Three Outstanding Individuals To Help Lead California’s Largest Clean Energy Business Group

The California Solar & Storage Association (CALSSA), California’s oldest and largest clean energy business group, announces the addition of three industry leaders to serve on its board of directors.

The three new board members are: 

• Samuel Adeyemo, co-founder and COO of Aurora Solar, a leading solar design and sales software provider.

• Martin Herzfeld, Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) Certified Master Trainer for Photovoltaics (PV), California Licensed Solar (C46) and Electrical Contractor (C10), Instrumentation (C7), OSHA-Authorized Construction Safety Trainer, and Third-Party Technical Inspector with 15 years of industry experience. 

• Adam Gerza, VP of Business Development at Energy Toolbase, an industry leading software platform.

“We are extremely pleased to welcome these three outstanding industry leaders to our board,” said CALSSA Executive Director Bernadette Del Chiaro. “We will benefit tremendously from their insights and expertise as we continue our work to strengthen and grow the California local solar and storage market.”

Mr. Adeyemo, Mr. Hertzfeld, and Mr. Gerza join a board of fifteen led by Board President Ed Murray of Aztec Solar, along with Vice President Jeanine Cotter of Luminalt, Secretary Benjamin Airth of the Center for Sustainable Energy, and Treasurer Walker Wright of Sunrun. 

Other CALSSA board members are: 

• Yann Brandt, SolarWakeUp

• Rick Reed, SunEarth

• Rich Borba, JKB Energy

• Jeff Spies, Planet Plan Sets

• Howard Wenger, Solaria

• Gary Gerber, Sun Light & Power

• Erica Dahl, Vivint (formerly)

• Catherine Von Burg, SimpliPhi 
   

“The educational, policy and advocacy work that CALSSA does is critical and far-reaching,” said Samuel Adeyemo of Aurora Solar. “I am excited to help CALSSA make solar and storage ubiquitous in California.”

“I'm looking forward to advancing the solar and energy storage industry together, educating policy makers together, and making wise decisions together for the environment to accomplish CALSSA’s mission,” stated Martin Herzfeld.

“I’m honored to re-join the CALSSA Board and to continue fighting for policies that create a strong and growing distributed generation solar + storage market in California,” said Adam Gerza of Energy Toolbase.

CALSSA thanks all its board members, past and present, and it’s nearly 600 business members who help make the association one of the strongest and most effective organizations building a clean energy future in California.

About CALSSA

The California Solar & Storage Association (CALSSA) has advanced the common interest of the solar and storage industry for over 40 years, making California the most robust market in the U.S. The association is the state’s largest clean energy business group with over 600 member companies representing an array of businesses that manufacture, design, install, finance and provide other resources to the growing local solar and storage market in California.