On January 18, you need to be at the Leaders in Energy/Potential Energy co-sponsored social panel event at WeWork Wonder Bread. Leaders in Energy and Potential Energy will be bringing together the dream team of energy project financing. Come listen to and meet experts from across the region to help get your products and solutions into the market by understanding the levers of project finance. 

Stay tuned for additional speakers.

Registration includes program, pizza, and beverages. 

Meet Our Speakers

Thomas Deyo, CEO, Montgomery County Green Bank

Tom Deyo is the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the Montgomery County Green Bank (MCGB). He brings his finance, operations, and mission-strong background to accelerate MGCB's goal of bringing greater access to clean energy and energy efficiency financing for households, businesses, and institutions in Montgomery County, MD.

Deyo has over 30 years of experience in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors in financing and investment, technical assistance, knowledge building, and grant making in housing and community development and green programs. Deyo has established numerous initiatives and programs in green outcomes, community investment, and real estate development and management. Deyo has worked at the national level with financial services institutions and nonprofit intermediaries. His work has delivered products and services to local civic and nonprofit organizations, with a focus on their low- and moderate-income constituents.

Deyo joins MCGB from NeighborWorks America where he led its division focused on real estate development and management and green strategies for nine years. Prior to NeighborWorks, Deyo was at Fannie Mae for fourteen years where he worked extensively with the company's field operations and partners. He worked throughout the company to advance tailored single-family and multifamily mortgage and investment products that responded to local market needs. Deyo has been a resident of Montgomery County for nearly 30 years. Tom is a graduate of Loyola University of Chicago and University of Virginia.

Jon Powers, Co-Founder and President, CleanCapital

Jon Powers is the Co-Founder and President of CleanCapital.   His responsibilities include leading corporate strategy and development, investor relations, and marketing. His passion for clean energy derives from his time served with the US Army in Iraq and the realization that a clean energy economy is vital to protect America's national security interests.

After helping revolutionize the US Army's energy program, Powers was appointed by President Obama to serve as the Federal Chief Sustainability Officer. While in this role, Powers recognized the need to address the inefficiencies in clean energy finance.  Powers was named to Washington Life's Top 25 Tech Leader for DC, 2016.

Powers has a Masters degree from The Johns Hopkins University in Global Security Studies - Energy Security.

Cullen Kasunic, DG/Cleantech Project Finance Expert, Kasunic Consulting

Cullen Kasunic, Distributed Generation/Cleantech Project Financing Expert, is a Principal with Kasunic Consulting.  He is an expert in building and evaluating first-of-their-kind solar, wind, biofuel, and energy efficiency project finance structures.  Kasunic is the co-founder of a leading distributed wind developer, United Wind, which has raised over $250M in project capital to date.

Kasunic is currently underwriting large commercial solar transactions at Public Service Enterprise Group (PSE&G), consulting to early-stage energy companies on how to enhance their business through project finance, and providing expert advice to project investors.  His clients have included leaders in the space such as Sealed Inc., Generate Capital, and Optimus Technologies.

Kasunic holds an MBA focused on technology innovation from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Bachelors in Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis from the State University of NY at Albany.