About

Latonya Binford is the Senior Accountant at NextEnergy. Binford has years of experience in financial analysis. In the past, she served as a Budget Analyst at Wayne State University where she analyzed and created budgets for university-wide central revenue and expenditure sources. She also served as a Business Analyst at Compuware Corporation where she reported financial data used in European negotiations for a major automotive customer. Binford holds a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration in Accounting from Central Michigan University and she is currently pursuing an MBA from the University of Detroit Mercy. She is also a member of the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers.

Alisha Kiovanni is the Executive assistant at NextEnergy. Kiovanni has years of experience as an administrative professional providing high level administrative support to managers and executives by determining their requirements along with executing tasks and projects within deadlines. Kiovanni also has vast experience in office management and project coordination while demonstrating proficient multitasking skills, exceptional communication and customer service acumen.

Kiovanni holds a certification in entrepreneurial business management, a culinary degree with a specialization in pastry arts, and was the proprietor of Alisha K’s Signature Cheesecake for over 10 years.

Lauren Mattar is a Technical Program Manager focusing on Mobility at Next Energy. In this role, she combines her passion for sustainability and relationship building with her engineering background and project management skills to help accelerate private-public partnerships to advance clean, smart, and accessible solutions in the mobility space.
Prior to joining NextEnergy, Lauren worked as a project manager for several years in both the transportation and building product sectors.
Lauren holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Ohio State University, a Master of Engineering Management from Penn State University, and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification through the Project Management Institute.

Eric McDonald is Director, Facilities and Infrastructure Development at NextEnergy where he is responsible for upgrades to the infrastructure and ongoing operation of NextEnergy’s campus. McDonald has over twenty years experience in management of capital improvements and infrastructure development and redevelopment for major construction managers and property owners. He has been involved on a diversity of projects including complete mechanical and electrical upgrades to industrial and commercial buildings; industrial backup power generation; civil, commercial,and industrial construction; landfill inspection and planning; and environmental remediation. McDonald has a Bachelor of Arts in Design from the University of Michigan, a master’s degree in Civil Engineering from Wayne State University and is a LEED Accredited Professional.

William Siddall is Chief Operating Officer at NextEnergy. Siddall has over 27 years of business development, program management and engineering experience in the automotive and defense industries. Siddall has most recently led electric vehicle product strategy & planning management at Electric Last Mile Solutions (ELMS). He was also the director of business development and program management for Mahindra Automotive North America, where he led the company’s United States Postal Service Next Generation Delivery Vehicle effort. Siddall was a founding member and vice president of business development, program management and sales for TM3 Systems, a startup company developing microgrids for the U.S Department of Defense. Siddall is an alumni of NextEnergy as director of mobile power development programs. Siddall has experience with fuel cell technology as director, business development and sales for Adaptive Materials Inc. He also held various roles at Ford Motor Company in the areas of manufacturing, vehicle development, engineering and program management. William holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master’s in Business Administration both from the University of Michigan. He is also a veteran of the United States Navy.