FREPA Board of Directors

FREPA Board of Directors

Jerome "Jerry" Foster, Energy Integration Group, Inc. (EIG)

Jerome Foster is CEO and founder of Energy Integration Group, a green energy & clean technology holding company, development and management firm. Jerry, EIG and its affiliates manage Florida Sun Power, Emerald Capital Group, Imperial Valley Biopower, and additionally have several green energy facilities under development.

Energy Integration Group owns, acquires, develops and manages green energy and clean technology ventures nationwide. The executive team has developed and financed more than $700 million worth of independent power projects to date. EIG presently has over 600MW of energy facilities under development nationwide using solar, wind and biomass technology.

Mr. Foster has been a renewable energy developer since the 1980s, with extensive experience in successfully leading energy-related companies through the finance, development and management stages of independent power projects, as well as commercialized energy efficiency products. Prior to founding Energy Integration Group, Mr. Foster served as CEO at Pentech Energy in San Diego, and as an executive for Caterpillar and its subsidiary, Solar Turbines. While with Caterpillar Capital Company, he helped lead their independent power development projects.

David "Ted" Hill, CQ Inc.

As President of CQ Specialty Materials Group, Hill is recognized as a successful manager with an extensive background in the power generation, independent power production, cogeneration, waste-to-energy, renewable energy and recycling arenas. Regarded as an innovative, hands-on entrepreneur, motivator and facilitator, he is skilled in all areas of project and business development. He received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Bristol College of Technology in Bristol, England.

Hill is responsible for all facets of project and business development in the energy sector for CQ Inc. with a primary focus on the renewable energy arena. Additional duties include the oversight, operation and fiduciary management of Telogia Power, LLC, a Florida-based 14 megawatt biomass-to-energy that was acquired from DG Energy Solutions, LLC, along with managing the day-to-day operation of CQ Specialty Materials Group, a multi purpose fuels acquisition and materials brokering organization responsible for the stewardship of some 300,000 tons of materials commodities annually.

In 2007 CQ Inc.'s Telogia Power signed a 15-year renewable energy contract with Seminole Electric Cooperative. Under the terms of the contract, Telogia Power will construct and operate a power plant to provide electricity of about 20 megawatts to Seminole Electric for 15 years. The power plant will use waste wood, paper-making byproducts, agricultural byproducts and other fibrous materials as fuel.

The new power plant will increase the company's employment in Florida, utilize materials that would otherwise have been destined for landfills, and will provide electricity to a growing market in parts of Florida served by Seminole Electric. And, these goals will all be achieved with lower environmental impacts than other alternatives, including coal.

Peggy Matthews, Agri-Source Fuels, Inc.

Peggy Mathews, a native Floridian with a BS in Marine Biology, has an extensive background in natural resource management. She has 20 years experience working with state and federal environmental agencies in research, resource protection and regulation.

Mathews represents Agri-Source Fuels on the Florida Energy Council, the Florida Renewable Energy Producers Association, the Florida Renewable Energy Coalition and the Florida Petroleum Marketers Association.

Agri-Source Fuels, Inc., is the largest biodiesel facility in the world.

The company’s Dade City plant is producing 40 million gallons of biodiesel per year, and has a production capacity of 120 million gallons per year. Agri-Source Fuels also plans to open an 18 million gallon per year plant in Pensacola, Florida.

Sean Stafford, Florida Crystal, Inc.

Sean C. Stafford has 12 years’ experience in lobbying the legislature and executive agencies, representing clients on government affairs matters. He is an experienced advocate in a broad range of subject areas including agribusiness; renewable energy and biomass; forestry management; everglades farming issues; community association management; economic development; tax incentives financial services; securities and broker-dealer issues; tort reform; telemarketing; boxing promotion; property and casualty and life and long-term care insurance; workers’ compensation; consumer privacy; credit life insurance; telemedicine; state agency rulemaking; chapter 120 state agency authority; state contracts and bidding; technology; licensing; printer cartridge reuse; eminent domain; tobacco settlements; and state and local taxation.

Doug Thigpen, The Weitz Company

The Florida Division of The Weitz Company was established in 1978 and has grown to become one of the largest and most reputable builders in the state. Since entering the Florida marketplace, the business unit has completed more than $3.5 billion of diverse project types that have ranged in both size and complexity.

Weitz Co.'s diverse portfolio includes commercial office and warehouse facilities, hotels and resorts, mid and high-rise structures, retirement communities, multi-family residences, health and educational facilities, retail establishments, congregation halls and private golf clubs, among others.

East Coast Ethanol

Based in Columbia, South Carolina and with an office in Live Oak, Florida, East Coast Ethanol plans to construct and operate four 110 million gallon corn-ethanol plants in the southeast region of the United States.

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