Our Team - Sun Bear Industries
Isaiah Ness

Isaiah Ness

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

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Isaiah entered the renewable energy sector in 2020, pioneering eco-conscious products and carving new pathways in an industry hungry for innovation. Before founding Sun Bear Industries, he co-founded two residential and commercial solar companies and consulted for one of California's fastest-growing solar enterprises, learning not just how the industry worked, but how it could work better.

Under his leadership, Sun Bear has built lasting partnerships with Tribal Nations and underserved communities, earning the Clean Energy Project of the Year award in 2024. His commitment to economic sovereignty and long-term thinking continues to drive the company's mission forward.

Isaiah was recognized with the Clean Energy Project of the Year Award in 2024 and inducted into the Wisconsin Titan 100 Hall of Fame. He currently serves on the boards of RENEW Wisconsin and Cedar Growth CDFI.

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George Soucek

George Soucek

Co-Founder & Senior Consultant

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Shae Mitchell

Shae Mitchell

Co-Founder & Senior Consultant

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We started Sun Bear because we believed energy could be done differently.

It was 2022, in the middle of the pandemic, when the world was forced to rethink everything. For us, it became the perfect moment to build something that actually mattered.

We'd seen how the industry worked, and we knew it could work better. Not just cleaner energy, but a fundamentally different approach to how projects get built, who benefits, and who gets left behind.

Our focus on Tribal Nations and underserved communities isn't a niche, it's the point. These communities understand something the rest of the world is just starting to figure out: that real sustainability means thinking in generations, not quarters.

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