team

EXPERIENCED LEADERSHIP

STEPHEN R. RICHARDS (Chairman)

Twenty-five 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.

JAMES A. SLUTZ (Director)

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

BARTON W. MARCOIS (Director)

Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs, US Department of Energy
Retired State Department Foreign Service Officer in Jordan, Tunisia, Yemen,Kuwait
Former Executive Vice President, Investment Banking/Commercial Intelligence firm
Advised several Presidential and other campaigns, including Bush 2000 and 2004, congressional and senatorial campaigns, and state and local party organizing.
Worked closely with the Republican National Committee, providing guidance to Chairmen Gillespie, Mehlman, and Duncan.

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)

BARRY BROMAN (Special Assistant to the Chairman)

Twenty-fives year career in the United States Department of State
Specialist in Southeast Asian affairs, including Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia; also served in France
Founded Rain Tree International in 1996 to advise clients and develop business opportunities in international markets
Producer of documentary films and writer/photographer of books and magazine articles

ARMEN AGAS (Deputy to 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