L. Stephen Rizzieri grew up in Gilbertsville, N.Y., population 650, a town so small that his high school graduating class had only 28 people.
But Rizzieri has gone on to see the world as longtime chief legal officer and general counsel of Panda Energy International Inc., a company that develops power plants domestically and abroad. He has traveled to China and Nepal, countries where Panda has developed facilities. He also has been to Sierra Leone, India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Brunei and Costa Rica to help seal deals on behalf of other companies.
