Manager Sales

KATHLEEN SULLIVAN ESPOSITO

**** ****** ********, ** *** 668

Crested Butte, CO 81224

970-***-**** (Office) 970-***-**** (Cell)

*********@***********.***

www.cbcatalysts.com

PROFILE

Persistent, detail-oriented attorney with over 10 years of corporate law

experience involving banking, energy transactions and regulatory (FERC,

PUC, CFTC, FRB, OCC) work. Exceptional agreement-negotiation abilities.

Highly skilled at finding the commercial bottom line to regulatory

initiatives. Adept in "papering" energy-trading transactions and matters

dealing with credit. Admitted to practice law in New York, Massachusetts

and Colorado (Single Client Status).

EXPERIENCE

Crested butte catalysts, llc Crested Butte, CO

Corporate Counsel November 2003

- Present

. Currently working on a full-time contract basis with Wells Fargo in

the Securities Investment Group. Duties include: assisting in

developing the bank's physical commodity trading ventures and

supporting the regulatory compliance issues with the Commodity Futures

Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Reserve Board (FRB), Office of the

Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), as well as the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC). Also assisting on large structured

finance deals, reviewing securitization of financial assets and

negotiating confidentiality agreements.

. Managed state specific and federal regulatory matters for a large

energy corporation client (BP), including working with BP's

electricity traders to monitor and advocate market structure

developments at the California Independent System Operator and the

California Public Utility Commission.

. Conducted good-faith arbitration negotiations at ISOs.

. Drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial and commodity

contracts.

. Advising clients on the commercial impacts of upcoming legislative,

regulatory, tariff, and market design initiatives and how to structure

commercial transactions to take advantage of opportunities provided by

those initiatives.

DYNEGY Houston, tx

Corporate Counsel March 2002 -

November 2003

. Negotiated wholesale and retail gas, power and financial agreements

(ISDA, GISB, NAESB, EEI power and EEI master netting and non-standard

retail master agreements).

. Drafted confidentiality agreements, payment netting agreements, parent

company guarantees and letters of credit

. Managed litigation of trading group contract disputes relating to

credit issues and counter party bankruptcies.

. Managed and helped train Dynegy's negotiation team for Master Netting

and Setoff Agreements.

. Negotiated credit-related documents to support trading group including

reviewing all performance assurance requests from counter parties and

determining whether to post collateral.

ENRON Houston, tx

Manager of Regulatory and Government Affairs july

1999 - december 2001

. Proactively advocated new market structures that would enhance

competition and otherwise protected Enron's existing contracts in

numerous retail electricity cases before the New York Public Service

Commission

. Successfully advocated to create, extend and preserve significant

benefits related to one of Enron's contracts which translated into

over $14 million dollars in additional profit

. Coordinated with origination, marketing, legal and utility risk

management to advocate market design developments that increased

Enron's value propositions such as increased back-out credits, sales

tax initiatives and tariff rate design

. Worked with our public relations coalition in NY to implement a

campaign to isolate the fallout from California, promote competitive

markets, educate policy makers on the dangers of market intervention,

and improve public perceptions

. Supported Azurix by assisting in formulating political and legislative

strategies for opening water markets in target states

. Researched and analyzed contract, procurement and water laws in

Florida, California, Texas and New York

. Assisted in developing and presenting proposals for privatization

and/or long-term operation and maintenance contracts for various

municipal water and wastewater assets, including analyzing the legal,

political, financial and legislative hurdles of the deal structures

HANCOCK & ESTABROOK, LLP Syracuse, ny

Litigation Associate

September. 1998 - July 1999

. Responsibilities included researching and drafting legal memoranda and

affidavits filed with the court, conducting depositions, arguing

summary judgment motions, and assisting in trial of cases and appeals

EDUCATION

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF LAW Syracuse, NY

JURIS DOCTOR May 1998

Honors & Activities: Dean's List 1996- 98 (4 semesters); Pomeranz

Academic Scholarship Recipient; Grossman Trial Team,

Semi-Finalist; Suffolk Lawyers Guild Academic

Convocation; Research Assistant, Professor Gary T.

Kelder; Judicial Extern for Hon. Rosemary S. Pooler in

the US District Court in Northern NY; White House

Intern, Office of Communications Research (Summer 1996)

- Researched/wrote local issue briefings for

President and Senior White House advisors

- Compiled, wrote and edited administration

accomplishment briefs

- Contributed research for presidential speeches and

rapid response reports

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Syracuse, NY

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNICATIONS May 1995

Honors & Activities: Deans List 1992 - 95 (5 semesters); Writing

Tutor, Syracuse University Academic Achievement Center;

Moot Court; University Judicial Board Member

Studied in London, England (January 1994 - May 1994)

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