Professor of Urban Studies, San Francisco State University

Raquel is a Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at San Francisco State University. A nationally recognized expert on green jobs and green job training, Raquel created Roots of Success, an empowering environmental education curriculum that supports education and workforce development programs to increase environmental literacy, build core academic skills, and prepare youth and adults for jobs in the green economy. Other recent publications include: The Greening of Corrections: Creating a Sustainable System through Facilities, Programs, and Partnerships (co-author); Green Collar Jobs: An Analysis of the Capacity of Green Business to Provide High Quality Jobs for Men and Women with Barriers to Employment; Equitable Green Development and Green Jobs in Richmond, CA (co-author); and Alternative Urban Futures: Planning for Sustainable Development in Cities throughout the World. In addition to serving on the Board of Rising Sun Energy Center, Raquel also serves on the boards of the Ecology Center and Clean City.

She can be reached via email.

Senior Legal Counsel, The Greenlining Institute
Stephanie directs Greenlining’s advocacy in energy and telecommunications policy.  She serves as Greenlining’s lead counsel at the California Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Communications Commission, advocating on a wide range of issues impacting underserved consumers and small businesses.  Stephanie has litigated several high profile cases impacting billions of dollars in utility rates.  She has also won broad statewide protections for low income ratepayers facing shutoffs and small business owners who have been wrongly billed by utility companies.  She is regularly quoted on these issues in major media outlets such as ABC 7, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

Stephanie received a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Dartmouth College, where her studies focused on Political Theory and American Government.  She received a juris doctor from the University of San Francisco School of Law, where her focus was on civil rights and constitutional law.  She was highly active in the law school's student-run Moot Court Program, serving as a Case Counsel and later as Advocacy Director.  Stephanie is also an alumna of the Greenlining Leadership Academy’s Summer Associate and Fellowship programs.

President, Career College of California
Caleb Everett joined the Rising Sun Board in 2009.  He is currently Chief Executive Officer of Career College of California, a postsecondary educational institution in Santa Ana, California with a mission of empowering its students to begin promising careers by providing high-quality job- and life-skill training complemented by intensive placement assistance.  Prior to assuming leadership of CCC, Caleb worked in the private equity industry, where over a twelve year period he successfully invested $146 million, generating an aggregate return of 5.9x.  Caleb founded CSE Capital in 2007 to invest in private companies with less than $10 million in revenues.  Prior to CSE Capital he was a Managing Director of Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, a San Francisco based middle-market private equity investment firm with over $2.5 billion under management.  Caleb began his career in the Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring department with Morgan Stanley in New York and was a member of the Corporate Principal group with The Blackstone Group prior to joining Friedman Fleischer & Lowe in 1999.

Caleb has served as a director of Chief | Sanus Audio Visual, Inc., a leading provider of audio-visual mounting solutions, Steelpoint Technologies, a software and solutions company focused on the litigation support market, and Volume Services America, a contract food service provider to stadiums, arenas and convention centers.  Caleb graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics.

C.E.M. - Project Manager, kW Engineering
Bruce Chamberlain is a Project Manager at kW Engineering and is a Certified Energy Manager. Since entering the energy efficiency field in 1989, Bruce has gained experience in strategic planning, program design, technical analysis, project management, marketing, and team building from within a broad range of stakeholders including the consulting, municipal, utility, private construction, and non-profit sectors. His work includes the design and implementation of multiple utility and local government partnership energy efficiency programs. As part of the senior management team, he provides leadership in the growth of the company including staffing, program development, and marketing efforts.

Founder and Principal, Compass Financial Communications

Mikhal Bouganim is the Founder and Principal of Compass Financial Communications, a strategic communications and investor relations consultancy working with public and pre-IPO companies, as well as nonprofit organizations, to develop targeted communications and enhance stakeholder support. She is an award-winning business writer and a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).

Mikhal graduated from Brandeis University and studied at the Rothberg International School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is an active member of the Full Circle Fund, an engaged philanthropy organization, and lives with her husband and two young children in San Francisco.