Carl Stanton
Chairman
Former Head of PE for Invesco, Managing Partner of Wellspring Capital, and current CEO of Focus Impact Acquisition Corp., Carl Stanton brings nearly 30 years of private equity investment and board experience across more than 15 portfolio companies. Mr. Stanton's former firm closed funds totaling $3.1bn during his tenure.
Stephen Kukucha
Director
Stephen is a Partner at PacBridge Partners with over 20 years of experience in clean technology, renewable power, investing and their intersection with public policy. At PacBridge Capital Partners, he specializes in providing early stage and growth capital to companies seeking to take disruptive technologies to market and build scalable businesses. PacBridge is based in Hong Kong and Vancouver and invests in opportunities globally, with a particular focus in Asia and North America. As well, Stephen also serves as a Senior Advisor to Fort Capital Partners, focusing on origination of M&A, capital raising and advisory transactions. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC).
Prior to his current roles, Stephen practiced law and worked in energy/clean technology – leading the global External Affairs group at Ballard Power Systems (including emerging market business development in Asia). Following Ballard, Stephen founded both a renewable power company and a strategic advisory firm. In addition to serving on portfolio companies’ boards of directors in the past, Stephen has served as Vice-Chair, Fuel Cells Canada; Chair, Canadian Transportation Fuel Cell Alliance; Steering Team & Planning Committee, California Fuel Cell Partnership; Member, US Dept. of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Advisory Panel; Director, National Hydrogen Association (US); & Director, US Fuel Cells Council.
Wray Thorn
Director
Current Chief Investment Officer of Focus Impact Acquisition Corp, former MD & CIO for Private Investments at Two Sigma. Established Two Sigma impact investment business; leader in proactive ESG, application of data / tech in private investing. 28 years private investing, $2.8bn+ invested capital, approved / part of investments in >120 companies, served on ~40 boards / committees.
Jamila Piracci
Director
Jamila Piracci has over two decades of experience as a financial services professional. She started her career as an attorney for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, followed by spending over a decade as outside counsel in structured derivatives and as a lawyer for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, where she coordinated market participant solutions to issues ranging from operational challenges involved in novations to auction methodologies for credit default swaps. In 2011, Ms. Piracci was tapped to create the regulatory program at the National Futures Association (NFA) that is responsible for the oversight and margin model reviews of swap dealers under the Dodd-Frank Act. After eight years building and leading the program, she left NFA to relocate with her family from the New York City area to the Houston area. Upon her departure, she began providing regulatory strategy and compliance solutions to market participants.
In addition to her client work and service on the Board of DevvStream Inc., she sits on the Boards of the Futures Industry Association and SwapEx, LLC. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of Hidden Road Partners.
Ms. Piracci received her JD and MBA degrees from Cornell University and her AB from Harvard University.