Team

Joshua Abel joined Vision Ridge as an Associate in 2025. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Joshua worked as an investment banking analyst at Barclays within their Energy and Climate Technology industry coverage team. Joshua graduated Cum Laude from the Boston College Carroll School of Management with a B.S. in Management, concentrating in Finance and Managing for Social Impact, with a major in Political Science.

Mr. Bishop joined Vision Ridge in 2025 as an Operating Partner.* Mr. Bishop brings over 20 years of experience across clean power and finance to Vision Ridge. Most recently, he was Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Key Capture Energy, a battery energy storage independent power producer that – with the strategic partnership of Vision Ridge –scaled into a utility-scale market leader, with 624 MW of operating and under construction projects at his exit. Previously, he held roles at Brookfield Renewable and EDP Renewables, and served on the boards of Advanced Energy Economy and the Energy Storage Association. Mr. Bishop holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rice University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

*Operating Partners provide services to applicable Vision Ridge funds and/or their portfolio investments but are not employees of Vision Ridge Partners. Compensation paid to Operating Partners will, as applicable, be borne by the relevant Vision Ridge fund and/or the relevant portfolio investments, and no such amounts shall offset or otherwise reduce management fees.

Alan Chen joined Vision Ridge as Deputy Chief Compliance Officer and Associate Counsel in 2026. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Alan served as Senior Regulatory Counsel at Antares Capital. Previously, he served as Chief Compliance Officer at IPI Partners, predecessor to Blue Owl’s Digital Infrastructure strategy. Prior to IPI, Alan was a senior compliance manager at TPG and began his career at Morgan Stanley and MUFG. Alan graduated summa cum laude from the University of Houston and received a J.D. from Rutgers Law School.

Chester Dawes joined Vision Ridge as CFO in 2026. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Chester spent seven years as COO & CFO of Palistar Capital, a New York based digital infrastructure investment firm. Prior to Palistar, he was the Head of Finance Transformation, Global Wealth and Asset Management for Manulife/John Hancock. Before joining Manulife/John Hancock, Mr. Dawes was the CFO & Treasurer for a private equity firm in Canada, specializing in distressed and undervalued investing. Chester also served as CFO (Specialty Funds) and Director, Finance at Brookfield Asset Management. He has also held progressively senior positions in Canada, Europe and Asia for Husky Technologies and started his career as an auditor with Deloitte.

Chester is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Ontario), Chartered Accountant (Ontario), Certified Global Management Accountant, and a CFA charter holder. He holds a Bachelor of Mathematics, and a Post Baccalaureate Diploma from the University of Waterloo.

Lyndsey joined Vision Ridge as an Executive Assistant to the Managing Partner in 2021. Lyndsey previously worked at IHS Markit where she was a Senior Enterprise Project Manager focusing on company operations and resource management. Lyndsey graduated from the University of Wisconsin La Crosse with a BS in Sociology with a focus in Political Science.

Sophie East joined Vision Ridge as the Director of Investor Relations in 2023. Sophie was previously a Director in the Project Management team of First Avenue Partners, a globally focused placement agent. Sophie worked at First Avenue for eight years and developed an interest and specialism in infrastructure funds. She began her career working on the New Business team of a fund administrator, where she focused on the fundraising mechanics and closing process for privately raised funds. Sophie holds a BA (Hons) in Politics from Royal Holloway, University of London.

Matthew Fox joined Vision Ridge in 2022. He is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer. Matthew also serves as the Chief Compliance Officer of the Firm. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Matthew was the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of EIG, the Washington D.C.-based private equity firm. Prior to EIG, Matthew was a corporate associate first at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and later at Covington & Burling LLP, both in New York. Matthew graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University, with a B.A. in History, and received his J.D., with distinction, from Stanford Law School, where he was an executive editor of the Stanford Law Review.

Justin is a Partner in Vision Ridge’s New York office, where he manages the Sustainable Asset Funds. Justin brings two decades of investment experience in natural resources, renewable energy, and agriculture to his current role. Prior to joining Vision Ridge in 2014, Justin was a Principal at Capricorn Investment Group, where he managed a real assets portfolio, focused on water infrastructure and storage, utility scale recycled and renewable energy, agriculture, real estate, and transportation. He began his career at Argonaut Capital (Perth), where he served as part of a boutique investment banking team focused on transactions across the natural resource sectors.

Justin received a B.Com with Honors in Finance and Economics from Curtin University of Technology, Perth.

David Hampton joined Vision Ridge as a Senior Associate in 2019. David was previously an Investment Associate at Trilantic Capital Partners in New York, focusing on investments across the energy spectrum. He began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., advising on M&A transactions in oil & gas exploration and development. David graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in Economics.

PJ Jannuzzi joined Vision Ridge as a Managing Director and Head of Asset Management in 2025. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, PJ spent over four years at Blackstone as Managing Director in Asset Management leading Business Services and select Consumer investments. Prior to Blackstone, he was an Associate Partner at Bain & Company driving large scale strategy, growth, and transformation engagements across numerous industries. He started his career as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs and corporate strategy associate at Tishman Speyer. PJ received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. from Duke University.

Laura Keady joined Vision Ridge Partners in 2025 as an Executive Assistant and Office Manager. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, she served as an Executive and Personal Assistant to the CEO and Founder of TIFIN, a fintech AI startup in Boulder, CO. Laura also brings experience from working in the family offices of several ultra-high-net-worth families in the Bay Area. Laura received a B.A. in English and Communications from Boston College.

Dominique Keefe joined Vision Ridge as a Vice President in 2024. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Dominique worked in Digital Infrastructure Investment at Generate Capital, Community Solar M&A at NRG Energy, and as an Analyst for the Power & Renewables Group at Bank of America. Dominique began her career at Inerjys Ventures, a startup clean energy investment firm. Dominique holds a B.A. in Biology from Barnard College and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Kevin Kershisnik joined Vision Ridge as an Associate in 2018. Kevin was previously an Investment Associate, focusing on energy deals for the Private Equity Team of the Blackstone Group in New York. He began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst for Credit Suisse’s Global Energy Group advising on M&A and capital market transactions across the energy sector.

Kevin graduated magna cum laude and received a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Notre Dame and a M.S. in Finance from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Sarah Kessler joined Vision Ridge in 2026 as Management Company Controller. She brings more than a decade of experience in finance and accounting across investment management, venture capital, and financial services. Sarah enjoys partnering across teams to build thoughtful, scalable financial processes while connecting financial insights to broader business objectives. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Ramapo College.

Deep Kolhatkar joined Vision Ridge in the spring of 2021. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Deep spent 12 years in investment management focusing on due diligence, underwriting and management of real assets in the waste to value, renewable and conventional energy sectors, of which the last 8 years were with Tulum Trust. Previously, Deep was an Associate with AES Corp developing power projects in Africa. He began his career as an engineer working on offshore oil and gas projects.

Deep holds an MBA from the HEC School of Management, Paris, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from VJTI Mumbai.

Paul Luce joined Vision Ridge as a Managing Director in 2021. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Paul was most recently a Senior Investment Leader in the infrastructure vertical at Partners Group. Paul currently sits on the Board of Directors of TeraWatt Infrastructure and YMX Logistics. He has previously held seats on the Boards of Arcanum Infrastructure, EnfraGen, Sentinel Energy Center and as a Board Observer for USIC. Paul began his career in early-stage venture capital and worked as an investor for the University of Washington’s endowment funds. Paul received an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.A. from the University of Washington.

Paul Mangold joined Vision Ridge as an Associate in 2024. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Paul spent three years at Macquarie Capital as part of the Energy and Infrastructure Investment Banking division. Paul received an M.S. in Management “Programme Grande Ecole” of EM Lyon.

Harris Miller joined Vision Ridge as a Senior Associate in 2024. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Harris worked as an Analyst at Sahana Capital and 3G Capital and began his career in investment banking at Evercore. Harris holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and graduated from Northwestern University.

Kamila Morgan joined Vision Ridge as a Senior Associate in 2025. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Kamila worked in the infrastructure and private equity team at USS, focusing on energy investments across Europe, and began her career as an investment banking analyst at Santander. Kamila received a BSc in Economics and History from the University of Exeter.

Reuben founded Vision Ridge in 2008 in order to bring decades of value investing experience to bear on what he saw as the financial opportunities presented by sustainable solutions. A former Partner at the investment firm, The Baupost Group, LLC, Reuben has also been a consultant to Texas Pacific Group and an Investment Banker with James D. Wolfensohn, Inc. His passion and expertise in electrified mobility, renewable electricity generation, the built environment, and other assets make him a leader in sustainable investing.

Reuben is a board member of Western Resource Advocates, Chairman of the WRA Action Fund, a Commissioner at the Coalition for Reimagined Mobility, a board member of the League of Conservation Voters, and an investment committee member for RMI. Additionally, Reuben serves on the boards of numerous other private companies. He graduated magna cum laude from Washington and Lee University with a B.A. in Politics and Economics and a B.S. in Business Administration.

Pete Murphy joined Vision Ridge as the Head of Impact in 2023. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Pete served as a Senior Director and Head of ESG and Impact for Private Equity at Nuveen, the asset management arm of TIAA. Prior to Nuveen, Pete was an independent consultant to alternatives managers on ESG and Impact and served in several roles at the Global Impact Investing Network (the GIIN), where he supported the development of impact measurement standards and practices. Pete graduated from Bowdoin College, with a B.A. in Biology and Environmental Studies.

Jamie joined Vision Ridge as a Principal in 2023. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Jamie spent over twelve years with Bridgewater Associates building, managing, and leading teams and strategic people initiatives within Human Resources and Talent areas. Previously, Jamie spent three years as an Educator working with young children on the autism spectrum. Jamie received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Master’s in Industrial/Organizational Psychology with a focus in Organizational Development from the University of New Haven.

Megan Ratcliffe joined Vision Ridge as an Associate in 2022. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Megan was an Investment Banking Analyst at Bank of America in San Francisco, working in the Emerging Growth and Regional Coverage Group. Prior to Bank of America, Megan worked as an Investment Analyst at Bracebridge Capital where she focused on European Asset-Backed Securities. Megan received a B.S. in Applied Math Economics from Brown University where she graduated with honors and was captain of the varsity women’s cross country and track and field teams.

Peter Repucci joined Vision Ridge in 2019. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Peter worked as an Investment Associate with Riverstone Holdings, focusing on oil and gas infrastructure and exploration. He began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst with Simmons and Company International advising on M&A transactions in oil and gas infrastructure. Peter graduated from Yale in 2015 with a B.A. in Economics and Global Affairs and was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado.

Katie Jo Righi joined Vision Ridge as an Executive Assistant to the Founding Partner in 2022. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Katie worked for several family offices in New York supporting senior leadership. Katie received a B.S. in Business Management from West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Meredith Saran joined Vision Ridge as an Office Manager and Executive Assistant in 2024. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Meredith worked at Ideon as a Marketing Associate administering project management and event support. Meredith received an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Connecticut and a B.A. in Communication Studies from Bridgewater State University.

Christina Scalzo joined Vision Ridge Partners as a Principal in 2022. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Christina was Vice President of M&A and Strategy at Vistra Corp, where she was responsible for the origination, evaluation, and execution of strategic and innovative opportunities. Christina has held corporate development and principal investment roles at SemGroup, Bregal Energy, and Energy Capital Partners. Christina began her career in investment banking on the Natural Resources team at Goldman Sachs. Christina received a B.S. in Economics, with concentrations in Finance, Global Analysis, and Management, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Penelope Shao joined Vision Ridge as a Senior Associate in 2025. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Penelope worked as a Senior Associate on the investment team at Generate Capital, working on various sustainable infrastructure investments, and began her career at Goldman Sachs in Investment Banking. Penelope graduated magna cum laude from Brown University, with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, History, and French.

Cynthia Song joined Vision Ridge in January 2022 as an Associate. She was previously an Investment Banking Analyst at Credit Suisse in New York, working on M&A and capital market transactions in the Global Energy and Infrastructure group. Cynthia graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics, concentrating in Finance and minoring in International Development.

Chris joined Vision Ridge as Head of Investor Relations in 2023. Chris has more than 20 years of experience working across all facets of real assets – including as a fundraiser, advisor, consultant, and investor. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Chris worked for Igneo Infrastructure Partners, a global infrastructure firm with a focus on mid-market companies in the transportation and utility sectors. Before that, he was a Partner and Head of U.S. Project Management for Firstavenue, a global advisory and private placement firm, where he advised infrastructure and real asset sponsors on fundraising and business development and worked closely with institutional investors globally. Earlier in his career, Chris was Principal and Head of Infrastructure Research for consultant Meketa Investment Group, where he specialized in making infrastructure and energy investments.

Chris received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Florida and a M.S. in Finance from Boston College.

Lucy joined Vision Ridge in 2023 as an Executive Assistant. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Lucy supported the CEO and CIO of a private equity firm. While there, Lucy was part of the team that aided the firm in receiving a B Corp Certification. Lucy graduated from London Guildhall University with a B.A. in Communications and Audio-Visual Production with Design Studies.

Rob joined Vision Ridge in 2015 and is responsible for investment strategy, sourcing, diligence, execution, and asset management with a primary focus on sustainable agriculture and waste-to-energy. Prior to Vision Ridge, Rob was a Senior Manager at Accenture Strategy. Rob has been a Business Advisor to non-profits in the USA, Australia and Europe.

Rob holds B.Com in Economics & Finance (first class honors) from Curtin University, including international programs at Lehigh University, USA and Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

Lysa Williams joined Vision Ridge Partners in 2024 as an Assistant Controller. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, Lysa was Fund Controller at Ares Management Corporation for fifteen years and spent four years as an auditor with Deloitte. Lysa received a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Riverside and an MBA from the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management. Lysa is also a California Certified Public Accountant (Inactive).

Maha joined Vision Ridge Partners as the Head of Tax in 2023. Prior to joining Vision Ridge, she served as Tax Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Armanino.

With a 15-year tenure, Maha specializes in tax compliance and structuring matters for private equity throughout the investment and fund cycle. Holding a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting from California State University, Long Beach. Maha is a California Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an IRS Enrolled Agent.

Kevin W. Zhang joined Vision Ridge as a Senior Associate in 2023. Kevin began his career at Bain Capital Credit covering the TMT and Consumer/Retail sectors. Kevin graduated magna cum laude and received a B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College and completed a dual-degree program with the Wharton School for an MBA and Harvard Kennedy School for a Master’s in Public Administration.

Ben Zhao joined Vision Ridge as an Associate in 2023. Prior to Vision Ridge, Ben was an investment banking analyst at Barclays in New York, advising clients on M&A and capital markets transactions. Ben graduated Magna Cum Laude from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics, concentrating in Finance and Marketing.