Our Leadership Team
Kerry O'Neill
Chief Executive Officer
Kerry’s prior work at the Connecticut Green Bank managing single family and multifamily financing programs and low-to-moderate income initiatives has given her tremendous exposure to the kind of institutional challenges – and opportunities – associated with clean energy investing for underserved communities. She and her team launched 11 products in five years using a channel marketing and partnership origination approach and a variety of financial structures, all sharing a focus on reducing energy burdens by expanding access to credit.
Prior to joining the Green Bank, Kerry was Senior Advisor at the Clean Energy Finance Center, a non-profit organization she co-founded. Kerry also co-founded Earth Markets, a consulting firm that developed and managed community-based social marketing programs to accelerate demand for energy efficiency. Previously, Kerry was EVP of Transaction Management, Product Development and Strategy at Clayton Holdings, an industry-leading provider of credit risk analytics and due diligence services in the mortgage-backed securitization market. She has also held executive roles in operations, marketing and strategy in diverse sectors including e-commerce, direct marketing, and educational services. Kerry earned a BS in computer science and engineering from MIT and a master’s degree from NYU Tisch School of the Art’s Interactive Telecommunications Program.
Carmen Carson
Chief People and Culture Officer
As the Chief People & Culture Officer at Inclusive Prosperity Capital, Carmen leads the Human Resources and Marketing departments while advancing IPC’s JEDI-B (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging) strategy. With over 15 years of experience in nonprofit and education leadership, human capital solutions, and executive coaching, Carmen has dedicated her career to addressing educational disparities, serving as a global training and development leader, and advocating for adults with disabilities. Carmen is the founder of Rocketry Coaching & Learning, a consulting company that has successfully partnered with leaders, organizations, and entrepreneurs throughout the United States for leadership training and development. In her previous roles as Manager of DEI Programs at Doma and Senior Global Facilitator at Mettacool, Carmen designed and facilitated programs to empower and develop organizational leaders and advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the workplace. As with all of her former roles, at IPC, Carmen consistently serves as a strategic thought leader and a catalyst for change.
John D'Agostino
Managing Director, Clean Energy Transactions
As Managing Director of Clean Energy Transactions for IPC, John oversees all aspects of the organization’s financing programs serving multifamily, nonprofit, government, and commercial building owners and commercial solar developers. He combines a background in development finance, clean tech venture capital, public policy, and consulting to catalyze the market for energy financing. Prior to joining IPC, John was the Associate Director of Multifamily Programs for the Connecticut Green Bank, overseeing deal origination activities for clean energy financing programs serving the multifamily sector, and before that, managed the organization’s successful residential solar lease program.
Mark DeBonee, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Mark oversees the accounting, financial reporting, tax compliance, treasury, annual financial audit, and payroll functions for IPC. He is a Certified Public Accountant with over 15 years of combined public and private accounting experience. Prior to joining IPC, Mark was a Fund Accountant, Private Equity for Landmark Partners, an investment advisor specializing in private equity and real estate funds with $27 billion in commitments. At Landmark Partners, Mark was responsible for cash management, debt compliance, monthly and quarterly general ledger financial closing, and financial statement preparation for over 20 private equity funds. He previously spent eight years in public accounting and has experience in auditing public, private, and not-for-profit entities.
Michele Kunitz
General Counsel
Michele brings more than 20 years of experience in project and corporate finance, solar energy start-ups, operations, institutional investment, regulation, and corporate law to IPC’s mission of providing clean energy finance and expertise to underserved markets. As General Counsel, she oversees IPC’s legal and regulatory matters, risk management framework, compliance, and governance work.
Michele spent 13 years at Barings LLC, a global institutional asset manager, first serving as Counsel and later as Associate General Counsel and Managing Director. There she led the Regulatory and Trading Legal Team, overseeing corporate, regulatory, and trading matters during a period in which assets under management grew from $100 billion to more than $300 billion. At Barings, she gained deep experience in institutional investment, operations, and finance.
Before Barings, she served as Assistant Vice President and Counsel at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Barings’ parent, supporting its international and retirement businesses. She began her career in the Projects and Structured Finance Group at Bingham McCutchen LLP (now part of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP), where she represented lenders and loan arrangers, and worked across all aspects of project finance transactions in the power industry, primarily electric generation. Her project finance work spanned equity and debt financings, securities offerings, development and construction, and acquisitions and dispositions of project portfolios.
Ralph Mesite
Director, Smart-E Operations
Ralph Mesite leads Smart-E operations at Inclusive Prosperity Capital (IPC) and helps drive the program’s expansion. He oversees day-to-day program management of existing Smart-E and NGEN partners while supporting the rollout of Smart-E to surrounding states, focusing on contractor and lender engagement, process improvements, and a smooth loan experience for contractors, lenders, and borrowers alike.
Ralph brings more than 15 years of lending and financial services experience to the role. Before joining IPC nearly five years ago, he spent five years as a lending manager at Mutual Security Credit Union, where he launched the credit union’s Smart-E program and quickly grew it into one of the leading Smart-E lenders in Connecticut. That experience gives him firsthand insight into how lenders can put the program into practice internally, from loan operations to building strong contractor relationships. At IPC, he draws on strong program and team management skills to support growth and operational excellence.
Ryan Ramos
Head of Product & Technology
Ryan Ramos leads product strategy and technology at Inclusive Prosperity Capital (IPC), overseeing technical integrations, impact reporting, data analysis, and technology security and infrastructure. He manages IPC’s integrations with platforms including NGEN, Banyan, and Salesforce, and leads its SOC 2 certification and AI development. Ryan joined IPC in 2023 as a strategic technology consultant before stepping into his current role in 2024.
Ryan brings more than ten years of experience in fintech and enterprise SaaS startups from Seed through acquisition, along with three years in credit underwriting and risk mitigation. At Even Financial, he built and lead the Partner Solutions team, and led key integration workstreams after the company’s acquisition by MoneyLion, delivering more than $500 million in synergies. He began his career at Brown Brothers Harriman, underwriting debt facilities for some of the world’s largest privately-owned companies
Ryan’s work bridges financial services, technology, and sustainability, with a focus on expanding access to clean energy financing in underserved markets. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business.