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.
Keith brings extensive experience in development, structuring, financing, and management of complex energy infrastructure businesses. He has worked with and advised institutional investors such as GE Capital, ArcLight, Kingdom Holdings, Arab Petroleum Investments Corp., and several oil majors on direct equity investments across the energy chain. Keith also served as Lead Developer with Enron Corp., where he was responsible for developing and financing energy assets internationally. Many of the transactions initiated or led by Keith were development projects or financings that were the first of their kind and that continue to perform well despite the absence of local regulatory or legal precedent. In addition to projects successfully developed in Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean Basin, Keith has skillfully negotiated projects in the most challenging markets in the world, including Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.
Keith is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Texas School of Law.