Sustainable leaders list released
Pivotal Investments announced their list of future clean-technology leaders Tuesday, the result of a three-month search for executive talent undertaken by the venture capital firm along with a group of sponsors interested in building up a business ecosystem for clean energy and other sustainability-oriented businesses.
A sort of "most likely to succeed" for the clean-tech set, the 32 leaders were culled via an online voting process from 600 original nominations.
Gregg Semler, managing director at Pivotal Investments, drove the effort and said he was impressed by the volume of activity generated by the nomination and peer-selection process set up to recognize the leaders.
“I have been amazed by the willingness of so many people and institutions, including entrepreneurs, service providers, educators, government and the business community to get involved and participate,” Semler said in a statement.
The purpose of the exercise was to both recognize and nurture business talent to lead companies in the clean-tech sector — a term used by investors to refer to renewable energy and green technology companies.
The group will have the opportunity to network and receive mentoring from the sponsors through a series of events in Seattle and Portland. Sponsors include the law firm Perkins Coie, accounting firm Ernst & Young, the Portland Development Commission and the University of Oregon.
The honorees on the list are a mix of early-stage entrepreneurs, investors and senior executives who are already leading companies or organizations in the Pacific Northwest. The list is below and available via the program’s website.
The 2010 Pivotal Leaders:
- David Allen, Executive Vice President, McKinstry
- Allen Alley, Chairman and Co-founder, Pixelworks
- Ash Awad, Vice President Energy & Facility Solutions, McKinstry
- Jules Bailey, Representative, Oregon State Legislature
- Kipp Baratoff, Principal, Equilibrium Capital Group
- Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist, Microsoft
- Jesse Berst, Managing Director, GlobalSmartEnergy
- Gino Borland, Co-Founder, Cake Ventures
- Bill Campbell, Principal, Equilibrium Capital Group
- Dave Curry, Co-founder, President & CEO, Demand Energy
- Mark Edlen, Managing Principal and Co-founder, Gerding Edlen
- Pat Egan, Vice President, Pacific Power
- Mark Frohnmayer, President and Founder, Arcimoto
- Aaron Goldfeder, CEO and Co-founder, EnergySavvy
- Alan Hickenbottom, Founder and President, Tanner Creek Energy
- Dave Kaplan, Clean Energy Entrepreneur, Founder V2Green
- Tyson Keever, President and Co-founder, Sequential Pacific
- Jeff Kim, President and CEO, Shorepower Technologies
- Rick Luebbe, Chief Executive Officer, EnerG2
- Ross MacFarlane, Senior Advisor, Climate Solutions
- Tim Miller, President and CEO, Green Lite Motors
- Kelly Ogilvie, President and CEO, Blue Marble Energy
- Gregg Patterson, CEO and Chairman, PV Powered
- Ron Pernick, Co-founder and Managing Director, CleanEdge
- Roby Roberts, Vice President, Horizon Wind Energy
- Skip Rung, President and Executive Director, ONAMI
- Derek Smith, Project Manager, Clean Energy Works Portland
- David Van’t Hof, Partner, Lane Powell
- Joe Whitworth, President, The Freshwater Trust
- Jean Wilson, Vice President and GM, SunPower Corporation
- Darcy Winslow, Founder and CEO, Designs for a Sustainable World Collective
- Kim Zentz, Executive Director, SIRTI
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