Galehead Development Hires Dru Steubing as Chief Development Officer

Former Apex executive will advance Galehead’s 15+ GW pipeline with an increasing focus on wind and late-stage development capabilities.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Galehead Development, a leading pure-play developer of renewable energy projects, decarbonization technology and Energy Transition infrastructure backed by Macquarie, has announced its hiring of Dru Steubing as Chief Development Officer (CDO).

With extensive experience developing utility-scale wind, solar, battery storage, and green fuel projects, Mr. Steubing is a powerful addition to the Galehead executive team. His specialized knowledge in greenfield development, project commercialization and building development teams will help Galehead execute its mission to provide development solutions and deliver transformative projects which accelerate the Energy Transition.

Mr. Steubing was previously the Vice President of Development at Apex Clean Energy. Prior to his roles at Apex, Mr. Steubing founded and ran a company building wind turbine foundations, roads, and crane pads. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University.

His strategic mindset, passion for innovation and commitment to building durable long-term assets strongly aligns with Galehead’s culture and executive team. “Joining Galehead was ultimately an easy decision,” says Steubing. “With the fundamental structure of passionate and intelligent leadership, paired with a solid capital partnership in Macquarie, Galehead is poised for tremendous growth and success in the renewable development space.”

Mr. Steubing will initially lead Galehead’s 17-FTE Project Development team and be responsible for its 15+ GW development pipeline of solar, wind and storage projects and new greenfield strategies. Galehead’s market coverage includes projects in NYISO, PJM, MISO, ERCOT and western markets. “We are thrilled to have Dru join our team and support the continuous improvement of our development capabilities, and especially the growth of our wind business. He is a great asset for our team, our growth strategy, and our downstream partners” said Matt Marino, CEO.

About Galehead Development

Galehead is the leading upstream development platform for planning, managing and delivering renewable generation resources and low carbon infrastructure. Galehead is powered by its proprietary LandCommand® software with a proven track record for reducing project development risk, costs and timelines. Since 2016 Galehead has successfully developed and monetized 7 GW of solar PV, wind and co-located storage projects and is actively developing new greenfield projects and LandCommand® applications with its network of downstream partners across the U.S. The company has 60 full-time employees and is headquartered in Boston, MA. More information on Galehead is available at www.galeheaddev.com.