Rick’s been a key player in several “mentor-driven accelerators” including Idealab, world’s leading tech incubator in the 1990’s. Rick was an early shareholder in Bill Gross’ Idealab, founded one of its first companies and participated in strategic planning with its ten original CEOs. For UA, Rick was Mentor-Emeritus for UA’s AZCI incubator, Adjunct Instructor for Eller School Entrepreneurship Program, on MBA Advisory Council, Director Emeritus for NACET incubator since 2008. For ASU, was Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Instructor for LaunchPad/LaunchPrep entrepreneurship programs.

Since 2000, he’s been on Selection Panel for Invest Southwest Capital Conference’s Venture Madness. Rick is a judge for AZ Commerce Authority’s ‘Innovation Challenge’. Rick is a judge for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards and is often a Mentor and Panelist for FundingPost.

Rick started GNP Development Corp with Bill Gross which they sold to Lotus Development Corp. They co-founded Knowledge Adventure Inc which became the world’s largest children’s CD-ROM edutainment software company as part of Universal Studios.

Joyce Haver was front page profiled by the Wall Street Journal as one of Arizona’s leading women in business and politics.  She was also ranked one of the top 10 most influential businesswomen in Greater Phoenix.  and is an SP Senior Investment Advisor with over 25 years’ experience in business development, marketing and working with the public sector.    Built on reputation, referrals and a clear track record of results,

During her eight years as Vice President, of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Joyce was instrumental in the business recruitment and marketing activities that made a significant contribution to the extraordinary growth of Greater Phoenix throughout the 90’s. She acquired project management, business development, marketing and fundraising experience across a broad landscape of business and economic initiatives.  By developing strategic alliances in multiple industries Joyce initiated the development of the national and international relationships that make her so effective today.      She broadened the scope of the organization overseas and managed several international initiatives and events.  She was liaison to foreign embassies on behalf of the organization and the community.

Joyce A. Haver & Associates, established in 1997, a business development, strategic planning and niche marketing  consulting firm serves clients in both the private and public sectors from early stage growth through Fortune 500.   She has raised millions of dollars for political candidates, non-profits, charitable organizations and privately held companies.  Joyce served on President George W. Bush’s National Finance Committee in 2000 & 2004.  She works one on one with CEO’s providing a variety of services to grow their business.  She maintains the relationships she forged through both her philanthropic and professional endeavors and delivers to her clients the credentials and credibility necessary to be effective in the national and international business arena.

Joyce is an astute creative strategist, a powerful advocate and a resourceful and proactive strategic partner.  She has a talent for managing resources and high level relationships towards the successful execution and outcome of complex and critical projects.  Her focus remains the development of Joyce A. Haver & Associates through which she channels her gift for leveraging her own skills, resources and relationships in support of the diverse objectives of her clients.

Joyce lives in Phoenix, Arizona and has a son, Christopher.

Prior to becoming an Investment Development Officer at Sustainability Partners, Pat was a Managing Director for Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and led its New England public finance practice.  His public finance investment banking experience also includes being a Director for Barclays Capital and a Senior Vice President for Lehman Brothers. Pat covered issuers of state general obligation and tax supported debt including state-level authorities issuing revenue bonds for higher education, hospitals, public transportation, toll roads, airports, convention centers, seaports, as well as, water and wastewater projects. He also led multiple project finance initiatives for renewable energy, public power, energy saving devises, smart cities technologies and P3 projects.  He was responsible for securing investment banking assignments in over $30 billion of new issuance in the New England region.

Pat has significant governmental experience having previously served as Massachusetts’ Assistant Treasurer for Debt Management, where he issued over $34 billion of municipal bonds, most notably for the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel project, the Boston Exhibition & Convention Center and to establish the Massachusetts School Building Authority. Pat served on Massachusetts’s Financial Advisory Board and was the Treasurer’s designee as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust.

Pat was also an elected Massachusetts State Representative, serving 7 terms from the 1^St Hampden District.

Moises has held management roles in a variety of industries as both an Executive and an Entrepreneur in several fields that include Transportation, Land Development, Health and Fitness, Media and Technology.

Having worked with and being mentored by some of the best minds in several fields. His “burn no bridges” philosophy has helped him maintain important relationships and open doors wherever he goes.

Moises excels at finding the right fit and mix of companies and people to work together, considered an expert project and team builder who has been involved in projects in 4 out of 5 continents.

Cary Potter has over 30 years of experience in Financial markets most recently serving as Managing Director of Equity Capital Markets for Key Bank, where he spent 12 years providing execution services and research sales to institutional clients. Prior to joining Key Bank Mr. Potter was Director of Saletrading for 12 years at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette where he was responsible for execution and research coverage for the firms largest clients.

Joe is co founder and partner in Jasmine consulting , a privacy management firm in Charleston, SC. Joe currently serves as past President of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors( Naifa) for the state of South Carolina. Joe presided as president over a membership of roughly 500 over the entire state of SC. He also coordinates meetings with elected officials in SC and Washington DC and Joe’s scope of reach is from coast to coast.

Prior to working with Jasmine, Joe was the brokerage director for Lincoln FinancialGroup for SC from 2013-2017 and was the brokerage director for Mass Mutual financial group in SC and Georgia. Over a 20 year career, Joe was instrumental in educating and mentoring hundreds of financial advisors in the financial planning field. His specialty was Long Term care planning and became Certified in Long Term Care in 2002. In 2004 , Joe was awarded Long Term Care Specialist of the year for Mass Mutual financial group. This is one of Joe’s highest honors to date as there were 5000 agents within the Mass Mutual system at that time.

Prior to his work in the financial industry, Joe worked for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic games from 1995-1996 where he worked in transportation management  .From 1992-1995 Joe worked for the US Senate Committee onCommerce, Science and Transportation. He was responsible for the  coordination of hearings for the commerce committee and was appointed by the chairman of the Commerce Committee, Sen Ernest F. Hollings.

Joe is a 1991 graduate from the University Of South Carolina with a degree in Government and International studies and minor in economics. Joe served on the University of South Carolina board of governors from 1998-2001. Joe has also served on many boards in his native hometown of Charleston SC where he currently resides with his daughter.

Mr. Schirmer’s passion is designing solutions to improve Kentucky’s infrastructure and building assets. As the Managing Director of the Commonwealth Infrastructure Fund (CIF) and Western Kentucky Infrastructure Fund (WKIF), Jake connects private and public entities that are aligned with his passion. CIF and WKIF are each a $125,000,000 funding mechanism for P3 projects throughout Kentucky providing access to alternative funding sources beyond just the taxable and tax-exempt bond market.

Prior to his leadership and involvement with P3 projects, Jake worked in the banking industry for nearly 20 years. As the Vice President of Commercial Lending for a $2.7 billion community bank, he built and managed an organically-grown portfolio of more than $200 million.

Early in his career as a credit analyst, Mr. Schirmer earned an MBA from Illinois State University. Jake holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also a veteran and served in the United States Army.

Michael Sexton is a San Diego, California native.  He holds a MBA and MPA in Sustainable Management.  A professional career that spans the globe, he has owned and managed businesses in Europe, Africa and the United States.  He offers an extensive background in advertising, public relations, sales, marketing and logistics. His experience includes a natural gas pipeline in Mozambique; a restaurant in Ireland, and product development for multi-national agri-chemical corporations.

Prior to joining Sustainability Partners, Michael was with Deutsche Bank (DB) where he led front-office teams that developed and managed rules-based investment strategies, conducted complex product sales, traded derivatives and structured financial products.  Previously, Michael served as Director of Strategy at VFT Capital and was the lead Risk Manager on the equity trading floor of Nomura Securities International.  Michael began his financial career as a Risk Manager on the OTC derivatives desk at Bank of America.

Michael holds both Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and, upon his graduation, was the recipient of the UCLA Mechanical Engineering Department’s Outstanding Ph.D. Award.  While at UCLA, Michael conducted cutting-edge research on composite material manufacturing, developing and modeling techniques that materially improved process efficiencies.  His UCLA research also focused on transport phenomenon within, and the design of, nuclear power plants.  Michael also holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Prior to Convergex, Mr. Voetsch was Managing Director and Head of Equity Capital Markets at Janney Montgomery Scott where he launched and directed Janney’s research and equity trading platforms.

Before his tenure at Janney, Mr. Voetsch spent a decade at Knight Capital Group as Executive Vice President & Head of Global Equities.  In this senior role, Mr. Voetsch was responsible for building and driving the firm’s major business units, including: ETFs, global equities, electronic trading, algorithmic and FX trading platforms. In addition, Mr. Voetsch was a member of Knight’s Executive and Senior Operating Committees.

Mr. Voetsch also held executive positions at Citi and was a sales trader at Jefferies for nearly 10 years.

Mr. Voetsch holds his Series 7, 24, 55 and 63 registrations.

Prior to joining SP, Kelly was the co-founder and operator of a translation, graphic design and web development company, specializing in print and news media. After spending nearly a decade growing the California-based venture, he relocated to Australia and opened an International branch.  Kelly also co-founded a successful construction and production company in the land Down Under where he lead teams in building government housing ventures valued in excess of $10M.

Kelly studied as a Carpenter Apprentice and graduated to a Journeyman Carpenter at an early age.  He acquired his General Builders License soon thereafter, concentrating primarily on building and remodeling residential housing.

In early 2018, after 18 years in the Outback, Kelly and his wife returned to the states and now reside in the Phoenix area.