Volta Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has further strengthened the company's Executive Team with the appointment of Michelle Kley as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective July 20, 2022, and William (Bill) Cooper as Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, and Assistant Secretary, effective on or before July 18, 2022. Kley most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary at Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc., where she led all legal and compliance matters for the first publicly traded commercial human spaceflight company, including NYSE and SEC regulatory compliance, corporate governance, intellectual property, labor and employment matters, and litigation. Before that, Kley was Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, and Secretary of space technology company Maxar Technology Inc. Kley previously worked as an associate for Morrison & Foerster LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati law firms. Kley received a J.D. degree from the University of California Berkeley Law School and graduated with a B.A. from Sonoma State University.

Cooper brings to his new role considerable expertise within the energy, transportation, and infrastructure sectors as a result of his over two decades of experience as a corporate and securities attorney. He joins Volta from the international law firm of Sidley Austin LLP, where he advised public and private companies, boards and special committees, and investment banks on a wide range of matters related to capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, public company reporting requirements, and corporate governance. Before joining Sidley Austin, Cooper was a partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.

He graduated from Emory University Law School with a J.D. and received a B.A. from Princeton University.