Chairman

David Buzby

David Buzby has been starting, building and investing in “impact” businesses for the last 35 years with an emphasis on renewable energy generation, energy storage/grid services, decarbonizing the built environment, recycling, carbon removal and lithium production. He currently also sits on the Board of Wondrwall Holdco Limited and Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. II.  In the past, he has been an early investor and board member of Sunrun Inc.; a founding investor, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, of SunEdison before selling to MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.; and a founding investor, board member and chair of the audit committee of ValueClick before selling to Alliance Data Systems Corporation; as well as an investor and board member of numerous private companies. He has also held senior executive roles in numerous companies, including Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Buzby received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1988 and a B.A. from Middlebury College in 1982.

Ira Birns

Mr. Ira Birns is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of World Kinect Corporation (f/k/a World Fuel Services Corporation), a Fortune 100 global energy management company providing energy procurement and related services, a position he has held since 2007.  For nearly two decades prior to that, Mr. Birns held various leadership positions, including Vice President and Treasurer at Arrow Electronics, Inc., a Fortune 250 global provider of technology products, services and solutions. Mr. Birns has extensive experience in management, finance and accounting from serving as a senior finance executive at large publicly-traded multinational corporations, as well as significant experience in mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, investor relations and in the energy sector, including renewable fuels and power. Mr. Birns holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Public Accounting from Hofstra University and is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Treasury Professional.

Adam E. Daley

Adam E. Daley is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Elda River Capital Management, LLC, a real assets investment firm focusing on energy transition and infrastructure opportunities. Previously, from 2005 to 2024, he was a Partner at Magnetar Capital LLC, Co-Head of Magnetar’s Energy & Infrastructure Group and a member of Magnetar Capital’s Management Committee and Investment Committee, where he was focused primarily on the sourcing, execution and management of various investments in the energy, energy infrastructure and renewables sectors. Prior to joining Magnetar Capital, Mr. Daley was an investment banker at Citigroup’s Global Corporate and Investment Bank. Mr. Daley also currently serves on the boards of directors of PosiGen, Inc., Double Eagle Energy III, LLC, Vesper Energy Development LLC and DoublePoint Energy, LLC.  Mr. Daley has a B.S. in Finance with High Honors from the University of Illinois

Anil Tammineedi

Anil Tammineedi is a Partner at the Angeleno Group, LLC, a leading global investment firm focused on high-growth clean energy and climate solutions companies, where he has been leading investments across a number of sectors, including sustainable mobility, energy storage, resource efficiency and smart infrastructure since 2008. Prior to joining the Angeleno Group, Mr. Tammineedi served in various product development and management roles related to semiconductors targeting communications, mobile and power management applications at Broadcom. Mr. Tammineedi also serves on the board of directors of Locana.  He serves as a board observer at Fictiv Inc. Mr. Tammineedi has a M.S. from Iowa State University and an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he serves as a Senior Faculty Advisor to the Business Creation Program and lectures on Impact Investing and Entrepreneurship. Mr. Tammineedi is also a Kauffman Fellow.

Laura D’Andrea Tyson

Laura D’Andrea Tyson is a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School and Professor Emeritus at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. She has also been Chair of the Board of Trustees and Steering Committee Member of the Blum Center for Developing Economies since 2006, and is the Faculty Director of the Berkeley Haas Blockchain Initiative and the co-Faculty Director of the Sustainable and Impact Finance Initiative at the Haas School of Business since 2019.  Dr. Tyson also serves as a director of Lexmark International Inc. and Apex Swiss Holdings, SARL, and serves in numerous other advisory roles, such as Senior Advisor to the Rock Creek Group and to the APAX Global Partners Fund and advisory board member for APAX Global Impact and the Angeleno Group. Dr. Tyson was a member of President Clinton’s cabinet from 1993 to 1996 and was the first woman to serve in the positions of Chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, and Director of the White House National Economic Council. Dr. Tyson received her B.A. from Smith College and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Vasudevan (Vasu) Guruswamy

Mr. Guruswamy leverages his deep domain expertise in the energy, digital technology, and software industries to drive innovation and accelerate growth. He is co-founder and General Partner at Lavni Ventures USA and India and a Venture Partner at CSL Capital Management, an investment firm. Prior to joining CSL, Mr. Guruswamy held several technology and operational management roles with Schlumberger including Vice President, Global Services in the Software Information Solutions division of Schlumberger. Mr. Guruswamy has served on several industry boards at global and regional levels, and has built substantial multi-million-dollar businesses by driving growth in Cloud SaaS offerings. Mr. Guruswamy has a Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras, India and a Master of Science (MS) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.

Krishna Shivram

Krishna Shivram is an experienced leader of global public companies with expertise in corporate finance, capital structure management, and mergers and acquisitions. He is Managing Partner at Veritec Capital Partners, and General Partner at Lavni Ventures India and USA. Mr. Shivram previously held several executive and senior management roles at leading energy and financial organizations including Chief Executive Officer of Sentinel Energy Services Inc., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Weatherford International plc, and Vice President and Treasurer of Schlumberger Ltd. Mr. Shivram is currently on the boards of Ranger Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: RNGR) and Allison Transmission Holdings (NYSE: ALSN). Mr. Shivram has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Mumbai University and a Chartered Accountancy Degree from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.