Responsibilities
Jess is a senior advisor to both of North Sky’s investment teams, bringing more than 15 years of renewable power development and operating experience.
Career Background
Jess has over 15 years of experience in the solar industry. ● Paddle Energy: Currently, she is the Chief Operating Officer at Paddle Energy, a North Sky affiliate, where she leads the development team and oversees corporate operations. ● Cypress Creek Renewables: Previously, Jess served as a Senior Director of Development at Cypress Creek Renewables where she led a team of 20+ developers across 12 states, creating workflows and processes including a focus on staff development. She led the Investment Committee process across the entire Development Team. Also, Jess grew the distributed generation side of the business during her tenure at Cypress through greenfield development and acquisitions in both established and nascent markets, capitalizing on dozens of project tranches for NTP (notice to proceed) sales transactions. She oversaw the development of over 3.5 GW of solar, resulting in over $1.1 billion of developed assets. ● FLS Energy: She started her solar career at FLS Energy where she was responsible for creating internal development processes and investment committee controls while leading the development team.
Personal Background
Jess earned her undergraduate degree from William Smith College and her MBA from Babson’s FW Olin Graduate School of Business in Wellesley, MA. When she is not pursuing solar development, you can find her racing bikes and running the mountains of Asheville, NC