About Us

Steve Raeder is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Summit Ridge Energy (SRE), one of the nation’s largest owner/operators of community solar assets. As the leader of the firm and its Executive Committee, Steve sets the direction for the organization, leading strategic corporate operations as well as driving the development and execution of the company’s revenue generation strategies. Prior to launching SRE in 2017, Steve served in multiple roles at SunEdison including Managing Director of Sales and General Manager of its East Coast C&I business unit where his teams developed hundreds of MWs across multiple solar markets, including pioneering work with off-site “virtual” systems that transformed the company’s business model. Steve holds a B.A. in History and Business Administration from Gettysburg College.

Brian Dunn is a co-founder of Summit Ridge Energy and serves as the company's Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer. A member of the company’s Executive Committee, Brian is responsible for all of SRE’s financial functions including accounting, audit, treasury, corporate finance, project finance, and asset management. Prior to Summit Ridge, Brian served as Vice President at Hunt Alternative Energy Investments, the energy investment subsidiary of Texas-based Hunt Companies. In his role, Brian managed the company's investments in distributed solar and combined heat and power projects. Prior to joining Hunt in 2011, Brian developed and financed clean energy projects for a private equity manager and held senior associate and analyst positions at JPMorgan and American Express. Brian received his B.A. from Bowdoin College in Economics and Government & Legal Studies.

Adam is the Chief Investment Officer for Summit Ridge Energy. A member of the company's Executive Committee, Adam leads origination, negotiation and execution of Summit Ridge's capital formation efforts. He previously led capital markets for TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global, where he raised over $14 billion of capital and led financing, M&A and operational activities of the companies' 4 GW solar and wind portfolio. Before TerraForm, Adam was an investment banker in the Leveraged Finance group of Barclays Capital where he structured debt financing across the power and natural resources sectors. He began his career as an officer in the U.S. Navy, serving for seven years as a submarine nuclear engineer, intelligence analyst and electronic warfare officer in Iraq. Adam holds a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the United States Naval Academy, an M.S. in Engineering from The Catholic University of America, and an M.B.A. in Finance from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania.

Joyce Chang is the General Counsel for Summit Ridge Energy. A member of the company’s Executive Committee, Joyce oversees all aspects of SRE’s legal affairs. Joyce brings extensive project finance and legal compliance experience to the team. Prior to joining Summit Ridge, Joyce was acting General Counsel at Ygrene Energy Fund Inc., one of the leading providers of residential and commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. Prior to that, Joyce was the legal head of the structured and project finance team for North America at SunEdison, a global renewable energy company. Joyce started her legal career in New York and Washington, D.C. at Milbank LLP in the global project finance group. Joyce has a B.A. in both Economics and Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Cornell University Law School.

Raja Soi is the Executive Vice President of Operations for Summit Ridge Energy. A member of the company’s Executive Committee, Raj oversees Summit Ridge Energy’s growing portfolio of distributed generation solar and energy storage projects across the United States. His role is to lead the team that ensures optimal power generation performance of the company’s solar photovoltaic (PV) plant portfolio as well as energy storage facilities. Prior to joining Summit Ridge Energy, Raj served at Goldman Sachs Renewable Power Group as Vice President, and Head of the Project Management Office. Before joining Goldman, Raj was the Vice President of Asset Management at Soltage, with earlier roles at NRG, Perera Construction and Bechtel Power Corporation. Raj holds an M.A. in Theology from Fuller Seminary, and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University.

Jason Spreyer serves as Executive Vice President of Business Development for Summit Ridge Energy. A member of the company’s Executive Committee, Jason leads the team responsible for all new business pursuits at Summit Ridge Energy, including Project Acquisition, Power Marketing (offtake), and Project Development of both solar power and energy storage. Prior to joining Summit Ridge Energy, Jason had multiple leadership roles in a thirteen-year tenure with Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners, including SVP Business and Commercial Development, SVP Development and Construction, and SVP/Chief Financial Officer for Brookfield Utilities. Jason has also held financial leadership roles at Veolia Energy, Intergen Services, and Calpine Corporation. Jason holds an M.B.A. in Corporate Finance from Boston University, and a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.

Kerri Neary is Senior Vice President of Project Development for Summit Ridge Energy. A member of the company’s Executive Committee, she leads development efforts across all markets, overseeing the permitting for construction and financing, interconnection process, real estate diligence, and environmental conservation. Prior to joining Summit Ridge in 2017, Kerri served at the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office, helping accelerate the deployment of first of a kind, utility scale energy projects. There, she led technical diligence and project management of non-recourse debt financing ranging from $100 million to $3 billion for innovative, renewable power generation, including over 2 GW of solar. Prior to serving in the U.S. government, Kerri worked as a process engineer at The Babcock & Wilcox Company, an international provider of energy products and services. Kerri holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University.

Thomas Payne serves as Senior Vice President of Project Management for Summit Ridge Energy. A member of the company’s Executive Committee, Thomas oversees all construction and contracting activities across Summit Ridge Energy’s solar and storage project portfolios. Prior to joining Summit Ridge Energy, Tom spent nine years at EDF Renewables, managing all preconstruction and construction activities across a sixty MW solar project portfolio including both roof and ground mount projects. Prior to EDF, Tom spent several years managing estimating, purchasing, and project management with Clark Construction Group. Tom holds a B.A. in Engineering and Business/Economics from Lafayette College.

Bharath Srinivasan is the Senior Vice President of Technology & Procurementr for Summit Ridge Energy. Bharath creates and implements the firm's technological vision as it relates to both project level and corporate initiatives. Prior to joining Summit Ridge in 2019, Bharath served as Senior Vice President of Operations at Distributed Sun, steering the efforts in Development, Technology and Project Financing. Prior, Bharath led all Asset Management efforts at American Capital Energy, along with engineering roles at two renewable firms. Bharath also founded a successful software training services firm. Bharath holds a Master of Science in Energy Engineering from the University of Massachusetts - Lowell, and a Bachelor’s of Technology from SASTRA University in India.

Pradeep Mohanraj serves as Vice President of Engineering for Summit Ridge Energy. In this role Pradeep plans, coordinates and oversees all activities in the Engineering Department. He ensures the establishment and implementation of best practices within our solar and storage portfolio. Prior to joining Summit Ridge Energy Pradeep spent more than a decade in roles of progressively greater design and strategic responsibility at Borrego Solar Systems, and Eastern Energy Systems. Pradeep earned his Professional Engineer license in 2017, and also holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas in Arlington.

Mark Raeder is a Principal at Summit Ridge Energy based in Chicago, IL. Mark leads project origination and acquisition efforts in the Midwest region for Summit Ridge. In this capacity, Mark is involved in all aspects of the project development lifecycle, from policy-shaping efforts and market strategy to financial modeling, land acquisition, power sales, and design. Previously, Mark was a senior consultant for SunEdison, where he performed financial, policy, and business development services. In this role, Mark led the first large-scale participation of distributed generation solar in a regional wholesale capacity market. As a co-founder and Principal of New Grid Energy Solutions, Mark also has direct experience with the design and installation of commercial PV, solar thermal, and PV-thermal hybrid systems. Mark holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Washington & Lee University and is a NABCEP Certified PV Installation ProfessionalTM and former NABCEP Certified Solar Heating InstallerTM.

Jarryd Commerford is a Principal at Summit Ridge where he focuses on project acquisitions. Prior to Summit Ridge Energy, Jarryd held various business development positions at SunEdison. Over his 5+ years there, he executed over 100MW of Power Purchase Agreements in Massachusetts and acquired multiple large project portfolios. Prior to SunEdison, Jarryd worked in the electric vehicle industry in Europe and North America. Jarryd holds an MSc in Sustainable Energy & Entrepreneurship from the University of Nottingham in the UK and a B.A. in International Affairs and Geography from The George Washington University.

Ty Holden is a co-founder of Summit Ridge Energy and serves as its Principal in charge of Risk Management and Assessment. In this capacity, Ty manages all security and insurance requirements for the organization and the portfolio of projects operating and in development throughout the United States. Prior to Summit Ridge Energy, Ty worked at SunEdison where he supported the company’s East Coast commercial business unit as Chief of Staff to its General Manager. Ty earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain Scholar and minored in Chinese Languages.

Matthew Dickey serves as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Administration for Summit Ridge Energy. A member of the company’s Executive Committee, Matthew coordinates the company’s efforts in making Summit Ridge Energy staff the highest achieving teams and individuals in the renewable industry. Prior to joining Summit Ridge Energy, Matthew created and led very successful Business Development teams at then start-up SunEdison for its first nine years, where his teams grew the business from less than 10 MW to more than 1000 MW of commercial scale solar backlog and installations. Earlier, at Johnson Controls where he served for fifteen years, Matthew led the Asia Pacific sales organization, and multiple other business leadership roles. Matthew holds a B.S. in Business Administration, with a focus on Industrial Distribution Management from the University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign.