A New Yorker, Mr. Oates has more than 35 years of experience in the energy industry. He served various roles of increasing responsibility during his 33 years with Con Edison. Most recently Mr. Oates was Chairman of Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses (CEB), focusing on clean energy infrastructure investments. Under Mr. Oates’ leadership Con Edison’s CEB became the second largest solar energy producer in North America.

Mr. Oates also was Chairman, President and CEO of Con Edison Transmission, a subsidiary targeting federally regulated transmission infrastructure investments. Spanning his distinguished career with Con Edison he also served as Senior Vice President, Shared Services; Vice President, Energy Management; Treasurer; and Vice President, Electric Operations.

Mr. Oates holds Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Engineering degrees from Manhattan College, and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Fordham University. He served in various other Board of Director roles including as Chairman of the Honeoye Storage Corporation, and Vice Chairman, President and Treasurer of Arts Westchester.

Mr. Hill has more than 30 years of energy experience. In March 2025, he joined the non-profit Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC as its Executive Vice President of Energy, leading the organization's Energy Program. He previously served as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of NRG Energy, Inc., and co-head of the energy practice at the international law firm, Sidley Austin LLP. He has served on the boards of directors of numerous community non-profit organizations. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Journalism from the University of Missouri, and received his Juris Doctorate degree from the Northwestern University School of Law. 

Mark Lynch joined the Board of Directors in April 2018. He brings a wealth of executive and engineering experience from a very successful 41-year career in the energy industry, including serving as President and CEO of the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) from 2005-2008.

Most recently, Mr. Lynch served as President and CEO of New York State Electric and Gas Corporation and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation — both subsidiaries of AVANGRID, Inc. — from 2009 to 2017. He also served as a member of the Board of Directors for both regulated electricity and natural gas utility companies. From 2001-2004, he served as President of Mirant, New York, an independent power generation company that operated in competitive wholesale electricity markets in New York and New England.

Mr. Lynch’s experience also includes executive positions with Mississippi Power Company and Southern Energy, Inc. While with Southern Energy, he served as Executive President and Chairman of Empresa Electrica del Norte Grande, South America, and held positions in project development and management in Indonesia and North America. Mr. Lynch earned a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Villanova University.

Ms. Marrinan has 35 years of energy experience ranging from her entry-level role as a utility Rate Analyst to a Senior Vice President responsible for commercial operations for a large US generation fleet. She has served as a senior commercial executive focused on strategic planning, portfolio risk management and commercial operations in wholesale and retail US electricity markets.

Ms. Marrinan was Senior Vice President, US SBU Commercial for The AES Corporation, where she was responsible for US commercial operations and portfolio strategies for fossil-fired, wind, solar and energy storage resources across the US, and management of the unregulated retail electricity marketing business. Ms. Marrinan also was an officer of the Dayton Power and Light Company, responsible for fuel procurement and power trading, 24-hour real-time generation dispatch, logistics management of physical commodities and the company’s participation in organized ISO/RTO markets. Most recently, Ms. Marrinan serves as Founding Partner of Hanover Strategy Advisors LLC, where she advises a variety of clients on energy strategy, financial, regulatory and market issues.

Ms. Marrinan serves on the Board of Trustees for Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley, and as an adjunct professor in Economics and Finance at The University of Dayton School of Business Administration. She previously served as Board Chair of Foodbank Inc. and Cox Arboretum Foundation, and as a Board Member of the Premier Health Plan. Ms. Marrinan holds an MBA from Xavier University and a BS in Business Administration from the University of Dayton.

Mr. Abbas has nearly 30 years of energy and investment experience. Born in Ethiopia, he has lived or worked in New York since 2002 after joining Morgan Stanley in support of its energy and utilities, forest products / natural resources, and technology groups.

He is a founder of Direct Investment Development, a real estate investment firm based in New York City that is focused on sustainable development in underserved urban communities in the U.S.  He was also a founding partner of Twenty First Century Utilities, whose mission was to transform regulated utilities to a model of mass adoption of clean, low-cost, energy-producing and energy efficient technologies.

Mr. Abbas worked for Southern Company as a cooperative engineer while attending Auburn University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.  He also holds a Master of Business Administration in finance and accounting from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.  

Ms. Talberg has over 25 years of experience in the energy and environmental fields, with an emphasis on utility regulation and electricity markets. She serves as President & CEO at Michigan Saves, the nation's first non-profit green bank. As a former state commissioner and former adviser to commissioners at the Texas and Michigan commissions, she has a unique appreciation for the importance of market design, infrastructure planning, pragmatic regulation, and stakeholder engagement.
 
From 2013 through 2020, Ms. Talberg served as a Commissioner on the Michigan Public Service Commission. As Chair from 2016 until 2020, Ms. Talberg led the agency in formulating strategic priorities, oversaw approximately 180 employees, and managed a $25 million budget. She also represented the organization on various state, regional and national boards and committees. Ms. TaIberg has previously served as an Unaffiliated Board Member of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas and Michigan's lnteragency Environmental Justice Task Force. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Studies from Michigan State University and a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin. 

Mr. Crowe has 39 years of experience in software development, IT infrastructure, and cybersecurity with several private sector entities. From 2014 through 2022, Mr. Crowe served as the Chief Information Officer for the Colgate-Palmolive Company. In that role, he led the development of the company’s global IT strategy, modernized enterprise applications, and strengthened cybersecurity systems. In recognition of those accomplishments, Mr. Crowe was honored as a Top 50 Technology Professional in 2023 by OnCon. He currently serves as an advisor to several technology companies and is the Co-Chair of the Digital Supply Chain Institute – a research-based entity focused on enterprise supply chains in the digital economy.

Mr. Crowe holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Delaware. He also earned Executive Education Certificates from Dartmouth University and Stanford University.

Mr. Doyon has 39 years of experience in the energy industry, spending much of that time in various executive roles in both public and private energy generation companies. He is a resident of New York City and has been since 2008.

Before retiring in 2024, Mr. Doyon was the CEO of Onward Energy, a US based IPP focused on thermal and renewable generation, with over 6 GW of generation in 22 states. Prior to Onward, Mr. Doyon was the founder and CEO of Onward Energy’s predecessor company, Novatus Energy, since 2015. He also served on the Boards of both Novatus and Onward.

Mr. Doyon held executive leadership positions focused on development, finance, M&A, strategy, asset management, and operations at various other energy companies, including Terra-Gen Power, The AES Corporation, DTE, and Cogentrix Energy.

Mr. Doyon holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from the University of Florida, and a Master of Business Administration from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, where he was a Fuqua Scholar.

Ms. Rivard has more than 30 years of energy experience including her most recent role as the Senior Vice President, Transmission and Distribution, at Southern California Edison, where she was responsible for the operation, maintenance and modernization of SCE’s electrical grid.

Previously, Ms. Rivard was Senior Vice President of Electric Distribution at DTE Energy where she worked for 28 years. In this role, she was responsible for the distribution of electricity to 2.1 million customers across southeastern Michigan.

Before joining the utility industry, she worked as an aerospace engineer for the Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. and for NASA at the Johnson Space Center. She is the Past President and serves on the Executive Committee for the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies. 

Ms. Rivard holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering and an MBA from the University of Michigan.