Sector: Industrials
Director information for NEXTPOWER INC CLASS A (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandi Thomas | Chair; Board Member | 49 | ["Extensive experience in finance","Corporate audit","Enterprise risk management","Strategic growth"] | [] | 2026 |
| Charles Boynton | Chief Financial Officer | 58 | ["Chief Financial Officer with experience at Logitech, Plantronics Inc., SunPower Corporation, ServiceSource International, and Intelliden.","Certified Public Accountant, State of Illinois.","Member of FEI, Silicon Valley Chapter.","Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.","Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management."] | ["Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
| Daniel Shugar | Director; Chief Executive Officer | 63 | ["Founded Nextpower","Served as Chief Executive Officer since July 2013","Experienced in solar industry since 1988","Held senior leadership positions in multiple solar companies","Former CEO of Solaria Corporation","Former President of Systems at SunPower Corporation","Former President of PowerLight Corporation","Various positions in solar businesses of New World Power, Inc., Advance Photovoltaic Systems and Pacific Gas & Electric Company","Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering","Master of Business Administration"] | [] | 2026 |
| Howard Wenger | Director; Board Member & President | 66 | ["Extensive management experience in the solar energy industry","President of Nextpower since February 2022","Former President of Solaria Corporation","Various executive officer roles at SunPower Corporation","Executive Vice President and Board Director of PowerLight Corporation","Engineering and research positions at multiple companies"] | [] | 2026 |
| Jeffrey Guldner | Director; Board Member | 61 | ["President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation","Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Arizona Public Service Company","Leadership positions at APS since 2004","Partner in the Phoenix office of Snell & Wilmer LLP","Practiced public utility, telecommunications, and energy law","Surface warfare officer in the United States Navy","Assistant professor of naval history at the University of Washington","Holds a B.A. from the University of Iowa","Holds a J.D. from Arizona State University College of Law","Graduate of the Reactor Technology Course at MIT","Graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Columbia Business School"] | [] | 2026 |
| Julie Blunden | Director; Board Member | 60 | ["served on the Board of Directors of American Battery Technology Company","Chair of its Compensation Committee","independent director on the Board of Directors of ZincFive, Inc.","served on the Board of Advisors of Plus Power, LLC","Chief Operating Officer of Plus Power, LLC","Chief Commercial Officer of EVgo, Inc.","Vice Chair at the Solar Energy Industries Association","served on the Board of Directors of the Energy Storage Association","member of the Board of New Energy Nexus","Executive in Residence for the Global Energy Management Program at the University of Colorado Denver’s Business School","holds an engineering and environmental studies degree from Dartmouth College","Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford's Graduate School of Business"] | ["Compensation Committee","Audit Committee","Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Mark Menezes | Director; Board Member | 70 | ["President and CEO of the United States Energy Association","Adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law School","Founded Global Sustainable Energy Advisors LLC","Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Energy","Various positions at the Department of Energy including Under Secretary","Partner at Hunton & Williams LLP"] | [] | 2026 |
| Monica Karuturi | Director; Executive Vice President and General Counsel | 47 | ["Extensive executive experience in the energy industry","B.A. from Brown University","M.P.H. from Columbia University","J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center"] | [] | 2026 |
| Steven Mandel | Director; Board Member | 38 | ["Partner with TPG Rise Climate","Director at Denham Capital focusing on clean energy investments","Experience in Power & Renewables investment banking at Citigroup","Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics with Honors from Lehigh University","Master of Science in Finance from London Business School","Chartered Financial Analyst designation"] | [] | 2026 |
| William Watkins | Chair; Board Member | 73 | ["Extensive management experience across a number of industries on a global scale","Experience in the energy storage industry","Current and past board experience as a director of various public companies"] | ["AuditCommittee"] | 2026 |
| Willy Shih | Chair; Board Member | 75 | ["Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration at Harvard Business School","28 years in various senior management and consultancy positions with IBM, Digital Equipment, Silicon Graphics, Eastman Kodak Company and Thomson SA","Experience in product development and manufacturing","Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemistry and Life Sciences from MIT","Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of California at Berkeley","Life Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"] | [] | 2026 |
