Lyndon Rive is the chief executive officer of SolarCity. He co-founded SolarCity in July 2006 with the goal of significantly reducing the cost of solar power and building a trusted national brand adopted by millions of homes. In its first full year of operation, SolarCity became the largest residential solar power provider in California, and by early 2008, SolarCity was a full-service solar power company—providing design, financing, installation,and monitoring services. Prior to SolarCity, Lyndon founded Everdream, an industry leader in software and services for large-scale distributed computer management. Lyndon negotiated the company's partnership with Dell Computer, which acquired Everdream in 2007. A lifelong entrepreneur, Lyndon founded his first company at the age of 17 in South Africa, and in his spare time has been a member of the U.S. National Underwater Hockey Team.

Peter Rive is SolarCity's co-founder and has served as our Chief Operations Officer since July 2006. Mr. Rive also serves as our Chief Technology Officer. He has been the primary visionary driving the company's technology innovation and is responsible for many of SolarCity's next-generation software and hardware products that dramatically improve the scalability and efficiency of PV Systems. Peter has held several senior technology positions throughout his career focused on streamlining operational activities through the use of advanced software. Before he co-founded SolarCity, Mr. Rive was the Chief Technology Officer of Everdream, a software as a service technology company, which was acquired by Dell Computers in 2007. Peter holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Queen's University in Canada.

Robert Kelly, who brings more than 25 years of business and finance experience to SolarCity, is responsible for managing the company's financial affairs and its corporate finance, project finance and accounting organizations. Prior to joining SolarCity, Bob held a variety of financial management roles during his 14-year tenure at independent power producer Calpine, culminating with four years as chief financial officer and executive vice president. Bob managed Calpine's initial public offering and helped to grow the company's electricity generation capacity from less than 1 megawatt (MW) to more than 25,000 MW. Following his time at Calpine, Bob provided financial advice to retail energy providers and power developers. He most recently served as chief financial officer of Calera, a clean technology company focused on reducing carbon dioxide (CO²) emissions by converting CO² into useful materials. Bob has also held positions at Westinghouse Credit Corporation, Lloyds Bank and the Bank of Nova Scotia. Bob earned his bachelor's degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's, Newfoundland, and his MBA at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

As chief revenue officer, Toby Corey focus on transforming the ways in which consumers, businesses and government organizations can switch to cleaner energy at a lower cost, through a range of integrated solutions. He brings more than 20 years of executive management experience to the role. Prior to SolarCity, Toby was the chairman and CEO of Intend Change, an incubator that launched more than half a dozen companies, including business concept Terravado, a provider of employee-based environmental software solutions. Earlier in his career, Toby was co-founder, President and COO of USWeb, Inc., which, under his leadership, became the world's largest web development firm, with more than 5,000 employees and $1 billion in annualized revenues. Prior to USWeb, Toby was vice president for Novell's Netware network operating system business. Toby also held various marketing management positions with Ashton-Tate, and Coleco Industries. He actively supports a number of non-profits and charitable organizations, and currently serves on the board of directors of WildlifeDirect.org, Richard Leakey's African Conservation Foundation and NorCal Telehealth, an organization that provides health education to underserved communities. Toby earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Connecticut State University, concentrating in economics and computer science.

Elon Musk is also founder and CEO of SpaceX—a space launch vehicle company. Prior to SpaceX, he co-founded PayPal, the world's leading electronic payment system, and served as the company's chairman and CEO. PayPal went public in early 2002 and was sold to eBay later that year for $1.5 billion. Elon's first company was an Internet software company called Zip2. He co-founded Zip2 in 1995, serving initially as CEO and then as CTO. Zip2 was sold to Compaq in 1999 for over $300 million in an all cash transaction. He is CEO and chairman of Tesla Motors, a new all-electric American car company. In addition, he is a trustee of the X Prize Foundation and the Musk Foundation, both of which have a strong interest in promoting renewable and environmentally friendly energy technologies.

Ben Cook is responsible for originating and structuring financing for SolarCity's residential and commercial solar projects. Ben joined SolarCity with more than fifteen years of experience in energy project financing and development for solar and traditional energy projects. Prior to SolarCity, Ben was vice president of finance at Recurrent Energy, a distributed utility-scale solar project developer. Prior to Recurrent, he served as director of structured finance and business development in SunPower Corporation's systems division. Prior to SunPower, Ben developed and financed projects for Bechtel Enterprises, the project finance and project development group of the Bechtel construction group. Earlier in his career, Ben started and ran SELCO, a solar power developer, financier, and operator focused on emerging markets. Ben holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and bachelors degrees in physics and economics from the University of Virginia.

As vice president of solar development, Aaron Gillmore is responsible for business development, deal structuring and negotiations of strategic transactions. Aaron utilizes his development experience and SolarCity's vertically integrated approach to optimize economic outcomes for large government and private sector clients nationwide. Prior to joining SolarCity, Aaron was SVP of development for Actus Lend Lease—a subsidiary of global real estate developer Lend Lease. With Actus' focus on Public-Private Partnerships, Aaron led diverse real estate development, finance, legal, asset and property management, and design and construction teams through transactions ranging from $250M to $2.2B throughout the United States—including several unprecedented rooftop and ground-mounted solar projects. Other career experience includes business development for MWH, and serving as a Civil Engineer Corps Officer in the US Navy. Aaron earned degrees in Environmental Engineering (MS) from the University of California, Berkeley and Civil Engineering (BS) from CalPoly, San Luis Obispo. He has also completed Executive Education in Leadership & Strategy at Columbia Business School, is a licensed Professional Civil Engineer and was selected as one of Building Design + Construction Magazine's "40 under 40" in 2007.

Ms. Gussis is responsible for structuring tax equity funds and debt transactions with financial and other institutional investors for the deployment of residential and commercial solar assets. Prior to SolarCity, Ms. Gussis was a partner in the corporate real estate and finance practices at HellerEhrman LLP, where her practice extended to most aspects of corporate, real estate and finance including partnership/joint venture, fund formation, operating company investments, financing, and acquisition and sale. Previously, Ms. Gussis clerked for the Honorable William T. Moore, United States District Court for the Southern District in Savannah, Georgia. During the Clinton Administration, she was a law clerk in the White House, Office of Counsel to the President, and clerked at the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (Housing/Fair Lending section), in Washington, D.C. She holds a bachelor's degree in Classics from the University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.

As SolarCity's vice president of marketing, Diana Helfrich is responsible for the company's marketing, branding, advertising, public relations, communications and community programs. Diana has spent the last twenty years driving growth for both public companies and early-stage technology companies that have achieved market success through Initial Public Offerings. She has held a variety of executive positions, including vice president of marketing for BigBand Networks—a leading provider of video networking solutions to service providers worldwide, and vice president of marketing for Copper Mountain Networks—a pioneer of DSL technology. Diana has also worked in marketing roles at Autodesk, Wells Fargo and the Council on Education in Management. Diana holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from St. Mary's College.

As vice president of human resources, Linda Keala is responsible for compensation, benefits, performance management, training and development programs. Linda brings more than 20 years strategic business experience to SolarCity. Prior to joining SolarCity, Linda was co-founder and vice president of TransformBlue, Inc. a mobile Internet technology firm leading companies on strategy, technology, branding and running mobile applications. Previously, Linda was vice president of business operations and corporate secretary at NBX Inc. Linda has also held senior roles at Intend Change, Inc., Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc and USWeb/CKS where she was executive vice president and chief people officer. Linda holds a Master of Arts in Business Management and Finance from Fitchburg State College, and is a board member of NorCal Telehealth, Inc.

Thomas Leyden is responsible for managing SolarCity's nationwide commercial organization and identifying new opportunities for growth. Prior to joining SolarCity, Mr. Leyden was managing director of East Coast operations for SunPower where he oversaw the installation of more than 130 commercial projects. Mr. Leyden was previously vice president of sales and marketing at Energy Photovoltaics and vice President of sales and marketing at WorldWater Corporation. Mr. Leyden was also president of the Mid-Atlantic for Solar Energy Industries Association (MSEIA), chairman of PV Now (predecessor of Solar Alliance), board member of national SEIA and an advisor to the Interstate Renewable Energy Council. In these influential roles, Leyden helped drive state solar policy nationwide. Mr. Leyden holds a bachelor of arts in psychology from Princeton University. He has led the alumni Habitat for Humanity Project, and served on the Planning Board of Chesterfield Township, New Jersey, working to replace suburban sprawl with sustainable, environmentally sound development.

Mark Roe oversees SolarCity's operations for all residential, commercial and government projects across all service areas. Mark brings over twenty-five years of operations experience. Prior to joining SolarCity, Mark served as senior director of worldwide service at Apple, Inc. where he managed Apple's global service operations including new product introductions, technical training, field support and feedback, service engineering, strategic sourcing, planning and procurement, field service, Apple Retail service, depot repair operation, and service warehousing and logistics. Prior to Apple, Mark was vice president of customer satisfaction and quality at Palm where he was responsible for customer satisfaction, strategic programs, and "Cost of Quality" of all Palm products from concept to end-of-life. Previously, Mark was vice president and general manager of business customer segment at Webvan Group, Inc. and also worked as the director of business operations at Beyond.com. Mark earned his bachelor's of science in industrial engineering and operations research from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a master of business administration in marketing and finance from Syracuse University.

As vice president of government affairs, John Stanton oversees SolarCity's work with federal and state government organizations on a wide range of renewable energy policy issues. Prior to SolarCity, Stanton was executive vice president and general counsel for the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), where he oversaw legal and government affairs for the solar industry's pre-eminent trade association. Among his accomplishments, he played a pivotal role in the 8-year extension of the solar investment tax credit (ITC), the most significant legislation in the industry's history. Prior to SEIA, Stanton acted as vice president for energy, climate and transportation programs at the National Environmental Trust (NET). Prior to NET, he served as legislative counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he advised Congress on the Clean Air Act. Stanton has served as a deputy attorney general for the state of New Jersey, where he focused on environmental litigation and regulation. He also served as counsel and director of the energy and environment committee at the National Conference of State Legislatures. Stanton earned his bachelor's degree from Tulane University, and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law School. He is a member of the New Jersey and District of Columbia Bar Associations.

Ben Tarbell is responsible for SolarCity's new product development and deployment. He leads SolarCity's efforts to bring new money-saving energy technologies and products to customers. Prior to joining SolarCity, Ben was responsible for product development at MiaSolé, a thin-film solar module manufacturer in Silicon Valley. Ben has also led the sustainable product design offering at IDEO in Palo Alto, and worked at the clean tech venture capital firm Nth Power in San Francisco. Ben has a BS in mechanical engineering from Cornell University, an MS in mechanical engineering design from Stanford University, and an MBA from Stanford University. Ben supports GRID Alternatives, a non-profit organization that installs affordable solar energy systems for families in need.

Seth Weissman is responsible for all aspects of SolarCity's legal affairs including transactional, governance, intellectual property, real estate and employment matters. Seth brings 15 years of experience representing Silicon Valley companies of all sizes and types during their maturation. Prior to joining SolarCity Seth was Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Privacy officer at Coremetrics, the leading digital marketing company. Prior to joining Coremetrics, Seth was an attorney practicing in both the employment and corporate departments at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati in Palo Alto, CA, the leading law firm representing technology companies at all stages of their growth, and the investment banks and venture capital firms that finance them. Prior to joining WSGR, Seth was an attorney with Stoneman, Chandler and Miller and Hutchins, Wheeler and Dittmar (acquired by Nixon Peabody) both in Boston, Massachusetts. Seth earned his undergraduate degree in political science at Pennsylvania State University and earned his law degree, with honors, at Boston University School of Law.