Contributors
Lynn Jurich. Lynn co-founded SunRun because she believes going green is the most important social objective and economic opportunity of the 21st Century. Previously Lynn was a member of the investment team at Summit Partners, a venture capital and private equity firm with over $9 billion under management. During her tenure at Summit Partners, Lynn completed investments with an aggregate market value of over $900 million in the financial services and technology sectors. Lynn holds an MBA and BS from Stanford University.
Edward Fenster. Ed co-founded SunRun because he believes sustainable electricity production is the key to environmental preservation and international harmony. Prior to starting SunRun, Ed was a founder of Transforma (AMEX: TAQ), CEO of Avestar-IP, and Director of Corporate Development at Asurion Corporation. Before moving to California, Ed completed more than $10 billion in private equity and merger and acquisitions transactions while at The Blackstone Group in New York. Ed’s investing activities have included companies headquartered in six countries and span the energy, telecommunications, biotechnology, software, industrials, and consumer and financial services industries. He also serves as an Advisory Partner to Millennium Technology Value Partners. Ed holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BA from The Johns Hopkins University. He spends his free time composing for and playing blues organ and piano. He is a member of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.
Sydney Larson. Sydney was inspired to work in the solar industry after realizing the gravity of climate change and peak oil. She holds a B.S. in Molecular & Cellular Biology from Vanderbilt University where she performed genetics research for which she was recently published in the Journal of Biological Rhythms. Sydney is an aspiring “locovore” and enjoys playing the piano and the bassoon in her spare time.
Molly McGonigle
After getting her B.A. in English from Santa Clara University, Molly moved to San Francisco in hopes of finding a marketing job where she could write about what interests her. She found that at SunRun as one of two social media and marketing interns who are spreading the word about solar energy. Since moving to San Francisco Molly is hoping to run the 2010 LA Marathon and adjust to the possibilities of life after college.
Nami Sung
An East Coaster for over two decades, Nami packed up her bags post-graduation from Harvard and moved out west in search of her American dream. She found this dream at SunRun. Greatly interested (and invested!) in sustainability and online media, Nami jumped at the chance to immerse herself in the social media and marketing arm of SunRun. Since moving to San Francisco, she’s set some goals for herself: learn how to cook, ski, play the ukelele, and drive a car (she’s a New Yorker). Oh, and save the world.
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