Patty O’Keefe
Patty O’Keefe is the Midwest Regional Director at Vote Solar, where she works to protect and expand local solar at the state level. With over a decade of experience in community organizing and campaign management within the climate justice movement, Patty has led impactful legislative and public-facing campaigns for solar policy in Minnesota and Michigan. […]
Aviv Shalgi
Aviv Shalgi is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of Solar Simplified, a community solar aggregation platform built to remove offtake risk at scale. Through free customer acquisition, free churn replacement, and a full collection guarantee, Solar Simplified aligns developers, asset owners, and capital around durable project economics.
Tim Montague
Tim Montague is a clean-energy strategist, consultant, and media creator focused on commercial solar, energy storage, microgrids, and practical AI adoption for energy and infrastructure businesses. He is President of Clean Power Consulting Group and host of the Clean Power Hour, one of the most widely followed independent podcasts covering the energy transition. Â
Brent Buchberger
As Vice President of Project Development at Summit Ridge Energy, Brent leads a team focused on solar and battery storage projects and manages due diligence on solar portfolio acquisitions. Since starting in the commercial power industry in 2007, he has dedicated more than ten years to the design, development and construction of utility and distribution […]
Mikkela Blanton
Mikkela started at OneEnergy in 2022 with a primary focus on development in the Western region of the United States. In 2024, she joined OneEnergy’s Community Solar team and has been actively advancing CS pipeline in both Western markets and the state of Illinois since, with a primary focus in ComEd territory. Prior to her […]
Regina McCormack
Regina is Policy Director for the Illinois Solar Energy Association. She advocates for distributed solar and storage within regulatory policy in Illinois. At the Center for Sustainable Energy, Regina analyzed the impact of programs supporting adoption of electric vehicles and clean energy on behalf of several state agencies, including those in Illinois, California, and Oregon. […]
Michael Norbeck
Michael leads the Grid Services function at Enphase Energy, where he builds strategic partnerships and commercial transactions through which portfolios of distributed solar, battery and other customer-connected resources can deliver value as electric grid planning and operational assets. Michael began working in energy over 15 years ago, with positions in state and federal government focused […]
Caroline Mead
Caroline Mead is ENGIE’s Senior Vice President of Power Marketing leading ENGIE’s team responsible for power marketing to utilities, corporates & datacenters for its pipeline of assets. Caroline is also the North American lead for ENGIE’s global datacenter teams focused on powered land and datacenter energy campuses. Caroline began her career in the renewable energy industry […]
Patrick O’Hara
Patrick O’Hara is a seasoned executive with a deep passion for environmental sustainability and more than 19 years of specialized experience in IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) and Electronics Recycling. He has driven business development across key areas including secure onsite data destruction, e-waste scrap management, OEM take-back programs, and responsible asset disposition solutions.  His […]
Kavi Chintam
Kavi Chintam is the Campaign Manager for Illinois at Vote Solar. In this role, Kavi works to advance clean energy legislation and engages in coalitions to promote equitable and just measures. Kavi has a diverse array of experience in scientific research, policy analysis, on-the-ground organizing, community outreach, and grant writing in various sectors, including academia, […]
Will Kenworthy
Will Kenworthy is the Regulatory Director, Midwest for Vote Solar since 2018, where he is responsible for shaping and guiding policies to advance equitable clean energy transition in the Midwest. Vote Solar engages in state, local, and federal legislative and regulatory advocacy to remove regulatory barriers and implement key policies needed to bring clean energy […]
Allen Pitts
Allen Pitts is the Chief Operating Officer of Caban, where he oversees operational aspects of the company including procurement, production, product strategy, deployment and ongoing operation and maintenance responsibilities. With over 30 years of experience in telecommunication and other power related equipment, Allen has been instrumental in driving Caban’s new production facility as well as […]