Dr. Randell L. Mills
Chairman of the Board, President and CEO
Richard J. Barry
Director
H. McIntyre Gardner
Director
William R. Good
Assistant Corporate Secretary, Vice President - Administration
Merrill A. McPeak
Director
John R. Miller
Director
Barbara Nabial
Treasurer
Scott C. Penwell
Corporate Secretary
Sverre Prytz
Director
Jeffrey C. Petherick
Director
James K. Sims
Director
DR. RANDELL L. MILLS
Dr. Mills,
Founder and principal stockholder of BlackLight Power, Inc., has
served as Chairman of the Board, President and CEO since 1991.
The Company, located in the Princeton, NJ, area, has developed
a revolutionary source of energy, the BlackLight Process, which
has as its fuel source hydrogen and is based on novel hydrogen
chemistry.
Dr. Mills
has authored eight books, participated in over 50 presentations
at professional meetings, and authored and co-authored over 100
papers regarding the field of energy technology that have been
published in or submitted to peer-reviewed journals of international
repute. Dr. Mills has received patents or filed patent applications
in the following areas: (1) Millsian
computational chemical design technology based on Classical Physics
(CP), a revolutionary approach to solving atomic and molecular
structures; (2) magnetic resonance imaging; (3) Mossbauer cancer
therapy (Nature,
Hyperfine
Interactions); (4) Luminide
class of drug delivery molecules; (5) genomic sequencing method,
and (6) artificial
intelligence. A thorough description of the Company's technology
and Dr. Mills' underlying atomic theory is published in a book
entitled The Grand Unified Theory of Classical Physics.
Dr. Mills
was awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Chemistry, summa cum
laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Franklin & Marshall College
in 1982, and a Doctor of Medicine Degree from Harvard Medical
School in 1986. Following a year of graduate work in electrical
engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr.
Mills began his research in the field of energy technology.
RICHARD J. BARRY
Mr. Barry was elected to BlackLight Power's Board of Directors
in 2009.
Mr. Barry is the Portfolio Manager of Eastbourne
Capital Management, L.L.C. Prior to forming Eastbourne, he was
employed by Robertson Stephens Investment Management (RSIM) from
September 1995 until March 1999, where he was the Portfolio Manager
and Managing Director for the hedge funds now managed by Eastbourne.
From 1992-1995, Mr. Barry served as an analyst for Banyan Securities
in Larkspur, California, where he provided in-depth equity research
primarily for hedge funds. Prior to that time, he worked with
Regal Asset Management as a portfolio manager and with the Feshbach
Brothers in Dallas, Texas, as an analyst. From 1982-1990, Mr.
Barry worked in the brokerage industry, starting as a retail Account
Executive with Merrill Lynch, and ending as a Vice President of
Institutional Sales with Lazard Freres in New York. Prior to entering
the brokerage business, Mr. Barry spent two years as a Research
Analyst with the Senate of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Barry graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Political
Science from Pennsylvania State University.
H. MCINTYRE GARDNER
H. McIntyre “Mac” Gardner was elected to the Board of Directors in 2010.
Mr. Gardner was the head of Merrill Lynch’s Private Client business in the Americas and also the Global Bank Group within the firm's Global Wealth Management Group until early 2008. As head of Private Client Americas, Mac was responsible for the region’s extensive network of more than 600 advisory offices; private banking and investment services to ultra-high net worth clients; the group's middle markets business; investment and insurance products; distribution and business development; and corporate and diversified financial services.
For the Global Bank Group, Mr. Gardner was Chairman of Merrill Lynch Bank USA and responsible for Merrill Lynch’s consumer and commercial banking and cash management products. This included distribution and sales of all bank products and services primarily delivered into the marketplace through Financial Advisors. These activities encompassed retail deposit products and services, credit and debit cards, commercial cash management, residential mortgage lending, securities-based/small business/high-net-worth structured/middle-market lending, and community development lending and investing.
Mr. Gardner’s 13-year career at Merrill Lynch also included roles in strategy, Finance Director for the corporation, and as an investment banker specializing in high yield finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring.
Mr. Gardner has also served as the principal of a financial advisory services firm and as the president of two consumer products companies. He serves on the North American Strategic Advisory Board of Oliver Wyman and he is President of the Board of Trustees at the Princeton Charter School.
A resident of Princeton, New Jersey, Mr. Gardner is a 1983 graduate of Dartmouth College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion.
WILLIAM R. GOOD
Mr. Good joined the Company
in 1991 and has served as Assistant Secretary of the Company since
1995.
Mr. Good has served as Vice
President-Administration since 2000. He manages Company operations
and oversees the financial and accounting reporting. While at
BlackLight Power, he has held several other positions, participated
in presentations at professional meetings, co-authored numerous
publications, and is named as co-inventor on one patent.
Mr. Good was awarded a Bachelor
of Arts Degree in Chemistry from Franklin & Marshall College,
and a Master's Degree in Management of Technology from a joint
program sponsored by the Wharton School of Business and the University
of Pennsylvania Engineering School.
MERRILL A. MCPEAK, GENERAL USAF (Ret)
General McPeak was elected to the Company's Board of Directors
in 2003.
General Merrill A. McPeak is President of McPeak and Associates,
a management-consulting firm he founded in 1995. He entered the
U.S. Air Force in November 1957 and was a fighter pilot during
his early years. He flew 269 combat missions in Vietnam. In 1967-68,
he performed in nearly 200 official air shows as Solo Pilot for
the USAF Aerial Demonstration Team, the "Thunderbirds".
He commanded NATO's 20th Fighter Wing in 1980-1981, Twelfth Air
Force in 1987-88, and Pacific Air Forces from 1988-1990. In the
mid 1980s, he was responsible for the Air Force's forward financial
planning and the overseas sale and support of Air Force equipment
and training, at the time a $12 billion a year business. General
McPeak was Chief of Staff of the Air Force from November 1990
to October 1994, when he retired from active military service.
General McPeak was for several years Chairman of ECC, International,
a Florida-based simulation and training company. He has served
as a director of several other public companies, including Tektronix
and TWA. Currently, General McPeak is Chairman of the Board of
Ethicspoint, Inc., a privately-held, leading provider of risk
management and compliance software-as-a-service, Global Technologies
(OTC: DGTC.OB), a manufacturer and marketer of medical imaging
systems, Point Blank Solutions (OTC: PBSO.PK), a designer and
manufacturer of high performance protective technologies, including
body armor, and of Sensis Corp., a privately held manufacturer
of military radars and civilian air traffic control systems. He
is an investor in and director of several public and private companies
in the early development stage.
General McPeak was awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics
from San Diego State College and a Master of Science Degree in
International Relations from George Washington University. He
is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York City.
JOHN R. MILLER
Mr. Miller was elected to the Board of Directors in April 2009.
Mr. Miller is Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Graphic
Packaging Holding Company, an integrated provider of paperboard
packaging solutions to multinational beverage and consumer products
companies. He also serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
of Cambrex Corporation, a global supplier of goods and services
to the life sciences industry. Mr. Miller is currently a Director
of Eaton Corporation, a global diversified industrial company.
He formerly served as a Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of
SIRVA, Inc., a provider of moving and relocation services. Mr.
Miller was a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
for seven years and served as its Chairman during the last two
years of his tenure.
Mr. Miller spent the bulk of his business career as an oil industry
executive. He worked for The Standard Oil Company (Sohio) as a
student in the cooperative education program while attending college.
Upon graduation, he joined Sohio as a permanent employee and spent
the next twenty-six years with that company. During the latter
part of his career with Sohio, he served as President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director of the company. Included among the many positions
Mr. Miller held with Sohio was that of Vice President of Finance
during the period the company was arranging for the extensive
funds needed to develop its Alaskan crude oil reserves and to
pay for its share of the cost of constructing the Trans Alaska
Pipeline. He later served as Vice President of Transportation
at the time the pipeline and marine network associated with delivering
Alaskan crude to market was being put into operation. His post
immediately prior to assuming the presidency was that of Senior
Vice President, Technology and Chemicals. On August 1, 1980, he
was elected President and COO and he served in that capacity until
April 1986.
After leaving Sohio, Mr. Miller founded and served as Chairman
and CEO of TBN Holdings Inc., a company engaged in resource recovery,
and Petroleum Partners, Inc., a firm that provided management
services to the petroleum industry.
Mr. Miller received a degree in Chemical Engineering with honors
in 1960 and an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science in 1983 from
the University of Cincinnati.
BARBARA A. NABIAL
Ms. Nabial was elected Treasurer of the Company in 2008.
Ms. Nabial joined the Company in 2005 and has served as the Controller
since January 2007.
Ms. Nabial worked in the public accounting sector for 10 years.
Ms. Nabial served as a Senior Audit Manager with Deloitte &
Touche for a wide variety of public and privately held organizations,
including companies in the investment, utility, college and university,
and manufacturing industries. She achieved designation as a National
Specialist in the Investment Company sector, and the College and
University sector.
Ms. Nabial is also active in the community and has served on
several non-profit boards of directors as President and Treasurer.
Ms. Nabial was awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Accounting
from Moravian College.
SCOTT C. PENWELL
Mr. Penwell was appointed Corporate
Secretary of the Company in 1997.
He is a shareholder in the law
firm of Stevens & Lee, P.C., Harrisburg, PA. Mr. Penwell's
areas of concentration include corporate, commercial, and securities
law.
Mr. Penwell is a former member
of the Board of Trustees of The Emerald Mutual Funds and Legacy
Bank, and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Eastern
Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, and Sting Communications,
a licensed broadband carrier.
Mr. Penwell is a Life Fellow
in the American Bar Foundation. He is a Past Chairman of the Business
Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and a former
member of the Attorney Advisory Committee of the Pennsylvania
Securities Commission and the Attorney Advisory Committee of the
Pennsylvania Corporation Bureau.
Mr. Penwell was awarded a Bachelor's
Degree from Rutgers University, his Master of Arts Degree in English
from Villanova University, and his Juris Doctorate Degree, cum
laude, from Temple University School of Law where he was Editor-in-Chief
of the Temple Law Review.
JEFFREY C. PETHERICK
Mr. Petherick was elected to BlackLight Power's Board of Directors
in 2009.
Mr. Petherick is the Founding Partner and Portfolio Manager of
NorthPointe Capital (Institutional Investment Management). Prior
to forming NorthPointe, from 1990 to 1999, he was Portfolio Manager
of the Loomis Sayles Small Cap Fund, Loomis Sayles & Company.
From 1985 to 1990, Mr. Petherick was Manager of Pension Investments,
Masco Corporation.
Since 2005, Mr. Petherick has served on the Board of Trustees,
Albion College, Albion Michigan, and on the Board of Directors,
Treasurer, CEM-USA, Troy, Michigan, a non-profit building and
sustaining orphanages and hospitals in India.
Mr. Petherick is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He received his
BA from Albion College and his MBA from the University of Michigan.
SVERRE PRYTZ
Sverre Prytz was elected to the Board of Directors in April 2010.
Mr. Prytz is a Senior Vice President at BW Group, one of the world's leading and private maritime groups headquartered in Singapore. BW is the merger of Bergesen d.y. and World-Wide Shipping and today owns and operates the world's largest fleet of gas carriers. BW is also a leading player in the transportation of crude, as well as a technology provider to the oil industry through BW Offshore. Based in Singapore, Mr. Prytz is responsible for BW Group's strategy and growth, as well as the LNG business, which represents $2.5 billion of shipping assets.
Prior to BW, Mr. Prytz spent seven years at McKinsey where he was one of the leaders in the global chemicals practice. He later joined DuPont where he served in various management roles including as global head of strategy for the Performance Materials platform; the head of strategy, M&A, and BD for DuPont Asia-Pacific based in Shanghai; and as the head of the Hong Kong-based Advanced Fiber Systems division (KevlarR and NomexR). Mr. Prytz was recently also the head of the operating group of the second largest Asia-based hedge fund, ADM Capital, where he led their due diligence and portfolio company performance improvement efforts.
Mr. Prytz was awarded a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and in 1995 an MBA (Finance) from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.
JAMES K. SIMS
Mr. Sims was elected to the Board of Directors in April 2009.
Mr. Sims is Chairman and Founder of GEN3 Partners, Inc. He founded
GEN3 Partners in 1999 with Michael Treacy to focus on the business
of corporate innovation. Through his successful prior ventures,
Mr. Sims understood the value of innovation and sought to build
a company based on science and technical expertise to create a
standard for innovation that could be easily deployed and widely
adopted by industry.
With his expertise in consulting, intellectual property and extensive
background in the venture community, Mr. Sims expanded GEN3 Partners
by creating a wholly owned subsidiary, GEN3 Ventures designed
to create high value companies based on the innovation discipline
of GEN3 Partners - the GEN3: Innovation Discipline (G3:ID). To
better serve the demands of growing companies, Mr. Sims also serves
as Managing Partner in GEN3 Capital, LP, a fund established to
mine for technology rich opportunities for building growth-based
businesses.
Before GEN3, Mr. Sims founded Cambridge Technology Partners Inc.,
Cambridge, MA, in 1991 and led the firm to $625 million in annual
revenue, 4,500 employees and international prominence. Mr. Sims
and CTP, a consulting and systems-integration company, pioneered
the approach of guaranteeing companies and government agencies
the development of computer systems on a fixed-price, fixed-time
basis. CTP was purchased by Novell, Inc. in 2001. Prior to CTP,
Mr. Sims founded Concurrent Computer Corp. and as Chairman, President
and CEO built it to $340 million in annual revenue and 3,500 employees.
Concurrent Computer Corp. was the market leader in real-time information
systems.
Mr. Sims was elected to the EDS Board of Directors in September
2006, and to the Thru, Inc. Board of Directors in January 2008.
He has served as Chairman and CEO of Airgain, Inc. since November
2004; Chairman of American E-Pay, Inc. since February 2005; Chairman
of Groxis, Inc. since November 2004; Chairman of GenXL, Inc. since
September 2006; Chairman of Leveler, LLC since December of 2007;
and Chairman of Specialists on Call, Inc. since December of 2007.
He was Chairman of the Board of RSA Security Inc., a provider
of online identity and digital asset security services, from June
2003 to September 2006 and Vice Chairman from October 2002 to
June 2003. Previously he was director of Enterasys Networks, Inc.
from June 2004 to March 2005.