SolPowered Energy Corp. is pleased to welcome Elizabeth McDonald as Senior Advisor Corporate Development. Elizabeth is a highly accomplished individual with more than 20 years of leadership, management and trade association experience—most recently as an expert in the Canadian solar energy industry and a global advocate for sustainable, clean energy solutions.
“We welcome Elizabeth’s knowledge and background,” says Mike Perrault, Co-Founder of SolPowered. “Not only has she held many leadership, senior and advisory positions, but she has also been instrumental in developing and promoting sustainable energy policies that will benefit Canadians for years to come.”
Prior to joining SolPowered, Elizabeth served as Executive Director and President of the Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA), (2007-2011). During this time, she worked closely with the Ontario Government (Solar Task Force and FIT/Micro-FIT Advisory Committees), the Electricity Sector Council and the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA). She was also named an Investment Canada Champion by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) and travelled extensively throughout North America and overseas as a solar advocate and spokesperson.
Elizabeth says, “I am excited to be working with a locally owned solar energy company. SolPowered is exactly the kind of company that the Government of Ontario’s FIT Program envisioned.”
SolPowered Energy Corporation is a Canadian solar energy developer that installs, operates and maintains medium and large photovoltaic (PV) solar systems on building rooftops. Named the winner of the Gold 2011 Ottawa Business Achievement Award for New Business of the Year and a finalist in the upcoming Prix d’excellence awards 2012 hosted by the Regroupement des gens d’affaires de la Capitale nationale (RGA), SolPowered is recognized as an innovator of renewable, sustainable and profitable green energy solutions—and dedicated to promoting and growing solar rooftop projects as a social, economic and environmental phenomenon across Canada and in other countries. SolPowered’s mission statement is, “We give you power, we give you returns, we give you our word.”
To learn more about SolPowered’s success stories or for more information:
Suzanne Cyr, Co-Owner and VP Sales & Marketing, SolPowered Energy Corporation
Office: 613-454-4444, ext. 102 / Cell: 613-299-2988
E-mail: scyr@solpowered.com / Website: www.solpowered.com
