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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.

He served as Lead Director from the 2016 Annual Meeting through the 2017 Annual Meeting. Mr. Berry served as Executive Vice President, Exploration and Production, of ConocoPhillips Company (“ConocoPhillips”), a major international integrated energy company, from 2003 until his retirement on January 1, 2008. He has over 30 years of experience with ConocoPhillips and Phillips Petroleum Company, which became a part of ConocoPhillips in August 2002. While with these companies, he served at various times in other executive positions including President, Asia Pacific; Senior Vice President of Exploration and Production, Eurasia-Middle East; Vice President of Exploration and Production, Eurasia; and Vice President of International Exploration and Production, New Ventures. While at ConocoPhillips and Phillips Petroleum Company he served in various locations including London, England; Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Stavanger, Norway; Shekou and Beijing, China; and Singapore. Mr. Berry was recognized by the government of China as one of the 31 outstanding foreign experts in 1996. He has served on the board of directors of Franks International since January 2015 and on the board of directors of Oceaneering International, Inc. since June 2016. He served on the board of directors of Nexen Inc. from December 2008 to June 2013, Willbros Group, Inc. (“Willbros”) from February 2008 to May 2014, Access Midstream Partners, L.P. from June 2013 to May 2014, and Teekay Corporation from June 2012 to December 2015. He was the Honorary Consul for Kazakhstan from 2009 until 2014. Mr. Berry holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in petroleum engineering from Mississippi State University. Mr. Berry brings extensive domestic and international experience in the oil and gas exploration and production industry and management expertise to the Board. Mr. Berry also brings considerable experience from his position as a director with several other publicly traded companies involved in the energy industry. We believe Mr. Berry’s extensive industry, management and director expertise qualify him to serve on our Board.

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.

C- Suite energy executive with over thirty years of energy industry experience. Held senior executive level roles at Unocal Corporation, Genesis Energy and NiSource. Has also held various leadership roles in energy industry organizations and on the board of directors for various firms. Specialties: Transforming existing organizations from underperforming to high growth, high return entities. Also specializes in building new organizations to capture high value growth opportunities. Extensive midstream experience in corporations and master limited partnerships. Well rounded experience including commodity risk management, marketing and trading, energy logistics, mergers and acquisitions, board work, and greenfield development and operations of energy infrastructure with emphasis on safety.

Amber Maiden is a Chief Executive Officer at Ecotality Inc and is based in Woodbridge, Virginia. She has worked as Civil Rights Investigator at Fellowship of Christian Firefighters, Human Resources Compliance Manager at UDC, and Civil Rights Investigator at City of Alexandria. Amber works or has worked as Chief Executive Officer at Alchemy Enterprises Consulting Group. She attended GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY between 2000 and 2004, Northwestern University between 1990 and 1993, and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School between 1993 and 1996.