About Tatanka Resources
Mike Crist and his partners have dedicated nearly a century of combined experience to an industry that is in its infancy. That's impressive. Even more impressive is the vision that has driven us and Tatanka Resources: alternate energy, finance, administration, natural resource management, state and federal policy experience, green building and project analysis, for starters.
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Mike Crist has worked in both fields of project finance and alternate energy since the early 80’s. His experience includes over $300 million of project financing. His professional focus provides insight into:
- Experience includes bond financing
- U.S. and other agency issues
- Conventional bank financing
- International transactions
- Working capital facilities
Preferring to work in a creative environment, he has worked on projects ranging from hotel complexes to ice arena’s and family run grocery stores. Another strong focus for Mike has been alternate energy and energy conservation projects. In the late 80’s Mike was principal in Osage Steam Power Systems, an Asian representative for Merank Power Systems, S.A. biomass fired power plants. Since then he has kept a hand in alternate energy finance in nearly every market segment.
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Steve Mahfood has a 35 year track record as an innovative administrator and leader in the environmental, energy and natural resource fields. He has been instrumental in creating partnerships and coalitions through his outstanding organizational, advisory and technical skills. A first generation American of Lebanese descent from Missouri, he has had an interesting and diverse career in North Africa and the Middle East as an environmental leader. He was appointed by three governors as Cabinet Secretary to lead the major Missouri agency of 2,200 employees and a $330 million budget for managing the environmental, energy, geological, cultural and historic resources of the state. Other prominent roles representing Missouri and the US include:
- Chairman, NAFTA-US Governmental Environmental Advisory Commission
- EPA’s Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) — 13 years
- Marshall Fund, presenting internationally on environmental issues
- United States Presidential Environmental Achievement Award in 1997
His work has also been featured “60 Minutes.” The piece focused on Steve's negotiations for the first agreement in US history for a corporate buy out of Missouri citizens' houses whose children were being exposed to lead smelter emissions. He is now advising The Nature Conservancy and many influential organizations on climate change, energy, environmental and carbon management issues. Steve has a Bachelors degree in Environmental Science from Rutgers University and is a graduate of the Yale University Environmental and Management Leadership Program.
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Joseph E. King, AIA has lead an architectural firm that is focused on a broad range of energy and resources. Joe has extensive experience in detailed analysis of alternative energy resources and technologies, energy efficient measures, technical writing and publishing. He has assisted electric utilities in evaluating renewable resources, particularly wind and biomass. His expertise also includes designing very high energy performance buildings, energy performance evaluation, and energy code compliance. Other areas of experience include:
- Renewable Energy Resource Assessment and Technology Evaluation
- State and Federal Energy Programs and Policy
- Superior Energy Performance Building Design and Analysis
- Professional Education in Building Energy Performance Analysis and Energy Code Compliance
- Project Economic Performance Analysis
- Commercial, Industrial, Residential Building Design and Construction
Joe's focus is on aggregation and trading of carbon sequestration assets from forestry and agricultural activities, and providing carbon “foot printing” analysis services.