Jeff Eckel is President and CEO of Hannon Armstrong.  His experience, spanning over 27 years, includes starting the federal energy finance practice at Hannon Armstrong, the creation and management of energy service companies operating in the U.S. and internationally, as well as project and corporate finance.  He has held senior executive positions as CEO of EnergyWorks, and as CEO of Wärtsilä Power Development. Mr. Eckel received a B.A. from Miami University and an M.P.A. from Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

Mr. Eckel has testified on energy matters before a U.S. Senate Subcommittee and the California Energy Commission and published papers on demand-side and supply-side energy topics, with the Electric Power Research Institute and the Financial Analyst Journal.