Kamaj Bailey is a Senior Organizational Development Consultant at Con Edison. She is passionate about helping people and organizations convert potential into success. She serves as a coach and internal consultant to senior leaders, helping them to elevate organizational performance, drive organizational transformation, inspire innovative solutions for the energy future, and cultivate a mission-driven culture.

Charles Callaway is a resident of West Harlem. As the Director of Organizing at WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Charles taps into many years of empowerment programs throughout Harlem. Charles has played a key role in organizing residents around significant issues in the Harlem community. He worked with Harlem residents on the Columbia University expansion and 125th Street rezoning by developing their capacity to advocate for their own communities. Charles has been working with the Mother Clara Hale Community Taskforce and the MTA to build the first green bus depot in Harlem. Charles has recruited and trained over 200 people in 30 hours of OSHA and 32 hours of asbestos handling class. More than 78 community members are now working in the construction field because of the trainings. Charles has helped the community understand the importance of advocating on its own behalf.

Jonaliza D. Ceklic is the Community Affairs Manager at Eden Renewables. Her experience in marketing, communications, community relations, and public affairs extends for over a decade, previously working at the New York State Senate and the New York State DSCC before entering the renewable energy industry. As an environmental activist, she is excited to make the transition to help with reaching New York State’s net-zero goal. As a member of NYSEIA's JEDI Committee, she hopes to help other BIPOCs enter and thrive in the solar industry. She’s a lifelong ‘Hokie’, earning her bachelor's degree and currently working on her master’s in Natural Resources at Virginia Tech. Off work hours, she dabbles in arts and crafts and explores nearby parks and trails with her family.

Bruno is a Resilient Solar Associate at Solar One, where he is working on a campaign to bring solar to LMI homeowners and previously led education and workforce programs in the city. He is a Queens native with Latin roots. Bruno has extensive experience in case management as a Program Manager for the YMCA of Greater New York. In 2014 after two years with the YMCA he arrived in the Dominican Republic to be sworn in as a Healthy Communities (HC) Extensionist Peace Corps Volunteer. As a Peace Corps Volunteer Bruno served along the Dominican-Haitian border where he found his passion for culturally responsible sustainability. After twenty-nine months of service in Peace Corps, Bruno worked with a small NGO based out of Atlanta, Georgia called World Water Relief. He holds a B.A. in Economics from SUNY Purchase College.

Bridgit Kodenkandath is a Rotational Program Associate at EDF Renewables. In her current role, she supports the integration and growth of PowerFlex, EDF Renewables’ Distributed Solutions group, which develops behind the meter solar + storage + EV charging projects. She has previously held roles as an analyst at EnterSolar (since acquired by EDF Renewables), and as a program manager at Clearesult.

Bridgit has been an active member of Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE) since becoming a Fellow in 2017. Since 2019, she has been a co-lead for the New York City chapter, where she helps expand programming and champions partnerships promoting corporate diversity.

Bridgit graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a B.A. in Environmental Studies and a Certificate in Renewable & Sustainable Energy. While there, she held internships at the United States Senate in Washington D.C., the Center for the New Energy Economy in Denver, and the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources in Boston.

Fayeann (Faye) Lawrence is a solar energy project management expert and entrepreneur who has proudly served on NYSEIA's board of directors from 2020-2023. In the solar arena, she is the CEO of Sologistics, which is the MWBE-certified expediting firm she founded to address and provide guidance on the permitting, design, interconnection and policy challenges faced by installers and developers in NY State. She is also active in advancing renewable energy and sustainability policies internationally, particularly in the warmer climates in which she is most comfortable, including her native Trinidad & Tobago and its neighboring isle of Grenada, where she resides for part of the year.

Faye has a reputation for professional excellence in her business dealings and balances her pragmatic problem-solving with an ability to meaningfully connect with people from all walks of life. She deliberately fosters and encourages a culture in her companies that prioritizes work-life balance and as such, the staff of Sologistics, as well as her other ventures, have been working remotely and flexibly as a rule years before it was adopted worldwide. Faye finds this work-life balance herself through a combination of travel, collecting premium tequilas and participating in Brazil-style Carnivals around the globe.

Darina Mayfield is a Senior Project Manager with NYSERDA’s Clean Energy Workforce Development program and a Fellow with the Urban Design Forum. Through her work, Darina is helping New Yorkers gain greater access to the right technical training and supportive services to enter and advance in green careers. As a Fellow, she explored how to support minority- and women-owned businesses through climate investment and advancing new ideas on the role of urban design in a just economic recovery—work critical to New York State meeting the objectives of the Clean Energy Fund as well as climate equity and just transition goals under the Climate Act.

Prior to joining NYSERDA, Darina produced multimedia distance-learning content and training for the Research Foundation for SUNY and its partners, the NYS Office for Children and Family Services and the NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance.

Kiana Michaan is a Project Coordinator for Sologistics. She is a New Yorker who is passionate about climate justice, renewable energy, and environmental health. Kiana is also the co-visioning director for Our Climate Voices and a member of the Diversity in Sustainability advisory panel. She has facilitated workshops on a variety of climate justice topics including environmental health, energy justice, food justice, and storytelling for social change. Kiana is passionate about advancing diversity in renewable energy, equity in climate action, and justice for frontline communities. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time in nature, hiking, dancing, and vegan baking.

Esther Morales is Executive Director of Clean Energy Leadership Institute. Her previous experience includes the California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, National Women's Business Council, and the Environmental Protection Agency where she served as White House Liaison. Esther is a graduate of Princeton University.

Gerard works in business development in Madison Energy Investments’ New York City office. He works with partners and clients to help deliver turnkey solutions for solar development across the nation. Gerard previously managed the Maryland Commercial PACE program. Under Gerard’s leadership, Maryland grew to have 15 C-PACE counties enables and over $20 million in clean energy investments. Gerard also helped develop C-PACE markets across the Midwest and Rocky Midwest closing C-PACE transactions in six states.

Gerard was also selected as a fellow at the Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) that recruits and develops young professionals with strong working knowledge of energy markets and policy. While in graduate school, Gerard worked in the UK’s House of Lords conducting research and education on electricity market reform policy. Gerard received his B.A. in Political Science from Wake Forest University and holds a M.A. in International Political Economy from King’s College London.

Shawn O'Brien is President and CEO of the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners, the most respected, well established, and widely recognized certification organization for professionals in the field of renewable energy. NABCEP offers certifications and credentials for skilled professionals, specialists, and those new to working in the areas of photovoltaics, solar heating, and small wind technologies.

Stephan Roundtree, Jr. is the Northeast Director for Vote Solar, where he works to promote ambitious and socially just solar policy in New England and New York. He is also a proud member of NYSEIA's board, where he has served the organization since 2020. Prior to joining Vote Solar, Stephan worked as an advocate and community lawyer with WE ACT for Environmental Justice in Harlem, NYC. There, he fought for more inclusive solar and energy efficiency policies in Albany and at City Hall. Stephan also co-designed a first-in-the-nation solarize campaign for a dense urban community in Northern Manhattan, and negotiated construction and local hiring contracts for the project based on community values and input.

Originally from the Town of Dunstable, Massachusetts, Stephan holds a B.A. in History from Boston College, a J.D. from Northeastern School of Law, and a Master's in Environmental Policy from Vermont Law School. In his spare time Stephan enjoys sailing, skiing, and social distancing on his bike, though his passion for energy justice is equaled only by his love of birdwatching and Boston sports.

Dana is Founder and CEO of The Sleeper Group. She has worked with nonprofits, small businesses, government, and multinational companies to assess and improve their DEI practices, policies, and procedures. Her expertise includes performing cultural audits, improving hiring practices, providing diversity education sessions, implementing supplier diversity tracking, eLearning curriculum development, and much more.

Dana is a Certified Diversity Professional (CDP)® by the Institute for Diversity Certification (IDC). She is also an IDI Qualified Administrator (QA) licensed to administer the IDI and to interpret and provide feedback on group and individual profiles to further development of intercultural competence.

Nicole Steele joined the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office in January 2021 as a senior advisor for equity and workforce issues and leads the National Community Solar Partnership. She is a nationally recognized leader and expert in clean energy with a focus on frontline communities and workforce development. She has 20 years of experience working with government officials, policymakers, advocates, and entrepreneurs to develop and implement inclusive clean energy policies and programs. Nicole was the founding executive director of GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic, policy director at the Alliance to Save Energy, and ran the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program for Loudoun County, Virginia. She started her career in affordable housing, community planning, and politics. She is an AmeriCorps alumni and passionate supporter of community service.

Lincoln Xia is a Vice President and Managing Partner at Accord Power Inc. He has more than three years of renewable energy experience and over five years of corporate finance and project management experience. Lincoln has successfully led the installation of over 100 residential and commercial solar PV systems including two of the firms largest commercial systems built to date. Lincoln has experience working closely with the industry AHJs including NYSERDA and the D.O.B. Lincoln specializes in complex financial transaction structuring and project work stream management.