Kamari Brewer serves Executive Director of Atlas Scholars. She joins with over 15 years of nonprofit leadership experience, including most recently as Chief Program Officer at The Council on Recovery. Prior to her time at The Council on Recovery, Kamari served as Executive Director of The Posse Foundation in Houston, and as a Program Director at Baylor College of Medicine, where she helped expand Baylor’s On BELAY program focused on youth in underserved communities. Kamari has also served in therapy roles in various settings, including private practice, Children’s Protective Services, and Texas Children’s Hospital.

Kamari has dedicated her career towards empowering young adults to reach their full potential. She holds a Master of Science in Social Work from The University of Texas at Austin, and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Texas A&M.

Josh Silberman is Program Coordinator of Atlas Scholars. Joshua brings a wealth of experience to Atlas Scholars, having previously served as a teacher and professor at the first Early College High School in Texas. In his work as an educator, he has served at Houston Community College, as well as in multiple districts in the greater Houston and Austin areas. During his time in Houston ISD, he instituted a TEDx youth event and multiple research programs unique to the Houston area.

Joshua holds a master’s degree in Education from The University of Texas and a bachelor’s degree from The University of Houston. He has also been invited to serve as a speaker for TEDxRiceU and Houston Public Media on the topic of increasing opportunities for students while in high school and the role that adults play in that process.

Craig Taylor is the founder and CEO of Iapetus Holdings, a multimillion-dollar portfolio of energy service companies and alternative investments with more than 400 employees across seven U.S. offices.

Craig has over 20 years of experience in the finance and energy space as a commodities broker for MBF Clearing Corporation and SCS Commodities Corporation. Prior to his career in commodities, he worked on the legal side of the finance sector for White & Case, LLP in New York City.

Craig’s entrepreneurial spirit and personal path to his energy and finance career inspired him to give back to the next generation of business leaders through the Atlas Scholars program.

Before beginning his career, Craig spent several years as a leader in the United States Navy. He was a Petty Officer 3rd Class for the Presidential Honor Guard and USS Ticonderoga where he oversaw a platoon of over 50 men and women in duties representing the U.S. Navy at ceremonies for the President of the United States, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval operations.

Craig received his B.S. in management from the University of Maryland, his J.D. from Fordham University, and most recently earned an MBA through the joint Global Executive Program at Columbia University and London Business School.

Tej Singh serves as Chief Operating Officer for Iapetus Holdings LLC and its operating companies.

Originally from Canada, Tej began his career at Ontario Power Generation before pursuing a career in trading and consulting at Dynegy, TD Securities, and Deloitte in Canada. Tej moved on to Goldman Sachs in New York where he spent nearly six years in commodities trading and finally Mercuria in Houston, before joining Iapetus Holdings in 2012.

Tej obtained a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Management Studies from McMaster University in Ontario. He was an active player raising money and defining business strategy for a Canadian commercial startup for seven years.

In 2021, Tej was honored among the recipients of the Top 50 Financial Leaders award by the National Diversity & Leadership Conference.

Geoff Berg is Founding Partner of Berg Plummer Johnson & Raval, LLP.

Geoff has handled virtually every kind of case. From representing corporations in complex multi-million dollar commercial disputes to employment matters, arguments over oilfield trade secrets, government and corporate investigations, there is little he has not handled successfully.

Geoff is AV Preeminent-rated 2000-2018, by Martindale-Hubbell, has been a Texas Super Lawyer in business litigation every year 2004-2018 by Super Lawyers, a division of Thomson Reuters, was a Rising Star before that, and is listed in Best Lawyers in America. 2012-2019, The Best Lawyers in America, by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.

Geoff has presented CLE programs dealing with legal ethics, and spoken at the University of Houston Law Center on trial strategy. He has also been hired by some of the largest and best-known firms in the country to offer expert testimony on attorneys’ fees.

Geoff makes frequent appearances on television and radio. He has been on the Today Show, CNN, CNBC, and virtually every local station. The Houston Chronicle calls Geoff “one of the best-known experts and thinkers” in Houston.

Before founding Berg Plummer Johnson & Raval, LLP, Geoff was of counsel at Diamond McCarthy, a national trial boutique. Before that, Geoff practiced with his father, David Berg, at Berg & Androphy.

Jack Miglioretti II is a power trader and Head of ERCOT at Trafigura, where he is responsible for building Trafigura’s power trading portfolio and pipeline for renewable and other power products and services.

After joining Constellation in 2000 as an associate, Jack served in various roles across Finance, Portfolio Management, and Trading over 19 years. Jack then moved to Houston in 2019 to join Macquarie as a Senior Vice President in US Power Trading, before joining Trafigura in 2020.

Jack has been an active volunteer and supporter of numerous nonprofits. He is an active supporter of the United Way, serving as a Tocqueville Executive Council member for three years, in addition to supporting several organizations such as Catholic Charities and The Special Olympics. An avid supporter of Atlas Scholars, Jack has served as a mentor and guest speaker for more than five years. He received his B.S. in Finance from Mount St. Mary’s University

Jay Mondkar is a member of General Atlantic’s $3.5bn climate fund, BeyondNetZero, where he focuses on growth equity investments in companies combating climate change at scale.

Prior to joining General Atlantic, Jay worked in investment banking at Rothschild & Co in the Restructuring & Debt Advisory group.

Jay graduated from The University of Texas at Austin and was a member of the inaugural graduating class of Atlas Scholars from 2013-2015.

Mary Anne Brelinsky (Board Member) is President of Alpha Generation, an ArcLight Company. Prior to joining Alpha Generation, Mary Anne served as President of EDF Energy North America, which included EDF Trading and EDF Energy Services, where she was responsible for EDF’s Power and Natural Gas Retail businesses, the Generation Services business, as well as Gas and Power Trading Desks in the U.S. and Canada.

Prior to EDF, Mary Anne held positions with Reliant Energy and Dynegy. Mary Anne started her career with the Exxon Chemical Company where she held several engineering and plant operations positions.

Mary Anne has been recognized as one of the industry’s Thought Leaders by the Energy Thought Summit, received the Houston Business Journal’s Women in Energy Leadership Award, and the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce Breakthrough Woman Award.

Mary Anne serves on the Board of Directors for Atlas Scholars, the Gulf Coast Power Association, the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce, the University of Houston’s Energy Advisory Board, and the Renewable Energy Alliance of Houston. She has an engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Rick Peña is Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at Calpine, where he leads the company’s mergers and acquisitions, business integrations, and development of new partnership opportunities. Since joining Calpine in 2007, he has held several leadership roles and was named Vice President of Corporate Development in 2013 before being promoted to his current role in 2025.

Earlier in his career, Rick worked in corporate development at Direct Energy and as a Senior Analyst at Duke Energy North America. He earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from Texas A&M University.