Cynthia Crooks

Vice President & Head of Development

Cindy has more than 22 years of experience generating power with FPL and FPL Energy, in the areas of wind energy and fossil project management, business development, commercial contracts, and operations. 

Cindy started in the wind business for FPLE in 2000 as a manager in the Construction group, ensuring certainty of cost, quality, and delivery of turbines, towers and other major equipment for more than 1,500 MW of wind projects from 2000-2003. These successful projects included Stateline in the northwest, Woodward Mountain and King Mountain in Texas, Gray County in Kansas, and Montfort in Wisconsin.  

She’s held roles with FPLE in wind operations and led the effort to resolve turbine warranty issues with various turbine suppliers. Until November 2007, Cindy worked in Business Development for FPLE, using her broad industry knowledge to develop wind projects in Canada and New York.  She recently led the OwnEnergy team to complete development of a 51 MW project in Texas. 

Cindy has a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, and an MBA from the University of Denver. Cindy and family reside in North Carolina; she enjoys running marathons as a hobby.