Detroit, Mich (PRWEB) June 27, 2013
NextEnergy, the Detroit-primarily based advanced energy accelerator, announced right now the appointment of two new board members, Mark Barteau, director, University of Michigan Power Institute and Steve Hilfinger, executive vice president and COO, Michigan Financial Improvement Corporation (MEDC). Each will serve a two-year term.

NextEnergy is quite fortunate to have two men and women with such diverse and wealthy backgrounds joining our board. They both bring a wealth of technical and organization information and encounter which is crucial to advancing NextEnergys mission, stated Jean Redfield, President and CEO, NextEnergy.

Steve Hilfinger joined the Michigan Economic Improvement Corporation as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in December 2012. In this position Hilfinger oversees several operational and administrative functions and works with the MEDCs senior leadership to achieve the strategic objectives of supporting organization development and producing much more and much better jobs throughout Michigan. Prior to accepting this appointment by Governor Snyder, Hilfinger served as director of the state Division of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) and was the states chief regulatory officer. Previously, he spent 23 years practicing law and was a founder and workplace managing partner at Foley and Lardner LLP in Detroit. Hilfinger is admitted to practice law in Michigan and Illinois and is a member of the Company, Overall health Care and Administrative Law Sections of the State Bar of Michigan.

Our mission at the MEDC is to grow Michigan companies, foster entrepreneurship and help innovation in sectors and organizations across our state, mentioned Hilfinger. Energy is a driving force behind Michigan and all our organization sectors. We wont be productive with no study and investments. Im excited and honored to serve on the NextEnergy board and to be a component of these modifications.

Mark Barteau is Director of the University of Michigan Power Institute and the inaugural DTE Energy Professor of Sophisticated Power Study. He previously served as the Senior Vice Provost for Investigation and Strategic Initiatives at the University of Delaware, exactly where he held appointments as the Robert L. Pigford Endowed Chair of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 and has served as the co-chair of the Chemical Sciences Roundtable of the NRC and the chair of the Council of Chemical Sciences for the DOE Workplace of Science. He at present serves on science advisory boards for the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory at Pacific Northwest National Lab and for the National Institute of Clean and Low-Carbon Energy (Nice) China. In 2008, Dr. Barteau was named one particular of the one hundred Engineers of the Contemporary Era by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

NextEnergy is an important component of Michigan’s major efforts in energy innovation and entrepreneurship, stated Barteau. UMs Energy Institute is committed to moving the needle in advancing options to meet our energy challenges, and I look forward to working with NextEnergy, a team that brings a strong market concentrate to that shared commitment.

Other members serving on NextEnergys board are Chairman Robert Buckler, Vice Chairman Maria Thompson, Secretary/Treasurer Richard DiBartholomeo, Michael Boulus, Steven Kurmas, Christopher Rizik, Paul Skalny and Ned Staebler.

About NextEnergy:
Founded in 2002 as 501(c)(three) nonprofit organization, NextEnergy is one of the nations major accelerators of advanced energy technologies, businesses and industries. NextEnergy drives technologies demonstration and commercialization delivers sector and venture development solutions and supplies an authoritative voice in the public sector. Because its inception, NextEnergy has helped attract a lot more than $ 1 billion of new investment in the state of Michigan, such as applications in excess of $ 150 million in which NextEnergy has directly participated. For far more data, check out nextenergy.org.