Meet Our Staff

Abigail Ross Hopper President and CEO
Sean Gallagher Senior Vice President of Policy
John Smirnow Senior Vice President of Supply Chain & Sustainability & General Counsel
Lisa Berwin Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations
Roderick Lewis Senior Vice President of Sales & Business Development
Erin Duncan Vice President of Congressional Affairs
Dan Whitten Vice President of Public Affairs
Erika Symmonds Vice President of Equity and Workforce Development
Justin Baca Vice President of Markets & Research
Evelyn Butler Vice President of Technical Services
Colin Silver Chief of Staff & Chief Content Officer
Sara Birmingham Senior Director of State Policy, West
Rick Umoff Senior Director & Counsel, California
Kevin Lucas Senior Director of Utility Regulation & Policy
Ben Norris Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs & Counsel
Jeanne Armstrong Senior Regulatory Counsel
Shawn Rumery Senior Director of Research
Tim Perry Senior Director of Information Technology
Jeremy Woodrum Senior Director of Congressional Affairs
Amir Yazdi Deputy General Counsel
Jen Bristol Senior Director of Communications
Charles Bolden Senior Director of Congressional Affairs
Joe Cain, P.E. Senior Director of Codes & Standards
Stephanie Zawistowski Director of Grassroots Engagement & Political Organizing
Will Giese Southeast Regional Director
Melissa Alfano Director of Energy Markets & Counsel
Hannah Hosking Director of Meetings & Events
Scott Hughes Director of Marketing
Valessa Souter-Kline Northeast Regional Director
Ann Wang Director of Human Resources
Morgan Lyons Director of Communications
Antuan Scott Director of Member Engagement
Markus Pitchford Central US Regional Director
Rahiem Swann Director of Membership Projects
Jennifer Martin Director of Standards Development
Christina Brooks Director of Salesforce Operations
Becky Long Senior Program Manager, Workforce Development & Inclusion
Emma Chen Senior Accounting Manager
Jamel Dargan Manager of Data Engineering
Kelsey Hopkins Senior Manager of Content & Programs
Dimitri Stevenson Manager of Industry Services
Stephen Pope Solar APP+ Outreach Manager
Tim Momyer Senior Regional Development Manager, California
Scott Greenler Manager of Grassroots and Legislative Advocacy
Carolyn Lesesane Executive Assistant
Robert Nicholson Senior Manager of PV Recycling
Petra Hoke Senior Manager of Branding and Content
Pierre Coupin Regional Development Manager
Zack Luye Manager of Meetings & Events
Jessica Fang Data Engineer
Claire Wilson Membership and Marketing Coordinator
Jasmile DeJesus Congressional Affairs Coordinator
Tyler Thompson Research Analyst
Jackie Griffin Meetings Coordinator
Nathan Shepherd Content and Program Coordinator