Donald Moreland

Solar Croudsource 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, Community Solar, and peer-to-peer crowdfunding programs and rapidly accelerate the growth and reduce soft costs of solar in Georgia. He is also proud to serve as Chair of the Georgia Solar Energy Association, a member of the Georgia Solar Energy Industries Association, and a 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.

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.

Megan K. Johnson

Advising Attorney

Megan has practiced in the Atlanta area for over seven years in the area of general business, corporate and technology law. Most recently, she has worked to develop compliance strategies for technology companies seeking to innovate the sale of online securities in the wake of regulatory changes at the federal and state level. In that capacity, she helped pioneer the first successful online investment transaction open to non-accredited investors outside the public markets.

Jeffrey A. Bekiares

Advising Attorney

Jeff is a Georgia attorney with over seven years of experience in securities and corporate law. He was one of the first attorneys in the nation to discover the power of intrastate crowdfunding and the Invest Georgia Exemption (IGE), and has worked closely with regulators and experts in the state and national crowdfunding community to design IGE campaigns that are compliant and safe for the issuers and the investors.

Billy Mitchell

Partner/Senior Creative Director – MLT Creative

Billy Mitchell 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.