In celebration of Women’s Day this month, we highlight the amazing women that make SEI shine everyday by expressing, through our own words, how these women inspire us everyday on the job.

Amanda is eternally positive and helpful, with a knack for musical wordplay. Willing to go above and beyond to solve challenges, to help others. Amanda is the glue that keeps us all together! Thanks for your hospitality and effervescent during Lab week & the amazing opportunity to be a part of SEI!
Delightful, kind and smart. Amy always rolls up her sleeves to get the job done. She’s a helpful, thoughful and supportive member of the team. Amy is an amazing talent not only her solar expertise but she’s a muscial delight!
Working with Denise it has always been wonderful. She is always patience and kind to explain the hardest thing, and she is incredible talented with numbers! Even in the stressful situations she will respond patiently and with a positive attitude. Plus she is a great gal to hang out! Denise’s thoughtful and measured consideration about everything at SEI is inspirational, and it’s apparent that equity and fairness is the basis for all that she does. Thank you Denise for working to provide a great foundation for SEI to build upon!
Ellen is multi-talented and motivated, single-handedly managing the Solar Forward program. A person needs so many skills to pull the varied stakeholders together for this program, and Ellen does it all with grace, humility, and a keen sense of what it takes to get groups to work collaboratively. Plus she’s fun to hang out with! SEI is lucky to have her on the team!
Kaja can do it all! She is always willing to jump in and help take on anything thrown her way. A true professional and a wonderful teammate. Positivity and passion shine through in everything she does. Kaja’s dedication to our mission and students radiates, and we are so fortunate to have her on our team. Her contributions to SEI, and our students, are invaluable.
Kristen works from a foundation of kindness and justice for all. It’s inspirational to watch her work with folks in all types of situations, always seeking fair and equitable solutions to difficult problems. Always speaking from a place of compassion, her thoughtfulness is an example of how we can all learn and grow in both our professional and personal lives. I’m grateful to have the opportunity to work with Kristen!
Lisa is multitalented, able to learn a new job while doing her old job and training someone! Wow! Not only multitalented but excels at each task right down to the details of an individualized birthday email. Thank You!
Pia is an excellent hardworking teammate, with a great attitude. She recently took on the role of SEI’s LATAM Business Development, and since then we have been involved in interesting projects that can expand the program and create revenue channels. She also rocks in the Marketing department, WISP, and other SEI initiatives!!
Meagan is one of those people you truly want to be around. Her attitude, lightheartedness, and intelligence makes every setting she is involved in 100X better. She is someone who is improving the world, both in who she is, what she does, and how she goes about it all.
Every time I get to work with Michelle I always wish I got to work with her more! So organized and ready to take charge, I’m always impressed.
We have one of the best leaders we could have as a team, Monique is always there for us, she gives us all the support we need so we can work happily, be productive and have a balanced life. Even when she has so much on her plate and is so busy multitasking she is always there for her team, in the name of the student services team I can say we couldn’t be happier to have her and we all feel super lucky to work with her.
Not everybody could have 100+ inbox unread messages and stay calm, happy and willing like Pauli. Thx my friend for rockin the spanish program, for being the first warm welcoming step for all our latin community, and a great person. Big hug and best wishes to you and your family always 🙂
Sandy shines brighter than the sun. 100,000w/m2!! Always positive, always fun! Beautiful woman!
Saphire is one of those women who somehow does it all. She is outgoing and makes time for everyone, professional and personal, efficient and detailed, practical and big hearted. She takes time for students and coworkers alike to help out or to just check in while also managing a myriad of roles and deadlines. Whether in personal or professional life this gal crushes her goals and her motivation seems to be only out matched by her heart!
Shawnta is a person who always responds to staff and students with warmth and positivity which is her true nature. We love how Shawnta always brings a lightness to her interactions with others! Quick to laugh and help others feel at ease.
Wendy is such a great leader for the Curriculum team – she’s encouraging and supportive, and works tirelessly to make sure we have what we need to get the job done. She takes on every challenge with grace and kindness, and she truly cares about the work and the mission of SEI. We’re so lucky to have her!
Kathy’s passion for solar, her strength, her way to celebrate others and her sense of empathy have always been a tremendous inspiration and a confirmation that a great leadership should be transformative, not just transactional.
Kristan shows up for SEI in many ways, joining in on webinars, mentorship projects with scholarship students, and on the board as well! Her passion shines through!
Jennifer understands how the values of an organization are reflected in every detail of job performance and relationship-building, and she leads on that by example, though her daily work at SOLV and her generous efforts on the SEI board. She is an ideal ambassador for SEI, a person you’d want in your lifeboard or on your picnic.
Amy is full of knowledge, skill and musical talent and she is willing to share all of those with a smile. Amy takes the time to present detailed information, help struggling students, answer off topic questions, and help anyone desiring to learn. She is not always the loudest voice in a room but she has a lot to share, technically, musically and as an overall amazing person!
Carol: for her patience, perseverance, and humility…Carol has continued to be a driving inspiration in my life. Her curiosity and kindness balance perfectly with her ability to make everything fun. Carol is the GOAT when it comes to making people feel empowered and safe in so many ways.
“Karo inspired me since the very moment I step into SEI and get to know her. Her dedication, her passion about solar, her attention to detail and vision to empower women resonated immediately with me. Her contribution to women in the industry is definitely a reason to nominate her. I really hope you get to have a Karo in your work life as well!”
Kelly Larson Kelly – for her strength to stand as the only woman in the field many times throughout the decades, for owning her knowledge while maintaining humility that there is always more to learn, for teaching other women that they deserve a seat at the table period, and for leading with compassion through it all!
Rebekah is an amazingly talented force in the solar industry. Her knowledge and ability to create top notch curriculum and to teach it in an understandable way is top notch. I’m glad to have had her as one of my instructors as I began my solar journey and grateful to then have had the opportunity to work with her here at SEI.
Samira has an excellent way of interacting with her online students. We had a challenge in a course we taught together recently, and she demonstrated how to handle a tough discussion with a student very gracefully. She is an advocate for SEI and for the student!
Tamara’s spirit of adventure is inspiring: whether it’s living in different places around the world, or saying yes to new opportunities, she’s eager to try new things, help friends in need, and take on life’s challenges with grace and a can-do attitude
“They were my first instructors in 2002 and they taught me and inspired me then, and they have continued to inspire me to this day. Both are incredible instructors AND human beings. I have been honored to work and teach with both over the years. Thanks Carol and Justine!!”