Our Team
Board Staff
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Executive Director |
A native Oregonian, Claire graduated from Portland State with a degree in Political Science and studied European Economic Policy at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. She spent several years working in the legal field specializing in litigation defense before returning to school to pursue GIS. As Executive Director, Claire works to provide individuals, businesses and municipalities across the state with the resources and connections they need to make informed decisions then implement their solar energy goals. Claire has also worked closely with both communities and businesses on group solar purchase programs which have been hugely successful in increasing residential solar installations throughout the state. Prior to serving as Executive Director, Claire was Education Coordinator and Programs Manager for Solar Oregon. When she’s not at work you can find her with her family, going up mountains, down rivers or behind her cello. |
Imogen Taylor
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Imogen has eight years of experience in policy and campaign work, and
has worked on several solar consulting projects. She received her MBA
and MS in Environmental Science from the University of Michigan in 2010, and subsequently moved to Portland to join the Oregon solar revolution. In 2011 she received her NABCEP PV Entry Level certification. Imogen is thrilled to be a member of the Solar Oregon team, and over the moon about the new 2.8 kW PV system that just landed on her roof. |
Morgan Mulkey
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Morgan Mulkey is the Curriculum Specialist at Solar Oregon where she works with teachers to implement Solar Oregon’s renewable energy education program. |
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Kaleen Boyle
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Born and raised in the Portland area, Kaleen has long been an avid supporter of sustainable living. She graduated from Portland State University (PSU), where she focused her studies on Sustainable Community Development, and spent two years coordinating Portland's Multi-Family Recycling Program through Community Environmental Services, a research and service unit within the Center for Urban Studies in the College of Urban and Public Affairs at PSU. After college Kaleen spent two years in Dublin, Ireland, soaking up the Irish approach to renewable energy and the local culture. She is thrilled to be joining the Solar Oregon team to help engage fellow community members in the wealth of knowledge and resources that are available. Outside of Solar Oregon, Kaleen works with high school exchange students, frequents the river, and pushes family and friends to enjoy the city and state as often as possible. |
Emily Krafft
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Emily is excited to be part of the movement for a renewable energy future at Solar Oregon and hopes you all will join her. A graduate of Lewis and Clark College and an enthusiastic volunteer, she has enjoyed working with many excellent non-profits including the North Portland Tool Library, Food and Water Watch and SCRAP. She was previously The ReBuilding Center's Education Coordinator and in house furniture maker, where she taught scores of teenage girls how to handle power tools. Emily loves berry picking, wandering Oregon's forests and traveling. |
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Hadley Price
Information Technology & Databases |
Former Development/Marketing Director for Solar Oregon, Hadley joined the Solar Oregon team in 2007 after having founded and sold two high-tech companies; West Connect Internet Services, Inc. and 101 Computer Center. In his nearly 25 years of information technology service he has developed a variety of industry-specific software applications. Solar Oregon projects include the development of cloud databases in support of Oregon's Solarize programs, Solar Ambassadors, memberships, REC management and other online services. In 2010 Hadley returned to his hometown of Gainesville, Florida, where he is the market development consultant and certified app developer for Caspio, Inc., a provider of SQL cloud databases and applications. Website Hadley enjoys composing music and being surrounded by nature. LinkedIn |
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Ron "Mac" McDowellPresident
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Mac is a solar advocate and sustainability consultant who lives and works in Portland, Oregon. He has experience advocating for and helping to develop renewable energy programs and policies. Mac has experience leading and managing teams and implementing market transformation programs. As a community leader, he provided project management capabilities for the nationally-recognized Solarize Portland program. Mac helped initiate our Solar Ambassador program and currently conducts Basic Residential Solar classes across the state. Mac also serves on Earthshare Oregon’s Board of Directors and is considered a thought leader on the subjects of residential solar energy and sustainable living. His blog www.solarflareblog.com, and articles written for solar e-newsletters, are widely read. A certificate-holder from the University of Oregon’s Sustainability Leadership Program, Mac also received a B.A. in Political Science from University of California-Santa Barbara and has obtained professional development credentials from Portland State University (Advanced Project Mgmt) and UCSB (Management). |
Linda BarnesPast President
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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. |
Kacia BrockmanTreasurer
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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. |
Ellen Crivella |
Ellen J. Crivella is a project manager in the Environment and Permitting Services group at GL Garrad Hassan in the company’s Portland, OR office. Ms. Crivella specializes in operational compliance of wind and solar plants as well as the preparation of comprehensive environmental permits for wind, solar, and ocean energy facilities, including environmental impact statements/reports, state siting board permits, and local jurisdictional permits. Recently, Ms. Crivella worked to permit the US's largest utility-scale solar project, located in Kittitas County, Washington.
Ms. Crivella has written on legal and policy topics including wind leases and land rights, renewable energy developments on tribal lands, and the role of mentoring women in the wind industry. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Oregon Association of Environmental Professionals, a member of the Women of Wind Energy Mentoring Program Committee, and the Chair of the Professional Awards Committee for the Soil Science Society of America. Ms. Crivella earned her masters in energy law from Vermont Law School in 2007, her masters in environmental science from the Ohio State University in 2006, and her B.S. in natural resources from the Ohio State University in 2003, where she was a member of Phi Kappa Phi. |
Robert Cross
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Robert Cross (Board President) relocated to Portland from New York City a few years ago in pursuit of a more sustainable existence. He is the Store Manager at Umpqua Bank Alberta and is active in fostering the growth of the bank’s sustainable lending initiative: GreenStreet Lending. Robert came to Umpqua Bank after working at Energy Trust of Oregon where he was involved in the development of Clean Energy Works. Robert is a passionate advocate of sustainability and supporting its growth in Portland and the Pacific Northwest. He has served on several not for profit Boards and committees, primarily to help foster community and economic development along with support of the arts. |
Doug Boleyn
Solar Oregon
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Doug Boleyn, P.E., received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1970 from Oregon State University. He has been involved in solar energy since building his first residence with a solar heating system in 1974. He was employed for 22 years at Portland General Electric (PGE) Company as their solar and renewable energy consultant. After leaving PGE, Doug formed Cascade Solar Consulting, LLC, performing a broad range of solar consulting services. Then from 2009-2012, he was employed by the Energy Trust of Oregon as its Commercial Solar Program Manager, from which he retired. Mr. Boleyn has had numerous papers published in professional journals in the last 30 years, where his solar experience has included solar thermal (active and passive solar heating systems) and solar photovoltaic systems. He is a Life Member of the American Solar Energy Society and Solar Oregon. He and his wife Emily are enjoying their second solar home in Happy Valley, OR. |
Bruce Barney
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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. |
David J. Petersen
Partner
Tonkon Torp LLP
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David is a partner in the Real Estate and Land Use Practice Group, and chair of the Energy Practice Group, of Tonkon Torp LLP, a 90-attorney business law firm in Portland. He focuses his practice on renewable energy, real estate development and local government law. David also represents non-profit entities in real estate matters including leasing, purchase and secured financing. His work for nonprofits includes the day to day real estate needs of Community Services, Inc., an operator of about 18 group homes for developmentally disabled adults in the Portland Metro area. David is also a member of CSI's Board of Trustees. Prior to joining Tonkon Torp, David practiced real estate law in California. A native of Buffalo, New York, he earned his law degree from the University at California, Berkeley where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and the 1998 recipient of the Jamison Award for excellence in scholarship and advocacy. He enjoys managing his son's Little League team and having his pointless shouting ignored at his daughter's soccer games. |
Alan Scott
PrincipalThe Cadmus Group
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After founding and building a successful, internationally recognized green building consulting firm, joined the The Cadmus Group's built environment division as a practice leader for high performance building consulting. Personally consulted on dozens of LEED projects in North and South America with a consistent focus on owner’s goals and unique opportunities of each project. Experienced trainer that has conducted numerous workshops and seminars in the US, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Brazil and Russia tailored to the unique needs of the participants. Deeply engaged in sustainable design for past 25 years. Designed green buildings long before LEED existed and became the 13th LEED Accredited professional in the world. American Institute of Architects recently recognized career-long commitment to sustainable building with elevation to the AIA College of Fellows, and USGBC/GBCI recognized in first ever class of LEED Fellows. |
Gordy Molitor
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Gordy Molitor is an experienced manger with domestic and international not-for-profits. He’s first efforts at increasing solar energy in Oregon date back to 1982, when he organized one of the state’s first solar-energy technician training programs. More recently, he was the Executive Director for Green Empowerment, an organization promoting renewable energy in the developing world. In between, Gordy worked overseas for 20 years with the international relief and development agency, CARE international. |
Todd Gregory
Assistant Vice President
Obsidian Finance
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Todd Gregory is Assistant Vice President and has been with Obsidian since March 2008. He specializes in tax minimization strategies and tax credits and incentives. In this capacity, Mr. Gregory works closely with other members of the Obsidian team on structuring and tax efficiency. Mr. Gregory directs the renewable energy project development activities for Obsidian and serves as the lead project developer on the solar portfolio, currently 22 completed projects. Prior to joining Obsidian, Mr. Gregory was a tax senior manager with Ernst & Young, from 2005 to 2008. He has considerable experience managing state tax restructuring, negotiated incentives, indirect state tax reviews, tax credit recovery and state tax controversy projects. Prior to Ernst & Young, Mr. Gregory was a state and local tax manager with Deloitte & Touche from 1999 to 2005. Mr. Gregory earned a B.S. in economics with honors from Willamette University, a J.D. from Syracuse University, and an LL.M. in taxation from the University of Denver, Graduate Tax Program. Mr. Gregory is a member of the Colorado Bar and the American Bar Association. |
Corey Omey
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Corey is an avid solar supporter, with solar on his own home that he remodeled with his wife, Deb. Their home is often shown on green home tours and is a model of how to incorporate energy efficiency, modern aesthetics, durability, art, light, renewable energy, and recycled, reclaimed, and re-used materials into a remodel project. Corey also volunteers with the Northwest Earth Institute, is an active member and volunteer with GRiT, the Green Roof information Thinktank, and is a Solar Ambassador for Solar Oregon. Corey began his professional career in 1998 as an intern with Ernest Munch Architects LLC, working as part of the team on retail, winery, and housing projects. Corey is a LEED AP, and registered architect in Oregon, Michigan, Colorado, and California. Corey received his BS in architecture from University of Michigan, and MS in architecture from University of Oregon. While at the University of Oregon, as a Graduate Teaching Fellow, and for two years after as an assistant professor, Corey co-taught the Building Enclosures course. His skills include extensive knowledge of building systems, details, and project coordination. |
Scott Piscitello President
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Mr. Piscitello has over 20 years of experience in the renewable energy and electric power markets including significant development and international experience. He currently serves as a development consultant and contract developer focused on the identification, development, negotiation and closing of new-build power facilities with an emphasis on the Pacific Northwest and neighboring states, provinces and markets. As a developer of renewable energy projects, Mr. Piscitello has successfully developed and monetized over 1700 MW of renewable energy development assets, including 800 MW of operating projects. In addition, Mr. Piscitello has significant senior management experience managing a portfolio of renewable energy projects in diverse markets throughout the United States and Canada as well as a multi-disciplinary development team. Prior to working on renewable energy projects in North America, Mr. Piscitello was a consultant to the World Bank in its effort to develop renewable energy projects throughout Asia. |
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