Kelly Sarber

Kelly Sarber is a seasoned professional with a proven track record developing some of the nation’s largest projects in renewable energy, waste/ recycling, wastewater, and alternative energy. Sarber’s nickname is “The Site Whisperer” for her innate ability to navigate complicated development processes while incubating sites sourced from her deep relationships spanning decades and covering many industries from sources including senior management teams, municipalities, engineering firms, regulators, and private equity. Sarber currently is sourcing several gigawatts of projects for EPIC’s pipeline in key, target markets.

Prior to founding EPIC, Ms. Sarber placed large scale, utility-sized projects for Starwood Energy, Hanwha, SCE and SDG&E. She was responsible for developing the largest energy storage project in New York City (100MW) for Hanwha plus conceived and developed the nation’s largest renewable energy project for La Paz County, Arizona on 18,000 acres with 3.2 gigawatts of solar and 2.0 gigawatts of energy storage under construction with power sold to SCE. In the waste and water industries, Sarber developed assets that carry a terminal value of over $8 billion. Prior to co-founding EPIC, Sarber was CEO of Strategic Management Group and was a co-founder of Synagro Technologies that sold to The Carlyle Group. Ms. Sarber has a BS from UCLA, MBA in finance and marketing from University of Colorado and conducted post graduate work at Harvard Business School.