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Ken Bethea is a corporate executive with many years of executive and senior level experience in both the Energy and Semiconductor industries. He is the President and CEO elect of Southeast Fuels Inc. an energy marketing company in Greensboro, North Carolina and is a member of the Board of Directors. Prior to that appointment, he served in roles of increasing responsibility as Executive Vice President and COO as well as Vice President of Operations and Sales for the company. He is the past CEO and founder of Northeast Energy Fuels an energy marketing company in New England and is a past board member of Integrated Circuit Design Inc. a semiconductor design company in Maryland. In addition, he is an energy advisor with Guidepoint Global. He is a currently serves as President of the Greensboro Historical Museum Board and is a member of the Executive Committee and past treasurer. He also is a member of the Johns Hopkins University LDP Advisory Board and the Greensboro College Board of Visitors. Ken is a graduate of Leadership Howard County in Maryland.

Prior to entering the energy industry, he spent 25 years in the semiconductors industry with companies such as Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Bendix Corporation, AlliedSignal Corporation and Analog Devices Corporation. He held positions from Research and Development Engineer to Senior Level Management roles with responsibilities for Division Manufacturing and Production Fabrication of Semiconductor Devices, which included wafer fabrication, assembly, testing, planning, scheduling and procurement for products built in the United States and abroad. He concurrently led operations located in the United States, Ireland and the Philippines. During that period, he directly influenced and led over 400 employees worldwide. He received corporate recognition and awards in the field of Manufacturing and Operations through the development and installation of High Performance and Self Directed Teams that achieved “world-class” performance results. In addition, he has co-published articles exploring the benefits of Team Development and the impact on manufacturing operations.

He graduated from Morgan State University with a Bachelors of Sciences degree in Biology. Then furthered his education attending Johns Hopkins University receiving a Masters of Science degree in Business Management and Masters of Business Administration from The Carey Business School. He is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins nationally renowned Leadership Development Program. He also completed the nationally ranked Minority Business Executive Program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.