positively change the culture of youth athletics.
• Rice Baseball Insider (RBl), 2014 – 2016, the fundraising entity supporting Rice University baseball.

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Managerial Studies, Rice University
• Master of Business Administration, Harvard University
• Holds Series 79, 82, and 63 licenses

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK ANDY WAS:

• Principal, First Gleneden Advisors LLC (Boston, Denver, Dallas), Specializing in providing hard to find, real-world tested strategic consulting and investor relations for high growth, early-stage companies looking to develop and execute capital access strategies and resource optimization
• Chief Financial Officer, ZeaChem Inc. (Denver), A venture-backed company that developed biomass refineries and technologies
• Vice President-Finance, Benefuel Inc (Dallas), An early-stage company focused on developing a patented and novel refining technology for making one of the lowest carbon renewable diesel fuels
• Vice-President, Evergreen Energy Inc. (Denver), A publicly-traded company that developed refined coal processing facilities and technologies. Andy held positions in corporate planning, business development, and investor relations
• Vice-President and Senior Oilfield Services Equity Analyst, Stifel, Nicolaus, & Co. (Denver), A diversified global wealth management and investment banking company
• Previous roles at leading Wall Street firms in New York City such as J. & W. Seligman & Co., Smith Barney Shearson, and Oppenheimer & Co
• Andy has advised a wide range of companies in the energy sector — from pioneering privately held renewable fuel and chemical, cogeneration and LNG companies to middle-market oilfield sector leveraged buyouts to large caps.

PRIOR BOARD ROLES:

• Charter Review Committee Member – Town of
  Scituate – Volunteer

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• MBA, Columbia University School of Business
• BA, Dual Majors: Economics & History, Connecticut College
• Holds Series 7, 63, 79, 82, 86, 87 licenses

PRIOR TO JOINING HAMILTONCLARK GARY WAS:

• Founder and Managing Director, Deukalion Advisors LLC (San Francisco), an investment banking advisory firm he established in 2013
• Managing Director, Robert W. Baird & Co., (San Francisco)
• Managing Director, Stanford Group Company (San Francisco)
• Managing Director, Pacific Growth Equities, LLC, (San Francisco)
• Managing Director, JPMorgan (San Francisco)
• Managing Director, Hambrecht & Quist (San Francisco)
• Vice President, Sutro & Co, Inc., (San Francisco)

CURRENTLY AND PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF:

• Advisory Board for MarsCharge, an innovative EV charging company based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• MeWe, a next-gen social network company based in Culver City, CA
• Former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Clean Technology Advisory Council

EDUCATION, SECURITIES LICENSES

• Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley
• MBA with an emphasis in Entrepreneurial Studies from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA
• General Securities Principal and holds Series 7, 24, 63, and 79 licenses