Meet Our Staff

Abigail Ross Hopper President and CEO
Mike Smith Chief Business Officer
John Smirnow General Counsel & Vice President of Market Strategy
Sean Gallagher Vice President of State Affairs
Dan Whitten Vice President of Communications
Justin Baca Vice President of Markets & Research
Tony Chen Vice President of Business Development
Celina Cunningham Chief of Staff
Suzanne Farris Corporate Affairs, SEIA SolarPAC
Evelyn Butler Senior Director of Codes and Standards
Sara Birmingham Senior Director, State Affairs
Brandon Audap Director of Federal Affairs
Katherine Gensler Director of Government Affairs
Dave Gahl Director of State Affairs, Northeast
Rick Umoff Regulatory Counsel and California Director, State Affairs
Thomas Kiggen Director of Membership
Joe Cain, P.E. Director of Codes & Standards
Dana Sleeper Director of External Affairs
Shawn Rumery Director of Research
Kevin Lucas Director of Rate Design
Colin Silver Director of Digital & Internal Communications
Alex Hobson Director of External Communications
Tim Perry Director of Information Technology
Heather Whitpan Senior Manager, Government Affairs
Maggie Clark State Affairs Senior Manager, Southeast
Becky Long Senior Manager, Events & Sustainability
Christina Brooks Operations Manager - Membership
Scott Elias Solar Education Program Manager
Hannah Panek Meetings & Events Manager
Antuan Scott Membership Development Manager
Jordan Slade Membership Development Manager
Aaron Holm Research Engineer
Alice Goldberg Membership Development Manager
Amir Yazdi Assistant General Counsel
Jen Meacham Office Manager
Morgan Lyons Communications Manager
Khephren Menna Membership Account Manager
Allie Enck Membership Account Manager
EJ Hillman Events and Digital Communications Coordinator
Ty Hallmark Advocacy Events Coordinator
Rachel Goldstein Research Associate
Claire August Executive Assistant to the President & CEO
Kerry McGowan Office Administrator