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Leadership

Creating Clean Energy for a Changing World

Leadership Mission

Our Values

  • Always be a good citizen, neighbor and partner in all aspects of our business.
  • Maximize shareholder value by integrating the power and mobility markets by optimizing location, intelligent renewable power generation, hydrogen energy production, and providing cross-commodity flexibility.
  • Benefit the communities where we do business by creating new opportunities that provide sustainable environmental and economic benefits.
  • Promote and enhance the welfare of our employees, our community, our partners, and the environment.

Leadership Team

Steve Meheen | Chief Executive & Chairman

Steve Meheen

Chief Executive & Chairman
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Steve Meheen, Chief Executive and Chairman

  • Founder of Element Recourses
  • Diversified Domestic and International Experiences
  • Thirty-four years experience in the Energy Sector
  • BS Petroleum Engineering – UCLA
  • Successful Entrepreneur 
  • Post Graduate Study in Business Security- Harvard
Avery Barnebey | Chief Financial Officer and Executive Board Member

Avery Barnebey

Chief Financial Officer and Executive Board Member
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Avery Barnebey, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Board Member

  • Thirty years' experience in renewable power, geothermal, pipelines, and oil & gas at Fortune 100 companies
  • BBA- Baylor University BBA
  • Treasury functions: capital raising, financial analysis, auditing, and accounting
  • MBA - Texas A&M
  • Corporate development: strategy, M&A, joint ventures, divestitures, and competitor analysis
 
Tom Shaw | Chief Technology Officer

Tom Shaw

Chief Technology Officer
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Tom Shaw, Chief Technology Officer

  • Thirty-years of experience in energy infrastructure development
  • Hydrogen storage expert
  • Eighteen years providing development and strategic project management services to a variety of companies and investors.
  • PhD, Earth & Environmental Sciences - City University of New York
  • Experienced developer: natural gas storage, LNG, HVDC transmission, CAES, and other alternative energy facilities.
Jim Corboy | Senior Vice President, Business Development

Jim Corboy

Senior Vice President, Business Development
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Jim Corboy, Senior Vice President, Business Development

  • Manager, Calvert Advisors, LLC
  • MBA – University of Colorado
  • 50+ years corporate finance experience with early and middle stage growth companies.
  • 2016 Fellow at Energy Fellows Institute, NREL and CCIA
  • Twenty-years in the Energy Sector developing renewable power electrical transmission and hydrogen supply projects.
 
Damian Miller | Vice President- ESG   

Damian Miller

Vice President- ESG   
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Damian Miller, Vice President- ESG     

  • Twenty-five years’ international executive experience operating multiple Quality, Health, Safety & Environmental, Social & Governance and human services programs
  • Global and diverse experience, including Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Asia-Pacific.
  • Chartered Member, Institute of Directors New Zealand (IoD),
  • Bachelor of Nursing – Ara Institute of Technology, New Zealand
  • Board Member, Sustainable Steel Council New Zealand (SSC)
Josh Whittaker | Developer

Josh Whittaker

Developer
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Josh Whittaker, Developer

  • Project Manager for numerous high profile organizations
  • 20 plus years of experience in the marine industry
  • Including engineering, global logistics and business development

Board Members

Stephen Benjamin | Board Member

Stephen Benjamin

Board Member
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Stephen “Benji” Benjamin, Board Member

  • Successful yachtsman and entrepreneur.
  • Currently, leading acquisition and restructuring North Sails Miami. 
  • Founder of several sail making, yachting, and related companies with a focus on deployment of advanced technologies.
  • Silver medal 1984 LA Olympics, four-time world champion in three sailing classes, U.S. Rolex Yachtsman of the Year.
  • Venture capital and private equity investor in alternative energy, logistics infrastructure, communications, real estate, and financial services.
  • MBA - Yale University; served for twenty years as the Chairman of the Yale Sailing Associates.
Jim Doh | Board Member

Jim Doh

Board Member
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Jim Doh, Board Member

  • 30-year veteran and executive in the hi-tech industries with senior executive positions at Qualcomm, Intel, and Raytheon
  • BS, Computer Engineering – Boston University
  • President and Vice Chairman of Qualcomm Asia
  • MS, Electrical Engineering – Tufts University
  • Extensive knowledge of Asian markets

Advisors

Dr. Sanjay Jha | Advisor to CEO

Dr. Sanjay Jha

Advisor to CEO
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Dr. Sanjay Jha, Advisor to CEO

  • Veteran tech leader, patent holder, silicon and software expert, and “C” level executive
  • Board Member, Board of Directors, Semiconductor Industry Association
  • COO, Qualcomm, and President, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies
  • Elected member of National Academy of Engineering
  • CEO, Motorola Mobility
  • Ph. D., Electrical Engineering – Univ of Strathclyde
  • CEO, Global Foundries
  • BS, Electrical Engineering – Univ of Liverpool
  • Vice Chairman, Global Semiconductor Alliance
Vern Westerhout | Advisor

Vern Westerhout

Advisor
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Vern Westerhout, Advisor

  • Thirty-nine years of experience in Business Management, Projects, Accounting, and Administration
  • Headed and participated in a number of business and project start-ups
  • Extensive financial and accounting experience
  • Bachelor of Business - Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia

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