Jay Vaingankar joins Solar Landscape as Director of Policy and Markets

Solar Landscape, the nation’s leading commercial rooftop solar developer, today announced the appointment of Jay Vaingankar as the company’s new Director of Policy and Markets.

In this role, Vaingankar will help drive efforts to continue Solar Landscape's national momentum, translating policy insights into business strategy and market expansion. He will play a pivotal role in the company’s policy strategy, industry coalition-building, and local government engagement.

Vaingankar brings a wealth of experience from the public sector. He served as an aide in the White House under President Joe Biden and then as Special Advisor in Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s Domestic Policy Office at the Department of Energy, where he helped lead the successful implementation of clean energy legislation.

Previously, he led one of the largest voter contact operations in the nation as an organizer on the 2020 Biden campaign in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Vaingankar was born and raised in Mercer County, New Jersey and then graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in International Studies.

Solar Landscape's CEO, Shaun Keegan, commented on the appointment, "Jay's extensive experience in federal policymaking, community organizing, and business development, combined with his deep New Jersey roots, makes him an invaluable addition to our team as we address America's energy needs through commercial rooftop solar."

Vaingankar joins Solar Landscape during a pivotal time in the American energy sector – in an era of soaring energy demand and rising prices for consumers, Solar Landscape brings scalable, abundant, and renewable energy to create local jobs, mitigate costs, and tackle the climate crisis.