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    Michael Skelly, MBA

    Chief Executive Officer
    Grid United
    Houston, Texas

    Michael Skelly is the co-founder and CEO of Grid United, a transmission development company working to build out the US transmission grid. Skelly is former CEO of Clean Line Energy. Skelly led the growth of Horizon Wind Energy, now part of EDPR. Skelly’s other entrepreneurial ventures include founding partner of the Rain Forest Aerial Tram in Costa Rica.

    Skelly led the 2012 “Parks By You” campaign, which resulted in the passage of a $150 million bond measure to fund 100 plus miles of trails along Houston’s bayous. Skelly’s public service includes serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer a run for the US Congress.

    Skelly is the principal protagonist in Superpower, a book about the US grid by Wall Street Journal reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist Russell Gold.

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