Meet the Team

Jarrod Beckstrom

Senior Development Manager, Apex Clean Energy

Jarrod Beckstrom is a development manager for Coyote Willow Wind. Jarrod has a background in education, sports marketing, communications, and windfarm operations. Jarrod started in the renewable energy field as a wind turbine technician and went on to manage three windfarms in Oklahoma, where he currently lives with his family.

Rob Welch

Project Manager, JCG Land Services

Rob has worked on multiple Apex projects over the past 4 years in the role of project manager for the land acquisition team. Living in Iowa since 1986, he understands the concerns farmers have about their land and is able to share how wind can work to benefit of both farmers and their communities.

Gareth Stauffer

Land Acquisition Specialist, JCG Land Services

Gareth has worked on two Apex wind projects in his one and a half years at JCG. Gareth was raised on a 160-acre farm in south central Nebraska raising duroc hogs and black angus cattle, as well as growing corn and soybeans. He also acquired a Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy, he understands soil fertility, agricultural practices, and how a wind project can benefit and work with their operation.

Jared Hershberger

Public Engagement Manager, Apex Clean Energy

Jared Hershberger is the Public Engagement Manager for Coyote Willow Wind. Jared assisted his grandfather on his farm until he graduated high school. After college, Jared spent much of his career doing rural outreach and constituent services for a congressman in Iowa and currently resides in Burlington.

Corey Eberling

Public Engagement Organizer

Corey served 16 years on the Franklin County Board of Supervisors, where he saw firsthand the positive impact windfarms have on local government budgets and community businesses. Corey was instrumental in the development of three phases of a windfarm, which totaled 500 MW of power produced in Franklin County. Corey lives with his family in Iowa.