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Paul Bloom has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer at Gevo, Inc. (from President, Gevo, Inc.).

Bloom formally succeeds founding CEO Patrick Gruber — who built Gevo into a leading sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) company over 15 years and transitions to Strategic Advisor — as Gevo accelerates commercialization of its Net-Zero 1 SAF flagship project. Bloom brings ADM commercial experience and was appointed President in December 2025 before this elevation.

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Kyle James is the new Chief Commercial Officer at Gevo, Inc. (from VP Fuel Ethanol Sales and GM Renewable Performance Chemicals, ADM (Archer-Daniels-Midland)).

James brings 25+ years in renewable fuels and chemicals from ADM to Gevo, filling a critical commercial gap as new CEO Paul Bloom builds out his leadership team. His hire signals Gevo's focus on scaling SAF offtake agreements and chemicals sales alongside its Net-Zero 1 flagship project.

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Nicole A. Bulgarino has been promoted to Co-President at Ameresco, Inc. (from President – Federal Solutions and Utility Infrastructure, Ameresco, Inc.).

Bulgarino is one of two internal executives elevated to Co-President as founder George Sakellaris transitions from President to CEO-only — a classic founder succession splitting leadership of Ameresco's $1B+ energy efficiency and data center business; she oversees federal and large infrastructure projects with Ameresco since 2004.

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Louis P. Maltezos has been promoted to Co-President at Ameresco, Inc. (from President – Central and Western USA and Canada Region, Ameresco, Inc.).

Maltezos joins Bulgarino as Co-President in Ameresco's dual-succession structure; with Ameresco since 2004, he takes over non-federal commercial and Smart Building Solutions businesses including Canadian operations.

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Peter Christakis has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Ameresco, Inc. (from President – East USA, Greece and Project Risk, Ameresco, Inc.).

Christakis rounds out Ameresco's founder succession trifecta as COO, overseeing procurement, US solar and battery operations, and European operations; the three-way restructure concentrates day-to-day operations in a new management layer as Sakellaris retains the CEO role with Ameresco since 2000.

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Becky Limmer is the new General Counsel at BlueWave (from Chief Counsel, US Department of Energy, Loan Programs Office).

Limmer oversaw legal strategy for DOE LPO's $100B+ clean energy loan portfolio before joining BlueWave; her prior roles include Winston & Strawn, Norton Rose Fulbright, and in-house counsel at First Solar — a heavyweight GC hire for a Northeast community solar and storage developer scaling toward several GW.

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Christina Hayes departed Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) as Executive Director.

Hayes steps down as Executive Director of ACEG, the leading US transmission advocacy organization; under her tenure ACEG advanced federal policy requiring cost-saving regional transmission planning. Board to commence search for successor.

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Hannah Bascom has been promoted to General Manager at Uplight (from Chief Growth Officer, Uplight).

Bascom takes day-to-day leadership of Uplight — which serves 8 of North America's 10 largest utilities — following Octopus Energy and Schneider Electric's majority stake investment; she previously led growth at Pacific Gas & Electric and Google.

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Luis D'Acosta departed Uplight as Chief Executive Officer.

D'Acosta exits as Uplight CEO following Octopus Energy and Schneider Electric's majority stake acquisition, moving into a regional president role at Schneider — the tight linkage underscoring Schneider's control post-deal. His successor role (Mexico & Central America) is non-US based.

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Julian Kaufmann has been promoted to Chief Commercial Officer at Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS) (from Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS)).

A nearly 20-year CAMS veteran, Kaufmann steps into the newly created CCO role as CAMS scales commercial strategy across its energy infrastructure O&M and asset management portfolio; he has structured long-term power and gas commodity transactions across a multi-GW book.

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Rhone Resch is the new Chief Strategy Officer at TOYO Co., Ltd. (from Senior Advisor, BrightNight).

Resch, who served as President & CEO of SEIA (2004–2016) and is widely credited with shaping the modern US solar industry, joins TOYO as its newly created CSO focused on expanding the Japanese manufacturer's US market presence and domestic manufacturing footprint. TOYO reported $427.4M revenue and 4.5 GW solar cell shipments for FY2025 and trades on Nasdaq.

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Mac Cooney has been promoted to Partner at BridgePeak Energy Capital (from Principal, BridgePeak Energy Capital).

Since joining BridgePeak in 2021, Cooney has been directly involved in $3B+ of clean energy loan closings across 220+ transactions; BridgePeak closed a record $1.7B in distributed generation lending in 2025, making this promotion recognition of a central driver of the firm's franchise.

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Christopher Peponis has joined as Partner, Energy at Kirkland & Ellis (from Partner, Energy, Latham & Watkins).

Peponis joins Kirkland's Houston office as part of a ~10-lawyer team poached from Latham & Watkins, co-leading the move with Hamad Al-Hoshan. He advised on NextDecade's $6.7B Rio Grande LNG Train 4 financing — one of the largest energy deals of 2025.

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Hamad Al-Hoshan has joined as Partner, Energy at Kirkland & Ellis (from Partner, Energy, Latham & Watkins).

Al-Hoshan joins Kirkland's New York office as part of a ~10-lawyer team poached from Latham & Watkins, co-leading the lateral with Christopher Peponis (Houston). The team migration represents one of the largest energy practice group moves in BigLaw in 2026.

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Peter B. Siegal has joined as Partner, Appellate Practice at Bracewell LLP (from Partner, Appellate Practice, Norton Rose Fulbright).

Siegal's FERC and Administrative Procedure Act specialization strengthens Bracewell's market-leading energy regulatory appellate practice; he had served as deputy head of appellate and hiring partner at Norton Rose Fulbright's DC office before the move.

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Estelle Monod was appointed Executive Chair, Board of Directors at Uplight (from Senior Vice President, Head of Group M&A, Schneider Electric).

Monod's elevation to Executive Chair formalizes Schneider Electric's governance control over Uplight post-investment; she brings 20+ years of M&A experience from Goldman Sachs, Lion Capital, and Schneider and had served on the Uplight board for two years prior.

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