Board Committees

Kevin O’Connor, is the Principal at KMO Strategy. Kevin O’Connor is currently involved in strategic consulting, He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Dime Community Bank the successor organization to BNB Bank after the merger between these two organizations in 2021. Dime Bank is one of the region's largest community banks with over 50 branches, 800 employees and $12 billion in assets. Mr. O’Connor served as the Chief Executive Officer of the bank for 16 years, where he led the Long Island community institution through a period of dramatic growth and financial stability. Other roles in financial services included senior positions at North Fork Bank and KPMG. Mr. O’Connor has degrees in Accounting from Adelphi University in 1984 and Suffolk Community College.

Scott M. Honour has served as a director of EVO Transportation & Energy Services, Inc. since November 2016 and has served as a member of its audit committee since February 2019. Mr. Honour also serves as Managing Partner of Northern Pacific Group, a Wayzata, Minnesota based private equity firm, where he has served since 2012. Previously, from 2002 to 2012, he was Senior Managing Director of The Gores Group, a Los Angeles based private equity firm with $4 billion of capital under management. Prior to that, Mr. Honour was a Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank from 2000 to 2002 and an investment banker at DLJ from 1991 to 2000. He began his career at Trammell Crow Company in 1988. Mr. Honour also co-founded YapStone, Inc. in 1999. Mr. Honour holds a BS in business administration and a BA in economics from Pepperdine University and an MBA in finance and marketing from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Henry B. Howard, with ten years of domestic and international solar energy industry experience, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Renewable Energy LLC, U.S. Renewable Energy II LLC, and U.S. Renewable Energy III LLC; owners of two New York community solar energy generation facilities and one foreign commercial solar energy generation facility. Mr. Howard is also the founder and sole owner of U.S. Education Loan Trusts I, II, III, and IV LLC’s; Federal Family Education Loan Program securitizations collectively amounting to $3.5 Billion in original outstandings. The President appointed him to represent the United States in Nicaragua in 1997 and to the board of the National Security Education Program at the U.S. Department of Defense in 2020. Mr. Howard is an Advisory Board Member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. 

Mr. Howard is a 1979 honors graduate from the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science (Cum Laude) and is a Doctor of Human Letters (h.c.) from the University of Mobile.

Henry B. Howard, with ten years of domestic and international solar energy industry experience, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Renewable Energy LLC, U.S. Renewable Energy II LLC, and U.S. Renewable Energy III LLC; owners of two New York community solar energy generation facilities and one foreign commercial solar energy generation facility. Mr. Howard is also the founder and sole owner of U.S. Education Loan Trusts I, II, III, and IV LLC’s; Federal Family Education Loan Program securitizations collectively amounting to $3.5 Billion in original outstandings. The President appointed him to represent the United States in Nicaragua in 1997 and to the board of the National Security Education Program at the U.S. Department of Defense in 2020. Mr. Howard is an Advisory Board Member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. 

Mr. Howard is a 1979 honors graduate from the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science (Cum Laude) and is a Doctor of Human Letters (h.c.) from the University of Mobile.

Thomas J. Holland is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Homebound Inc., a California-based housing company, and has been in such role since November 2021. He was previously a partner at Bain & Company, Inc., a management consulting firm, (“Bain & Company”) from September 2018 to November 2021. From December 2016 to December 2017, Mr. Holland was the CEO of Century Snacks, LLC, a California-based food manufacturing company. From March 2014 to December 2015, Mr. Holland served as the President of SunRun Inc., a provider of residential solar panels and home batteries (“SunRun”), and he was the Chief Operating Officer of SunRun from August 2013 to March 2014. Prior to that, he was a partner at Bain & Company from December 1989 to July 2013. Mr. Holland holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Kevin O’Connor, is the Principal at KMO Strategy. Kevin O’Connor is currently involved in strategic consulting, He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Dime Community Bank the successor organization to BNB Bank after the merger between these two organizations in 2021. Dime Bank is one of the region's largest community banks with over 50 branches, 800 employees and $12 billion in assets. Mr. O’Connor served as the Chief Executive Officer of the bank for 16 years, where he led the Long Island community institution through a period of dramatic growth and financial stability. Other roles in financial services included senior positions at North Fork Bank and KPMG. Mr. O’Connor has degrees in Accounting from Adelphi University in 1984 and Suffolk Community College.

Scott M. Honour has served as a director of EVO Transportation & Energy Services, Inc. since November 2016 and has served as a member of its audit committee since February 2019. Mr. Honour also serves as Managing Partner of Northern Pacific Group, a Wayzata, Minnesota based private equity firm, where he has served since 2012. Previously, from 2002 to 2012, he was Senior Managing Director of The Gores Group, a Los Angeles based private equity firm with $4 billion of capital under management. Prior to that, Mr. Honour was a Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank from 2000 to 2002 and an investment banker at DLJ from 1991 to 2000. He began his career at Trammell Crow Company in 1988. Mr. Honour also co-founded YapStone, Inc. in 1999. Mr. Honour holds a BS in business administration and a BA in economics from Pepperdine University and an MBA in finance and marketing from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.