Bay Area Board of Directors

Dai Owen serves as VP, Origination & Power Marketing at EDF Renewables, a market leading independent power producer delivering grid-scale wind, solar and storage projects.  In this position he is responsible for leading the team that originates and negotiates long-term contracts for the sale of renewable energy from EDF’s projects to utilities, governmental agencies, and large commercial/industrial customers.  During his tenure with EDF since 2008, Dai has led the successful negotiation of over 20 offtake and acquisition agreements, resulting in over 3 GigaWatts of projects constructed by EDF (enough to power over one million homes).  Dai is proud to live in a state with a 100% carbon-free energy target and believes that all people should be involved in and benefit from the transition to a green economy.

Peter Ton is an environmental attorney at Ton Law P.C. He has over 17 years of experience counseling clients on water quality, air quality, endangered species, hazardous substances and wastes, and environmental health and safety issues, and litigating cases in state and federal court. Peter received his J.D. from UCLA School of Law and B.A. from U.C. Berkeley. As an immigrant and former refugee, Peter is proud to support GRID Alternatives mission to ensure an equitable clean energy transition for all.

Breana George is a resident of Atchison Village, a community of 450 historic housing units cooperatively owned and managed by its members in the Iron Triangle of Richmond, California which partnered with GRID Alternatives to bring no-cost solar to most buildings in the neighborhood. She was elected to serve on the Atchison Village Board of Directors for two terms and was the volunteer board president and CEO from 2021-2022. During her time on the board, she founded the Green Committee to promote environmental sustainability and pursue projects with community partners in renewable energy, sea level rise resilience, water conservation, park revitalization, and tree planting. Breana received a Master of Public Administration in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy degree from New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. For 18 years she has worked as a program manager and researcher for academic and research organizations in the humanities and social sciences in the University of California system and nonprofit sector. She currently serves as the manager of the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry at UC Berkeley.

Dotun Odewale is the Founder and CEO of Ade Solar Energy, a marketplace that connects EPCs and Installers with excess materials, ultimately reducing waste. Prior, Dotun spent over a decade in high-tech SaaS with successful exits. Dotun holds a B.A from Bucknell University in Economics & Philosophy. He served as a Board member for the Posse Foundation and enjoys playing soccer and volunteering. 

Michelle Vigen Ralston is the Principal and Founder of Common Spark Consulting, working to advance boldly inclusive policy making as the foundation for a clean energy future for all. Prior to launching Common Spark, Michelle was the Senior Policy Manager with the California Efficiency and Demand Management Council where she represented the organization's 80+ member companies in state energy efficiency regulatory affairs. She was actively involved in the California Public Utility Commission proceedings around energy efficiency, distributed energy resources, cost-effectiveness, and integrated resource planning. Michelle also led energy policy and regulatory affairs for Montgomery County, MD, including advocacy for the state energy efficiency standards, implementing their commercial benchmarking law, commercial PACE financing, and launching the Montgomery County Green Bank. Michelle has also conducted research at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), and led programming with the University of Minnesota Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships Clean Energy Resource Teams. Ralston is a recipient of a 2011 Archibald Bush Foundation Leadership Fellowship which supported leadership training and outreach around community-based social marketing to achieve sustainability goals in Minnesota communities. She serves on the Advisory Council of the Rising Sun Center for Opportunity and the Building Electrification Institute, and is a Senior Fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program. Michelle earned a Masters of Public Policy from the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Policy specializing in energy policy and community development. She holds a B.A. from Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. She lives with her growing family in Berkeley, California.