Meet Our Team

Meet our Team

Keith Farrell

  • President of CGE Ventures. Will oversee financial management and lender interaction for CGE.
  • Adjunct Professor of Accounting at Penn State University, the Behrend College
  • Joined EmKey in 2012
  • Pennsylvania CPA, MBA Penn State University, the Behrend College

Kyle Rhoades

  • COO of CGE Ventures. Manages Emkey Gathering O&M contract. Will oversee project development onsite
  • Managed current Emkey systems and all growth projects since 2011 through design, construction, commissioning, and now operations
  • Joined the predecessor to EmKey in 2004
  • Degree in Digital Computer/ Electrical Engineering Technology from Jamestown CommunityCollege

Larry Thrall

  • Vice President CO-Manager of CGE Ventures including project development and management. Will oversee project development
  • Founder and managing director of Vireo Energy, a renewable energy financial consulting and development firm.
  • Renewable Energy development and finance in various technologies including biogas, waste to energy, solar, wind, biomass, cogeneration.
  • Bachelors Degree is Business Finance from the University of Southern California.

Kris Thabit

  • Co-manage CGE Ventures including project development and management
  • More than 20 years experience in real estate, finance, business operations, and company startups.
  • Founded American Airports Corporation (the largest airport management company in the US) and Red Viking Insurance
  • Assisted with the Mountain gate waste to energy plant in Los Angeles CA that provided landfill gas to UCLA for 10+ years
  • Bachelors Degree in Economics from Harvard University