R. Blake Young was named President & Chief Executive Officer of Comverge in February of 2010. He was previously a member of our board of directors since August 2006 and served as Chairman of the compensation committee and was also 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. 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. Prior to Dynegy, Mr. Young was with Campbell Soup Company at their World Headquarters and served as Chief Information Officer of the US 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 as Chief Information Officer and Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO.

Mr. Picchi joined us in February 2006 as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer responsible for all accounting functions and was named Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in June 2006. He was named to our Board of Directors in 2010. From July 2004 to February 2006, Mr. Picchi was Senior Vice President – Finance and Controller for publicly-traded PRG-Schultz International, Inc., an audit recovery services firm. From February 2003 to July 2004, Mr. Picchi served as Chief Accounting Officer – Corporate Controller for Randstad North America, the U.S. operations of temporary staffing labor firm Randstad Holding, B.V. From February 2002 to January 2003, Mr. Picchi served as Vice President – Finance for publicly-traded AirGate PCS, Inc., a Sprint PCS wireless affiliate. Mr. Picchi began his career at Coopers & Lybrand LLP and is a certified public accountant and chartered financial analyst. He obtained a B.S. in Accounting and an M.B.A. in Finance from Indiana University.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mr. Ungerer is the founder and a managing director of EnerTech Capital, a pioneer in the CleanTech space that has been successfully investing in energy and clean energy technology companies since 1996. His experience in the energy and power markets has spanned his 29 year career beginning with Atlantic Electric in 1980, including his role as president and chief operating officer of Atlantic Energy Enterprises. Mr. Ungerer previously served on Comverge's board of directors from October 2003 to January 2008 and currently serves on the boards of Intellon Corporation and privately held CURRENT Group LLC, Tangent Energy Solutions, The Nanosteel Company and CoaLogix and is a member of the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) Venture Advisory Board.