MEET OUR TEAM
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Carlos Monteagudo
MD, MPH: Founder & CEO

Carlos has been a social entrepreneur for 20 years and a practicing psychiatrist since 1988. A Kellogg National Leadership Fellow, Carlos is cofounder of SEED (www.seedimpact.org), an organization that creates tools and supports community agencies for community organizing and leadership development. In 2009, he founded SolarNation to apply his experiences in leadership development and community organizing to the issue of climate change.

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Millard “Mitty” Owens
Advisor

Mr. Owens is a Brooklyn resident with over 25 years in community organizing and community development. He has experience in philanthropy (Ford Foundation), government (NYC’s Office of Financial Empowerment), and with various local and national non-profits. Mitty was a Kellogg National Leadership Fellow. He is serving on the advisory board.

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Harshul Banthia
Financial Advisor

Mr. Banthia, founder of renewable finance advisory firm Offset Renewables, provides financial structuring and strategic support to SolarNation. Harshul has previously worked on a number of community based financing solutions including various solar crowdfunding initiatives. He brings expertise in project modeling, feasibility analysis, deal structuring, diligence, and securing capital.

 

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Lisa Haines
Project Management and Sustainable Development
Lisa earned her BA in Sustainable Development from Columbia University and her MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London. She has worked in project management for various companies in Europe. Lisa works closely with SolarNation’s community partners throughout their engagement campaigns and facilitates them to adopt a variety of sustainable technologies and practices into everyday life.
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Claudine Nash
PhD: Director of Creative Community Engagement

A practicing psychologist and published author, Claudine will oversee the creative arts programing that will be an early community engagement strategy to remove engagement barriers through the arts.

Summer Interns

PETER FREY

ROBERT WINTON

FRANCESCA DEAN MERRICK