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Mr. Sakellaris is the President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading North American energy efficiency and renewable energy company headquartered in Framingham, MA. A visionary and entrepreneur, Mr. Sakellaris founded Ameresco in April 2000. He aspired to build an entirely product-neutral and supplier-independent energy company that had the skills, capabilities and foresight to create independent energy solutions that went beyond just conservation; one that addressed a customer’s entire energy stream including supply and demand, energy efficiency and renewable energy. Early in his career, Mr. Sakellaris worked at the utility New England Electric System (NEES), where he welcomed the challenge to establish NEES Energy, a company that would promote energy efficiency, thereby avoiding the need to build new power generation plants. Mr. Sakellaris then purchased the business known as NEES Energy in 1991 and renamed it NORESCO. He built NORESCO into a an industry-leading independent energy services company before selling it to Equitable Resources in 1997, where he continued to lead NORESCO and was also appointed as a Senior Vice President of Equitable Resources (NYSE:EQT), a Fortune 500 Energy Company. Today, Mr. Sakellaris leads Ameresco, a public company, employing over 900. Ameresco continues to grow and thrive, and currently supports 63 offices in 34 states and five Canadian provinces. Ameresco combines a North American footprint with strong local operations. Specialties: Mr. Sakellaris’ dedication and influence in promoting energy efficiency dates back to his involvement with the Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI) where he championed the development of demand side management (DSM) programs that were widely implemented across the country. Additionally, he was a founding member of the National Association of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO) where he served as the first president and advocated for the new industry.

Mr. Gupta’s expertise ranges from development of short-term liquidity forecasts, breakeven analyses, and performance/profit improvement studies to mergers and acquisitions and liquidation analyses for distressed businesses including manufacturers, distributors, retailers and service providers. From an industry perspective his experience includes, but is not limited to, agriculture, automotive, commercial printing, healthcare, food, call centers, and energy. He has taken on interim C-level roles, turnarounds, sale of businesses, bankruptcies, assignment for the benefit of creditors, receiverships, and liquidations.

Peter Faricy brings career experience spanning more than 20 years of leadership transforming consumer-sales channels, creating exceptional customer experiences, accelerating innovation, and infusing operational rigor into the companies he works with to bring them to new heights. Peter is the former Chief Executive Officer of Global Direct-to-Consumer for Discovery, Inc., where he oversaw the company’s DTC businesses including Motor Trend, Food Network Kitchen, Magnolia, DPlay, Eurosport Player and GOLFTV.Prior to joining Discovery, Faricy spent 13 years with Amazon, most recently as Vice President of Amazon Marketplace, where he was responsible for the growth of millions of third-party sellers worldwide. Previously, Faricy oversaw Amazon’s music and movie product categories in North America, including customer experience and vendor management. Prior to Amazon, Faricy held management roles at Borders Group, Ford Motor Company, and McKinsey & Co. He currently serves on the boards of Seattle Prep High School and Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He received an MBA with distinction from the University of Michigan and a BA in Business Administration from Michigan State University.

Mike Sommers is the 15th chief executive of the American Petroleum Institute since its founding almost a century ago. API is the largest national trade association representing all aspects of America's oil and natural gas industry. Before being named APl's president and CEO, Sommers led the American Investment Council, a trade association representing many of the nation's leading private equity and growth capital firms and other business partners. Sommers spent two decades in critical staff leadership roles in the U.S. House of Representatives and the White House, including chief of staff for Speaker of the House John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and Special Assistant to President George W. Bush at the National Economic Council. Sommers has been instrumental in crafting landmark legislation, including leading efforts to pass the Troubled Asset Relief Program through Congress, brokering a resolution between the administration and Congress ahead of the fiscal cliff in 2013, leading efforts to pass the Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015 and trade promotion authority in 2015. Sommers is a native of Naperville, Illinois, and a graduate of the honors program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he was awarded the President's Distinguished Service Medal - the highest honor given to a Miami undergraduate. He is married to Jill Sommers, a former Commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). They have three children and live in Alexandria, Virginia.

Under Mr. Wiater’s leadership, Standard Solar has been named one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America for four consecutive years according to Inc. magazine, significantly expanding its commercial footprint and reinforcing its leadership positioning as the solar partner of choice. Mr. Wiater has an extensive background in executive management, operations and supply chain management in startup companies as well as established corporations. Previous positions included Executive Vice President at Peak Technologies, a global systems integration company, and Director of Operations for Radio Frequency Identification at Motorola (Symbol Technologies). Mr. Wiater earned a Masters of Business Administration degree and a Bachelors of Science degree in Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.