Dylan Connelly, President, Affordable Solar

Dylan is the Director of Commercial and Community Solar Development at Affordable Solar.

He is a professional engineer and joined Affordable Solar in 2018 after spending a decade designing cutting edge sustainable buildings.

Connor Lawrence, Vice President, Somos Solar

Connor is the co-founder of Somos Solar, a New Mexico-based Engineering, Procurement and Construction firm, committed to supporting thoughtful, forward-looking legislative efforts that strengthen New Mexico’s renewable energy sector. He looks forward to contributing industry insight, capital markets experience, and on-the-ground development expertise to help advance policies that promote responsible growth, grid resilience, job creation, and a durable clean energy transition across the state.  

Glenn Felty, Secretary, 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.

Jordan Barry, Treasurer, EverGuard Roofing & Solar

Jordan has been in the solar industry for 5 years. Starting with an out-of-state residential company and then transitioning to Director of Solar at EverGuard.  He is passionate about the need for more renewable energy and its connection to the growth of not just our industry, but our community. He likes seeing projects go from an idea to producing energy.  He is a private pilot, a golfer, an avid traveler, and a part-owner of a Scottish Football team.

Adam Harper, 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. 

Corey Asbill, Organ Mountain Solar & Electric

Corey Asbill is the founder and CEO of Organ Mountain Solar & Electric in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He holds dual certifications from the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) and has been actively involved in the solar industry since 2001. He began his career as an electrical engineer at NMSU’s Southwest Technology Development Institute and transitioned into a sales role with Positive Energy Solar back in 2013. When the opportunity arose to open his own business in 2018, he jumped at the chance and started Organ Mountain Solar & Electric.  

Neal Skiver, LVL Finance, LLC

After more than three decades working at multiple corporate financial institutions (including US and foreign-owned banks, major corporations, investment banks, and a private equity portfolio company), Neal founded LVL Finance in 2022.  LVL provides independent finance consulting services to assist in the development and implementation of cost-effective and practical solutions for energy efficiency, renewables, standalone storage, and other distributed generation projects constructed primarily at state & local governments and nonprofit institutions.

Neal attended Northwestern University and graduated from the University of Denver with a BSBA (Cum Laude) in Finance and Marketing.  Neal, his wife Paula and 2 rescue cats live in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Dominic Westeen, Ocotillo Solar Electric

Dominic Westeen is the owner of Ocotillo Solar Electric, a locally owned and operated residential solar company serving Albuquerque and the surrounding areaa. Over the past 25 years, Dominic has built a career rooted in a genuine passion for solar energy, starting on job sites as an installer and growing into a designer, project manager, and business owner. 

Along the way he has contributed to hundreds of residential installations and led commercial and industrial-scale PV projects across the Southwest. Dominic holds his NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional designation, a New Mexico's Electrical Contractor's License, a Journeyman Electrician's License, and a Commercial General Building License. He also brings a Bachelor of Business Administration from New Mexico State University to the business side of what he does.

Dominic is a natural problem solver and communicator who loves digging into the technical details just as much as he enjoys building relationships and helping people understand how solar can work for them. Proud to call New Mexico home, he remains a tireless advocate for solar energy, believing that wider adoption of clean, affordable power is one of the most impactful steps homeowners and investors can take for their future.

Randy Sadewic, Positive Energy Solar 

Randy Sadewic joined Positive Energy in 2004 as a co-owner with the Company after completing one year of study at San Juan College in Farmington.  He began to work with CCAE and Ben Luce to negotiate the first rooftop solar REC incentives at the PRC with PNM in 2005 and continued work off and on.  He joined the REIA board in 2021 and then was president for 2022 and 2023. He joined EMNRD working groups with grid modernization in Sept 2020 and then began work with Sky Standfield in 2021 with IREC to support the interconnect rules through completion. He continues to work to clarify the new interconnect rules with PNM and REIA.

Jeff Franchell, CED Greentech SW

Jeff is a life-time resident of New Mexico, a graduate from UNM with BBA, worked in the hospitality industry for his early life, then residential real estate for 10 years helping people buy and sell homes in the local area until a tiny bubble popped in 2008.  By 2010, he was enjoying a new Green-Initiative created job with a local whole-sale distribution/installation company until 2017.  Since, he has been working with Greentech Renewables here in Albuquerque in an outside sales role.  He is passionate about solar and sustainable living and enjoy the benefits of his own solar system wanting to be sure he’s doing his part so future solar converts have the opportunity.