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People - JUNE 5, 2019

Cypress Creek appoints new leadership team

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Cypress Creek Renewables announced on June 3 that the Cypress Creek board has appointed Sarah Slusser as chief executive officer and as a director on the board, Rebecca Cranna as interim chief operating officer, and Kim Oster as interim chief strategy officer.

As part of the leadership changes, co-founder and CEO Matthew McGovern and president Michael Cohen have stepped down from their management responsibilities. Ned Hall, who joined the Cypress Creek board in 2018, will succeed Ben Van de Bunt as chairman of the board.

Slusser, Oster and Cranna will work with Cypress Creek’s board, senior management and teams across the company, to develop 3.7 gigawatts and build 2.2 gigawatts of solar projects in less than five years.

They each have more than 25 years of experience in the power business, have together developed or financed 5 gigawatts of renewable energy projects, and have held senior executive positions at companies including AES, First Solar, Silver Ridge, TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global.

In addition, the new leadership team are partners at Point Reyes Energy Partners and worked together at AES for over a decade.

Their expertise spans development, finance, construction, operations and asset management.

 

 

 

 

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