Board of Directors
John Paul (JP) Roehm
John Paul (JP) Roehm, our Director, Chief Executive Officer, and President, has over 20 years of heavy civil and energy engineering and construction experience in IEA’s industry ranging from Project Superintendent, Project Engineer, Estimator, Project Manager, and VP of Business Development prior to becoming IEA’s President and CEO in February of 2015. He was employed for over twenty years at IEA’s present opco White Construction, Inc which IEA acquired in 2011. During the period 2011 through early 2015, he guided IEA’s Business Development and corporate growth strategy and also served on IEA’s previous M&A team developing targets, performing due diligence and participating in SPA negotiations. He served a leading role on the RMT-IEA integration team during the 2013 acquisition of RMT Inc. He also pioneered IEA’s expansion into the rail, civil and environmental industries which included the acquisition of Saiia, American Civil Constructors, William Charles Construction and Ragnar Benson Construction in 2018. In his tenure as President and CEO, the business has performed at record levels of revenue and EBITDA as well as the business attaining an industry leading market share of the wind EPC market while producing safety performance superior to IEA’s industry peers and competitors. Mr. Roehm’s holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Mr. Roehm’s prior long term, senior level experience with renewable energy and his experience in developing and implementing successful corporate growth strategies in the renewable sector will make him a valuable member of the board of directors.
Michael Della Rocca
John Eber
John Eber is a recognized leader in the renewable energy investment sector, ranked fourth on the global “Top 100 Power People of 2017” list. He recently retired from his 30-year career at JPM Capital Corporation as CEO/President and currently serves on the IEA board of directors, audit committee, and bid review committee. He also served on the AWEA board of directors from 2007 to May of 2018 and the ACORE board of directors for a portion of 2018. Throughout his tenure at JPM, Mr. Eber gained immeasurable experience in all aspects of team management, financial controls, and the renewable energy industry—and more specifically, investment analysis, capital raising, deal origination, project financing, and project development.
One of Mr. Eber’s most notable accomplishments involves the driving of over $18 billion in renewable energy tax equity. This equity included financing for various projects including more than 18,400 MWs of wind power from 153 wind farms in 23 states; 2,000 MW of solar power projects; and 17 geothermal projects totaling more than 300 MW. He also brings a wealth of expertise in risk management, personnel performance and development, and tax equity investments, which enables a deep understanding of business opportunities that attract developers, financial investors, and their investment/credit committees. Mr. Eber holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Bradley University - Foster College of Business and an MBA in Finance from DePaul University - Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.
Charles Garner
Derek Glanvill
Derek Glanvill has been a Senior Advisor to Oaktree’s GFI Energy Group since April 2015 and he currently serves as the Executive Chairman of its Engineering & Construction portfolio companies, including Remedial Construction Services, L.P. (RECON), Kirlin Group and Sachs Electric, as well as consultant to IEA. Prior to joining Oaktree, Mr. Glanvill served as President and Chief Operating Officer of McCarthy Holdings, where he spent more than 20 years creating and expanding high-margin businesses. Mr. Glanvill currently serves on the boards of Black & Veatch, DPR Construction, Mestek Inc., and OmegaFlex. Previously, Mr. Glanvill was senior executive at Sverdrup (now Jacobs Engineering) as well as President of a subsidiary of an international construction conglomerate based in South Africa. Mr. Glanvill received a B.S. in civil and structural engineering from the University of Natal in South Africa. Mr. Glanvill is qualified to serve as a member of the board of directors and as a member of the bid review committee because of his business strategy experience as a senior level executive and his service as a board member for other companies in the energy and construction sector.
Laurene Bielski Mahon
Laurene Bielski Mahon has served as a Vice Chair at CIBC World Markets Corp. since 2018 and oversees its infrastructure investment banking business. Previously, she was head of CIBC’s Global Infrastructure and Power Group. Ms. Mahon brings to IEA over 30 years of experience in the infrastructure industry in roles as an investment banker, management consultant, transportation & construction executive and project developer. She has served world-scale infrastructure projects during all phases of development and financing, from early inception through construction and close-out. Prior to joining CIBC in August 2013, Ms. Mahon was a senior expert within McKinsey & Company’s infrastructure practice. Before McKinsey, she ran her own independent advisory practice for 11 years, supporting public and private entities develop transportation projects in the U.S., Latin America, China and the UK. Ms. Mahon has also served as managing director, North America/Infrastructure in the Global Project Finance and Advisory Group for Chase Securities Inc., now J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., where she directed all of the firm’s project finance lending, underwriting and advisory business in North America and oversaw its global infrastructure projects. Before Chase, she spent a number of years in investment banking at Credit Suisse, Bear Stearns and Kidder Peabody working in international infrastructure, M&A and municipal finance. She began her career in infrastructure as a transportation planner at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. She also spent several years as a journalist for The Boston Globe and The Bergen Record before serving in numerous executive roles at New Jersey Transit, including as Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Mahon specializes in evaluating and implementing management practices in support of successful project development, and has completed such assignments for Orange County, California, Ontario, Canada, and London, England. She received a BS in Journalism, summa cum laude, from Boston University and a Master’s in Urban Planning from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Ms. Mahon currently serves on the Board of Directors of Public Media, NJ, Inc., a not-for-profit public affairs company. Ms. Mahon is qualified to serve as a member of the board of directors and a member of the Audit Committee due to her extensive project development and financing expertise at all stages of the construction process.
Terence Montgomery
Matthew Underwood