Team

Emerson Garner Farrell

CEO and Founder

As CEO of FGE Power, Emerson leads the company’s overall vision through the management of strategic partnerships, selection of projects, oversight of project execution, and long-term financial planning. Inspired by his years working in Northern Ireland and his namesake, Kenneth Bishop Garner, Sr.’s, patents that enabled the creation of combustion turbines utilized in modern power plants, Emerson founded FGE Power in 2011 in order to accelerate the development of sustainable power generation infrastructure in North America.

Additionally, he previously led corporate strategy and business development for tech firm ZINK Imaging; managed client engagements for management consultancy Silver Oak Partners; and participated in the formation of international private-public investment funds with Economic Innovation International. 

Emerson is active in a variety of philanthropic causes benefiting child welfare, animal welfare, and environmental conservation. He currently serves on the Global Advisory Council of the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs (HAE), an international non-profit.

Emerson executes venture investments across a range of industries, including quantum computing, artificial intelligence, documentary film financing, and consumer packaged goods through his family office, Bat City Acquisitions.

Mr. Farrell received his A.B. cum laude from Harvard University and began his Master of Business Administration at The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania.

Brian Drinkwine

Executive Vice President

Colonel (Retired) Drinkwine is a former Army combat arms officer with a distinguished career that spans over 25 years. He serves as our executive vice-president, where his responsibilities include enterprise-wide operations oversight, strategic planning, and development of power generation opportunities. Prior to joining FGE Power, he held leadership positions with reconstruction and development projects with the Department of Defense, as well as EPC projects in Southwest Asia.

Colonel Drinkwine holds a Bachelor of Science in engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a master’s in political science from Auburn University, a Master’s in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

Lindsey Snyder

Chief of Staff

As Chief of Staff, Lindsey oversees internal initiatives, corporate processes, and external communications at FGE Power. Her investment, legal, and operational experience spans the commercial real estate, oil and gas, biotech, and technology industries where international clients have included private equity funds, family offices, and United States government contractors. She also spent three years in corporate PR and marketing where she focused on biotech, healthcare, and AI.

Mrs. Snyder received her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Art History from Boston University and her Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School. She holds a post-graduate certificate from Cornell in commercial real estate development.

Nicholas Gorton

Chief Investment Officer

Nicholas has over 15 years of experience across a variety of roles in financial services and financial markets infrastructure, including corporate strategy, corporate development, M&A, and business integration.

At FGE Power, Nicholas leads Corporate Development and M&A. Nicholas is a seasoned transaction and investment specialist. Most recently, he helmed Corporate Development for the Data and Analytics division at the London Stock Exchange Group. He has delivered over $33Bn of closed deals to date.

Mr. Gorton earned his Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) at the University of Notre Dame. Nicholas is based London, England.

Alan Shih

Chief Accounting Officer

As Chief Accounting Officer at FGE Power, Alan plays a key role in the company's strategic financial planning and development.

Alan is a Certified Public Accountant with over 16 years of experience in digital media, private equity and financial services. At EY, Alan executed budgeting, planning and audit procedures for publicly traded companies within the healthcare and sporting industries, including the Boston Red Sox and Hologic. He then blended his financial acumen and a love of sports at Google, where he helped launch multiple innovative new sports media partnerships. Alan also played a key role as an early employee leading analytics and data analysis at Whistle Sports, a digital sports start-up that he helped scale from launch to a nine figure valuation with investors and equity holders that included NBC, Sky Sports, MLB and the NFL. As GovSourcing’s Chief Financial Officer, Alan managed the accounting, financial and administrative operations of the company.

Mr. Shih earned his Bachelor of Science (Major in Accounting and Finance) from Boston College Carroll School of Management.

Gordon Moore

Director of Project Development

As Director of Project Development at FGE Power, Gordon manages a portfolio of natural gas development projects.

Prior to joining FGE Power, Gordon led the sales organization at a nationally distributed consumer packaged goods company and held roles in both management consulting at Public Strategies as well as strategic partnership development in the banking industry. Additionally, he founded a consulting firm that specialized in go-to-market strategy for early stage FinTech companies.

Mr. Moore earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin and is pursuing a Level 3 Award in Wines from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.

Shyenne Coble

Executive Assistant

Shyenne is the executive assistant at FGE Power, where she manages executive schedules, oversees internal communications, and coordinates projects to enhance productivity. Her responsibilities include strategic scheduling and implementing organizational systems to facilitate a smooth workflow within the executive team. Her ability to plan meticulously and solve problems is essential to the team's success.

Mrs. Coble earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Central Florida.