First Wind, an independent North American wind power company, announced that it has named three people to its executive management team.
Kurt Adams, who has served as First Wind’s Senior Vice President of Transmission since May, was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer. He will be responsible for the development of First Wind projects nationwide.
Carol J. Grant has joined the company as senior vice president of external affairs. Ms. Grant, former chief of operations for the City of Providence, Rhode Island, comes to the company with 30 years of executive experience in law, general management and public affairs.
Finally, Lori Erickson has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. With nearly 25 years of HR experience, Erickson will oversee all aspects of the company’s Human Resources including hiring, recruiting and employee development.
“As First Wind grows, we’re building an executive management team of creative, experienced leaders to help continue that growth,” said Paul Gaynor, president and CEO of First Wind. “Kurt Adams has added significant value to the development efforts since he joined, and Carol Grant has a track record of implementing strategic change in growing organizations. Lori Erickson is a strategic HR professional who will help to enhance and further define our company’s corporate culture. Kurt, Carol and Lori are key additions for First Wind as we prepare for 2009.”
Kurt Adams
Mr. Adams joined the First Wind team in May 2008 as senior vice president of transmission development where he was responsible for the oversight and implementation of transmission planning for all of First Wind’s operating and development projects. Prior to joining First Wind, Adams served as Chairman of the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC). As PUC Chairman, Adams managed the 75-person agency, regulating key electricity, telecommunications and water utility infrastructure. Saving consumers millions of dollars, Adams implemented Maine’s energy efficiency strategies, including Efficiency Maine.
Carol Grant
Ms. Grant served as Chief of Operations for Mayor David Cicilline in the City of Providence from 2003 to 2007, leading ten departments and two strategic initiatives in the areas of neighborhood services and economic growth. She was previously vice president of human resources for Textron. From 1983 to 1997, Grant held executive positions in law, external affairs, and operations for NYNEX, including leadership of the entire business in Rhode Island. She also served as the founding Chair of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation during the period that the quasi-public organization was created and the new terminal at T.F. Green Airport was built.
Grant has held a wide variety of civic leadership roles, including Chair of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and membership on the Governor’s Economic Policy Council and the Board of the Rhode Island Foundation.
Lori Erickson
Prior to joining First Wind, Erickson served as Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources for Monster Worldwide, parent company of Monster.com. During her four-year tenure, she was instrumental in the developing the strategic direction to support Monster’s 5,300 employees located in 30 different countries. Before her work at Monster, Erickson served as Vice President, Human Resources at StorageNetworks, a global provider of data storage management software and services. Over her four years at StorageNetworks, Erickson built an HR infrastructure from the ground-up and helped to grow the company’s headcount by more than 700 percent while playing a key role in preparing the company’s public offering.
During her career, Erikson has also held HR positions with Razorfish (formerly International Integration Inc.), Shiva Corporation, Bull HN Information Systems (formerly Honeywell Bull), Computervision, and INFINET.
About First Wind
First Wind is an independent North American wind energy company focused exclusively on the development, ownership and operation of wind energy projects. First Wind is based in Newton, MA. ###
For more information, contact:
John Lamontagne
First Wind
Director, Communications
617-964-3340
jlamontagne@firstwind.com
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