Solar Energy Industries Association
The Solar Energy Industries Association, established in 1974, is the American national non-profit trade association of the solar-energy industry in the United States. In 2025, the group reported at least 1,200 member companies.
SEIA is a 5016 non-profit trade association. The association supports the extension of a 30 percent federal solar investment tax credit for eight years.
With the recent high flux of green jobs in the solar industry, SEIA maintains a resource for those looking for solar jobs. The Harvard Business Review claims that the solar industry could absorb all of the jobs lost to the coal industry as it shutters. By 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, the solar industry employed more workers in the energy generation industry than all fossil fuels combined.
An independent but strategically aligned organization, The Solar Foundation, is a 5013 non-profit organization which develops education & outreach programs to promote the further development of solar energy in the U.S.
Current Board of Directors
Executive committee
SEIA Board Chair – Nat Kreamer, SpruceSEIA Board Vice Chair – Tom Starrs, SunPower CorporationTreasurer – Laura Stern, Nautilus SolarSecretary – Michael Maulick, SunLink CorporationPresident – Darren Van’t HofElected Committeemen- * Tony Clifford, Standard Solar
- * Craig Cornelius, NRG Energy
- * Ryan Creamer, sPower
- * Steve Trenholm, E.ON North AmericaFederal Policy Committee Chair – Scott Hennessey, SolarCityState Policy Committee Chair – Thomas Plagemann, Vivant Solar
Division Chairs
Distributed Generation – Tony Clifford, Standard SolarSolar Heating and Cooling – Ed Murray, Aztec SolarSolar Services and Consumers – Laura Stern, Nautilus Solar EnergyUtility-Scale Solar Power – Fred Morse, Morse AssociatesBoard At-Large
- Craig Cornelius, NRG Energy
- Ryan Creamer, sPower
- Jeff Dorety, Trina Solar
- Scott Hennessey, SolarCity
- Anne Hoskins, Sunrun, Inc.
- Martin Hermann, 8minutenergy Renewables
- George Hershman, Swinerton Renewable Energy
- Stephen Jones, Blattner Energy
- Nat Kreamer, Spruce
- Daniel Laure, Total New Energies USA
- Michael Maulick, SunLink Corporation
- Matthew McGovern, Cypress Creek Renewables
- Ryan Pfaff, EDF Renewable Energy
- Thomas Plagemann, Vivint Solar
- Dan Shugar, Nextpower
- Tom Starrs, SunPower Corporation
- Jeremy Susac, SunStreet Energy Group
- Steve Trenholm, E.ON North America
- Darren Van't Hof, US Bancorp
- Kathleen Weiss, First Solar, Inc.
- Jim Yowan, Mortenson Construction
- Scott Zajac, Rockwood Group
- David Zwillinger, D. E. Shaw
Board Elected
- Mike Hall, Borrego Solar
- Yuri Horwitz, Sol Systems
- Jeff Wolfe, EnergySage
- Andrew Savage, Savage Solar, LLC
- Laura Stern, Nautilus Solar Energy
Honorary Members
- Arno Harris – Chairman Emeritus
- Steve Hogan
State SEIA Affiliate Representative
- Gil Hough board member, and PJ Wilson alternate
Official State Affiliates
Source:- Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (AriSEIA)
- Mid Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association (MSEIA)
- California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA)
- Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association (MOSEIA)
- Florida Solar Energy Industries Association (FlaSEIA)
- Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (COSEIA)
- New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA)
- Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association (OSEIA)
- Georgia Solar Energy Industries Association (GeorgiaSEIA)
- Tennessee Solar Energy Industries Association (TenneSEIA)
- Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association (GSREIA)
- Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association (TREIA)
- Hawaii Solar Energy Association (HSEA)
- Wisconsin Solar Energy Industries Association (WiSEIA)
- MDV-SEIA
- Solar and Energy Storage Association of Puerto Rico (SESA-PR)