CORPORATE OFFICERS

An industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, Mr. Lopez had previously served as Director of Sales, power quality/reliability and distributed generation for Chevron Energy Solutions, an energy services company based in San Francisco. Prior to his tenure at Chevron, he held a variety of management positions at New Jersey-based PSE&G.

Mr. Lopez holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Michael W. Gibson, P.E., Vice President, Energy Services

Mr. Gibson serves as ConEdison Solutions’ Vice President of Energy Services.  He previously served as Regional General Manager of the CES Midwest Office and earlier as Southeast Office General Manager.  Earlier in his career, Mr. Gibson was one of the two founders of Bosek, Gibson and Associates, a business founded to provide consulting services to help clients in meeting specific energy needs and acquired by ConEdison Solutions in 2007. 

Over a twenty-year period, Mr. Gibson directed the development of a fully integrated energy service company.  During this period, services provided included professional engineering, construction management, design-build, district-cooling projects, development and implementation of guaranteed energy performance contracts.  His responsibilities have included building and overseeing marketing, sales, project development, project implementation and overall business management.  He is thoroughly familiar with and experienced in the acquisition of financing for guaranteed energy saving projects, contract documents, as well as measurement and verification protocol for energy performance projects.

He is a registered professional engineer and a graduate of the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry. 

Mark Glucksman, Vice President, Finance & Accounting

Paul F. Mapelli, Vice President & General Counsel

Paul F. Mapelli is the Vice President and General Counsel of ConEdison Solutions. Prior to his current position, Mr. Mapelli was an Assistant General Counsel in the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (CECONY) Law Department, where he was primarily responsible for providing legal services to CECONY’s affiliate, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R). Mr. Mapelli was previously a member of the O&R Legal Department, before transferring to the CECONY Law Department following the July 1999 acquisition of O&R by Consolidated Edison, Inc.

Mr. Mapelli has been the corporate Secretary of the competitive energy businesses of Consolidated Edison, Inc. since July 2002.

Mr. Mapelli received a Bachelor of Science degree from Herbert H. Lehman College and is a NYS Registered Nurse. He received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and is admitted to practice in New York.

James Mueller, Vice President of Customer Operations

Jim Mueller serves as the Vice President of Customer Operations at ConEdison Solutions. Previously, Mr. Mueller spent more than 30 years at Con Edison Company of NY (CECONY).

Prior to joining ConEdison Solutions, Mr. Mueller was the Director of CECONY’s Learning Center with primary responsibility for the delivery of training services for all CECONY employees. He managed a staff of six managers and 70 instructors and contractors, who were charged with developing and providing training in electric, gas, steam and customer operations.

In addition, Mr. Mueller has held positions of increasing responsibility in Customer Operations and Human Resources, including Department Manager in Staten Island and General Manager of Customer Assistance. In these positions, he managed call centers, customer accounting, complaint resolution and inside credit.

Mr. Mueller has a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from Hofstra University. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the State University at Stony Brook.

Karen L. Nikischer, Esq., Vice President, Human Resources

Karen L. Nikischer serves as Vice President of Human Resources for Competitive Shared Services, a unit of Consolidated Edison, Inc., where she manages human resource services for all of ConEdison’s non-regulated subsidiaries, including ConEdison

Prior to joining Competitive Shared Services, Ms. Nikischer was Managing Director of Central Services for ConEdison Solutions and managed the human resources, administrative services and contract administration departments.  She has also held positions in customer operations, labor relations and employee benefits at Consolidated Edison Company of New York (CECONY).

Ms. Nikischer is a member of the New York State Bar Association.  Her business affiliations include the Society for Human Resource Management, the Human Resource Planning Society and the Business Council of Westchester.

Ms. Nikischer holds a law degree from New York Law School, an MBA in Management from Fordham University, and a BA in Journalism from New York University.

Michael Perna, Vice President, Business Development

Michael Perna is responsible for managing the growth strategy and business expansion initiatives for ConEdison

Prior to joining ConEdison Solutions, Mr. Perna was a principal at Energized Strategies II, LLC, a management consulting firm providing market strategy, product/service launch, and project management consulting for clients.  Earlier in his career, Mr. Perna spent nearly 15 years at Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), a Fortune 250 energy company.  There he held positions of increasing responsibility in a variety of functional areas including sales, marketing, and customer operations.

In 1993, Mr. Perna was awarded an Industrial Program Fellowship in Customer Systems at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Washington, DC.  Other professional recognition includes the PSEG Corporate Excellence Award, which he received in 1994 and 1997.

Mr. Perna holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a Bachelor of Engineering with Honors from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Christine A. Nevin, Director, Business and Media Relations

As corporate spokesperson and primary media contact, Ms. Nevin develops relationships and coordinates interaction with the media as well as professional and business organizations for the Company.  She also advises senior staff on all issues relating to positioning and customer relationships, develops and directs executive participation in seminars and conferences, plans and manages corporate events, and develops and maintains related interaction within the Con Edison family of companies.

Ms. Nevin previously served in a number of capacities of increasing responsibility at Con Edison including Account Executive, Energy Services Marketing Manager, and Customer Service Manager.

Ms. Nevin received her BA in psychology from Marymount Manhattan College and has participated in advanced management programs at Emory University and University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.  She serves on the New York City Investment Fund board, as Vice President of the Alumni Advisory Council for Marymount Manhattan College and was a director of the Association of Junior Leagues International.