Adam Harper,  President, OE Solar

Adam Harper is the Founder/Principal of OE Solar. He is a profound PV expert and visionary through his advocacy to help inspire others from New Mexico and beyond. He lives by the idea that we must not only learn how to anticipate change, but we must also learn how to create it.

In 2020 Adam worked as a leader in making solar energy affordable to all by working with organization such as REIA, CCSA and SEIA to get the Community Solar Energy Act (SB-84) passed. 

Fourteen years into owning OE Solar, Adam and his partner, Galina Kofchock, (Co-owner) have grown the company to a multi-million-dollar energy development and EPC; servicing commercial, government, municipal and industrial clients, as well as Sovereign Nations.

Adam is NABCEP PVIP certified and holds the qualifying electrician license for the company with 25+MW of solar experience. He currently serves on the boards of NAIOP, Commerical Real Estate Development Association of NM, Central NM Home Builders Association, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., and is an active industry partner of the CNM Trades Advisory committee. 

Dylan Connelly, Vice President, Affordable Solar

Dylan is the Director of Commercial and Community Solar Development at Affordable Solar – New Mexico’s largest solar installer.  

He is a professional engineer and joined Affordable Solar in 2008 after spending a decade designing cutting edge sustainable buildings. Dylan designed and lives in his Albuquerque Net Zero House (100% Solar Powered) and drives a 100% electric vehicle!

Ron Flax-Davidson, Treasurer, International Investment Group

Ron is the Founder and President of the International Investment Group, Inc., an investment advisory firm responsible for arranging over $4 billion in international and domestic transactions (www.iig-inc.com).

He also served as Chairman and CEO of PNE USA, Inc. (PNE USA), the USA subsidiary of PNE AG, one of the oldest and largest renewable energy development companies in Germany.

Ron served as Vice President of Finance and Development for Nordex USA, one of the largest manufacturers of wind turbine equipment in the world, Vice President of Central Hudson Energy Company and head of renewable energy investments for this New York utility, President of EnergyWorks Mexico, Managing Director of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), and Vice President for the Chase Manhattan Bank.

Corey Asbill, Organ Mountain Solar & Electric

Glenn Felty, SunState Solar, Inc.

Glenn is the Founder and CEO of SunState Solar, a local Albuquerque company serving the Albuquerque-Santa Fe metro.  A lifelong entrepreneur, Glenn saw a significant opportunity in the market in 2018 to launch and develop a locally focused solar sales and installation business. 

As he often says, there’s nothing better than making a living making a difference.  When he’s not busy building the company, Glenn enjoys all aspects of living in a state with such a great outdoor lifestyle including golf, tennis, hiking, biking and much more.

Jeff Franchell, CED Greentech SW

Karen Paramanadan, UNIRAC

Karen has worked in solar for over a decade. She was first introduced to the world of solar in New Mexico. She often sa

ys that she accidently fell into solar as a career. She took a hands-on course designing and installing solar PV in Santa Fe and has been hooked ever since. 

Karen believes that anyone and everyone can do one small thing every day to a make difference in the world.

Troy McGee, SunShare

Randy Sadewic, Past President, Positive Energy Solar

Andrew Stone, PACE Fund NM

Andrew is a lifelong solar enthusiast, a lifetime member of NMSEA, and was instrumental in planning and running The First Annual Solar Fiesta at UNM in 1977. He built passive solar adobe additions to homes in the ’80’s and permitted the first PNM grid-tied PV system in 2005. In 2008, he received the first Tesla Model S in New Mexico. In 2016, he added one of the first grid-tied Tesla powerwall battery storage systems to make a residential nanogrid.

He founded PACE Fund NM in 2018 to bring capital to the commercial behind-the-meter solar market. In 2020, he was a member of the Senate Memorial 63 Community Solar Working Group and advocates for community ownership of solar resources. He is an active board member of the Renewable Energy Industry Association and devotes his time to the Policy Committee which works on bringing good solar legislation to New Mexico. He is a member of NREL’s National Community Solar Partnership and works on community led and owned Community Solar.

Katherine Wyszkowski, Sunnova Energy 

Katherine Wyszkowski is the Government Affairs Associate at Sunnova Energy International. Her advocacy work focuses on behind-the-meter solar and storage policy at federal, state, and local levels. She is also serving as a board member of the Arizona Solar Energy Industry Association. Katherine earned her Master of Science at the Colorado School of Mines in Natural Resources and Energy Policy.