Jeff Baudier has rejoined Bernhard Capital Partners, a services and infrastructure-focused private equity management firm, as a senior managing director.
Baudier will focus primarily on leading and supporting the firm’s infrastructure-related investment activities.
He brings significant experience investing in, operating and leading infrastructure and regulated-utilities businesses. Since April 2021, he served as CEO of CORE Electric Cooperative, the largest electric-distribution cooperative in Colorado, where he executed on the company’s strategy and oversaw the general management, financial stewardship, operational planning and implementation, and board relations for the business.
During Baudier’s tenure, CORE executed on a state-leading clean energy-transition plan that includes more than 1 gigawatt of renewable and clean natural-gas resources; achieved a first-time long-term issuer default rating of AA- with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings, the hig
