Micah Sussman

Director, Origination

Micah has been in the renewable energy industry for 10 years, the last five of which were spent in transaction advisory, direct finance structuring, and finance strategy. Much of Micah’s transaction and project finance experience comes from his time as a consultant at Woodlawn Associates, a well-known management consulting firm in the renewable finance industry. He also was head of operations for Certasun, a solar EPC in Illinois and helped grow the business from inception to 10% market share.

Micah has a PhD in materials engineering from McGill University in Montreal, with a focus on new materials for energy storage devices. He has several papers published in top industry publications and has applied his technical knowledge to furthering the energy storage finance space. Micah also holds an MEng. in energy systems engineering and a B.S. in materials science and engineering from Lehigh University.

Jen Lynch

Policy Adviser, Co-founder, and Board Member; Principal, Remington Road Group

Jen is an energy policy veteran in Ohio and beyond, and brings analytical and actionable expertise to the New Resource Solutions. She has experience in both the public and private sector, where she was previously VP of Policy for SoCore Energy, a commercial solar developer based in Chicago.

Jen served as director of government relations at Roetzel and Andress, a National Law Journal “NLJ 250” law firm. Prior to joining Roetzel and Andress, Lynch served as the policy advisor to former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland. She led Governor Strickland’s effort to develop, pass and enact one of the country’s strongest renewable portfolio standards. She also served as legislative director to U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan, and as the state policy director to President Obama during his 2008 successful campaign in Ohio.

Jen is a commissioner on the Ohio Expositions Commission, which manages the Ohio Expo Center and its grounds for the Ohio State Fair, the All-American Quarter Horse Congress and 150 other events each year. She graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in political science.

Paul Mass

Director, Ohio University Center for Entrepreneurship; Serial Entrepreneur

Paul Mass is the “Entrepreneur-in-Residence” at the College of Business, Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio. He also serves as Director of the University’s Center For Entrepreneurship where he will help build the entrepreneurial ecosystem supporting student and faculty entrepreneurs, as well as individuals and businesses throughout the southeast Ohio region.

Paul has benefited from a diverse career beginning as a corporate attorney and continuing on as a successful entrepreneur and business executive helping to create, fund, manage and lead companies in the cable television, radio, information service, biotech and e-commerce industries. Paul has served as a Partner, General Counsel, Chief Operating Officer, and President and CEO, respectively, at various times throughout his more than 35 year professional career. Two of the companies he helped start and manage still operate out of San Diego, CA: ClosingCorp, Inc. (www.closing.com) and GovX, Inc. (www.govx.com).

Paul received his B.A. degree in Political Science from Duke University, magna cum laude, and his J.D. degree from the Emory University School of Law, Order of the Coif and Member of the Board, Emory Law Journal.