Katie Bolcar joined SEIA in January 2012 as the Director for Mid-Atlantic States, to oversee regulatory and legislative activity in the Mid-Atlantic. Prior to joining SEIA, Katie held the same title at the Solar Alliance. From 2007-2011, she worked at the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Energy Technologies Program where she managed market transformation activities, including workforce development. She also managed the Solar Program's international activities was detailed to the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi for 6 months. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and earned her Masters in Public Policy and Environmental Management from Duke University.

Katie currently lives in Maryland and enjoys traveling, hiking, doing yoga, cooking, and a myriad of other creative outlets.