religion birth_date spouse residence image article_title name occupation alma_mater
roman catholic 19 october 1961 anne whitlock houston , texas skelly_new_img_1032 . jpg michael peter skelly
 michael skelly president and founder , clean line energy partners university of notre dame , harvard business school
michael peter skelly

michael peter skelly -lrb- born october 19 , 1961 -rrb- is a houston renewable energy businessman and former democratic candidate for texas 's 7th congressional district -lrb- map -rrb- in the u.s. house of representatives .
from 1999 to 2008 , he served as the chief development officer for horizon wind energy , the third largest wind company in the united states .
skelly is currently the president of clean line energy partners , an independent developer of high voltage direct current , long-haul transmission lines .
