Meet our Team
Keith Farrell
- President of CGE Ventures. Will oversee financial management and lender interaction for CGE.
- Adjunct Professor of Accounting at Penn State University, the Behrend College
- Joined EmKey in 2012
- Pennsylvania CPA, MBA Penn State University, the Behrend College
Kyle Rhoades
- COO of CGE Ventures. Manages Emkey Gathering O&M contract. Will oversee project development onsite
- Managed current Emkey systems and all growth projects since 2011 through design, construction, commissioning, and now operations
- Joined the predecessor to EmKey in 2004
- Degree in Digital Computer/ Electrical Engineering Technology from Jamestown CommunityCollege
Larry Thrall
- Vice President CO-Manager of CGE Ventures including project development and management. Will oversee project development
- Founder and managing director of Vireo Energy, a renewable energy financial consulting and development firm.
- Renewable Energy development and finance in various technologies including biogas, waste to energy, solar, wind, biomass, cogeneration.
- Bachelors Degree is Business Finance from the University of Southern California.
Kris Thabit
- Co-manage CGE Ventures including project development and management
- More than 20 years experience in real estate, finance, business operations, and company startups.
- Founded American Airports Corporation (the largest airport management company in the US) and Red Viking Insurance
- Assisted with the Mountain gate waste to energy plant in Los Angeles CA that provided landfill gas to UCLA for 10+ years
- Bachelors Degree in Economics from Harvard University