Board of Directors

Mr. Thomas R. McDaniel was executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Edison International, a generator and distributor of electric power and investor in infrastructure and energy assets, before retiring in July of 2008 after 37 years of service. Prior to January of 2005, he was chairman, chief executive officer and president of Edison Mission Energy, a power generation business specializing in the development, acquisition, construction, management and operation of power production facilities. McDaniel was also chief executive officer and a director of Edison Capital, a provider of capital and financial services supporting the growth of energy and infrastructure projects, products and services, both domestically and internationally. He is a director of SemGroup, L.P., a midstream energy service company and of Cypress Envirosystems, a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, which develops and markets energy efficiency products. McDaniel also serves on the Advisory Board of Coda Automotive, which is a manufacturer and distributor of all-electric cars and transportation battery systems, and On Ramp Wireless, a communications company serving electrical, gas and water utilities. He currently sits on the board of directors of the Senior Care Action Network (SCAN) and SCAN Foundation. Through the McDaniel Family Foundation, he is also actively involved in a variety of charitable activities such as the Boys and Girls Club of Huntington Beach, the Adult Day Care Center and the Free Wheelchair Mission.

Mr. Jean-Marc Otero del Val acts as vice president, strategy & business development in the New Energies Division of Total SA, where he is also the deputy senior vice president, business operations. Otero del Val was the vice president, electricity, for the Gas & Power Division of Total S.A. and previously served as general manager of the Grandpuits Refinery for Total France S.A.  He also held the position of managing director for Total Coal South Africa (Pty) Ltd., a subsidiary of Total S.A. that focuses on the mining of export quality coal in South Africa.  Prior to that, Otero del Val held other positions within the Total group, where he has been employed since 1998. He received a degree in chemical engineering from École Polytechnique, a Bachelor of Arts degree in finance from Strasbourg University, and a Master of Arts in finance from Paris-Dauphine University.

Mr. Pat Wood III has served as a principal of Wood3 Resources, an energy infrastructure developer, since July of 2005. He is active in the development of electric power and natural gas infrastructure assets in the United States. From 2001 to 2005 Wood was the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. From 1995 to 2001, he chaired the Public Utility Commission of Texas. Wood has also been an attorney with Baker & Botts, a global law firm, and an associate project engineer with Arco Indonesia, an oil and gas company, in Jakarta. He currently sits on the board of Quanta Services, Inc. and has served on a number of private company boards: Texas Genco, Airtricity, TPI Composite, Xtreme Power, First Wind and Range Fuels. Wood is a strategic advisor to Natural Gas Partners, an energy private equity fund. He is a director of the American Council on Renewable Energy and a member of the National Petroleum Council.