Leadership
The people developing, building, owning, and operating Clean USA Energy's projects.
Leadership
Clean USA Energy is led by an experienced team across energy development, engineering, and project finance, backed by rigorous energy and financial quality control before anything reaches lenders, investors, or partners.
Four decades in renewable energy and 50+ years in business. Built and led large-scale solar operations and, across 14 years at USA Energy, closed 11,000+ commercial energy contracts delivering more than $150M in client savings.
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30+ years in tax and finance, having advised on more than $1B in transactions. A long-time clean-energy investor, including an early stake in EV Connect, later acquired by Schneider Electric, and tax advisor to a network of 1,200+ private-equity managers.
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Leads day-to-day operations, commercial strategy, and capital affairs. Brings investment-research experience from Waterside Capital Partners and a background in government relations with the White House, State Department, and U.S. Congress.
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Oversees legal, HR, IT, and marketing. A senior executive and board member across multiple organizations, he has co-founded ventures in broadband wireless, cost consulting, and title research.
Brings 40 years in finance, founding, running, and successfully exiting businesses across insurance, telecom, wireless internet, title services, and cost consulting. Leads treasury and financial operations.
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Brent McDaniel is the Chief Executive Officer of Clean USA Energy, bringing more than 50 years of business and sales experience and over 40 years in the renewable energy sector. In the mid-1980s he ran a residential solar company with 14 offices and 800 staff, installing more than 15,000 solar units.
For the past 14 years he has led USA Energy as CEO, closing more than 11,000 commercial energy contracts and delivering over $150 million in energy savings for commercial businesses. His strategic leadership and industry knowledge have positioned Clean USA Energy as a leader in innovative energy solutions.
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Stephen Hall is a dynamic executive leading the company's clean-energy-as-a-service strategy. With more than 30 years in the tax industry, he pairs strategic vision with deep expertise to deliver cost-effective clean energy solutions that help transform the energy landscape.
He has advised on more than $1 billion in transactions and is a resident tax-structure advisor to a mastermind of over 1,200 private-equity managers. An early-stage investor across the clean-energy and recycling industries for more than a decade, he exited EV Connect to Schneider Electric.
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Grant McDaniel leads day-to-day operations, commercial strategy, and capital affairs. He began his career as a research analyst at Waterside Capital Partners, verifying the public statements of portfolio companies, and brings more than five years in the energy space along with experience across financial markets inside and outside the boardroom.
Before Clean USA Energy, Grant was a government-relations specialist working with the White House, State Department, Congress, and more than 100 governments worldwide on matters of religious freedom, helping facilitate $50 million in religious-freedom funding within the United States and helping pass legislation in Guatemala.
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Mike Campbell is a seasoned executive with extensive leadership experience across diverse sectors. Beginning as a family counselor and nonprofit executive director, he moved into business, providing consulting services, managing sales, and co-founding a broadband wireless internet provider.
As a senior executive and board member, he has overseen HR, legal, marketing, and strategic operations for multiple organizations, and has co-founded and led ventures in cost consulting, title research, and retail. He is currently Vice President of Administration, managing legal, HR, IT, and marketing functions for national firms in insurance and USA Energy.
Elizabeth Currier brings 40 years of financial leadership. Holding an Associate Degree in Accounting and Information Systems from Midland College, she has a proven record of founding, managing, and successfully exiting businesses across insurance, telecommunications, wireless internet, real estate title services, and cost consulting.
As a co-founder and financial executive, she has driven financial strategy, operations, and business development, consistently delivering growth and value. She currently leads treasury and finance for national firms in insurance claims adjusting and USA Energy.
Governance
Every project runs through dedicated energy and financial quality control, a final review before documents and answers go to lenders, investment banks, and investors. It is how we stay bankable as we scale.
