Philip Haddix Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington, District Of Columbia

• Developed, secured funding for, and helped create and set the direction for new and existing initiatives in collaboration with thought leaders and key stakeholders within the organization and throughout the solar industry. • Managed The Solar Foundation’s responsibilities under the Solar Saves Lives initiative, a multi-organizational effort to install solar+storage systems on critical facilities in Puerto Rico.• Assisted in the conceptual development of and fundraising activities for the Solar Automated Permit Processing (SolarAPP) initiative, a collaborative solar industry effort to reimagine the permitting, inspection, and interconnection processes for solar and storage systems in the United States.

Washington, District Of Columbia

• Managed the development of the organization’s single-family and multifamily residential solar pipelines serving exclusively low-to-moderate income households. • Established and maintained strong, positive working relationships with program funders, third-party finance providers, subcontractors and other project partners, and individual clients. • Helped advance the organization’s mission and equity, inclusion, and diversity work through improving internal processes and developing new external partnerships. • Served as an advisory committee member for the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) Equity in Energy Innovation Project, a comprehensive research initiative to inventory and communicate best practices for incorporating equity and inclusion of low-to-moderate income customers into local government energy programs.• Secured $120,000 in funding to support solar workforce training efforts on a multifamily affordable housing project.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Served as Principal Investigator for the Technical Assistance Provider team under the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative’s SolSmart program (www.solsmart.org), a national designation and technical assistance program designed to help local governments reduce barriers to the use of solar energy. In this role, assumes primary responsibility for strategic direction; program design and assessment; and subcontractor, team, and program management.• Designed and managed the SolSmart Advisors program, a national fellowship opportunity that provides local governments with temporary additional staff capacity to implement best practices in solar policies and programs.• Provided guidance to team members on providing high-quality, outcome-oriented technical assistance to local governments.

Washington, Dc

• Performed outreach and delivered technical assistance to local governments seeking to reduce soft costs and other barriers to solar as part of the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative’s Solar Outreach Partnership.• Served as a presenter or workshop trainer/facilitator at over two dozen events nationwide designed to educate local government audiences on solar soft costs, technology, and policy.• Authored or contributed to several publications focused on communicating solar policy and technology concepts to local government and general audiences.• Developed successful federal funding proposals totaling over $14 million and supported other successful grant/funding applications totaling over $500,000. • Served as contributing author and provided research analysis for several installments of the annual National Solar Jobs Census and associated state-level research products.

• Investigated the economic development and job creation impact of the solar industry• Provided research support for the 2011 National Solar Jobs Census

Bloomington, Indiana Area

• Supported instructors in courses on Urban Issues, Statistics and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)• Assisted with grading, designing exams and assignments, and preparing and delivering lectures

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Researched and composed reports on issues regarding the siting and permitting of utility-scale solar power projects on public lands• Explored the impact of incentives on growth in the domestic solar supply chain• Examined the role of federal financing support in utility-scale solar development

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Researched and produced memoranda on clean energy and energy efficiency legislation, policies, and current events• Reported on strategies for overcoming barriers to energy efficiency and renewable energy• Provided support for annual Good Jobs Green Jobs conference

Mpa, Energy | Environmental Policy/ Natural Resource Management

Bachelor Of Arts, Anthropology