Our Team
Michael Skelly – President
Michael Skelly led the development of Horizon Wind Energy from a two-man company to a leadership position in the U.S. wind industry. Originally owned by the Houston-based Zilkha family, Horizon sold to Goldman Sachs in 2005. In mid-2007 Goldman Sachs sold Horizon Wind to EDP in the largest transaction to date in the burgeoning clean energy industry. Read more…
Mario Hurtado – Executive Vice President
Mario Hurtado has developed and managed power and other energy infrastructure with large corporate and start-up venture companies in the electric power and natural gas industries for over 15 years. Hurtado headed all development and operations in Central America and the Caribbean at Globeleq, a successful start-up power developer and operator focused on the emerging markets. Read more…
Jimmy Glotfelty – Executive Vice President – External Affairs
Jimmy Glotfelty brings a wealth of public and private sector transmission experience to Clean Line, with more than ten years of experience in both the public and private sectors. He is a well-known expert in electric transmission and distribution, generation, energy policy, and energy security. Read more…
Jayshree Desai – Executive Vice President – Commercial and Operations
Before joining Clean Line, Jayshree Desai was CFO of Horizon Wind Energy where she was responsible for corporate and project finance, accounting, tax, and IT. Read more…
Wayne Galli – Vice President – Transmission and Technical Services
Wayne Galli’s deep background in electric power systems includes more than twelve years of experience in various technical and managerial roles. Dr. Galli’s experience runs the gamut from system studies and operations to regulatory matters to project development. Read more…
David Berry – Vice President – Strategy and Finance
David Berry is responsible for Clean Line’s financing efforts, deal structuring, and strategic analysis. Berry’s prior employment was with Horizon Wind Energy, where he led over $2 billion in project finance transactions and was responsible for investment analysis and acquisitions. Read more…
Kathryn L. Patton – Vice President and General Counsel
Before joining Clean Line, Kathy served as Deputy General Counsel for Allegheny Energy, Inc., where she oversaw legal matters for Allegheny’s regulated electric utilities and transmission companies, and served as the company’s Chief Compliance Officer. Read more…
Hans Detweiler – Director of Development
Hans Detweiler has broad experience in state and regional policy development in renewable energy across the country with a strong focus on the upper Midwest. Read More…
Keith Sparks – Director of Development
As Development Director for the Santa Fe Clean Line, Keith is responsible for coordinating and reconciling stakeholder interests, negotiating capacity agreements with wind energy developer and public utilities, coordinating and managing agreements with contractors and project vendors, and serving as the public representative of the project to the various constituencies in the broader community. Read More…
Mark Lawlor – Director of Development
Mark joins Clean Line with extensive experience in wind development, transmission policy and legislative affairs. Mark’s previous position was Project Manager for Horizon Wind Energy. Read More…
Max Shilstone – Director of Business Development
Max Shilstone began his energy development career with PanEnergy, which later turned into Duke Energy North America. During this period, Shilstone successfully developed a greenfield 570 MW gas-fired combined-cycle project that interconnected to the Palo Verde Nuclear generating station, which served the western grid. Read More…
Sarah Bray – Director of Communications
As Director of Communications for Clean Line Energy, Sarah is responsible for managing community outreach, stakeholder events, and media relations, as well as supporting legislative affairs. Read More…
Cary Kottler – Project Development Manager
Prior to joining Clean Line, Cary Kottler worked as a corporate attorney for Vinson & Elkins, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, project development and private equity investments. Read More…
Julia Souder – Project Development Manager
Before joining Clean Line, Julia Souder served as president of JAS Energies, an energy and environmental consulting firm in San Francisco where she focused on biomass renewables, smart grid, and distributed generation–unique expertise for building the grid of the future. Read More…
Diana Coggin – Project Development Manager
Diana Coggin is the Project Development Manager dedicated to the Grain Belt Express Clean Line, a high voltage direct current transmission line, which will transport up to 3,500 MW of wind energy from western Kansas to southeastern Missouri and beyond. Read More…
Erin Szalkowski – Corporate Counsel
As Corporate Counsel, Erin is responsible for Clean Line’s public utility regulatory filings and accompanying testimony, as well as other legal and regulatory affairs. Read More…
Charlie Ary – Development Analyst
Charlie Ary assists in the development of new and ongoing transmission projects by prospecting routes, preparing regulatory filings, supporting public outreach efforts, and running financial models. Read More…
Claire Richard – Development Analyst
Claire focuses on the Plains and Eastern Clean Line by assisting with regulatory filings, public outreach efforts, legislative work and interconnection efforts. Prior to joining Clean Line, Claire worked with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma when she developed Project Falvmmichi, a domestic violence prevention program. Read More…