George Sakellaris

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ameresco Inc.

For more than 30 years, Mr. Sakellaris has persevered in the energy industry, working to eliminate regulatory barriers to investing private capital into energy efficiency and renewable initiatives. Mr. Sakellaris is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading North American energy efficiency and renewable energy company, which he founded in 2000. Today, Ameresco, headquartered in Framingham, Mass., has 900 employees in 66 offices across North America. Early in his career, Mr. Sakellaris helped establish New England Electric System (NEES) Energy, a company that would promote energy efficiency. Mr. Sakellaris purchased NEES Energy in 1991, renamed it NORESCO and built it into an industry-leading company before selling it to Equitable Resources in 1997. Thereafter, he continued to lead NORESCO and was appointed as a Senior Vice President of Equitable Resources (NYSE:EQT), a Fortune 500 energy company. Mr. Sakellaris earned both M.B.A and M.S.E.E. degrees from Northeastern University and a B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Maine-Orono. In May 2012, the University of Maine granted him an Honorary Doctorate for his lifetime of achievements. Mr. Sakellaris was the recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 New England, Energy, Cleantech & Natural Resources Award. In 2012, he was named the Worcester Business Journal’s Business Leader of the Year for large businesses and was honored by The Boston Globe for Ameresco’s Globe-100 Top-performing Public Companies #29 ranking.

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Kate Moss	Jim Clyburn, Chris Dodd, Dick Durbin, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Ed Markey, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Richard Neal, Ed Perlmutter, Harry Reid, Peter Welch, Paul Sarbanes, John Joseph Moakley, Ronald Klink, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Bill Gates	Jim Clyburn, John Cornyn, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Dean Heller, John McCain, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Fred Upton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Marco Rubio, Tim Scott, Tom Reed
Michael A Feiner	Chris Dodd, Dick Durbin, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Ed Markey, John McCain, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Ed Perlmutter, Harry Reid, Paul Sarbanes, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Tim Scott
David Bonderman	John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Dean Heller, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Ed Markey, John McCain, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Richard Neal, Harry Reid, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Michael J Leffell	John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Dean Heller, John McCain, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Harry Reid, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic National Committee, Scott P Brown, Marco Rubio, Tim Scott, Tom Reed, Thom Tillis
Steven Roth	John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, Lindsey Graham, John Kerry, John McCain, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bill Weld, Paul Tsongas, Scott P Brown, Thom Tillis
William P Lauder	Chris Dodd, Dick Durbin, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Ed Markey, John McCain, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, John M Shimkus, Greg Walden, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Joe Kennedy III, Obama Victory Fund 2012
Constance (aka Elaine) Chambers	John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, Lindsey Graham, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Ed Markey, John McCain, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Fred Upton, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Scott P Brown
Arthur I Segel	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Ed Markey, Marty Meehan, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Richard Neal, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, John Joseph Moakley, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bill Weld, Paul Tsongas, Joe Kennedy III
Woody Kaplan	Chris Dodd, Dick Durbin, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Ed Markey, Marty Meehan, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Peter Welch, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Joe Kennedy III, Obama Victory Fund 2012
Jack Connors Jr	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Stephen F Lynch, Ed Markey, Marty Meehan, Patty Murray, Richard Neal, Barack Obama, John Joseph Moakley, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Bill Weld, Joe Kennedy III, Maggie Hassan, Obama Victory Fund 2012
Dennis J Kearney	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Stephen F Lynch, Ed Markey, John McCain, Marty Meehan, Patty Murray, Richard Neal, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Peter Welch, John Joseph Moakley, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Paul Tsongas, Joe Kennedy III
Stephen Schwarzman	John Cornyn, Lindsey Graham, Dean Heller, John McCain, Joe Wilson, Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bill Weld, Paul Tsongas, Scott P Brown, Marco Rubio, Tim Scott, Todd Young, Tom Reed, Thom Tillis
James Ervin	Jim Clyburn, John Cornyn, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Dean Heller, John McCain, Marty Meehan, Patty Murray, Greg Walden, Joe Wilson, Ronald Klink, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Scott P Brown, Tim Scott, Thom Tillis
Laurence Harris	Jim Clyburn, Chris Dodd, Dick Durbin, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Ed Markey, John McCain, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Ed Perlmutter, Harry Reid, Fred Upton, Peter Welch, Ronald Klink, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Carolyn Rowan	John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, Lindsey Graham, Dean Heller, John Kerry, Ed Markey, John McCain, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Harry Reid, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Marco Rubio, Tim Scott, Todd Young
Timothy Keating	Chris Dodd, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Stephen F Lynch, Ed Markey, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Richard Neal, Harry Reid, Paul Sarbanes, Ronald Klink, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Tim Scott
David Stern	Chris Dodd, Dick Durbin, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Ed Markey, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Ronald Klink, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Alexander Giannoulias, Maggie Hassan
Cesar L Alvarez	Chris Dodd, Lindsey Graham, John Kerry, John McCain, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Scott P Brown, Marco Rubio
Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis	John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, John Sarbanes, Zack Space, Nicola S Tsongas, Paul Sarbanes, Ronald Klink, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Paul Tsongas, George Demos, Joe Kennedy III, Obama Victory Fund 2012

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George Sakellaris

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ameresco Inc.

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