Meet the Team

Barrett Thomas joined Apex Clean Energy in 2023 after retiring from the Army following 20 years of service as an Infantry officer.  During his time in the Army, he deployed three times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, taught Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy, and served across the country and globe in every level of leadership from platoon leader to battalion commander.  Barrett's time in uniform, witnessing the ever-increasing need for power, motivate him in his career as a renewable energy developer.

Faith is the Director of Development for Apex's Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma projects. Her responsibilities include site acquisition, permitting, public affairs, and power marketing. Prior to her role as Development Manager, Faith worked for Apex from 2015 to 2016 as a consultant, assisting in the development of Apex projects in the Texas Panhandle and representing Apex in the Panhandle and West Texas. In particular, she spent time on the development of Cotton Plains Wind (50 MW), Phantom Solar (15 MWac on-site at Ft. Hood), and Old Settler Wind (150 MW), all of which began operating in 2017.During her role as developer, Faith represented Apex in a lead role of the development of Aviator Wind (525MW which began operations in 2020) and White Mesa Wind (500MW which is currently under construction, with a planned Commercial Operations Date of 4th Quarter 2021).Faith was 2015's Ms. Texas for the Today's American Woman Pageant (a community service and civic-based national pageant) and was named a National Ambassador for her dedicated community service work for the state. This community service award included her work for No Boundaries International, an organization dedicated to stop human trafficking in Texas; Downtown Women's Center, an organization dedicated to providing housing and services to overcome homelessness and addiction in the Texas Panhandle; and Angels in Green, a community website she created to bring awareness to an incurable condition known as gastroparesis.

Anna Richey is Director of Public Engagement at Apex. Anna's career has included managing local, state, and federal campaigns, and working in and around government for the better part of two decades. Before joining Apex in 2021, she worked in the nonprofit sector, leading energy policy development in rural Minnesota. This experience solidified a passion for clean energy and how it can contribute to the stability and revitalization of rural areas, particularly. Now, she oversees Apex's community outreach efforts in the western half of the country, as well as Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, directly. When she's not working, she's fishing Minnesota's abundant lakes and rivers.