Our Team
Tom Swank
President
Tom has over 30 years of energy industry experience, of which the past seventeen years have been in the renewable sector.
Prior to founding SunEast, Tom was the Senior Vice President of Quantum Utility Generation LLC, where he focused on investing capital in power generation facilities, in both renewable and conventional technologies. Additionally, Tom served as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer with Noble Environmental Power.
Tom was involved in the successful development and construction of a generation portfolio which resulted in over 700 MW of installed wind capacity and an additional 200 MW of operating wind-parks in New York State. Tom has worked on multiple financings of renewable energy projects totaling over $1.2 billion of third-party debt and equity funding, two of which earned multiple “Renewable Deal of the Year” awards in 2008 and 2009.
Tom has a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia.
Reed Wills
Chief Operating Officer
Reed has over 30 years of energy industry experience, managing energy development and finance teams, with a specific focus on the solar PV market since 2011.
Prior to joining SunEast, Reed was Vice President at Duke Energy Renewables responsible for project development in the California solar market and served as Duke’s representative on the Large-Scale Solar Association board of directors. Additionally, Reed held senior management positions with NRG Energy, United American Energy and Northstar Power.
Reed also led the formation of West Coast Power, a joint venture between NRG and Dynegy, which ultimately purchased over 3,000 MW of utility assets in southern California and has acquired and managed over 1,000 MW of independent power facilities.
Reed has an M.S. in Energy Management and Policy from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Geography and Urban Planning from Temple University.
Mike Beckner
Chief Development Officer
Mike has over 20 years of project development and financing experience in the energy industry, with a focus on renewable energy development and project management since 2006.
Prior to joining SunEast, Mike was Vice President at AWCC Capital, where he focused on solar project financing and structuring. Additionally, Mike served as Vice President of Renewables at Quantum Utility Generation and Vice President of Development at Noble Environmental Power responsible for managing the development of over 700 MWs of renewable utility-scale generating projects throughout the northeastern U.S.
Mike has a B.S. in Accounting from Clemson University and served as an Armor Captain in the U.S. Army, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II.
Dave Ross
VP, Technical Services
Dave has over 30 years of engineering, financial and development experience in the energy industry, with a focus on power plant development since 2005.
Prior to joining SunEast, Dave was the Manager of Business Development at Exelon, responsible for development efforts for utility-scale electric generating projects, supporting corporate acquisitions and served on Board of Directors for FutureGen.
Dave has an M.B.A. from Villanova University, a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and is a registered Professional Engineer.
Harrison Kihonge
VP, Commercial Operations
As Vice President of Commercial Operations, Harrison plays a key role in SunEast’s growth efforts, including development partnerships, new project origination, offtake origination, project finance, and corporate development. Harrison is also responsible for supporting the commercial execution of SunEast’s projects and portfolios.
Harrison began his career at SunEdison as part of the Solar Development Program based in Belmont, CA.
Harrison has a B.A. in Economics from Middlebury College and an MSc. in Finance from The Johns Hopkins University.
Tony Cirillo
Executive Director, Engineering
Tony has over 35 years of project development and engineering-procurement-construction experience in the electric power generation and energy industries.
Prior to joining SunEast, Tony held senior management positions at several national EPC firms, including most recently at United Engineers & Constructors/Ebasco, where he was responsible for the development and execution of both independent power projects and electric utility power projects totaling over $2.5 billion.
Tony has an M.B.A. from Rutgers University, a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University, and is a registered Professional Engineer in eight states.
Tom Bankert
Director, Origination
Tom has over 25 years’ experience in wholesale energy market origination.
Prior to joining SunEast, focused on natural gas origination in the Northeast for BP and was a Power Originator for Duke Energy based in Houston. Tom began his energy career at Dynegy in 1996, focused on acquiring and optimizing the Destec and Illinois Power merchant generation portfolios.
Tom has a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Hamilton College, and an M.B.A. from Syracuse University.
Chet McLaughlin
Director, Development
Chet is responsible for site acquisition, project development, management, and origination in the eastern United States. He leads the day-to-day development activities of the company’s portfolio in New York State.
Chet has a B.A. in Public Relations from Susquehanna University.
Joe Kirisits
Sr. Project Developer
Joe is responsible for site acquisition, project development, management, and origination in the eastern United States.
Prior to joining SunEast, Joe was a Staff Scientist at Langan Engineering, where he played a key role in high-profile projects. He worked closely with developers on the Willets Point Redevelopment Project, contributing to the transformation of this major mixed-use development site in New York City. Additionally, Joe was involved in the Alafia Brooklyn project, focusing on civil engineering and brownfield remediation.
Joe has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Sustainability from The University at Albany.
Andrei Stover
Sr. Project Developer
Andrei is responsible for land acquisition, project development and management, and origination in the eastern United States.
Prior to joining SunEast, Andrei was a Regional Manager for Booz Allen Hamilton, responsible for facilitating training and information briefings to the Department of Defense.
Andrei has a BS in Business from the University of Phoenix and an MBA from Trident University International and is a credentialed Project Management Professional. Andrei served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army, deployed in support of Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Marcia Haas
Project Manager
Marcia manages multiple areas of the SunEast business, including project management, human resources, community outreach, marketing and corporate business systems.
Prior to joining SunEast, Marcia held management positions with The Vanguard Group and ADAGE. She has over 25 years of experience in both large and small organizations focusing on project coordination and management, human capital, event planning and business systems management.
Marcia has a B.A. in Economics from Hood College.
Tommy Swank
Project Developer
Kate Kenny
Manager, Contracts
Jack Carpenter
Director, Corporate Accounting