Staff Bios

Meet Our Service Technicians

Ray Seward
Our Lead Technician, has been with ERE for over 17 years and lives in Clinton

Mike Palmeri
Mike grew up in a family oil business, has been with ERE for two years and lives in North Haven

Nathan Terribile
Nathan is an apprentice and lives in Old Saybrook

Bryant Vernon
Bryant has been with ERE for six years and lives in Branford

Meet Our Customer Service Staff

Penny McQueeney - Sales and customer Service
Penny joined ERE after 23 years as a sales rep with Johnson & Johnson. She and her husband George have two grown daughters and a grandson. They reside in Killingworth.

Joann Bansley - Dispatcher
Joann has been with ERE for over eight years. She was born in Brooklyn, NY, and is the daughter of a Marine, wife of a Marine and mother of a Marine. He first grandchild-Emma-arrived recently. She lives in Branford.

Phyllis Tashman - Credit & Billing Mgr.
Phyllis has been with ERE since her original employer, Country Heat & Fuel was acquired by ERE ten years ago. She has lived in Guilford for 30 years with her husband Lenny. She has two daughters and enjoys long walks with her yellow lab Chelsea.

George McQueeney - Operations/Service Mgr.
George was named “National Service Manger of the Year” in 2003, has been with ERE for 17 years and in the fuel business for over 40 years. He is on the Technical School Advisory Board for the Independent Connecticut Petroleum Assn.

Dave Rettig - Homeowner Services
Joined East River Energy as head of Retail Operations, a position that draws on his years of experience in sales and marketing in the telecommunications industry. Dave is a graduate of Syracuse University. He and his wife Laurie are residents of Branford. They have a son and two daughters.

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