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Audit
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Nominating and Governance
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Compensation
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 R. Blake Young
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President and Chief Executive Officer
R. Blake Young was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Comverge in February 2010. He was previously a member of our board of directors since August 2006, where he served as chairman of the compensation committee and a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee. Mr. Young is the founder of Cap2ity Consulting Group, a business, technology and management consulting group based in Houston. Previously, Mr. Young was the Senior Vice President, Global IT & Technology for BG Group, an international London-based energy company. Mr. Young previously held various senior management positions with publicly-traded Dynegy Inc. from 1998 to 2005, including Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. He also served as President of Illinois Power Company – Dynegy's electric and gas transmission and distribution company – where he was responsible for corporate strategy and development, human resources, information technology, corporate communications and other major functions. Prior to such assignment, he was Executive Vice President & President of Global Technology at Dynegy. Before Dynegy, Mr. Young was with Campbell Soup Company at their World Headquarters and served as Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Grocery Division. Prior to his tenure with Campbell Soup, Mr. Young had a 14-year career with Tenneco Energy, a large integrated natural gas transporter and marketer and served in a number of senior administrative and commercial management positions, including Chief Information Officer and Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO.
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Nora Mead Brownell
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Nora Mead Brownell became a member of our board of directors in December 2006 and serves on the compensation committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee of our board of directors. In May 2001, Ms. Brownell was confirmed as Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission where she served until the expiration of her term in June 2006. During her time as Commissioner, Ms. Brownell was an advocate for the development of regional transmission organizations, markets for wholesale power and national energy infrastructure development. Recently, Ms. Brownell started ESPY Energy Solutions, an energy consulting firm. Prior to her time as Commissioner, she served as a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission where she took an active role in the rollout of electric choice in Pennsylvania, helped to establish a framework for one of the most successful retail electric markets in the country and worked towards a public policy to develop a robust competitive telecommunications market in the state. Ms. Brownell is the former President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. Ms. Brownell is currently a member of the board of directors of Oncor Corp., LEAF Clean Energy Company and Spectra Energy Partners. Ms. Brownell attended Syracuse University.
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Alec G. Dreyer 
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Alec G. Dreyer became a member of our board of directors in January 2008 and serves as the chairman of the board and lead director. Mr. Dreyer also serves as chairman of the audit committee and as a member of the compensation committee of our board of directors. Mr. Dreyer currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Port of Houston Authority in Houston, Texas since October 2009. Mr. Dreyer previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Horizon Wind Energy, LLC, a wind energy developer, from September 2005 to July 2007, when Horizon was sold to Energias de Portugal, S.A., a major Portuguese utility. From February 2000 to September 2005, Mr. Dreyer served as an Executive Vice President of publicly traded Dynegy, Inc. and President of Dynegy Generation, a division of Dynegy Inc. Prior to February 2000, Mr. Dreyer was President of Illinova Generating Company, and a Senior Vice President of Illinois Power Company. Before starting his career at Illinova, Mr. Dreyer was a Senior Manager in the Accounting and Auditing Services division of PriceWaterhouse in St. Louis. In November 2009, Mr. Dreyer resigned from the board of directors of publicly traded EcoSecurities Group PLC, which is in the business of sourcing, developing and trading carbon credits. Mr. Dreyer had been a non-executive director of EcoSecurities' board since February 2008, and had served on the audit committee and as Chair of the remuneration committee of EcoSecurities' board of directors. Mr. Dreyer received a B.A. from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis.
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Rudolf J. Hoefling
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Rudolf J. Hoefling is the founder of Globus LLC, an international consulting firm that provides solutions to clients operating in a broad cross-section of the energy industry. Since its inception, Globus has advised on over 200 transactions in the energy space. Mr. Hoefling also serves as a consultant for the Project Finance Group of WestLB AG, advising on the commercial and technical aspects of all domestic and international power generation projects. Prior to founding Globus LLC, Mr. Hoefling spent 20 years at Siemens, where he served as President of Siemens Power Ventures, Inc. from 1991 until his retirement in 1999, and served on the Board of Directors at Siemens Project Ventures GmbH in Germany. Previously at Siemens, he led an internal turnaround group and successfully restructured six loss-making divisions into profitable business units. Since September 2004, Mr. Hoefling has also served as a member of the Board of Advisors for Greenwich Energy Investment.
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A. Laurence Jones
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Mr. Jones is chief executive officer and president of StarTek, Inc., a $274 million provider of outsourced call center and customer support services for the communications industry. Since he joined StarTek in 2007, the organization has achieved double digit revenue growth, restructured its North American call center platform and initiated a global expansion strategy. Mr. Jones brings to Comverge his extensive experience in marketing services, enterprise software, financial information services and IT services.
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David R. Kuzma
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David R. Kuzma is the former President of Sempra Energy Resources and the Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer of three Fortune 500 companies. Sempra is a diversified energy company involved in electric generation, oil and gas drilling, pipelines and gas processing. Prior to Sempra Energy, Mr. Kuzma was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Enova Corporation, which is the parent company of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and several other U.S.-based subsidiaries. Prior to that, he also served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at Florida Progress Corporation. Mr. Kuzma began his career as an auditor for Price Waterhouse and is a Certified Public Accountant. Since December 2009, Mr. Kuzma has served as a director of Ecotality Corp., a manufacturer and service provider to the electric car industry.
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John McCarter
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John T. McCarter became a member of our Board of Directors in October 2010 and serves on the Compensation Committee. Mr. McCarter is currently retired from General Electric (GE) after more than thirty years and serving in corporate officer roles in GE's Energy business and its corporate region management. In his final position with GE, Mr. McCarter was responsible for consolidating and directing European commercial activities across the portfolio of GE's business units dealing with electrical energy production and management, as well as the oil and gas energy industry from 2001 to 2003. During his tenure with GE, from 1996 to 2001, Mr. McCarter also served as President and CEO of GE-Latin America, where he was responsible for growing and restructuring the spectrum of GE's business lines in South and Central America, as well as the Caribbean. In addition, Mr. McCarter held general manager positions for GE's Power Systems' operations in Latin America, North America and global Customer Service from 1987 to 1996. Following graduation from NC State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear engineering, Mr. McCarter joined GE on its Technical Marketing Program and he currently serves on NC State's Board of Visitors. Mr. McCarter is also a member of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington based think tank.
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James J. Moore
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James J. Moore is currently Chairman of Energy & Power investments at Diamond Castle LLC, a private equity investment firm. Prior to joining Diamond Castle in 2008, Mr. Moore was the CEO of Catamount Energy Corporation. Catamount is a wind energy company and was a portfolio company of Diamond Castle before it was sold to Duke Energy in 2008. Prior to joining Catamount in 2001, Mr. Moore was the Chairman and CEO of American National Power (ANP), one of the largest independent power producers in the United States, and a member of the Board of Directors of International Power Plc, the parent company of ANP. Mr. Moore was one of the founders of ANP in 1986. Previously, he served in a variety of legal, business development and executive roles in the energy industry since 1982.
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Joseph M. O'Donnell
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Mr. O'Donnell brings more than 30 years of sales and technology experience to his new role with Comverge. Most recently he served as chief executive of Inmar, Inc., a leading provider of technology-driven logistics and supply chain software and services. Prior to Inmar, he was Chairman and CEO of Artesyn Technologies for 12 years. Mr. O'Donnell currently serves on the boards of Comverse Technology and The University of Tennessee College of Business.
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John Rego
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John S. Rego became a member of our Board of Directors in October 2010 and serves on the Audit Committee. Since May 2010, Mr. Rego has been serving as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Petra Solar, Inc., a New Jersey-based clean energy technology company that provides solar and smart grid solutions for utility, commercial and residential applications. Prior to that, Mr. Rego served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Vonage Holdings Corp. from July 2002 to March 2010. Prior to his tenure with Vonage, Mr. Rego also served as Vice President Finance-Business Operations with RCN Corporation from August 2001 to May 2002. Mr. Rego is currently a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Rego received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University and is a certified public accountant.
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