Join us for a virtual solar celebration! This year our keynote speaker, Abigail Ross Hopper, CEO and President of the Solar Energy Industry Association will share her thoughts on federal solar policy priorities in the administration of President-elect Biden.

Attendees will also get a cocktail tutorial via zoom from DDSL Mixologist Daniel Lewis who has designed a unique GA Solar beverage to toast our 2021 Solar Champion.

More on our Speakers:

Keynote Abigail Ross Hopper is the President and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, the national trade organization for America's solar energy industries. She oversees all of SEIA's activities, including government affairs, research, communications, and industry leadership, and is focused on creating a marketplace where solar will constitute a significant percentage of America’s energy generation.

Before joining SEIA, Abby was the Director of the Department of Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, where she led the agency that oversaw the leasing and development of all offshore energy, from oil and natural gas to offshore wind.

She served formerly as the Director of the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA), serving as acting beginning in 2012, and then as Director starting in June 2013. She also served concurrently as Energy Advisor to Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley since 2010. In those roles, she had significant engagement with the state’s electric distribution utilities on matters ranging from resiliency and reliability of the grid to multiple mergers of the state’s utilities.

Abby previously spent over two years as Deputy General Counsel with the Maryland Public Service Commission. Before embarking on a career in public service, Abby spent nine years in private practice.

Abby graduated Cum Laude from the University of Maryland School of Law and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Dartmouth College. She is the very proud mom of three children and loves to read, ride her Peloton, do hot yoga and lay on the beach in her (not so free) time. 

Mixologist Daniel Lewis established DDSL Productions in August of 2016. DDSL productions is a multi-faceted fashion production company that is geared to the advancement of young creatives. DDSL production mixology/bartending can turn your "Cocktail Hour" into an "Event before the Event". Whoever said that just having a bar is enough. Craft Cocktails made to order and a Signature Cocktail or two made just for your Event. Let’s turn your Bar into an Experience.