Ajulo Elisabeth Othow grew up amidst southern traditions in her home state of North Carolina.  Her parents, both teachers, imbued her with a love and caring for others as she prepared herself educationally to succeed in her chosen career.  At a young age and as she grew into maturity , she traveled with her parents to continents outside of North America, where she became conscious of national and international conditions of humanity.  Ms. Othow is now an attorney practicing in Granville County.  Ms. Othow is also a solar project developer, one of the only women of color solar developers in the nation; her projects are designed to aid in minority land retention and rural economic development. For more than fourteen years prior to becoming an attorney, she worked with people in small towns across all thirteen southeastern United States, places where people’s one hope is for a future where their children can return home and live a good life. Ms. Othow holds a Master’s Degree in International Development from The George Washington University, further graduate work in Public Policy from Duke University, and a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Northeastern University School of Law. Ms. Othow lives in Oxford, NC with her young son, and mother. 

Alain Halimi is an Executive Director within Nomura’s Infrastructure & Power Finance Group where he is leading the origination and structuring of transactions across the clean energy, infrastructure and digital infrastructure sectors. Alain has been a financier for 17+ years, originating secured and unsecured debt financing, project financing, acquisition financing, capital markets, mezzanine and holdco PIK financings and advising clients on a range of project financings, acquisitions and divestitures transactions. He has completed 100+ transactions with combined value of US$30+ billion in the Americas and EMEA. Earlier, Mr. Halimi was an Executive Director with CBA where he lead the Bank’s clean energy group. Prior to joining CBA Mr. Halimi was a Vice President at BNP Paribas New York in the Structured Debt Group advising and arranging transactions for international clients including origination, structuring, negotiation and closing of numerous limited and non‐recourse project & structured financings, in the capacity of agent/underwriter.

As Lockton’s Global Energy’s Pacific Leader, Alan has over 10 years of experience in insurance and risk management for solar project development, construction, and operations. Viewed as a thought leader, Alan pioneered a renewable energy construction solution that has saved his clients millions in insurance costs. Alan provides a strategic approach to client market representation, understanding that challenging insurance markets and new technologies require a long term calculated approach to attaining best results. Alan holds a B.S. in Journalism from University of Kansas and an MBA from the University of Kansas.

Ms. Bybee has worked in the solar industry since 2003, first promoting renewable energy policy in Austin, TX while at Public Citizen, and then at Meridian Energy Systems, before finding her home at Namasté Solar. Ms. Bybee joined Namasté Solar in January 2006 as an early member of the team and held numerous roles over her 11 years, from technical sales & design to business development. While there, she worked to obtain a federal charter for a unique financial institution that funds clean energy products and services: Clean Energy Credit Union (www.cleanenergycu.org). This was only the 17th federal charter issued since 2010, and the first in the state of Colorado for over 30 years. She continues to serve as a volunteer on the Supervisory Committee of the credit union. Additionally, in 2016, she helped earn an award from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative to found the Amicus O&M Cooperative (www.AmicusOM.com). The O&M Cooperative brings together a network of providers across the country to provide coordinated services for geographically distributed portfolios. She now serves as its CEO, and is committed to the mission “to ensure that solar PV fulfills its promise as a responsible and reliable energy source, for generations to come.” She obtained a BA in English and French from the University of Texas at Austin, and through solar, has found her “inner engineer.”

Ann Gaglioti is founder and CEO of GroundWork Renewables. Currently in its 10th year, GroundWork accelerates solar adoption by providing high quality ground irradiance and meteorological (MET) data for utility-scale solar development and operations. To date, GroundWork has directly contributed to the successful financing and installation of over 18GW of solar power in North America. Ann prides herself on assembling a diverse, versatile team of solar resource experts that are committed to client service and high quality systems and data.Prior to GroundWork, Ann was an Executive Vice President with iCrossing, a digital marketing and interactive agency providing business solutions to Fortune 500 clients. She holds a BA in Economics and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.

Benoit Allehaut is a Managing Director and co-leads energy transition investments in the KKR Infrastructure team. Prior to joining KKR in early 2021 he worked 8 years at Capital Dynamics where he helped build one of the largest solar and energy storage platforms in North America. He has over 20 years of renewable energy experience, spanning across Europe and North America with roles in equity and tax equity financing, project development and equipment sales. His career for large and small companies alike such as General Electric, First Solar, Compact Power, EDF EN and Enron helped him see the industry mature from fringe to mainstream. He holds an undergraduate degree from ESCE in France and an MBA from Cambridge University in the UK. He has two daughters in College, two electric bikes and lives in New York City.

Schuetz brings extensive experience in the global power generation industry. At SMA, he leads the organization’s service offerings including a variety of risk-sharing options for customers – from extended warranties to spare parts guarantees to complete plant-wide operations and maintenance. In those capacities, he leads cross-functional service teams to operate cohesively as one unit. He empowers the teams to optimize project results and create operational excellence. Before joining the SMA team, he worked for GE Power as a senior project manager for field execution. Prior to GE, he spent more than 10 years at Alstrom Power, serving in multiple roles during that time. Schuetz earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and energy technology at the University of Applied Sciences, Konstanz. He also earned an MBA in management and operations from the Robins School of Business. Schuetz speaks English, Spanish and German.

Britta is a Managing Director with CohnReznick Capital.  She has 10+ years of experience in investment banking, M&A, corporate strategy, and project finance and development, and has raised over $4B for renewable energy utility-scale and distributed generation companies and assets to date.Britta has received multiple industry awards, including the 2020 U.S. C3E Finance Award issued by the U.S. Department of Energy; 2020 ‘Most Influential Women in Business’ by the San Francisco Business Times; and Renewable Energy World’s ‘Solar 40 Under 40’ in 2018.Britta received an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson Business School and a B.A. from Colgate University.