Carolyn J. Burke joined Excelerate’s board of directors in February 2022. Ms. Burke most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC, a petrochemicals company, from February 2019 to September 2022. In this role, she was responsible for financial reporting, treasury, tax, internal audit, and financial planning and analysis. Prior to this role, Ms. Burke served as an executive with Dynegy, Inc. (“Dynegy”), an independent power producer and retailer. Ms. Burke served in a variety of roles including Executive Vice President, Strategy, Executive Vice President of Business Operations and Systems, Chief Integration Officer and Chief Administration Officer. From 2008 to 2011, Ms. Burke served as Global Controller for the Investment Bank, Global Commodities division of JPMorgan Chase. From 2004 to 2008, Ms. Burke worked at NRG Energy as Vice President and Corporate Controller and Executive Director of Financial Planning and Analysis. Ms. Burke previously served as a director of TerraForm Power, Inc., a globally diversified renewable energy company, from May 2018 to July 2020, and a director of Aqua America Inc. (now Essential Utilities, Inc.), a holding company for regulated utilities providing water, wastewater, or natural gas services, from December 2015 to May 2019. Ms. Burke earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Wellesley College and a master’s degree in business administration from the Booth Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. Her extensive executive and public company board experience and knowledge of the industry qualify her to serve on our board of directors.