Mr. Montgomery has been involved in many facets of the Financial Services industry, Real Estate and Advisory work for 31 years. Robert's career started in the Insurance and Securities world of business. He has held professional licenses in both the Insurance and Securities industries while broadening his experience to include finance, venture capital, investment and financial analysis, insurance, corporate development, asset management and advisory services to name a few. During that period, Robert actively participated in the creation of several companies and gave operational and managerial support to these new ventures. Even though Robert’s activities have centered around operations in general, serving as President and/or CEO, he has also been instrumental in the efforts of the companies he had stewardship over to expand and grow in both the United States and abroad. Roberts strategic relationships over the span of 3 decades has allowed him to build a team of professionals including tax, immigration and securities professionals to successfully guide domestic and international investors through the process of a government program called EB5. Robert successfully raised capital for, started and oversaw several companies using EB5 funding. These companies were centered around merchant processing and real estate development. Robert also served as President of the International Cultural and Economic Exchange of Utah, working closely with local and State Government representatives. Robert has strong international relationships, having led two major business delegations to mainland China made up of prominent businessmen and women including political leaders from the State of Utah. Most of Robert’s activities between 2014 and 2019 centered around these relationships to expand and grow the companies he was involved with. These contacts during the COVID pandemic, opened the door for Robert to offer his services and strategic relationships to help facilitate the delivery of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to hospitals, medical facilities and government agencies that were searching for and in need of these items. Currently Robert has returned his focus to his home State of Utah where he oversees business development as a Co-Founder and Partner of Trifecta Renewable, Inc. Robert studied at Brigham Young University, has been married for 29 years, has three children, enjoys being in the outdoors whenever possible, loves to travel, eat good food and just hang with his family.

Mr. Ganis has been in the Energy space for more than 35 years. He is responsible for business development, project assessment and execution. He maintains the Sales network, monitors progress vs plan for sales and execution, develops strategic models to maximize return, and ensures all metrics are tracked and reported. Mr. Ganis received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo), and his MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Mr. Ganis worked for multiple Fortune 100 companies including Johnson Controls, Emerson Electric and Trane Air Conditioning, where he advanced to various management positions and developed a skill-set including: Industrial Automation, Six Sigma Quality Control (Blackbelt), JIT Manufacturing, Mechanical Contracting, Sales Management, P&L Management, ISO 9000 Manufacturing, and Human Resource Management. In addition to his Engineering background, Mr. Ganis is also well versed in construction. As a licensed General and Mechanical contractor, his skillset allows him to assure performance during all phases of construction. In 2012, Michael entered the Solar space as an EPC. Starting from scratch, Michael grew the business into one of the 250 largest EPC’s in the country. Michael’s skillset can be summarized in bullet form below. >BS Mechanical >Engineering >MBA – Finance >Solar MBA >NABCEP Certified (5 certificates) >GC License La #65507 >Mechanical License La #65507 >Solar License La #65507 >Florida Residential >License # CRC1328549 >TOP 250 EPC 2013 thru 2017 When Michael is not diving into the energy space he enjoys spending time with his family and friends. Living in South Louisiana offers such an opportunity to be outdoors with family enjoying crawfish boils and other outdoors activities. Michael is a spiritual person who enjoy being active in sports, especially golf and fishing.

Mark Bergeron has been in the business of construction management for 50 years. His experience expands across both commercial and residential sectors, first as laborer, then project manager, and finally general contractor on Federal and State highways, municipal parks, military structures, warehouses, and multi-family residences. He has redeveloped historic, modular, and mid-rise buildings. His work includes projects that were the recipients of Federal Restoration and Enhancement Grants as well as residential and commercial solar energy projects. These experiences have given him familiarity with meeting the needs of commissions for targeted development zones and preservation districts.

Joseph Stebbins is the Executive Vice President of 1532 Tulane Partners, Inc. the developer that made the successful proposal for the adaptive re-use of the former Charity Hospital building in downtown New Orleans. His developer partner in the Charity project is Mr. Yoel Shargian of New York; an established real estate developer and investor, experienced in such large scale historic projects as the Plaza Hotel on Manhattan’s Central Park. Since 2006, Joseph has been the head of his own New Orleans real estate development firm. Initially focused on delivering urgently needed affordable housing in the wake of the levee collapses triggered by Hurricane Katrina, Joseph’s companies built 300 units throughout New Orleans, including the Warehouse District, Marigny, Treme and nearby Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Ward locations. These were “ground up” new construction projects, including Louisiana’s largest modular construction apartment building, as well as two historic redevelopments that brought crumbling, neglected buildings back into commerce. In many of the projects Joseph has been involved, he has used his knowledge of government subsidized low income housing tax credits to help provide funding. Expanding into Baton Rouge he restored 140 affordable units. In recent years he has focused on developing solar generating projects. Prior to developing on his own account, Joseph served on the senior staff of both the Modernization and the Development Departments of the Housing Authority of New Orleans, as Staff Architect, Senior Project Manager, and Director of Modernization. While Director, he handled the installation of new underground utilities at the Iberville, Lafitte and St. Bernard Developments and oversaw the design and construction of the Fischer Elderly facility (100 units) and new, insulated concrete form construction of 16 units at Hendee Homes. In this regard, Joseph’s tenure at the New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits and his experience there as Assistant to the Director in charge of Permitting and Senior Plans Examiner served him well. Joseph holds a Bachelor of Science Degree with honors from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. He initially came to New Orleans for graduate work in architecture at Tulane University School of Architecture.

Ms. Bergeron has worked within the Commercial Finance, Real Estate and Consulting industry for 26 years. Erica’s career as a listing coordinator, closing coordinator, processor and eventually manager started in the Washington DC Metro area and expanded Nationwide with the 2008 market crash. Ms. Bergeron was a “Super Wholesaler” and was responsible for Business Development, Client Relations, Disposition of assets, and Contract formation as she carried the transaction through to a successful closing. Ms. Bergeron later changed her focus to Commercial and Creative Finance with a specialty in securing capital for complex transactions within the Private Capital market(s), primarily within the Tax Credit market space. She has established a broad network of individuals, companies, and institutions instrumental in bringing value to the needs of her clients. Most distinguishing, Erica is especially successful serving as a calming force for the chaos inherent in difficult projects. She skillfully untangles and brings order to immensely complex, multifaceted transactions, all while creating transparency, setting priorities, managing expectations, and facilitating a trusted consensus among all parties. Her strength in securing solutions for complex transactions, ability to manage a range of personalities and problem solve while maintaining a fair but firm environment, has been paramount to the success of the projects she has been involved with. Erica loves the outdoors but when given the chance would rather be home with family and a strong cup of coffee. Her charitable interests center primarily on troubled youth and efforts that bring hope, safety, education, and an opportunity for a better life.