Elena Savostianova is the Founder and Managing Partner of Ember Infrastructure, and has 20 years of professional experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Prior to Ember, Elena served as a Principal with Global Infrastructure Partners CAPS team, focusing on renewable energy opportunities. Before GIP, Elena spent nearly a decade as part of Credit Suisse’s Power and Renewables group where she was responsible for coverage of energy corporates with a focus on renewable energy and infrastructure, as well as financial sponsors active in the energy and infrastructure space. Her responsibilities included deal sourcing and execution of the complete capital stack, from equity transactions on the corporate side to senior secured debt underwritings at the asset level. Elena joined Credit Suisse in 2005. Prior to that Elena was a member of Deloitte’s Management Consulting division and the JPMorgan Chase Oil & Gas Investment Banking team. Elena holds an M.B.A. from Yale University and a B.A. in Philosophy and Economics from Hamilton College.

Bob Kelly is a professional with extensive experience in the power and renewables sector. Bob served as Chief Financial Officer of SolarCity Corporation, a distributed solar energy company, from October 2011 to August 2014. Prior to joining SolarCity, Bob served as Chief Financial Officer of Calera Corporation, a clean technology company, from August 2009 to October 2011, and as an independent consultant providing financial advice to retail energy providers and power developers from January 2006 to August 2009. Bob served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Calpine Corporation (CPN NYSE), an independent power producer, from March 2002 to November 2005, as President of Calpine Finance Company from March 2001 to November 2005, and held various financial management roles within Calpine from 1991 to 2001.

Mary Weisskopf is a professional with 13 years of experience in the infrastructure and energy sectors. Mary was most recently a Vice President on the investment team of Global Infrastructure Partners’ flagship fund. Prior to Global Infrastructure Partners, Mary was part of Credit Suisse’s Power and Renewables group within the Investment Banking division. Mary was involved in the execution of a wide variety of M&A, strategic advisory, capital markets, and project financing transactions for developer, corporate, and private equity clients. Mary started her career with Charles River Associates providing economic consulting services in the Energy and Environment Practice.