Our Team
SolAmerica’s leadership team has a passion for solar energy. With a unique blend of entrepreneurship and management experience in renewable energy, real estate development, finance, and construction, we understand the challenges facing businesses and utilities as they launch into a renewable energy future.
SolAmerica
Randy Amayo
Natalie Batman
Jay Bayer
Lauren Beduhn
Tully Blalock
John Buffington
Morgan Campbell
Jacqlyn Charles
Peter Corbett
Clay DeFriece
Alex Duckworth
David Franklin
Johnae Gamboa-Walker
Frank Griffin
Julia Grootens
Isaac Hancock
Cecily Hein
Todd Hoffman
Sarah Hogsed
Candice Jones
Katie Kearney
Clarissa Martin
Katherine Mason
Ross McDaniel
Natalie McGovern
Connor Noonan
Lance Painter
Ryan Peters
Adam Post
Iveliz Rivera
Ludie Romilus
Jon Schwartz
Dan Shiley
Matt Short
Nathan Sisco
Catherine Sloane
Mike Soboslai
Zack Stephens
Dan Stevenson
Bryan Treese
Manny Uzcategui
Peter Vania
Scott Wenning
Chapman White
Karl Wiedenmann
Sheresse Williams
Alyssa Winkler
Sam Wolfe
Tony Yonnone
Executive Team
Tully Blalock
Tully joined SolAmerica in 2017 as Vice President and General Counsel. Prior to SolAmerica, he practiced law with King & Spalding, where he was in the firm’s complex business litigation group and handled an array of business litigation and advisory matters. In addition to his legal experience, Tully previously worked in the corporate finance group of a global telecommunications company and directed and managed an e-commerce business. Tully graduated from Washington and Lee University with a B.A. in Economics and earned his J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law.
Sarah Hogsed
Sarah’s energy career began in 2011, analyzing power plant construction disputes and political risk insurance claims as an international arbitration associate. Since pivoting to renewable energy transactional work in 2014, Sarah has supported solar development, procurement, construction, and operations as both outside counsel and as a senior attorney at NextEra Energy Resources. She joined SolAmerica in 2020 and became General Counsel in 2023. Sarah holds a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in Energy and Finance from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and a JD from The George Washington University Law School.
Katherine Mason
Katherine has over 15 years of operational experience within the energy industry covering treasury, FP&A and accounting functions. Prior to joining SolAmerica, Katherine held senior finance and treasury roles at Eastern Generation, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, and Catalyze, an energy transition independent power producer. Katherine graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA and Masters in Professional Accounting. She is a licensed CPA.
Matt Short
Matt has over 15 years of business development, operations and leadership experience in the energy and construction industries. Prior to joining SolAmerica, Matt held business development and leadership positions at M+W Energy, Petra Systems, Southland Industries, and Johnson Controls where he worked with clients to develop and build large scale financed energy efficiency and renewable energy projects throughout the US. Prior to entering the energy sector, Matt was President of CW Hurt Contractors, a leading commercial construction company in Charlottesville VA. Matt holds a BA and MBA from the University of Virginia.
Zack Stephens
Zack oversees origination of the company’s development assets from site control through off-taker identification. Prior to joining SolAmerica, Zack was a director at Unison Site Management, the leading aggregator of telecommunications tower lease assets in the United States, where he was instrumental in the origination, underwriting, and monetization of over $1B in assets. Zack holds an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a BA from Davidson College.
Tony Yonnone
Tony has been developing and building renewable energy projects since 2008, prior to which he served seven years on active duty in the US Navy as an EOD Officer and three years in grad school. He worked for EDP Renewables, NextEra Energy Resources, and GE Renewable Energy before joining SolAmerica in 2020. Tony holds a BS from the US Naval Academy, a JD from Georgia State University, an MCRP from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School.