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Key Members of the Mondre Team

Judith L. Mondre
Founder and President

Ms. Mondre has a distinguished history of successful and innovative energy management and policy-making, serving government, educational, commercial and industrial organizations. She is actively involved in strategic energy program development, implementation and counseling for Mondre Energy clients.

She has worked closely with clients to:

• Develop business plans for maximizing benefits of electric deregulation, helping groups save tens of millions of dollars immediately following their states' deregulation.
• Oversee and develop strategic supply-side and demand-side management initiatives.
• Negotiate off-tariff agreements, supply agreements and energy contract buyouts, including distribution rate discounts, saving clients more than $80 million.
• Assess market conditions for energy commodities, allowing clients to take advantage of favorable opportunities promptly and efficiently.
• Provide expert witness analysis and testimony in regulatory and litigation cases.
   

Ms. Mondre has been named one of the "Best 50 Women in Business in Pennsylvania." She serves on the editorial board of Energy User News, and regularly participates in industry conferences as a featured speaker and panelist. In addition, she has served as the first female Chairperson of the Anti-Defamation League, Philadelphia Region, and on the boards of child advocacy and other non-profit organizations.

Prior to founding Mondre Energy in early 1998, Ms. Mondre served as the first executive director of the City of Philadelphia's Municipal Energy Office, building it into a nationally recognized leader in reducing energy costs and improving efficiency. Her leadership translated into more than $58 million in energy savings to the City through conservation programs, new technologies, on-site generation and negotiating discounted utility rates.

Peter D. Burns
Vice President of Product Development and Engineering

With nearly three decades of experience in the utility industry, Mr. Burns is responsible for developing and analyzing demand-side management initiatives as well as providing supply-side procurement services for electric, natural gas, fuel oil, and steam commodities.

He works closely with Mondre clients as their representative throughout project implementation. In addition, Mr. Burns serves as an expert witness in rate making and dispute resolution as needed.

His engagements have ranged from broad-based energy conservation initiatives across a 200-facility school district, to the development of an on-site cogeneration plant for a major bottler, and creating an on-site electric peak shaving system for the Phillies' Citizens Bank Ballpark.

Prior to joining Mondre Energy, Mr. Burns spearheaded marketing for Carrier and York International, designed the "cooling loop" for New Jersey State office buildings for Trigen Energy, and developed state-of-the-art ice storage systems. Mr. Burns was also an industrial sales manager for the Philadelphia Gas Works, where he was responsible for marketing natural gas-fired boilers and chillers, participating in the development of the Grays Ferry 200 MW Cogeneration Project, and managing conversions from steam loop to on-site steam service. He is a member of ASHRAE and the Association of Energy Engineers.

Kenneth R. Young
Project Manager of Database Services and Energy Analysis  

Over the past twenty years, Mr. Young has developed experience in the electric utility and avionics industries. Joining Mondre Energy in June 2003, Mr. Young is responsible for developing and adapting software products to support decision-making within our clients' organizations. He works with engineers, IT personnel and management to identify and create technology solutions for a department or an entire organization.

Mr. Young develops energy tariff and rate models, and evaluates the impacts of deregulation and infrastructure improvements on customer accounts and budgets. In addition, Mr. Young has created software to automate and evaluate energy bids and is responsible for managing the Mondre Energy Analysis Tool.

Previously, Mr. Young was employed with Boeing, where he performed software development and testing for the V22 Osprey Simulator. He also worked with PECO Energy Company, now Exelon Corporation, where he supported the design and operation of nuclear facilities, including the development of databases for reactor control blade exposure and special nuclear material tracking. While there, Mr. Young was also responsible for conducting plant assessments ensuring safety and regulatory compliance. Mr. Young holds a BS in Nuclear Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University.

Helen H. Richardson, Esq.
General Counsel

Ms. Richardson has extensive experience as a counselor and advocate for clients in heavily regulated industries. During her years in private practice in AV-rated Philadelphia law firms, she was the lead counsel among six complainants in a telecommunications regulatory case before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, as well as representing major petrochemical companies, the local transit authority and several educational institutions in commercial litigation. She has a broad base of experience in intellectual property licensing, and lectures in national continuing legal education seminars on licensing and contract-related issues.

Ms. Richardson works with Mondre Energy clients to negotiate and draft third-party supply contracts, develop comprehensive utility procurement bid packages, provide technical and discovery support in client cost recovery litigation, and act as a liaison with clients' in-house and outside counsel. 

Ms. Richardson was admitted to practice in Pennsylvania in 1985. She has served as corporate counsel to an electronic component manufacturing firm and the world's leading provider of downloadable handheld computer reference content, as well as acting as on-site plant counsel for the former Westinghouse Electric "trash to steam" power plant in Chester, PA.

Margaret Mary "Peg" Coley
Office Administrator

Trained in Medical Secretarial Studies at Gwynedd-Mercy College, Ms. Coley brings a wealth of experience in overseeing the efficient flow of information and communication between clients and the staff of complex organizations. She is responsible for Mondre Energy's financial record-keeping and operations, oversees the company's insurance and benefits plans, and acts as a liaison with clients' financial and contract administration staffs.

Ms. Coley's professional credentials include service as an executive assistant in the legal, health care and human resource fields, at large law firms, major teaching hospitals and a large-market daily newspaper. In the course of those positions, she has developed her skills in project management, monitoring contract compliance, benefits and human resource administration, and in organizing people, paper and data.