Chris Cooper leverages more than 25 years of experience in the global energy industry. As President of Neste U.S. (North America), he oversaw regional leadership for renewable products, following his tenure as Vice President, Americas, Renewable Aviation. As Head of Renewables Trading at BGN, Chris led global trading activities for renewable fuels, including SAF, renewable diesel, and biogenic feedstocks. Earlier in his career, he spent nearly two decades at Phillips 66 and Chevron, holding a range of leadership roles in commercial strategy, downstream operations, and business development. A professional pilot, Chris brings a unique perspective on the aviation sector, combining operational depth with an international view of energy transition, renewable fuels, and infrastructure innovation.

Since 2021, Wray Thorn has been a Partner and Co-Founder of Focus Impact Partners, LLC and currently serves as the Chief Investment Officer of Focus Impact Acquisition Corp. Also since 2021, Mr. Thorn has been the Founder and Chief Executive of Clear Heights Capital. From 2012 to 2021, Mr. Thorn was a Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer - Private Investments at Two Sigma Investments, where he architected and led the firm's private equity, venture capital and impact investment businesses and was a leader in the creation of Hamilton Insurance Group and the incubation of Two Sigma's insurance technology activities. With approximately three decades of experience as a chief investment officer, investment leader and lead director, Mr. Thorn has firsthand knowledge of investment firm leadership, private investing and company value creation. Mr. Thorn has built and led businesses to source, structure, finance and make private investments, to allocate and risk manage capital across private investment strategies and to help companies, organizations and executives realize their growth and development objectives. Mr. Thorn has also been at the forefront of proactive impact investing principals, putting people first in private investing as well as applying data and technology to innovate private investing. Mr. Thorn also serves as Co-Chair of the Board of Youth, INC and Vice Chair of the Board and Chair of the Investment Committee for Futures and Options, both of which are Non-Profit Organizations.

Sanford (Sandy) Cockrell is a seasoned strategy and financial executive with over 40 years of experience advising senior executives, management teams, and boards of large multinational companies. His expertise spans complex financial accounting and taxation, corporate strategy, capital deployment, operational execution, and investor and regulatory relations. Mr. Cockrell brings deep corporate governance experience through his multiple terms of service on both the U.S. and global boards of Deloitte, including his role as Vice Chair of the U.S. board. He also served as the Advisory Partner to several of Deloitte’s largest public company attest clients, where he provided critical guidance on business, industry, and technical issues. His extensive experience working with c-suite executives and boards allows him to provide key insights into best-in-class executive team execution and valuable interactions with boards of directors.

Si-Yeon Kim is a seasoned corporate board director, private equity advisor, and global risk expert with over 20 years of experience in M&A, private equity, and international operations across travel, payments, industrials, and decarbonization. She has held leadership roles at JP Morgan Chase, American Express Global Business Travel (“Amex GBT”), and Avon, advising public and private boards on risk management, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and strategic growth initiatives. Ms. Kim played a key role in Amex GBT’s $5.3 billion public listing (NYSE: GBTG) and $1 billion in capital deployment for digital transformation and M&A integration. She also helped launch the first-ever blockchain-based SAF platform in partnership with Shell Aviation and represented GBT at COP26 to advance corporate climate strategies. Her experience spans IPO preparation, business transformation, governance, and emerging clean technologies.

Carter McCain is a highly accomplished attorney and business leader with a long and distinguished career advising clients on a variety of matters including international business, alternative finance and funding and financial instruments. He was the Founder and is a Principal in McCain Law. In addition, from 2010 to the present he has also served as the Founder, Director, and General Counsel of Chase International and Chase Alternative Financial Solutions and also serves as Director and General Counsel of Vermilion LLC, a family-owned private investment company focused on fuel trading and gold arbitrage.