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Nat Kreamer. Nat decided to start SunRun while serving with the U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan because he wanted to live in a cleaner, safer nation. He worked in power industry consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers, serving Fortune 500 energy companies and financial institutions. Before PricewaterhouseCoopers, Nat completed $300 million in venture investments in the Clean Technology Ventures group and was a member of the Emissions origination and trading group at Enron. He was also the Manager of market research and customer care at Epipeline. Nat holds an MBA from Rice University and a BS from Northwestern University. He is a U.S. Navy Officer (Reserves) and a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal. An avid sailor, he co-founded Delphia Yachts USA, an award-winning brand of pleasure sailboats. Nat is a member of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, National Audubon Society, Nature Conservancy, and Sierra Club.
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.
Brian Overland. While volunteering for Ron Garan, a NASA astronaut and sustainable energy advocate, Brian was inspired to work in the solar industry after realizing that the health of our environment depends on our ability to change how we make and use energy. After earning a B.A. at Columbia University and spending several years working in New York City in marketing and financial services, Brian was thrilled to join SunRun in 2007. A native of Montana, he enjoys the outdoors, music, and looking at art, and finds himself singing the praises of solar electricity everywhere he goes.
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.


