the U.S. hydropower industry with a focus on new hydro on existing dams (NHED) and existing hydro plants acquisition and refurbishment.

Mark consults regularly with industry OEMs, project developers, regulators, affiliated regional agencies, design/engineering firms and operators. He has performed economic analyses and structured financial presentations for more than 300 MW of small hydro project portfolios including Gravity Renewables’ own. He serves on various working groups within the National Hydropower Association. Mark also has consulted for private equity funds, public universities, private schools, municipalities and the U.S. Department of Energy on renewable energy development strategy.

Prior to founding Gravity Renewables, Mark was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at NexGen Energy where he worked closely with the management team, wind energy technical experts, energy economists, legislative specialists and financialpartners directing project origination and acquisition efforts. Prior to NexGen, Mark served in various business development and engineering roles in the renewable energy and manufacturing sectors. Mark received a Bachelors of Science in Engineering from Michigan State University. He lives with his with wife and son in Boulder, CO.

Prior to joining Gravity Renewables, Kathy served as the CFO to venture capital backed start-ups in the SaaS/technology, medical device and consumer products industries including Kapost, Flashback Technologies, and Useful Systems, Inc. Prior to this, Kathy was a Partner in the Chicago office of Ernst and Young’s Transaction Support Practice. In that role, she served New York and Chicago based private equity clients during the acquisition process including due diligence, price negotiations and transaction structuring on over 100 different transactions.