Charles Costenbader, P.E., M.B.A., B.A.

Charles Costenbader, P.E., M.B.A., B.A., is a Professional Engineer with 35 years of experience in engineering, project management, industrial asset restructuring, construction loan oversight, and independent engineering services. He has successfully led technical design approvals and underwriting for investments in power generation (fossil fuel, pumped storage hydroelectric, and renewable energy), methanol refinery operations, power storage, underground gas storage, gathering systems, biofuels, recycled paper manufacturing, coal gasification, organic fertilizer production, coal/waste plastic-to-aromatics processes, and pulverized coal injection for steel operations. He has also led commissioning, debottlenecking, and troubleshooting of infrastructure assets and has extensive experience with lessons learned in facility design, permit compliance, risk management, financial structuring, and safe operations.

Mr. Costenbader holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lafayette College, an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University, and a B.A. in German from Oregon State University. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Climate, Energy, and Environmental Sustainability Engineering. He holds Professional Engineer licenses in New Jersey and Connecticut. He began his engineering career in 1982 in the Marine Terminal Engineering Department at Sea-Land Service, Inc. headquarters in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He later worked for over a decade in the Energy Project Finance group at GE Capital, and several years on the natural gas and electricity commodity trading floor at Macquarie Bank. He also has extensive experience in both public and private energy firms, serving in roles such as President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Board Member, and Chief Financial Officer.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of a poultry manure-to-biofuels and organic fertilizer company, where he also chairs the Investment Committee. He is also a member of the Advisory Board for Environmental Programs at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering.