About Us 
Our Team
Our Team
Our staff is a group of passionate people from diverse backgrounds. Together, our goal is to help partners, clients, and communities define their needs and assemble the resources and assistance they need to embrace a more sustainable future — a future that is more energy, water, and resource efficient, contributing to better air quality and quality of life.
Cyane Dandridge is the executive director and founder of Strategic Energy Innovations (SEI). Cyane has broad and deep experience in establishing new business concepts and in combining a technical and a policy-oriented approach to clean energy, green buildings and energy efficiency.
Stephen Miller holds a master's degree in business administration from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, and an undergraduate degree in business from The Pennsylvania State University.
Mildred Church Dandridge holds a bachelor's degree from Clark University in psychology, a master's degree from Cornell University in child development and family relationships, and is working on revisions to her PhD dissertation in developmental psychology from Claremont Graduate University.
Sandy Wallenstein is the program director for K-12 education at Strategic Energy Innovations.
Jeffrey Summerville graduated with a master's degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Iowa.
Kif Scheuer holds a PhD in environmental psychology and an MSc in architectural technologies, both from the University of Michigan.
Kerry Stanwyck provides executive level assistance to Cyane Dandridge and serves as SEI's Operations Manager.
Eun-Soo Lim holds a master's degree in climate and society from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in environmental science from Barnard College.
Candis Mary-Dauphin holds a Master of Energy and Environmental Policy from the University of Delaware (UD) and a B.B.A. in Economics from Kent State University.
Nathan McKenzie holds a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of California, Berkeley in Conservation and Resource Studies focused on Urban Sustainability.
Andrea Chow graduated from the University of California, San Diego where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Systems.
Claire Fitzgerald graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies with Honors.
Lauren Casterson graduated from the University of San Francisco in 2011 with degrees in Environmental Studies and International Studies with honors.