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Michael Conti

Michael Conti is a Research Liaison for New Energy Finance, managing the relationships with the firm’s North American clients, which include Banks, VC/PE Funds, Governments, Utilities, and Corporates. In this capacity, he encourages dialogue between NEF’s analysis teams and their clients, fostering an information feedback loop which drives the firm’s research agenda. Prior to joining NEF, Conti focused his collegiate studies on the affects that institutions and institutional change have on economic growth. He authored an honors thesis which applies systems thinking and new institutional economic theory to the energy industry: Improving Societal Welfare through Institutional Change in the Energy Industry.

Conti holds a BA in Economics from Connecticut College, and is pursuing an MSc in System Dynamics through WPI. Conti joined the YPE Leadership Team in 2008.

michael.conti@newenergyfinance.com | (973) 809-6328

Alexandra Coolidge

Alexandra is an Associate at Riverstone Holdings LLC, a global private equity firm dedicated to the energy sector, where she focuses on fundraising, investor relations and communications.

Prior to joining Riverstone, she was an Associate at JPMorgan, where she reported directly into the CEO of JPMorgan Private Bank. Before joining JPMorgan, Ms. Coolidge worked at Morgan Stanley in Marketing, Fixed Income Sales and Latin American Mergers and Acquisitions.

Alexandra received her M.B.A. from INSEAD Business School and her B.S., cum laude, from Georgetown School of Foreign Service. At Georgetown, she rowed on the Varsity Lightweight Women's Crew Team. She is fluent in English, Spanish, and French and conversational in German and Czech.

alexandra@riverstonellc.com | (212) 271-6266

Mathew Kondratowicz

Matthew Kondratowicz has worked in the energy industry for most of his career. He is currently an Associate at Sustainable Development Investments ("SDI"), a unit of Citigroup. SDI is a private equity fund investing in renewable and alternative energy, as well as clean water, energy efficiency, waste reduction and recycling technologies, and sustainable materials. His role at SDI involves conducting due diligence on investment opportunities as well as portfolio management. Matthew has particular expertise in the fields of gasification, solar thermal electric generation, desalination, and biofuels.

Matthew's prior experience includes work for GreenOrder, an energy and environmental strategy consulting firm, where he worked with clients such as General Electric, Allianz, and NorthEast Biogas. He began his career as an Assistant Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Matthew holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA with magna cum laude honors in Economics-Mathematics from Columbia University.

Matthew.Kondratowicz.wg07@wharton.upenn.edu | (201) 647-9493

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