Jennifer Watkins served for five years in the US Army. Today, she is serving her home community as GRID’s Bay Area Veteran Liaison Intern, and creating opportunities for more veterans to get hands-on solar training. 

 This August, GRID began work on the first of what will hopefully be hundreds of solar installations in a historic Richmond community.

Welcome to the next installment of our Staff Spotlight feature, where we share a brief interview to introduce you to some of our amazing staff members here at GRID Bay Area! This month we'd like to introduce Becky Sorensen, our GRID Bay Area SolarCorps Construction Fellow. With a background in computer science and organizational behavior. Becky worked in systems consulting, marketing operations, and was even a yoga instructor for a time before deciding to make a transition into solar construction.

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Welcome to the next installment of our Staff Spotlight feature, where we share a brief interview to introduce you to some of our amazing staff members here at GRID Bay Area! This month we’d like to introduce you to, Matt Kroll, our System Designer and self-proclaimed hippie. After making his own solar generator from scratch for Burning Man, Matt turned to GRID for job training in the solar industry and eventually became a SolarCorps Fellow. When he’s not designing solar systems for GRID’s clients, Matt enjoys making funky electronic music.

Neighbors, businesses, and GRID volunteers like you closed out the summer together creating a fun, vibrant community space to share for all.

This summer, 10 Novato families not only unlocked the front doors of their new homes with Habitat for Humanity, but they also unlocked solar savings on their utility bills.