Charles W. Vaughan, Jr.

Vice President, Sales
Clipper Wind

Charles “Chaz” Vaughan is Vice President, Sales for Clipper Windpower, and is responsible for sales and business development. Mr. Vaughan has over ten years of experience in the wind energy industry and has been responsible for originating, negotiating, and closing transactions featuring more than 3,500 mega-watts of wind energy capacity and project value of over $5 billion.

Prior to Clipper, Mr. Vaughan was with GE Energy’s Power Generation division and was responsible for wind, thermal, and hydro power generation equipment sales, business development, and project development. Previously, Mr. Vaughan was involved in renewable and conventional energy project development, project finance, structuring, M&A, and power marketing with the Enron Corporation. In addition to energy, he has commercial experience in the telecommunications and consumer products industries.

He holds a Master of Business Administration from Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management. He also has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Colorado, Boulder.