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Paul S. Mathews
President and CEO
Paul was named President and CEO of Sunnova in March 2025. In his previous role, he served as Sunnova’s Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, prior to which, he served as Executive Vice President, Service and Supply Chain since joining Sunnova in January 2023. Mr. Mathews previously held multiple leadership positions at United Parcel Service, Inc. from 2004 to 2022, including as President of Engineering from 2020 to 2022; Americas Region Vice President of Engineering from 2019 to 2020; and as Asia Pacific Director of Engineering from 2015 to 2019. Mr. Mathews brings almost two decades of operational and logistics engineering and service experience to Sunnova. Mr. Mathews received his Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
Robyn Liska
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Robyn Liska was named Interim Chief Financial Officer of Sunnova in March 2025. Prior to joining Sunnova, Ms. Liska spent more than a decade in investment banking covering the renewable energy, power and utilities industries at multiple firms. Ms. Liska served as an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC from February 2022 until March 2025, and as a Vice President from July 2021 until January 2022. Ms. Liska served as a Director at BofA Securities, Inc. from February 2021 until July 2021, and as a Vice President from May 2019 until January 2021. Ms. Liska served as a Vice President at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, now known as BofA Securities, Inc. from February 2018 until May 2019 and as an Associate from May 2017 until January 2018. Ms. Liska served as an Associate Director at UBS Securities LLC from July 2014 until May 2017. She began her career in environmental consulting and policy at Eastern Research Group from 2010 until 2012. Ms. Liska brings deep capital markets, financial advisory and energy policy expertise to Sunnova, including supporting Sunnova on its capital raises since its IPO in July 2019. Ms. Liska received her Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, graduating Beta Gamma Sigma, and her Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, graduating as Class Marshal, Phi Beta Kappa.
Michael Grasso
Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer
Michael has served as Sunnova's Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer since February 2023, prior to which he served as Sunnova's Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing and Growth Officer from May 2021 to February 2023, as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer from April 2018 until May 2021, and as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer from January 2018 to April 2018. Mr. Grasso previously served as Chief Marketing Officer of Sunrun Inc., a publicly traded provider of residential solar electricity, from 2014 to 2017 and as Chief Marketing Officer of TXU Energy Retail Company LLC, a provider of residential, commercial, and industrial electricity, from 2009 to 2014. Mr. Grasso held various executive and brand management roles at the United Services Automobile Association from 2007 to 2008 and at AT&T Inc. from 1992 to 2007. Mr. Grasso brings to Sunnova more than two decades of marketing experience with companies in the energy, financial services, internet, video and telecommunications industries. Mr. Grasso received his Master of Science degree in Telecommunications Management from Washington University and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and Applied Statistics from St. Mary’s University.
Alisha Leveston
Executive Vice President, Operations
Alisha Leveston was named Executive Vice President, Operations in March 2025. She served as Senior Vice President, Industrial Engineering, from April 2024 to March 2025, and as Vice President, Industrial Engineering, from June 2023 to April 2024. Before joining Sunnova, Mrs. Leveston served in multiple leadership positions at United Parcel Service, Inc. from 2008 to 2022, including Vice President of Corporate Engineering from 2021 to 2022 and East Region Vice President of Engineering from 2020 to 2021. Mrs. Leveston brings nearly two decades of operations and engineering experience in the energy, transportation, and food manufacturing industries. Mrs. Leveston received her Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Western Michigan University.
Jackson Lynch
Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
Jackson has served as Sunnova’s Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) since May 2023. Mr. Lynch brings to Sunnova nearly 30 years of experience in various HR leadership roles, having served as the CHRO at multiple public and private companies. Prior to joining Sunnova, Mr. Lynch served as Senior Vice President and CHRO of RentPath from 2016 to 2021, Vice President and CHRO of Blueline Rental from 2015 to 2016, and Senior Vice President and CHRO of Clearwater Paper Corporation from 2013-2015. Mr. Lynch has also served in HR roles at Nestlé and PepsiCo, and he has also run his own consulting firm, 90Consulting, where he advised boards of directors and senior management on issues related to executive compensation, organizational redesign, and M&A integration. Mr. Lynch received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Western Washington University.
Meghan Nutting
Executive Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs
Meghan has served as Sunnova’s Executive Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs since May 2021, prior to which she served as Executive Vice President, Policy and Communications from April 2018 to May 2021, and as Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs from May 2015 to April 2018. Since 2014, Mrs. Nutting has also served as the Founder and President of Altitude Strategies Consulting, a consulting agency for both for-profit companies and non-profit organizations on energy-related policy issues. Mrs. Nutting previously served as the Director of Policy and Electric Markets at SolarCity Corporation, a publicly traded provider of solar energy services, from 2009 to 2014. Mrs. Nutting has also served in various legislative, policy and management positions in both the public and private sectors. Mrs. Nutting received her Master of Public Affairs degree from Princeton University and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Cornell University.
David Searle
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
David has served as Sunnova’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel since he joined Sunnova in February 2023. Previously, between February 2021 and December 2022, Mr. Searle held leadership roles at Tesla, Inc., including as Acting Head of Legal and Corporate Secretary and also as Deputy General Counsel & Senior Director, Compliance. Mr. Searle served as Vice President, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer – International at Walmart, Inc. from May 2019 to February 2021, and as Chief Compliance Officer & Associate General Counsel of Bristow Group Inc. from December 2014 to May 2019. Mr. Searle brings nearly 20 years of legal experience to Sunnova, having served as the general counsel or in other executive legal roles in both public and private companies, and as a federal prosecutor in the Department of Justice. Mr. Searle received his Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University.
Meet Our Board of Directors
Lighting the path toward a brighter, cleaner future in the energy industry is a job the Sunnova Board of Directors takes very seriously. Meet the driving force behind the solar revolution.