About Us
John H. Tourtelotte
Managing Director
John Tourtelotte is the founder of Rivermoor Energy and leads the company's solar energy development and investment initiatives. Mr. Tourtelotte's experience includes renewable energy development, real estate development and general management experience in the technology industry with Siebel Systems (acquired by Oracle Corporation), i2 Technologies and MCI Communications.
Mr. Tourtelotte holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is an honors graduate of Georgetown University. Mr. Tourtelotte is a member of the Urban Land Institute, several community, environmental and nonprofit organizations and has served as a Research Sponsor at the Zell Lurie Real Estate Center at Wharton.
David G. Gaw
Advisory Board
David G. Gaw is a Boston based commercial real estate executive and investor. Mr. Gaw's experience includes his role as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc., of Boston MA, from 2001 to 2006, when the company was acquired by Centro Watt. Mr. Gaw was responsible for directing Heritage's initial public offering and served as the Trust's primary interface to the investment community. He developed and implemented short and long term financial strategies for the company, oversaw capital markets, financial reporting, analysis, budgeting, tax, information systems and internal audits. Mr. Gaw also served as Senior Vice President, CFO for Boston Properties between 1982 and 2000. While at Boston Properties, Mr. Gaw oversaw the company's initial public offering, the largest IPO that had ever been completed at that time. Prior to Boston Properties, he was Corporate Controller and CFO for The Norwood Group, Inc. of Bedford, MA, from 1979 to 1982. Mr. Gaw holds an M.B.A. and a B.S. from Suffolk University.
Brian Rigney
Advisory Board
Brian Rigney is a Managing Director in the Equity Capital Markets Group at Deutsche Bank where he is Head of the Monetization Services Group ("MSG") and Head of Institutional Block Trading. His group handles all transactions on behalf of corporates and insiders, including share repurchases, tender offers, ATM offerings and other monetization alternatives. Over the past four years at the firm, Mr. Rigney was a Managing Director in Institutional Trading. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Rigney was at Morgan Stanley for seven years where he was a Director in Equity Trading where he built, launched and managed their small-cap trading initiative. Mr. Rigney received his B.A. from Bucknell University in Economics, a Masters degree from Columbia University in International Affairs and an M.B.A from The Wharton School.
Christine Kwak
Advisory Board
Christine H. Kwak is a Principal at Aris Real Estate Ventures, LLC. Aris Real Estate Ventures LLC is an acquisition and investment firm based in San Diego and San Francisco. From 2001 to 2010, Ms. Kwak was a Managing Director of the Shorenstein Company, responsible for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and closing capital transactions in the Western United States. Prior to joining the Shorenstein Company, Ms. Kwak was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs, managing debt financings and commercial mortgage-backed securities. Ms. Kwak is a board member at NAIOP (San Francisco chapter) and an advisory member of the California Alumni Association Finance Committee (UC Berkeley). Ms. Kwak serves as a full member of the Urban Land Institute and has been on the office council since 2006. Ms. Kwak graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in Architecture and from the Wharton School with an M.B.A.