2025 Awardee Spotlight: @Robert Foster, Volunteer Service Award in Honor of Rebecca Vories.
For outstanding, life-long service toward the advancement of global solar equity, including leadership in ASES Chapters and on the ASES Board of Directors.
Robert Foster is dedicated to the widespread and equitable use of solar technologies in the U.S. and worldwide. His service to ASES and its partner organizations began at his first ASES conference in 1982, where he served as a student volunteer and coincidentally met Rebecca Vories. Subsequently, he has been in leadership roles for the El Paso Solar Energy Association, the Texas Solar Energy Society, the New Mexico Solar Energy Association, and internationally, working with the Mexican Solar Energy Association (ANES). Robert is an ASES Fellow and has served on the board for six years, including as chair (2020-2023). As a renewable energy consulting engineer, he has worked in 47 countries, implementing thousands of projects using solar, wind, geothermal, and micro-hydro. He is semi-retired from New Mexico State University after 25 years as the International Programs Manager for the Department of Energy's Southwest Region Solar Experiment Station.
Celebrate with us at the SOLAR 2025 Awards Banquet on Tuesday, August 5, at 6pm MT!
Learn more at ases.org/awards.
Register: https://whova.com/portal/registration/4Uwr@yLjjK-N4ILIiwis/
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Ella Nielsen
Membership & Engagement Director
American Solar Energy Society
Boulder CO
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