Affordable Community Energy Services Company (ACE)

Jeff founded Affordable Community Energy Services Company (“ACE”) in July 2016 becoming its President, CEO and Director. From January 2012 until June 2016, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Affordable Community Energy, Inc., a subsidiary of Hispanic Housing Development Corporation, a non-profit owner/developer of affordable housing ("HHDC"). The "ACE Model" was developed while Jeff was working for HHDC. Jeff leads all efforts at ACE, with a focus on financing, and client acquisition and service. Prior to ACE, Jeff worked at Jones Lang LaSalle from 1984 to 2001 where, among other things, he co-founded and co-led JLL’s Public Sector practice. Jeff worked for Deutsche Bank in New York from 2002 to 2006 as Head of Strategic Planning/Real Estate—Americas and AsiaPacific, and then as Global Head of CRES Corporate Planning. He attended Northwestern University and received his law degree at Columbia University Law School. Jeff has served on the Boards of Hispanic Housing Development Corporation, Facing History and Ourselves and The Institute for Clinical Social Work. He is a frequent speaker at national conferences on energy and water conservation and renewable energy improvements for affordable housing and a tireless proponent of the ACE Mission.

Trenton Allen founded Sustainable Capital Advisors (SCA) in 2012 to meet the challenges of public and private sector organizations seeking to implement innovative solutions for the sustainable infrastructure industry. SCA provides ACE with investment banking services (finding and closing on the capital required by ACE, primarily on the debt side) and general financial advices. He leads SCA’s business development and client engagement activities with governments, utilities, developers, and investors. Trenton uses his nearly twenty years of experience in the energy and capital markets professional not only in service to his clients but also in his role as an adjunct professor at the University of Delaware, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.

Dan’s commitment to ACE’s mission and market comes naturally through his environmental and nonprofit work. He co-founded a consultancy to help organizations reduce, reuse and recycle through an innovative behavioral change process. He has facilitated strategic planning and led branding efforts for a number of socially focused nonprofit organizations. He has trained organizations in innovation. Dan’s role is to provide communications, branding and innovation services that advance the missions of ACE and its clients.

Jeffrey Perlman is the President and Founder of Bright Power (www.brightpower.com). He spends his days solving the most challenging energy problems facing building owners today. An experienced energy auditor, energy analyst and solar-energy-system designer, Jeff is as happy in a boiler room or on a rooftop as he is in a corporate boardroom. Jeff is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), LEED AP, and a BPI Multifamily Building Analyst. Bright Power provides ACE with technical, benchmarking, audit and construction management services in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions and California. In addition to his work at Bright Power, Jeff is adjunct faculty at NYU and the City University of New York (CUNY) and serves on the board of the New Alternatives Fund, a mutual fund that invests in renewable energy.

Madelyn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, with private practice in Chicago, Illinois, providing long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy to adults, adolescents, children and couples. She has practiced alone, but has done business from 1977 until the present as Psychotherapy Associates of which she has been the sole owner. She has been a Director and Vice President and Secretary of ACE since its inception in July 2016. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Psychology from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, a Master of Science in Social Work from the Columbia University School of Social Work in New York, New York, A Certificate for Advanced Training from the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Child of Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program, Chicago, Illinois, and Advanced Training from the National Institute for the Pyschotherapies in New York. Madelyn is an owner of ACE and, as such, her role is to provide guidance and grounding to her husband, Jeff, calling on her long experience as an entrepreneurial service provider.

Rachel Liu has a passion for communications and social causes. Previously she worked for international PR agencies - MSL and Burson-Marsteller in Beijing, and then pursued a master degree in Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University. Her role at ACE is to execute campaign communications and to oversee investor relations, and operation and administration of the company. In her spare time, Rachel enjoys experiencing different cultures, making art and learning languages.