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Policy successes behind him, Resch to exit solar association

Solar Energy Industries Association 12-year CEO says it's time for him to move on to ‘find new challenges' for his career When Rhone Resch became president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association in 2004, the organization was in bad shape. It had lost its Washington, D.C., business license and was on the verge of losing its nonprofit tax status. "When I started there were two other people," Resch said. "We were in an office building on H Street where we had one room, and the bathroom was three stories away." Today SEIA has 40 staff and reported nearly $8 million in revenue in its most recent tax filings. With the group in a strong financial position and a… Read More