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Staff and Board Members
List of names of staff and board members
Solar Oregon has four staff, a cadre of contracted presenters, and a volunteer board of directors.
Staff
Karrie Hamilton, Volunteer Coordinator
Claire Carlson, Education Coordinator
Kevin Berg, Program and Events Coordinator
Hadley Price, Business Development Director
Markus Stoffel, Executive Director
President
| Kathy Bash |
| Architect DMS Architects |
| Kathy is an architect licensed in Oregon as well as a LEED Accredited Professional and has a Certificate for Teaching Technology in Architecture. Her current work focuses on buildings that use integrated on-site generation for combined heat and power, and that have a significant portion of their water needs met with captured rain fall. In her "other career," Kathy was a founding partner of Pacific Air Switch Corporation, a manufacturer of high voltage switches for the utility industry. She is an advocate of multi-disciplinary design, and has a passion for innovative technology and for finding peaceful solutions to our expanding infrastructure and energy needs. Kathy’s husband James cheerfully supports her effort in pushing their 1923 bungalow toward net zero energy. They currently enjoy solar hot water and a 3kw solar electric system, and they have on-going experiments with biodiesel, used veggie oil and biomass. |
Secretary
| Kacia Brockman |
| Senior Solar Program Manager Energy Trust of Oregon |
| Kacia is the Senior Solar Program Manager for Energy Trust of Oregon, a nonprofit organization that invests “public purpose funding” in energy efficiency and renewable energy resources in Oregon. Her program offers financial incentives for the installations of new solar energy systems, provides quality assurance, promotes solar training for the trades and supports public education to encourage the use of solar energy in Oregon. Kacia has served on the Solar Oregon board of directors since 2005, lives in an energy-efficient solar home in Portland and is a Master Recycler. She has a B.S. in Engineering Physics, having worked for 10 years in telecommunications engineering before redirecting her career toward renewable energy in 2003. |
Treasurer
| To be filled |
Board Members
| Susan Badger-Jones |
| Energy Trust Trade Ally Recruiter Energy Trust of Oregon |
| Information coming soon |
| Linda Barnes |
| Principal Merryman Barnes Architects |
| Linda Barnes, FAIA is a LEED accredited professional and a licensed architect in the states of Oregon and Arizona. Linda is a principal of the all women-owned architectural firm of Merryman Barnes Architects where every design decision has energy implications. Solar projects for the firm have included commercial, multifamily and single family residential projects. LEED certified projects have included new and remodeled buildings. Strategies have included energy efficient envelopes, passive design, Trombe walls, solar water heating and photovoltaics. Linda has been involved with Solar Oregon for over 20 years and has supported educational events and tours. Educated in Arizona, Linda is thankful for all the solar advocates in Oregon working diligently to demonstrate how solar works in Oregon. |
| Bruce Barney |
| Project Manager, Customer Energy Resources Portland General Electric |
| Bruce is currently Project Manager for the Portland General Electric Customer Energy Resources group. The majority of his work at PGE is managing dispatchable generation projects, but he also manages the net metering program. Net metering allows customers to interconnect their electricity generation (solar, wind, etc) with PGE’s grid to help offset their own power usage. Bruce works with many different groups within PGE, in addition to many of the company's customers, large and small, residential or commercial. His work also takes him in front of the Oregon PUC, TV and radio audiences, and other public forums. Bruce's previous experience includes work in construction management and design-build contracting. He holds degrees in Biology and Mechanical Engineering, with a minor in Electrical Engineering. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Oregon, and has a 3kW solar electric system at his home. |
| Doug Boleyn |
| Commercial Solar Program Manager Energy Trust of Oregon |
| Doug is currently the Commercial Solar Program Manager for Energy Trust of Oregon. He got started with solar energy in 1974 when he and his wife built a solar heated home. Doug then went to work for Portland General Electric Company as their solar and renewable energy expert. He has also designed energy conservation marketing programs, performed reserach and development and worked in many roles relating to energy conservation and renewables. Prior to joining Energy Trust, Doug ran Cascade Solar Consulting, where he provided a wide range of solar energy-related services. Doug has been a member of Solar Oregon since its inception in 1981 and has served a number of roles with the organization. He's a Life Member of the American Solar Energy Society and a member of the Homebuilders Association of Metro Portland. |
| Mitch Dec |
| Senior Energy Analyst Glumac |
| Mitch is a graduate from The University of Portland and currently heads up Glumac's Energy Services Group in their Portland office. Mitch is an advocate for energy efficiency and renewable energy on New Construction and Existing Building commercial construction. Aside from being a proponent of sustainable design, Mitch has a deep passion for the natural world where he enjoys surfing in the pacific northwest's cold waters and snowboarding on the nearby mountains |
| Jeff Friedman |
| Energy Consultant Live Light Energy |
| Jeff is an Energy Consultant for LiveLight Energy, holds NABCEP Installer Certification and is a Tax Credit Certified Technician in Oregon. Formally trained in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University and as a Manufacturing Engineer from Boston University Jeff is attracted to technical challenges. At LiveLight Energy, an Oregon based Solar Installer, Jeff applies his skill set to design and configure Solar PV and Solar Hot Water systems for residence and commercial accounts. Jeff brings 20 years of Semiconductor industrial sales, marketing, product development, customer support and entrepreneurial experience to reach out to LiveLight customers and develop new business opportunities. Jeff volunteered his Board nomination in 2010 to help provide a grounded perspective and share his technical consultative approach and experiences with Solar Oregon and support the mission to educate and promote solar communitywide. Jeff has been heating his swimming pool with the sun for 15 years. |
| Glenn Haupt |
| Principal Solar Craft, LLC |
| Glenn is a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor and the owner of Solar Craft LLC, a residential design firm that focuses on creating durable, energy efficient, healthy home designs that utilize active and passive solar energy strategies. His current design work includes participation in The Oregon Department of Energy's High Performance Home Program, a deep energy reduction retrofit of his family's home, and a RV garage converted into a passive and active solar home and artist studio. He recently completed Passive House Consultant training, a design and construction approach which leads to a 90% space heating energy reduction, and a 75% reduction in total primary energy in homes, compared to code built homes. He believes that combining Passive House design principles with distributed solar energy production is the most best approach for achieving net zero and positive energy homes today. Glenn is an early adopter of the Architecture 2030 Challenge, is a member of the NW Ecobuilding Guild, and the High Desert Branch of the Cascadia Green Building Council. |
| Justin Lancaster |
| President National Solar, Inc. |
| Justin is founder and president of National Solar, Inc., a Northwest-based solar energy company specializing in residential and small commercial grid-tied solar systems. Previously, Justin ran a large multi-state exterior remodeling company for 11 years. He was also involved in the start up and development of a financial services company in which he remains a partner. Justin has grown a number of business ventures with great success. He has a keen understanding of the residential market and brings entrepreneurial skills and experience, management and sales team building and an understanding of the financial tools available for projects. He is committed to building a sustainable industry, beyond the current era of incentives, by creating dialogue with key public and private players to create greater awareness of renewable energy. Justin was educated at the University of Puget Sound in Modern Philosophy and Political Science. |
| Christopher Luttkus |
| Assistant Attorney General Oregon Department of Justice |
| Chris is an Assistant Attorney General at the Oregon Department of Justice focusing on business transactions, government law and public contracting. A 2006 graduate of Lewis and Clark Law School, Chris had previous careers with startups and Fortune 500 companies as an information technology manager. He has also served as a high school math teacher in an underprivileged city neighborhood. Chris is currently serving on the Governor’s Alternative Fuel Vehicle Infrastructure Working Group, created to help Oregon anticipate and prepare for the next generation of clean and electric vehicles. Both his service on the Board and on the Governor’s Working Group are in a personal, not governmental capacity. |
| Clifford B. Schrock |
| Renewable Energy Engineer EC Company |
| Cliff has 31 years of experience in the high technology
disciplines of instrumentation and digital optical transmission, and
has designed city-scale interactive communications systems for various
public, government and education agencies including those in Portland.
He has published 5 books and over 160 articles on cable television and
digital communications. Cliff is a frequent speaker on solar and
thin-film technology, energy, and Stirling engines, at various local
and national shows. He holds 9 patents. Since 2002, Cliff has designed over 120 small and medium size solar electric and solar hot water systems and has directly supervised the installation of more than 74 of these systems. He is a registered Trade Ally of the Energy Trust of Oregon and a Tax-Certified Installer for the Oregon Department of Energy. Cliff graduated from California State College, Long Beach with a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Technology, and attended the University of Portland’s MBA program. He holds certificates from the Ground Source Heat Pump Association and the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners. His hobbies include restoring and flying antique airplanes, and playing piano and guitar. |
| Dan Weldon |
| Dan has 20 years of banking experience and is the Eco-banking manager for Umpqua Bank. He began his banking career as a community development t loan officer with First Interstate Bank focused on North and Northeast Portland. Dan is one of the first LEED Accredited Professionals working in the financial industry in the Northwest and one of a few in the U.S. He serves on Mayor Sam Adams’ Planning and Sustainability Advisory council and eco-community sub-cabinet for the City of Portland. He is active in the sustainability community through participation with the Oregon Cluster Network, Northwest Environmental Business Council (NEBC), Voice for Innovation and Sustainability (VOIS – formerly SOBA) and Solar Oregon. He has served on numerous presenting panels covering financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Dan received his bachelor’s degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and his MBA from George Fox University. |
| Brain Thornton P.E. LEED AP |
| Senior Buildings Engineer Energy & Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National |
| Since May 2009, Brian is working at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland Washington. He is a senior engineer working on energy efficiency analysis and project management. Prior to the Lab, Brian worked for one year as the commercial solar program manager at the Energy Trust. Earlier, Brian spent 11 years as an energy efficiency analyst at several engineering consulting firms, Portland General Electric, and most recently his own business Thornton Energy Consulting. Brian is a Professional Engineer in mechanical engineering. |