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John’s strengths span FP&A, corporate strategy, project finance, capital allocation, financial modeling, M&A, credit underwriting, due diligence, negotiations, and translating economic and policy conditions into operating and investment decisions\. Across renewable\-energy roles, John structured and underwrote more than $3 billion of infrastructure investments, including more than $2\.5 billion of solar and battery\-storage investments at Vesper Energy and more than $500 million of renewable\-energy financings at M&T Bank\. He has supported corporate financing facilities, lender reporting, portfolio strategy, acquisitions, dispositions, and tax\-equity\-related transactions\. His operating experience includes responsibility for pricing, working capital, inventory, production, commercialization, partnerships, and distribution at Old California Botanicals, whose California agricultural product earned eight medals in an international blind tasting\. John holds an MBA from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, with concentrations in Commercial Real Estate and International Business Diplomacy, and a BA in Economics and Classics from Washington and Lee University\. ## Services - Manufacturing - Corporate Strategy - Business Strategy - Financial Planning and Analysis \(FP&A\) - Financial Modeling - Structured Finance - Finance - Project Finance - Mergers & Acquisitions \(M&A\) - Investment Analysis - Business Development - Capital Markets - Economics - Strategic Enterprise Management - Agribusiness - Stakeholder Engagement - Community Development - Government - Public Administration - Urban Planning - Profitability Analysis - Financial Reporting - Fixed\-Income Investing - Financial Analysis - Financial Planning - Acquisitions - Negotiation - Due Diligence - Commercial Banking - Real Estate Private Equity ## Highlights - Serves as Director of Marketing & Policy Research for the Manufacturers' Council of the Inland Empire, supporting strategy, economic research, policy, communications, and external engagement for the region’s manufacturing council\. - Advises manufacturing executives, financial institutions, and public agencies on business strategy, capital investment, economic conditions, workforce, energy, and regional competitiveness\. - Produces executive briefings and economic analysis on inflation, labor markets, Federal Reserve activity, manufacturing, and investment conditions\. - Supports public\-private partnerships, grant\-funded modernization programs, stakeholder engagement, and executive communications for the manufacturing sector\. - Developed research for Riverside County and Brookings Metro on semiconductor development, industrial competitiveness, and regional manufacturing\. - Increased the Manufacturers' Council of the Inland Empire’s digital engagement by more than 2\.5 times\. - Founded and operates Old California Botanicals, a vertically integrated agricultural consumer\-products business\. - Leads financial planning, pricing, working capital, inventory, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, commercialization, and strategic partnerships at Old California Botanicals\. - Built retail and wholesale channels for Old California Botanicals across specialty food, fragrance, and personal care\. - Developed California agricultural products that won eight medals in an international blind tasting\. - Structured Old California Botanicals around outside manufacturing and operating processes that allow it to operate alongside a full\-time corporate career\. - Managed corporate financing facilities, lender reporting, liquidity analysis, and transaction readiness across a 20\-project portfolio at Valta Energy\. - Supported portfolio strategy, restructuring workstreams, project documentation, and a proposed divestiture process at Valta Energy\. - Structured and underwrote more than $2\.5 billion of solar and battery\-storage investments at Vesper Energy\. - Built and reviewed financial models supporting project financings, acquisitions, dispositions, capital allocation, and portfolio strategy at Vesper Energy\. - Prepared investment\-committee analyses, downside cases, sensitivities, and financing recommendations for renewable\-energy investments\. - Led the insurance solution for a complex ERCOT utility\-scale solar transaction exceeding $100 million through an approach involving thicker panels\. - Structured and underwrote more than $500 million of renewable\-energy financings at M&T Bank for sponsors including Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, TerraForm, and Brookfield\. - Led a 10\-person CARES Act team at M&T Bank that administered more than $250 million in PPP lending and forgiveness\. - Underwrote $358 million of value\-add multifamily and retail acquisitions across Mid\-Atlantic and Southeastern markets at Linden Property Group\. - Supported Georgetown University’s FINC 550 course as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in corporate finance, capital markets, valuation, and financial decision\-making\. - Supported LIHTC affordable\-housing investment sales at Greysteel through property, market, transaction, and comparable analysis\. - Sourced, underwrote, and valued fixed\-income investments for a $200 million Kemper portfolio spanning municipal and project finance, infrastructure, corporate credit, private placements, CLOs, and mezzanine debt\. - Completed Kemper’s Financial Leadership Program rotations in accounting, FP&A, corporate strategy, operating\-company finance, and investments\. - Supported budgeting, forecasting, competitive analysis, executive reporting, and integration work for Kemper’s $250 million Fiesta Insurance acquisition\. - Developed a dynamic Excel model at Northern Trust that processed accounting data into profitability reports for 20 product verticals\. - Worked on Chicago\-area urban\-policy projects at the Metropolitan Planning Council, including affordable housing, water, infrastructure, development, tax, placemaking, and mass transit\. - Served as a voting City of Redlands Parks Commissioner overseeing matters affecting approximately 15 acres of the city’s park system\. - Was a national semifinalist in the American Farm Bureau Discussion Meet competition\. - Brings six years of renewable\-energy developer experience and more than $3 billion of infrastructure\-investment underwriting and financing experience\. ## Experience - **Director of Marketing & Policy Research at Manufacturers' Council of the Inland Empire** (2025\-04\-01–present) — Contract executive supporting strategy, economic research, policy, communications, and external engagement for the Inland Empire’s regional manufacturing council\. • Advise executive leadership, manufacturers, financial institutions, and public agencies on business strategy, capital investment, economic conditions, workforce, energy, and regional competitiveness\. • Produce executive briefings and economic analysis covering inflation, labor markets, Federal Reserve activity, manufacturing, and investment conditions\. • Support public\-private partnerships, grant\-funded modernization programs, stakeholder engagement, and executive communications\. • Developed research for Riverside County and Brookings Metro on semiconductor development, industrial competitiveness, and regional manufacturing\. • Increased organizational digital engagement by more than 2\.5×\. - **Founder & General Manager \| Finance, Strategy and Commercial Operations at Old California Botanicals** (2022\-10\-01–present) — Founded and operate a vertically integrated agricultural consumer\-products business alongside my corporate and consulting work\. • Lead financial planning, pricing, working capital, inventory, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, commercialization, and strategic partnerships\. • Manage relationships with growers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, sales representatives, bookkeepers, and marketing contractors\. • Developed internationally recognized products and built retail and wholesale channels across specialty food, fragrance, and personal care\. • Structured the business around outside manufacturing and established operating processes that allow it to remain compatible with a full\-time corporate career\. - **Capital Markets Manager \| Corporate Finance & Portfolio Strategy at Valta Energy** (2024\-12\-01–2025\-04\-01) — Supported corporate finance and capital\-markets activity for a private equity\-backed renewable\-energy developer\. • Managed corporate financing facilities, lender reporting, liquidity analysis, and transaction readiness across a 20\-project portfolio\. • Coordinated finance, legal, engineering, development, contractors, utilities, and external stakeholders\. • Supported portfolio strategy, restructuring workstreams, project documentation, and a proposed divestiture process\. - **Project Finance & Investments \| Corporate Finance at Vesper Energy** (2023\-04\-01–2024\-12\-01) — Private equity\-backed utility\-scale renewable\-energy platform\. • Structured and underwrote more than $2\.5 billion of solar and battery\-storage investments\. • Built and reviewed financial models supporting project financings, acquisitions, dispositions, capital allocation, and portfolio strategy\. • Coordinated diligence across finance, legal, engineering, development, tax, accounting, and external financing partners\. • Prepared investment\-committee analyses, downside cases, sensitivities, and financing recommendations\. • Supported corporate financing facilities, lender relationships, and enterprise capital planning\. - **Communications Strategist \| Public Affairs & Economic Research at Manufacturers Council of the Inland Empire, Inc\.** (2023\-03\-01–2023\-04\-01) — Supported executive communications, economic research, public affairs, and member engagement for Southern California's regional manufacturing association\. Produced policy\-oriented content and communications supporting manufacturers, workforce initiatives, and regional competitiveness\. - **Associate Vice President \| Structured Finance & Credit at M&T Bank** (2020\-06\-01–2022\-10\-01) — Structured and underwrote more than $500 million of renewable\-energy financings for institutional sponsors, including Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, TerraForm, and Brookfield\. Developed credit models, forecasts, portfolio analyses, and senior approval materials covering sponsor strength, project cash flows, tax\-credit structures, contractual risk, collateral, and operating performance\. Led a ten\-person CARES Act team administering more than $250 million in PPP lending and forgiveness\. - **Graduate Teaching Assistant \| Corporate Finance & Financial Markets at Georgetown University** (2019\-09\-01–2019\-12\-01) — Graduate teaching assistant for FINC 550, Financial Markets & Corporate Decision Making, supporting instruction in corporate finance, capital markets, valuation, and financial decision\-making\. - **Real Estate Private Equity \| Acquisitions at Linden Property Group** (2019\-05\-01–2020\-06\-01) — Underwrote $358 million of value\-add multifamily and retail acquisitions across Mid\-Atlantic and Southeastern markets\. Built acquisition, capital\-stack, return, sensitivity, and capital\-expenditure models conducted market and comparable analysis managed capital\-markets quoting processes and supported term\-sheet and purchase negotiations\. - **Affordable Housing Investment Sales Intern \| LIHTC at Greysteel** (2019\-02\-01–2019\-05\-01) — Supported the Mid\-Atlantic LIHTC affordable\-housing investment\-sales team through property, market, transaction, and comparable analysis\. - **Investments Analyst \| Municipal, Infrastructure & Private Credit at Kemper** (2016\-02\-01–2018\-05\-01) — Sourced, underwrote, and valued public and private fixed\-income investments for a $200 million portfolio spanning municipal and project finance, infrastructure, corporate credit, private placements, CLOs, and mezzanine debt\. Sector coverage included real estate, utilities, toll roads, water systems, universities, LNG, mining, biomass, merchant power, housing, hospitality, industrial property, retail, and ground\-up development\. Produced investment research, credit models, valuation analyses, and recommendations for portfolio decision\-making\. - **Financial Leadership Program \| FP&A, Strategy & Investments at Kemper** (2014\-10\-01–2016\-02\-01) — Completed Kemper’s rotational Financial Leadership Program with assignments across accounting, FP&A, corporate strategy, operating\-company finance, and investments\. Supported budgeting, forecasting, competitive analysis, executive reporting, and integration work related to the $250 million Fiesta Insurance acquisition before placement in the Investments Division\. - **Corporate Finance Intern \| Asset Management at Northern Trust** (2013\-06\-01–2013\-08\-01) — Developed a dynamic Excel model to process accounting data into profitability reports for 20 product verticals\. - **Summer Intern at Metropolitan Planning Council** (2012\-05\-01–2012\-08\-01) — Worked on varied projects concerning urban policy for the Chicago Metropolitan Area, including Placemaking, Development, Affordable Housing, Tax, Water, Infrastructure, and Mass Transit, and assisting in organizing the Annual Luncheon, coordinating with the staff of the dignitary keynote speakers\. - **Commissioner at City of Redlands Parks Commission** (2009\-01\-01–2009\-12\-01) — Served as a voting commissioner overseeing matters affecting approximately 15 acres within the city’s park system\. Worked with municipal staff on renovation and placemaking plans and engaged a developer regarding the design of a new public park\. ## Education - Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service (2018\-09\-01–2020\-05\-01) - Economics and Classics — University of Oxford (2013\-01\-01–2013\-01\-01) - Early Modern English History — University of Oxford (2011\-01\-01–2011\-01\-01) - Bachelor of Arts \(BA\), Economics, Classics — Washington and Lee University - Master of Business Administration \- MBA, Commercial Real Estate & International Business Diplomacy — Georgetown University McDonough School of Business ## FAQ ### What does John do? John is a corporate finance and strategy leader\. In his current work, he supports manufacturing\-sector strategy, economic research, policy, communications, and external engagement at the Manufacturers' Council of the Inland Empire, while operating Old California Botanicals, a vertically integrated agricultural consumer\-products business\. His background includes FP&A, corporate strategy, project finance, capital markets, credit, M&A, real estate private equity, renewable energy, public affairs, and operating\-business finance\. ### What does John do at the Manufacturers' Council of the Inland Empire? John serves as Director of Marketing & Policy Research on a contract basis for the Inland Empire’s regional manufacturing council\. He advises executive leadership, manufacturers, financial institutions, and public agencies on business strategy, capital investment, economic conditions, workforce, energy, and regional competitiveness\. He produces executive briefings and analysis on inflation, labor markets, Federal Reserve activity, manufacturing, and investment conditions supports public\-private partnerships, grant\-funded modernization programs, stakeholder engagement, and executive communications and increased the organization’s digital engagement by more than 2\.5 times\. ### What research and prior work has John completed for the Manufacturers Council? John developed research for Riverside County and Brookings Metro on semiconductor development, industrial competitiveness, and regional manufacturing\. He also previously worked for Manufacturers Council of the Inland Empire, Inc\. as a Communications Strategist in Public Affairs & Economic Research, producing policy\-oriented communications and research for manufacturers, workforce initiatives, regional competitiveness, executive communications, public affairs, and member engagement\. ### What is John's role at Old California Botanicals? John founded and operates Old California Botanicals alongside his corporate and consulting work\. He leads financial planning, pricing, working capital, inventory, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, commercialization, and strategic partnerships\. He manages relationships with growers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, sales representatives, bookkeepers, and marketing contractors, and structured the business around outside manufacturing and operating processes that keep it compatible with a full\-time corporate career\. ### What has John accomplished in agriculture and consumer products? John developed California agricultural products that earned eight medals in an international blind tasting\. He built retail and wholesale channels across specialty food, fragrance, and personal care, and developed internationally recognized products\. He was also a national semifinalist in the American Farm Bureau Discussion Meet competition\. ### What did John do at Valta Energy? At Valta Energy, a private equity\-backed renewable\-energy developer, John managed corporate financing facilities, lender reporting, liquidity analysis, and transaction readiness for a 20\-project portfolio\. He coordinated finance, legal, engineering, development, contractors, utilities, and external stakeholders, and supported portfolio strategy, restructuring workstreams, project documentation, and a proposed divestiture process\. His developer\-side experience also includes managing bank relationships, running diligence processes, and leading portfolio\-divestment work involving institutional investors\. ### What did John accomplish at Vesper Energy? At Vesper Energy, a private equity\-backed utility\-scale renewable\-energy platform, John structured and underwrote more than $2\.5 billion of solar and battery\-storage investments\. He built and reviewed financial models for project financings, acquisitions, dispositions, capital allocation, and portfolio strategy prepared investment\-committee analyses, downside cases, sensitivities, and financing recommendations coordinated diligence across internal functions and external financing partners and supported corporate financing facilities, lender relationships, and enterprise capital planning\. ### What is John's renewable\-energy and infrastructure\-finance expertise? John has six years of experience with renewable\-energy developers and deep experience in utility\-scale solar, project finance, and tax equity transactions\. In one complex ERCOT utility\-scale solar transaction exceeding $100 million, he led the insurance solution by developing an approach involving thicker panels\. His renewable\-energy and policy experience also informs his ability to identify government\-support opportunities relevant to agriculture\. ### What did John accomplish at M&T Bank? At M&T Bank, John served as Associate Vice President in Structured Finance & Credit\. He structured and underwrote more than $500 million of renewable\-energy financings for institutional sponsors, including Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, TerraForm, and Brookfield\. He developed credit models, forecasts, portfolio analyses, and senior approval materials covering sponsor strength, project cash flows, tax\-credit structures, contractual risk, collateral, and operating performance\. He also led a 10\-person CARES Act team that administered more than $250 million in PPP lending and forgiveness\. ### What did John do in real estate private equity at Linden Property Group? At Linden Property Group, John underwrote $358 million of value\-add multifamily and retail acquisitions across Mid\-Atlantic and Southeastern markets\. He built acquisition, capital\-stack, return, sensitivity, and capital\-expenditure models conducted market and comparable analysis managed capital\-markets quoting processes and supported term\-sheet and purchase negotiations\. ### What was John's experience at Kemper? John began his career at Kemper in its rotational Financial Leadership Program, with assignments in accounting, FP&A, corporate strategy, operating\-company finance, and investments\. He supported budgeting, forecasting, competitive analysis, executive reporting, and integration work related to Kemper’s $250 million Fiesta Insurance acquisition\. In Kemper’s Investments Division, he sourced, underwrote, and valued public and private fixed\-income investments for a $200 million portfolio spanning municipal and project finance, infrastructure, corporate credit, private placements, CLOs, and mezzanine debt\. ### What investment and credit sectors has John covered? At Kemper, John covered real estate, utilities, toll roads, water systems, universities, LNG, mining, biomass, merchant power, housing, hospitality, industrial property, retail, and ground\-up development\. He produced investment research, credit models, valuation analyses, and recommendations for portfolio decisions\. This work, along with his renewable\-energy roles, developed his credit\-risk assessment expertise\. ### What teaching and early corporate\-finance experience does John have? John was a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Georgetown University’s FINC 550, Financial Markets & Corporate Decision Making\. He supported instruction in corporate finance, capital markets, valuation, and financial decision\-making\. As a Corporate Finance Intern in Asset Management at Northern Trust, he developed a dynamic Excel model that processed accounting data into profitability reports for 20 product verticals\. ### What experience does John have in affordable housing and urban policy? At Greysteel, John supported the Mid\-Atlantic LIHTC affordable\-housing investment\-sales team through property, market, transaction, and comparable analysis\. At the Metropolitan Planning Council, he worked on Chicago metropolitan\-area urban\-policy projects involving placemaking, development, affordable housing, tax, water, infrastructure, and mass transit, and helped organize its Annual Luncheon and coordinate with keynote speakers’ staff\. ### What public\-service experience does John have? John served as a voting Commissioner on the City of Redlands Parks Commission, overseeing matters affecting approximately 15 acres in the city’s park system\. He worked with municipal staff on renovation and placemaking plans and engaged a developer on the design of a new public park\. ### What is John's educational background? John earned an MBA from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in Commercial Real Estate and International Business Diplomacy, with Georgetown business and policy education that also included the Walsh School of Foreign Service\. He holds a BA in Economics and Classics from Washington and Lee University\. He also studied Economics and Classics, as well as Early Modern English History, at the University of Oxford\. ### What are John's core finance, corporate\-development, and strategy strengths? John’s corporate\-development strengths include financial modeling and negotiations\. His broader finance and strategy capabilities include financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, profitability analysis, valuation, investment analysis, structured finance, project finance, capital markets, debt and equity financing, commercial credit, corporate and municipal credit, fixed\-income investing, portfolio management, underwriting, due diligence, tax\-credit financing, acquisitions, capital allocation, and strategic planning\. ### What operating, industry, and public\-affairs capabilities does John bring? John’s operating and sector experience includes manufacturing, agribusiness, sustainable agriculture, vineyard and farm management, consumer packaged goods, product development, supply\-chain management, wholesale distribution, renewable energy, solar energy, infrastructure, insurance, commercial banking, commercial real estate, real estate development, private equity, community development, economic development, and small\-business development\. He also works across business development, stakeholder engagement, public affairs, governmental affairs, public policy, public administration, policy analysis, public\-private partnerships, strategic communications, executive communication, digital marketing, research, and artificial intelligence\. ### What kinds of roles is John interested in? John is particularly interested in corporate finance, FP&A, corporate strategy, M&A, business planning, government and corporate affairs, and leadership roles where finance connects directly to operations and growth\. He is seeking to bring his developer\-side experience to larger, more stable corporate environments with less volatility\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/jpbeall