AWEA Board of Directors

Chair: Vic Abate
Vice President for Renewables
GE Energy


Secretary: Gabriel Alonso
Chief Executive Officer
Horizon Wind Energy

Chair-Elect: Ned Hall
AES EVP and AES Wind Generation President
AES Wind Generation


Past Chair & Treasurer: Don Furman
Senior Vice President of Business Development, Transmission and Policy
Iberdrola Renewables

   
   

Jan Blittersdorf
Appointed Director
President/CEO
NRG Systems, Inc.

Ray Harris
Appointed Director

President
MasTech, Inc.

   

Michael C. Brower
At Large Director

Chief Technical Officer
AWS Truepower LLC

Jan Kjaersgaard
Appointed Director
Vice President, Wind Power Americas
Siemens Energy Inc.

 

 

P. Barry Butler
Advisor

Dean, College of Engineering
University of Iowa

Andrew Kruse
Advisor
Vice President
Broadwind Energy Inc.

   

Thomas S. Carnahan
Reglar Director

President and CEO
Wind Capital Group

Steve Lockard
Regular Director

President & CEO
TPI Composites Inc.

   

Evelyn Carpenter
At Large Director

President
Solas Energy Consulting

Randolph Mann
Appointed Director
Vice President, Wind Development
Edison Mission Energy - EME


 

Karen Conover
Regular Director
Segment Director, Wind Energy
DNV Global Energy Concepts

Michael Polsky
Regular Director

Chief Executive Officer
Invenergy LLC

   

John DiDonato
Regular Director

Vice President
NextEra Energy Resources

Susan Reilly
Advisor
Chief Executive Officer
RES Americas - Renewable Energy Systems

   

David Drescher
At Large Director
Vice President of Wind Energy
John Deere Renewables, LLC

Hal Romanowitz
Regular Director
President
Oak Creek Energy Systems, Inc.

   

John Eber
Regular Director
Managing Director - Energy Investments
JPMorgan Capital Corporation

Steve Trenholm
Appointed Director
Chief Executive Officer
E.ON Climate & Renewables North America

   

Michael Garland
Advisor

Chief Executive Officer
Pattern Energy Group LP

Gregory Wetstone
Appointed Director

VP for Government Affairs
Terra-Gen Power, LLC

   

Jay Godfrey
Advisor
Managing Director, Renewable Energy
AEP-American Electric Power

Martha Wyrsch
Regular Director

President
Vestas Americas

   

John Grabner
Advisor

Cardinal Fastener & Specialy Co., Inc.

Edward Zaelke
Advisor
Attorney
Chadbourne & Parke LLP

   

AWEA Staff Liaisons:

   

Carla Crider
Executive Assistant
AWEA – American Wind Energy Association
1501 M Street, NW Ste. 1000
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 383-2557
FAX: (202) 383-2505

Britt Theismann
Chief Operating Officer
AWEA - American Wind Energy Association
1501 M Street, NW Ste.1000
Washington, DC 20005-5601
Phone: (202) 383-2557
FAX: (202) 383-2505