Donald Moreland

Solar Crowdsource Founder

With 15 years of legal experience in residential and commercial real estate, Don began working in the solar industry in 2011 developing distributed generation and utility-scale solar PV projects. He has developed several MWs of solar for TVA and Georgia Power solar programs as well as commercial and residential applications providing turn-key development services including site selection; financial modeling; program and incentive compliance; permitting; and contract drafting and negotiation.

Don is founder of Solar Crowdsource, a platform to facilitate Solarize and peer-to-peer crowdfunding programs to help rapidly accelerate the growth and reduce soft costs of solar in Georgia.

Don is also proud to have served as Chair of the Georgia Solar Energy Association (2016-2018), currently a member of the Georgia Solar Energy Industries Association, and member of the State Bar of Georgia.

Tina Wilkinson

Project Manager

Tina is a community advocate for all things sustainable. She is the chairperson of Solarize Dunwoody, leading the charge to bring solar to the northeastern corner of metro Atlanta. To date, Solarize Dunwoody has resulted in a 600% increase in solar installations in the Dunwoody area, with almost 300kW of total capacity added. As a result of the program’s success, a 10kW solar array will be donated to Peachtree Charter Middle School for education and demonstration purposes, supporting the school’s focus on STEM.

She was chosen as the City of Dunwoody’s Sustainable Hero 2015 in recognition of her environmental activism, including founding the organic gardening program at Vanderlyn Elementary, starting and expanding several recycling programs at the school and at Dunwoody UMC, creating an intergenerational upcycling program at DUMC, and connecting the garden at Peachtree Charter Middle School to Malachi’s Storehouse, a food pantry located in St Patrick’s Episcopal Church.

Tina is also a commissioned Earthkeeper in the United Methodist Church and a member of the Board of Directors of Georgia Interfaith Power & Light (GIPL). Formerly she was Senior Vice President of Risk Management in Wachovia Bank’s International Division. She earned a BA in Economics at Vanderbilt University.

Sharon Lee

Development Partner

Bringing over five years of solar experience to the table, Sharon has been involved with the marketing, manufacturer and installation of 50+ MW of solar projects throughout the Southeast, U.S. and Caribbean. Serving as a direct liaison between clients and the manufacturer, she has helped to facilitate making simple and affordable solar a reality. As president of Phase 3 Development, Sharon is a natural fit to partner with Solar CrowdSource—her knowledge of solar as well as her experience engaging people helps provide options to communities, residents and local businesses. Sharon has served on the board of directors for the Georgia Solar Energy Association for three years, and currently serves as chair of the organization. She is also a charter member of the Professional Women in Building chapter of the Greater Atlanta Homebuilders Association.

Karen Stevenson

Georgia Solar Energy Association, GA Solar eNews, Wood Basket

Sustainability is an important value to Karen Stevenson. In addition to her volunteer work with the Georgia Solar Energy Association, (she is currently in her second term as a member of the Board of Directors) and is the editor for the GA Solar eNews, she works on behalf of the Georgia forestry industry. Georgia is the #1 state in the nation for forestry. Ninety-six percent (96%) of the timber used in the U.S. comes from the U.S. Most of that timber is harvested in the southeast, “aka” the Wood Basket of the nation. Ms. Stevenson has developed and is executing a communications strategy for a new website and pricing tool (www.woodbasket.ag) to help Georgia forest landowners track current and historical pricing for timber, and to maximize the production & sustainability of their forestland. Wood Basket has the capacity to grow trees faster and of a higher quality, that will result in a higher yield and therefore higher profits for Georgia forest landowners.

Richard Gale

Project Design & Engineering

Richard is a North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) certified PV installer. He is one of only a handful of such certificate holders in Georgia. Richard has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems and previously was a lead engineer at the data equipment division of Lucent Technologies. He also has held a department management position at the Georgia Dome and Georgia World Congress Center facilities before entering the fields of IT, engineering and solar. A long-term Georgia resident, Richard is our lead engineer at Solar CrowdSource and one of our project managers, as well as a hands-on installer.

Gustavo Arce

Intern at Solar CrowdSource

Gustavo is a senior at Georgia State University majoring in social entrepreneurship. When he is not exploring Atlanta parks or coffee shops you can find him scheduling our social media posts and filming events. He is passionate about sustainability and bringing more renewable energy to Latin America. His dream car is a Tesla Model X.

Billy Mitchell

Partner/Senior Creative Director – MLT Creative

Billy is a founding partner of MLT Creative, a B2B marketing agency based on the east side of Atlanta in Tucker, Georgia. As experts in both inbound and direct marketing, MLT Creative provides website design and development, content marketing, lead generation and strategic planning for local, national, and global brands. As part of the Solar CrowdSource team, MLT Creative focuses on the marketing efforts that help the organization get found, engage communities, generate campaigns and build lasting relationships with the homeowners, businesses, and leaders in communities leading the way in solar energy.