Orion

Mike Altschaefl, CPA has served as director since October 2009. Mr. Altschaefl is an owner and CEO of Albany-Chicago Company LLC, a custom die cast and machined components company and owner and president of Mid-America Bag LLC, a manufacturer and supplier of consumer and industrial trash bags, food storage bags and waste management solutions. After spending the first 21 years of his career with the Milwaukee office of Arthur Andersen, Mr. Altschaefl and several other partners opened a new office in Milwaukee for Grant Thornton. Mr. Altschaefl is a current advisory board member of Clasen Quality Coatings, chairman of the board of directors for Children's Service Society of Wisconsin, a board director for Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and a past advisory board member of Monterey Mills and Kennedy-Hahn.

Tryg Jacobson has served as director since June 2011. From 1981 to 2010, Jacobson served as owner and chairman of Jacobson Rost, a Wisconsin-based marketing communications firm specializing in corporate branding. During the same time period, he served on the Kohler Foundation's Board of Directors. In 2010, Jacobson founded Jake's Café LLC, a collaborative community for creative professionals. In addition to his business responsibilities, Jacobson has also been a brand specialist/speaker for The Executive Committee (TEC) since 1995, focusing on teaching his brand methodology to businesses in the United States and Canada. Jacobson has also served as a director of US Sailing Center Sheboygan since 2009.

James R. Kackley has served as a director since 2005 and chairman since August of 2010. Mr. Kackley practiced as a public accountant for Arthur Andersen LLP from 1963 to 1999. From 1974 to 1999, he was an audit partner for the firm. In addition, in 1998 and 1999, he served as chief financial officer for Andersen Worldwide. From June 1999 to May 2002, Mr. Kackley served as an adjunct professor at the Kellstadt School of Management at DePaul University. Mr. Kackley serves as a director, a member of the executive committee and the audit committee chairman of Herman Miller Inc., as a recent director and a member of the nominating and governance committee and the audit committee of Ryerson Inc. prior to its sale, and as a director and member of the management resources and compensation committee and audit committee of PepsiAmericas Inc.

Michael J. Potts was appointed to president and chief operating officer in July, 2010 and has served as a director since 2001. Mr. Potts joined the company as its vice president of technical services in 2001. From 1988 through 2001, Mr. Potts was employed by Kohler Co., one of the world's largest manufacturers of plumbing products. From 1990 through 1999 he held the position of supervising engineer-energy in Kohler's energy and utilities department. In 2000, Mr. Potts assumed the position of supervisor-energy management group of Kohler's entire corporate energy portfolio, as well as the position of general manager of its natural gas subsidiary. Potts is a recognized expert in energy issues, and has often testified before state and federal regulatory bodies regarding energy-related issues. Mr. Potts is licensed as a professional engineer in Wisconsin.

Elizabeth Rich has served as director since June 2010. Ms. Rich is an accomplished, Plymouth, Wis.-based attorney with the firm Elizabeth Gamsky Rich & Associates SC who has extensive experience in environmental law. Rich has litigated at administrative hearings before the Wisconsin Public Service Commission, the state Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, circuit courts, federal district courts, Wisconsin appellate courts and the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Ms. Rich has previously practiced at the Milwaukee law firm Godfrey & Kahn SC as its first environmental law attorney and with Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC, where she headed the firm's 12-member environmental practice group. Ms. Rich has served on the board of directors for Outpost Natural Foods, Gateway 2 Center Inc. and the Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors, and currently serves on the board of directors for the Plymouth Art Foundation and the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Foundation.

Thomas Schueller has served as director since April 2010. Mr. Schueller is a banking veteran that has amassed nearly 40 years of experience at all levels of the industry — from commercial banking officer to president. Just prior to retirement in January 2009, Mr. Schueller served as chief credit officer and managing director of Lake Shore Wisconsin Corp., a commercial banking enterprise headquartered in Sheboygan, Wis. From 1990 to 2007, Mr. Schueller served as president and later, senior loan review officer for Community Bank and Trust in Sheboygan, where, under his leadership, the bank's assets grew substantially from $13 million to $550 million. Before joining Community Bank and Trust, Mr. Schueller served in a variety of positions at Citizens Bank and Trust in Sheboygan, including senior vice president and regional senior lender. In addition to his professional career, Mr. Schueller is a member of the Rotary Foundation Board of Directors, and is a past board member of the YMCA and past president of the Y's Men's Service Club. He also is a past development committee member of the Sheboygan Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Verfuerth co-founded Orion Energy Systems in 1996 and has been Orion's chief executive officer since 2005. As an industry pioneer for more than 25 years, founder Mr. Verfuerth has been the driving force behind Orion's innovation and explosive growth. Under his leadership, the company has been referred to as a "disruptive force" in the marketplace.

In 2001, Mr. Verfuerth created a new concept in industrial high bay lighting called the Illuminator. The product offering has since been expanded to include the Compact Modular™ high performance lighting platform, InteLite® wireless dynamic sensor and control systems, and the direct renewable Apollo® solar light pipe. He has also launched Orion Asset Management and Orion Engineered Systems as wholly owned subsidiaries.

Mr. Verfuerth is the primary inventor on 30 US patents with 19 more pending. His product innovations have won numerous prestigious awards and honors including:

• National Society of Professional Engineers' New Product of the Year (two time winner)
• Plant Engineering Product of the Year Grand Award
• MIT Club of Wisconsin Technology Achievement Award

Mr. Verfuerth's accomplishments as a business leader have earned him:

• Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year (three time winner)
• Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
• Platts Global Energy Award for Sustainable Technology Innovation of the Year
• Alliance to Save Energy Super Nova Award

In 2009, President Barack Obama recognized Mr. Verfuerth as a visionary. The Obama administration has invited Neal to the White House to advise his staff on energy efficiency issues.

Mark Williamson has served as director since April 2009. Mr. Williamson is a veteran utility executive who has been responsible for successfully permitting and placing in service several billion dollars of extra‐high voltage transmission lines, power plants and natural gas pipelines. He served as executive vice president and chief strategic officer for Madison Gas & Electric Company in Madison, Wis., and as vice president of major projects for American Transmission Company (ATC). Since January 2008, Williamson has served as chairman of Putnam Roby Williamson Communications, a public relations firm based in Madison, Wis., specializing in strategic communications, media relations and government affairs.