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ABOUT ORION

Everyone we work with is family

Our commitment to building trust and teamwork and our dedication to our work is deeply rooted within our company culture. Meet any one of us and you’ll experience how this translates into our work with our landowner and community partners.

Our principals show up to work every day along with the rest of our team, and with average tenure in the industry of more than 30 years, they understand what’s needed to get the job done. Our engineers, developers, construction and asset managers, and our real estate, finance, origination, and accounting experts know renewable energy projects inside and out.

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OUR PEOPLE

Meet the team

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Alicia Wheeler

Project Development Manager

8 Years in Renewables

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Alyssa Pacheco

Community Engagement Specialist

5 Years in Renewables

Amanda Hoffman

Senior Project Development Manager

5 Years in Renewables

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Brianna Saunders

Community & Government Affairs Manager

9 Years in Renewables

Grace Thybulle

Project Development Manager

1 Year in Renewables

Greg Chancellor

Project Development Manager

9 Years in Renewables

James Culliton

Senior Project Development Manager

12 Years in Renewables

Justin Wolf

Senior Director

15 Years in Renewables

Maya Schechter

Project Development Manager

7 Years in Renewables

Michael Cressner

Vice President

16 Years in Renewables

Michael Kurnik

Senior Director

14 Years in Renewables

Sazzy Gourley

Project Development Manager

6 Years in Renewables

Will Humphrey

Project Development Manager

14 Years in Energy | 5 Years in Renewables

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Allison Cohen

Real Estate Coordinator

2 Year in Renewables

Ashley Beers

Title Specialist

13 Years in Energy | 3 Years in Renewables

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Ashley Burton

Database Manager

7 Years in Renewables

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Brittany Besse

Real Estate Coordinator

10 Years in Renewables

Diana Kennedy

Title Specialist

3 Years in Renewables

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Jayne DeYoung

Real Estate Counsel

8 Years in Renewables

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Jessica Hower

Title Specialist

19 Years in Energy | 2 Year in Renewables

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Adam Ellis

GIS Manager

5 Years in Renewables

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Ae Mitchell

GIS Analyst

7 Years in Renewables

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Gonzalo Barreto

Wind & Solar Resource Analyst

4 Years in Renewables

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Kornel Rozsavolgyi

Wind Resource Manager

16 Years in Renewables

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Tyler Haas

GIS Programmer Analyst

5 Years in Renewables

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Adriana Guevara

Office Manager and Executive Assistant

8 Years in Renewables

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Jennifer Boehrer

Accounting Manager

13 Years in Renewables

Marie Leal

Office Clerk

2 Years in Renewables

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Meagan Rutherford

Account Payable Specialist

2 Year in Renewables

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Sarah Morrison

Accounts Payable Specialist

7 Years in Renewables

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Kathi Kazala

Senior Asset Manager

18 Years in Renewables | 21 Years in Energy

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Pete Mallonee

Director of Construction & Operations

Over 25 Years in Renewables

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Frank He

Origination Financial Analyst

2 Year in Renewables

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Tim Lasocki

Senior Vice President, Finance, Commercial Operations, and Origination

Over 20 Years in Renewables

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Al Germain

Head of Technology & Resource Assessment

40 Years in Renewables

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Jayne DeYoung

Real Estate Counsel

8 Years in Renewables

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Jennifer Boehrer

Accounting Manager

13 Years in Renewables

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Jim Eisen

General Counsel

38 Years in Renewables

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Kathi Kazala

Senior Asset Manager

18 Years in Renewables | 21 Years in Energy

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Mike Haas

Founder & CEO

33 Years in Renewables

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Nicholas Hiza

Chief Strategy Officer

22 Years in Renewables

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Reid Buckley

Partner

32 Years in Renewables

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Tim Lasocki

Senior Vice President, Finance, Commercial Operations, and Origination

Over 20 Years in Renewables

OUR STORY

We’ve been at it from the beginning

Al Germain begins working in the Wind Resource Laboratory at Oregon State University

Jim Eisen begins working in wind industry

Mike Haas begins working in wind industry, designing wind turbine blades

Reid Buckley begins working in the wind industry, developing projects in the western U.S.

Mike Haas founds Orion Energy LLC, predecessor company to Orion Renewable Energy Group LLC

First Orion-developed wind energy project operational, in West Texas

Orion completes Pennsylvania’s first utility-scale wind farm

Nick Hiza starts his own company developing wind energy projects

Orion concludes sale of Biglow Canyon Wind Farm to Portland General Electric. First Orion sale of renewable project development assets to a utility.

Orion’s Camp Grove Wind Farm, in Illinois, operational. Orion develops, builds, finances, manages operations, and owns the wind power project.

Orion completes Indiana’s first utility-scale wind farm. Orion develops, builds, finances, manages operations, and owns the Benton County Wind Farm.

Over 1,000 MW of Orion-developed wind power projects operational

Final Phase of Portland General Electric’s 450 MW Biglow Canyon Wind Farm operational.

Over 2,500 MW of Orion-developed wind power projects operational

Orion negotiates one of the first power purchase agreements with Microsoft, for the Pilot Hill Wind Farm in Illinois

First Orion sale of solar project development assets to an investor-owned utility

First Orion-developed solar power project operational

Over 5,000 MW of Orion-developed wind and solar power projects operational, including more than 1,000 MW in 2020

Over 8,000 MW of Orion-developed wind and solar power projects operational, including over 1,000 MW of solar power projects

Nearly 10,000 MW of Orion-developed wind and solar projects operational, including approximately 2,000 MW of solar and battery storage project

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Al Germain begins working in the Wind Resource Laboratory at Oregon State University

Jim Eisen begins working in wind industry

Mike Haas begins working in wind industry, designing wind turbine blades

Reid Buckley begins working in the wind industry, developing projects in the western U.S.

Mike Haas founds Orion Energy LLC, predecessor company to Orion Renewable Energy Group LLC

First Orion-developed wind energy project operational, in West Texas

Orion completes Pennsylvania’s first utility-scale wind farm

Nick Hiza starts his own company developing wind energy projects

Orion concludes sale of Biglow Canyon Wind Farm to Portland General Electric. First Orion sale of renewable project development assets to a utility.

Orion’s Camp Grove Wind Farm, in Illinois, operational. Orion develops, builds, finances, manages operations, and owns the wind power project.

Orion completes Indiana’s first utility-scale wind farm. Orion develops, builds, finances, manages operations, and owns the Benton County Wind Farm.

Over 1,000 MW of Orion-developed wind power projects operational

Final Phase of Portland General Electric’s 450 MW Biglow Canyon Wind Farm operational.

Over 2,500 MW of Orion-developed wind power projects operational

Orion negotiates one of the first power purchase agreements with Microsoft, for the Pilot Hill Wind Farm in Illinois

First Orion sale of solar project development assets to an investor-owned utility

First Orion-developed solar power project operational

Over 5,000 MW of Orion-developed wind and solar power projects operational, including more than 1,000 MW in 2020

Over 8,000 MW of Orion-developed wind and solar power projects operational, including over 1,000 MW of solar power projects

Nearly 10,000 MW of Orion-developed wind and solar projects operational, including approximately 2,000 MW of solar and battery storage project

"Wind energy has done something amazing here and Orion was a wonderful partner. They did everything they told us they were going to do."

Tom Howes

Sr. Member Stark County Board

Our Impact

9,600
MW

Projects operating and in construction developed by Orion

$2B+

Landowner and property tax payments over the life of our operating projects

2.9M
homes

U.S. homes powered by Orion projects

27
years

Developing renewables since 1998

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