Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Jordan has been a long-time leader in sustainability, using the power of popular culture to shape social change. Today, as CEO of Solar AquaGrid, Jordan is focused on the critical issue of conserving our most precious resource – water – by accelerating innovative infrastructure solutions to create greater climate resilience in an age of increasing drought. Harris' curiosity about California's exposed canals led to commissioning the UC Merced research study that sparked the Project Nexus, the project currently underway in the Central Valley to cover large sections of canals with solar arrays.

Before committing his energy to advancing large-scale sustainability projects, Jordan had an illustrious career in the music business, Jordan co-founded and served as chairman of Virgin Records US and the Work Records label for Sony Music, after serving as head of Artist & Repertoire at A&M Records. During these years, he launched the careers of many of music’s biggest acts. At the same time, Jordan originated many high-profile projects and pro-social initiatives. In 1991, he co-founded Rock The Vote to engage young people in the political process by involving the entertainment community in its activities. In 2002, Jordan launched "Green Car to the Red Carpet," organizing high-profile celebrities to take electric and hybrid vehicles to the Academy Awards, bringing global attention to making environmentally responsible choices. In 2005 Jordan co-founded OZOcar, utilizing low emissions hybrid vehicles to create what became New Yorkʼs first and largest environmental car service.

Jordan has served as a long-time board member of Global Green USA and NatureBridge, and as a board advisor to Dwell magazine and the social impact agency, Citizen Group.

Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer

Robin Raj, a veteran of purpose-driven communications, has harnessed the power of media and narrative to advance climate action, social impact, and sustainability goals for some of the world’s best-known brands and organizations for three decades – from Amnesty International, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and World Wildlife Fund, to Levi's, Major League Baseball, and Stanford Medicine.

An award-winning creative director and copywriter, Raj co-founded Solar AquaGrid in 2017 with social & sustainability entrepreneur Jordan Harris after first launching Citizen Group in 2006, a creative marketing and social impact agency he continues to lead as Executive Creative Director. Among Raj's credits: Working with NRDC and professional sports leagues to give rise to the green sports movement; creation of the “Imagine” and “Instant Karma” campaigns for Amnesty International which ran in 65 countries; and creation of the NYNEX Yellow Pages "Human Cartoons" campaign at Chiat/Day, voted one of Adweek’s 25 Greatest Ad Campaigns.

Robin was privileged to start his career with advertising legends Jay Chiat (Chiat/Day) and Hal Riney (Ogilvy & Mather; Hal Riney & Partners), before founding three agencies: Carroll Raj Stagliano, Collaborate, and Citizen Group. Raj has served as a board member of the Green Sports Alliance and as advisor to the International Well Building Institute’s WELL Advisory Group, Plastic Pollution Coalition, and the University of California Climate Change working group. In 1990, Raj was named to AdWeek's Creative All-Stars List.

Chief Technical Officer, Solar AquaGrid

Hugh Kuhn, who works with firms in the solar industry to identify and advance innovative solutions that could be viable and scalable for canal deployments, has more than 40 years of business and engineering experience. A seasoned solar executive, he has worked on projects comprising over 100 solar arrays, ranging from 250kW rooftop systems to 250MW ground-mount projects. He has managed teams responsible for operations of portfolios of hundreds of C&I projects and consulted with clients owning dozens of utility-scale arrays and wind farms. 

As principal of Solar Advisory Services, and as an independent consultant, Kuhn has worked with developers, financiers and owners of solar assets. To owners, he has provided oversight of project construction, long-term technical asset management services and operations oversight of solar projects and portfolios, as well as technical due diligence assistance during project acquisitions. 

Kuhn was previously Chief Operating Officer for Solar Power Partners, which was sold to NRG. He served on the board of Power Factors Inc., an independent data-platform software provider, from inception to its sale to Vista Equity Partners in 2021. Kuhn holds a bachelor of science degree in environmental earth sciences from Stanford University and a master of science in mechanical engineering from Colorado State University. 

Senior Project Manager

Tess Oliver is responsible for project management of Project Nexus and also supports operations and business development. With a background in urban planning she is an advocate for advancing innovative solutions for climate change. Her passion for efficient, scalable models has taken her to the Netherlands where she worked as an international liaison with Stadsgewest Haaglanden to learn from their internationally-recognized planning model, to projects in Southeast Asia with S3IDF that build inclusive market systems to provide access to clean energy, and Spain, where she developed a cultural travel prototype to promote sustainable travel and engaged the participation of three prestigious organizations including the Organization of World Heritage Cities. With Project Nexus, she is driven by the potential benefits of scaling water savings and renewable energy generation to reach critical climate goals. Tess holds a Master in City Planning degree from the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at M.I.T.

Pamela Wellner is responsible for communications and media relations for Solar AquaGrid, and for Project Nexus. With her versatile skill set, Pamela has deep experience developing integrated communications and marketing programs to advance California’s clean energy goals. At the Center for Sustainable Energy, she was a senior marketing manager for Energy Upgrade California and the California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project. At the California Public Utilities Commission, she orchestrated the development of a statewide brand and communications plan, and directed strategies to influence consumer behavior in the energy efficiency sector. In addition, she helped create the Behavior Energy and Climate Change Conference to promote behavior change best practices to advance sustainability.

Pamela is currently board chair of Charge Across Town, whose mission is to increase equitable access to clean transportation, and her past experience includes directing sustainability and human rights campaigns for organizations such as Greenpeace, Fauna and Flora International, and the Rainforest Action Network. In her role as a producer, Pamela has developed sustainability content through Transit Pictures, and at ClimateWorks, she co-produced videos for the Powering Past Coal Alliance and Bloomberg Philanthropies, using storytelling to address the barriers and benefits of ending coal power. The videos were screened at the Global Climate Action Summit, COP24, and BloombergNEF NY Summit.

Earlier in her career, Pamela focused on protecting old-growth forests and communities from rapacious logging practices and advancing corporate sustainability. She campaigned for sustainably produced timber products ranging from tissue paper, musical instruments, and plywood for Hollywood movie sets, to helping found The Forest Stewardship Council.