Chairman
Mr. Hodel founded the predecessor companies to Summit in early 1989. Mr. Hodel served as the Under Secretary (sub-Cabinet post) of the U.S. Department of the Interior (1981-1982), Secretary (Cabinet Minister) of the U.S. Department of Energy (1982-1985) and later Secretary (Cabinet Minister) of the U.S. Department of the Interior (1985-1988).
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CEO
Mr. Gjelde was the Under (now called “Deputy”) Secretary (sub-Cabinet Post) and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Department of the Interior (1985-1989), the Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer for the U.S. Department of Energy (1982-1985), and the Deputy Administrator (Chief Operating Officer) of the Bonneville Power Administration.
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President
President of Summit and former chair of the Energy Practice Group at a major U.S. and international law firm. He works extensively on all of Summit’s coal gasification efforts, as well as other new technologies.
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Senior Vice President, Operations and Legal
Senior Vice President, Operations and Legal, of Summit. Ms. Redman handles all legal and administrative matters including the legal aspects of project financing and corporate structure matters.
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Senior VP
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.
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CFO
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.
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CCO
Chief Commercial Officer for Summit Texas Clean Energy, leading all commercial arrangements relating to the development, construction and financing of the $2.1 B Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP).
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Managing Director, Project Development
Managing Director, Project Development of Summit. Mr. Cunningham has over 30 years of experience in the power industry and has held positions in a variety of disciplines.
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Vice President
Shawn Nichols is Vice President, focused on business development and origination.
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Director of Projects
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.
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Vice President and Director of Projects for Summit
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.
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Director of Projects, Texas
Joined Summit in 2008 to work on the Texas Clean Energy Project, an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) project. She served as Mayor of Dallas from 2002 to 2007.
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Vice President – Project Finance
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.
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Vice President – Corporate Finance
Richard W. Burkhardt, CPA, is Vice President-Finance for Summit.
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Vice President – General Counsel, Director Commercial Transactions
Kelly F. Goodman, J.D., is Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Commercial Transactions. Ms. Goodman manages legal matters for Summit and handles various commercial relationships across Summit’s project disciplines.
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