Greenbacker Continues to Expand Its Administrative Services Team with Renewable Energy Veterans

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Greenbacker Group LLC (“Greenbacker”) announced today that it has hired
three new members of its legal and operations team to support its
continuing growth.

Ms. Hallie Gilman will oversee all legal matters for Greenbacker as
General Counsel working from our Portland, ME office. Prior to joining,
she worked as an energy attorney at Bernstein Shur in Portland, ME where
she provided legal support to energy and infrastructure clients on a
wide range of development, commercial and contracting issues. Prior to
that, she served as Chief of Staff for Global Development at SunEdison
and as well as Associate General Counsel at First Wind, where she
oversaw all energy regulatory strategy and compliance matters at state
and federal levels and provided legal support to project development,
operational matters and the acquisition of First Wind by SunEdison.

Ms. Gabrielle Laporta, CPA, who has joined as Vice President – Tax and
Compliance, has over 20 years of experience in leadership roles with
experience in public accounting and tax for financial service and
operating entities including, most recently, as CFO of CLYNK, an
innovative recycling firm, with multiple locations in Maine and New
York. In the past, Gabrielle worked together with our Chief Financial
Officer, Richard Butt at Forum Financial Group, a third party mutual
fund administrator. Gabrielle is also based in our Portland, ME office.

Ms. Blerta Kumbaro recently joined Greenbacker as Vice President,
Residential Asset and Risk Management bringing over 12 years of overall
management experience. Prior to joining Greenbacker, Ms. Kumbaro worked
in various capacities at Sun Edison, Terraform and Enfinity America
Corporation, a European solar firm. At SunEdison she led asset
management integration and management activities for residential and
community solar. At Greenbacker, she will oversee all residential
assets. Mr. Kumbaro is based in the Bay area of northern California.

“We are very excited about our ability to attract world class talent
with industry experience to our team,” said Richard Butt, Chief
Financial Officer of Greenbacker Group. “We believe that our ability to
attract talented individuals with a wealth of industry experience
reflects our strong commitment to creating and protecting value for our
shareholders.”

Greenbacker, through its various affiliates, provides investment
advisory and administrative services to alternative energy companies.
Formed in 2011, it currently has in excess of $225 million in assets
under management with offices in New York, NY and Portland, ME.

Contacts

Media Contact:
Greenbacker Group LLC
David Sher
Director
917-309-1234