Alden Hathaway manages Sterling Planet's new customer accounts in the non-residential sector. Mr. Hathaway tailors customized solutions for carbon neutrality that combine White Tags Energy Efficiency Certificates, renewable energy and direct carbon offsets. A visionary with unparalleled dedication to practical, economical and meaningful applications of clean energy technologies, Mr. Hathaway has extensive experience in clean energy policy, market development and application of leading-edge technology. As Director of EcoPower Programs for the Environmental Resources Trust (ERT), Mr. Hathaway coordinated renewable energy certification, as well as energy and environmental consulting services for national accounts, utilities and government agencies. He also provided input for development of EPA's Green Power Partnership Program. Mr. Hathaway's dedication to sustainability and environmentally sound yet practical energy solutions extends to his personal life. Along with his wife Carol, Mr. Hathaway manages a 10-year-old operation called Solar Light for Africa, www.solarlightforafrica.com. This not-for-profit organization installs solar power in rural villages across sub-Saharan Africa, bringing light, power and solar-pumped water to some of the poorest regions of the world. Over the past decade, the organization has installed more than 2,400 lighting systems in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Congo. Additionally, the Hathaways designed, built and resided in an all-solar home in Virginia that is a showcase for climate neutral living.