SEI Team

April E. Clark

Marketing Communications Coordinator
April E. Clark always uses her middle initial to stand out in the sea of April Clarks in the world.
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Breccia Wilson

Administrative Assistant
At SEI, Breccia Wilson specializes in advanced word processing, e-mail use and the telephone, and has a blackbelt in data entry. She grew up in Orange County, New York.
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Brian Mehalic

Advanced PV Online Coordinator
Before joining SEI, Brian Mehalic worked as the lead installer and project manager for EV Solar Products in Chino Valley, Arizona.
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Carol Weis

PV Program Coordinator
As PV Program Coordinator, Carol Weis writes and updates SEI's PV and Advanced PV curriculum and instructs in both the hands-on and online workshops.
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Christie Cantrell

Photovoltaic Team Leader/Operations Manager
Christie Cantrell is SEI's Photovoltaic Team Leader/Operations Manager.
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Cindy Hotchkiss

Accounts Payable
Cindy Hotchkiss is a whiz with numbers in the SEI accounting department who came to the Roaring Fork Valley in 1969 to study liberal arts at Colorado Mountain College. Lucky for SEI she decided to stay.
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Cindy Smith

Administrative Assistant
Cindy Smith has been involved in the nonprofit world for 15 years, specifically in animal welfare.
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Dan Giese

Registration and Programs Assistant
Dan Giese comes to SEI with the convictions of a samurai. He is trained in disciplines of contemporary painting, semantics, aesthetic design, and non-motorized two-wheeled transportation.
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Dawn Ogren

Administrative Team Leader
Dawn Ogren is SEI's Administrative Team Leader whose professional background includes 10 years in nonprofit administration.
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Homer

The SEI mascot

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Jeff Tobe

PV Project Coordinator
Jeff is the PV project coordinator and an instructor at SEI.
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Johnny Weiss

Executive Director
Johnny Weiss is Cofounder and Executive Director of Solar Energy International. Johnny is a solar educator, consultant, certified Industrial Trainer and solar building professional.
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Kathy Fontaine

Office Manager
Kathy Fontaine grew up in Texas before moving to California and Washington with her husband and two sons.
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Kathy Swartz

REEP Team Leader
Kathy’s diverse job description as “REEP Team Leader” includes overseeing the Sustainable Building, Solar Thermal, Wind, Microhydro, and International programs, in addition to SEI’s Charitable...
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Kevin Lundy

Technical Operations Manager
Kevin is our all-around project assistant and King of the Attic. He is a great advocate of bicycle transportation. Sadly, his bicycle spends a lot of time in the shop.
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Khanti Munro

PV Online Coordinator
Khanti Munro, an ISPQ Certified Instructor for Photovoltaic Courses, has been involved in the Renewable Energy field since 2001.
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Kris Sutton

ISPQ Certified Master PV Trainer
Kris has many years of experience working with grid tied, battery UPS systems, and off grid renewable energy systems.
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Laura Walters

PV Curriculum Developer
Laura Walters, an SEI alum, got into renewables early-on when she helped get a PV system donated to her school though Solar Now, Inc.
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Laurie Guevara-Stone

International program manager
Laurie Guevara-Stone is an instructor, writer and international program manager at SEI. She has a Master's Degree in Energy Engineering from the University of Colorado.
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Matthew Harris

Sustainable Building Program Coordinator
Matthew is a workshop coordinator and instructor for SEI's Sustainable Building Program. In this role he serves as the hands-on projects manager for all of SEI's Natural Building workshops.
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Nick Gaston

EcoCampus Groundskeeper
Nick Gaston has been with SEI since the summer of 2008.He is the Paonia Campus groundskeeper and keeps the PV Lab kits in top shape. He is also the all around handy person.
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Noah Davis

Solar In the Schools Coordinator
Noah Davis believes that nothing is more important than teaching today’s youth how to deal with tomorrow’s energy challenges — except maybe having fun while teaching today’s youth how...
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Paul Gibb

Financial Director
Paul Gibb escaped corporate life in Austin, Texas, for western Colorado in 2000.
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Rachel Connor

Sustainable Building Program Coordinator
Rachel Connor started with Solar Energy International in the summer of 2001 as an intern in the Renewable Energy Education Program (REEP). She was hooked from day one.
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Samantha Pickard

Administrative Assistant
Samantha believes there is a huge change coming and feels fortunate to be part of SEI's wonderful team. She uses her instinctual social skills to gossip to future students about solar energy.
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Sandy Pickard

Business Manager
Sandy feels that SEI has changed the way she thinks and behaves. It has been the greatest job for her personal growth for the past 14 years.
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Soozie Lindbloom

Solar In the Schools Assistant
Soozie Lindbloom believes you should smash your TV and get outside more.
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Tawnya Parker


Tawnya Parker moved to Colorado in 2005 from Eugene, Oregon, after graduating with honors from the University of Oregon with a bachelor's degree, majoring in Ethnic Studies.
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