Solar Oregon has two full-time staff members that work in our Portland office, a third part-time staff person on contract and a volunteer board of directors.

Staff

Michael VanDerwater, Executive Director

Stuart Green, Program and Events Director

Tania Parks, Oregon Green and Solar Homes Tour Coordinator 

Board

Kathy Bash, President
DMS Architects, Inc.

Kathy is a LEED Accredited Professional with a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon. Her current work focuses on buildings that use integrated on-site generation for combined heat and power, and that have a significant portion of their water needs met with captured rainfall. In her "other career," Kathy was a founding partner of PASCOR, a manufacturer of high voltage switches for the utility industry. She is an advocate of multi-disciplinary design, and has a passion for innovative technology and for finding peaceful solutions to our expanding energy needs.

Joe Johnson, Vice President
Johnson Construction Consulting, Inc.

Markus Stoffel, Treasurer

Markus is the former founder and general manager of Environmental Building Supplies (EBS) in Portland and Bend, Oregon. After a successful merger of EBS with Environmental Home Center in Seattle, now operating as the new company ecohaus, Markus is currently focusing on the renovation of his green and solar home.  He studied Solar Technology and Energy Efficient Building in the 1980s and established EBS in 1993.

Kacia Brockman, Secretary
Energy Trust of Oregon

Kacia manages Energy Trust's solar program, which is helping to grow Oregon's solar market by offering financial incentives, quality assurance, industry training and public education. The program has funded 3 MW of new solar electric capacity and hundreds of new solar water heating systems in Oregon since 2003. She lives in an energy efficient home with active solar energy systems.  Kacia holds a B.S. in Engineering Physics, and her career began as a telecommuncations network engineer.

Linda Barnes, At-Large
Robertson, Merryman, Barnes Architects, Inc.

Linda has over 30 years of professional experience as an architect and is a founding member of Robertson, Merryman, Barnes Architects, Inc. Her architectural firm, one of the largest women-owned in the northwest, has won awards for design, sustainability, and the creation of communities for families and diverse cultures.  Linda is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

Duane Woik
Earth Advantage

Duane is the Green Building Consultant for Earth Advantage, where he works to promote, sell and train the building industry on the benefits and science of green building practices and products. Duane is currently a Director with the Oregon Builders Industry Association and served on a Stakeholder Group to help establish the National Association of Home Builder’s national green building guidelines.

Doug Boleyn
Cascade Solar Consulting

Doug has been active in solar energy in Oregon since 1974 when he built his solar heated home in Gladstone. He was employed 22 years at PGE as solar/renewable energy consultant and also developed conservation marketing programs. Now as owner and Principal of Cascade Solar Consulting, LLC, he performs a range of renewable energy consulting, engineering, design, and project management focused on grid-tie photovoltaic and solar thermal (solar space and water heating) systems.  Doug is a licensed Professional Engineer.

Brian Thornton
Energy Trust of Oregon, Thornton Energy Consulting

Brian recently joined the Energy Trust of Oregon to manage its commercial solar electric and solar thermal incentive programs.  A licensed Professional Engineer, Brian has worked as an energy analyst and contributor to design for energy efficient buildings, and is Principal of Thornton Energy Consulting. He became a LEED accredited professional in 2002 and was honored with a Better Bricks award for his role in energy efficient design.  His kids’ futures motivate him to solve our energy problems.

Ode Minton-Smith
Imagina Creative

Mitch Dec
Glumac

Glenn Haupt
Solar Craft, LLC

Susan Badger-Jones

Joe Menashe
Hasson Company Realtors

Bruce Barney
Portland General Electric