A Community of Experienced Professionals
With a staff of developers, engineers, technicians and business professionals, we are continually improving our processes and service offerings. We are a team that values culture with a genuine passion for making our world cleaner and healthier.
Leadership
Our leadership team brings unmatched experience in solar, finance, and business operations.
Ned Hall
Board Chair
Ned is a global senior executive leader with over 35 years of experience in all facets of the energy industry. He brings to Cypress Creek a deep understanding of international energy markets, power generation technologies and commercial structuring. Ned spent 25 years of his career with AES Corporation, where he was a member of the AES Executive Leadership Team and served as Chief Operating Officer of global generation. He serves as Chair of the Cypress Creek Board, Vice Chairman of Japan Wind Development Company and as a Non-Executive Director of Globeleq, a leading independent power producer in sub-Saharan Africa. Hall has previously served on the boards of General Cable, TerraForm Power and Green Conversion Systems.
Sarah Slusser
Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board
Sarah is an expert in power markets, with 30 years of development, finance and operations experience. She is an accomplished investor and officer of public and private companies, having led investments of $3 billion across the electric sector. During her 21 years at AES, she rose to be a senior officer and built and ran the Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean division. Sarah co-founded GeoGlobal Energy, a geothermal company in the US, Chile, and Germany, which was sold to its investor. Subsequently, she co-founded Point Reyes Energy Partners. Sarah graduated from Harvard University with Honors and received an MBA from Yale School of Management.
Rebecca Cranna
Interim Chief Operating Officer
Becky’s 26 years of energy experience spans multiple continents, with executive roles in finance, operations, and risk management. She is a Partner in Point Reyes Energy Partners, and previously was the CFO for TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global, both public companies. Previously, Becky led Asset and Risk Management and operations for TerraForm Power’s 2,972MW fleet of solar and wind plants. Becky was also CFO of Silver Ridge Power, a portfolio of 52 solar plants totaling 522MW in 7 countries, with both operations and finance responsibilities. Becky was at AES for 17 years, including as the VP responsible for the credit review function, and other roles in greenfield development and M&A. Becky graduated from Stanford University with Honors.
Kim Oster
Interim Chief Strategy Officer
Kim is a founding partner of Point Reyes Energy Partners and the former regional head and Vice President at First Solar. She has over 30 years of experience in the power sector having successfully developed and financed over $4.5 billion of power projects. Kim spent over a decade at AES where she successfully led the development and financing of over 600MW of power projects and transacted several M&A transactions. Kim graduated from Williams College and Yale School of Management with an MBA and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies with an MES.
Bryan
Ellis
Chief Financial Officer
Noah
Hyte
Executive Vice President, Development
Mike
Belikoff
Executive Vice President, EPC and O&M
Patrick
McConnell
Chief Structured Finance Officer
David
Riester
Managing Director
Brad
Bauer
Chief Capital Markets Officer
Brian
Matthay
Chief Investment Officer
Jerome
O’Brien
Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel
Sam
Hockaday
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Geoff
Fallon
Senior Director of Development
Cassidy
DeLine
Director of Project Finance
Jon
Buttles
Managing Director
Chris
Frantz
Vice President, Asset Management
Kyle
Cooper
Vice President of Operations and Maintenance
Darren
Devine
Vice President, Corporate Controller
Steve
Levitas
Senior Vice President of Regulatory and Government Affairs
Kevin
Donegan
Senior Vice President, EPC