NATIVE RENEWABLES - Key Persons

Alyssa Newman

Job Titles:
  • Senior Program Manager, Responsible Supply Chain, Google

Ann Marie Chischilly

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Office of Native American Initiatives

Chelsea Chee

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director
  • Member of the Din
ChelseaCheeisamemberoftheDiné(Navajo)tribe.Shehasbeenworkinginthenon-profitandeducationsectorfor14years.ChelseareceivedherBachelorofSciencedegreeinEnvironmentalScience,startedherworkinEnvironmentalandClimateJusticewiththeBlackMesaWaterCoalition,allwhilealsocontributingtohercommunityontheNavajoNation.ShetookgraduatecoursesforPublicAdministrationandCommunityandRegionalPlanningandworkedinvariouspositionsandorganizations,includingtheTribalEnergyProgramatSandiaNationalLaboratories,aDiversityandInclusionCoordinatorattheNMExperimentalProgramtoStimulateCompetitiveResearch,andaDirectorofCommunitywithETKIEwhilesimultaneouslyworkingasaSeniorProgramOfficerattheAmericanIndianScienceandEngineeringSociety(AISES).

Dan Kammen

Job Titles:
  • Professor, University of California, Berkeley & Senior Advisor for Energy and Innovation, US Agency for Intl. Development

Debby Tewa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hopi
DebbyTewaisamemberoftheHopitribeandisfromHotevilla,AZ.Sheisalsotheowner/presidentofTewaEnergyService,LLC.Sheprovidestechnicaltrainingsonphotovoltaicsandresidentialelectricalintheformofhands-onworkshops.Inaddition,TewaconductsSTEMactivitiesforgrades4th-12thgrades.Tewahasover35yearsintheelectricaltradeindustry.ShewaspreviouslyemployedwiththeArizonaEnergyOfficeasaTribalEnergyCoordinator.TewawasinstrumentalinsettingupandextensivephotovoltaiclabatCentralArizonaCollegewhereshetaughtbothbeginningandadvancePhotovoltaicsclasses.Sheistherecipientofthe2021AmericanIndianScienceandEngineeringSocietyProfessionalAwardforIndigenousExcellence.

Gary Singer

Job Titles:
  • Engineering & Field Operations
  • Member of the Navajo
GarySingerisamemberoftheNavajo(Dine)tribeandisfromGrayMountain,AZ.Heisanelectricalengineer,isthetechnicalsupportforNativeRenewables'solarenergyendeavors.HeisagraduateofNorthernArizonaUniversity.HehasinternedforvariouscompaniesincludingIBMandLawrenceLivermoreNationalLaboratories.HeworkedasadesignengineerforSiemensTransmissionSystemsandNovakinetics,Inc.andasatestengineeratToohDinehIndustries,Inc.for10years.HeresidesinFlagstaff,Arizona.

Ian Masayesva

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hopi
  • Operations

Jeff Roberts

Job Titles:
  • CEO, Entropy Technology Associates

Sarah Shanley Hope

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, the Solutions Project / Shannon

Suzanne Singer - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Executive Director
  • Founder
Co-FounderSuzanneSinger,PhD,isamemberoftheNavajo(Dine)tribeandgrewupinFlagstaff,Arizona.Hermechanicalengineeringandenergyanalysisbackgroundprovidesthetechnicalfoundationtodeveloptribalenergyindependence.PriortofoundingNativeRenewables,Singerwasastaffengineerandpost-docatLawrenceLivermoreNationalLaboratory,andaninternwithSandiaNationalLaboratories'TribalEnergyProgram.Singerisa2021EchoingGreenFellowandthewinnerofthe2019U.S.CleanEnergyEducationandEmpowerment(C3E)EntrepreneurshipAward.SheearnedaPhDandMSinMechanicalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,andaBSinMechanicalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofArizona.