About Us

Kevin Doffing created Project Vanguard in early 2024 to create a community of veterans in clean energy. He is currently CEO of the organization, which aims to connect veterans with clean energy careers and organize veterans to speak up for clean energy projects and policies.

Kevin is a former Army infantry officer who deployed to combat in Ramadi, Iraq, as an Infantry Platoon Leader with 2nd Infantry Division. His passion for clean energy began when he left the military, and has only increased as an industry sales executive, public speaker and writer on energy transition topics.

One of Kevin’s first steps into the energy transition was launching the Renewable Energy Alliance – Houston. Drawing on his experience organizing veteran communities, he helped establish the city’s first renewable energy trade group, fostering connections between professionals in a historically fossil-fuel-driven region, advocating for an All of the Above Energy strategy.

He went on to become a fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center. Today, he leads the organization’s Veterans Advanced Energy Program, a part of the Energy & Defense practice at the non-partisan think tank focused on the intersection of energy security and national security.

Kevin Doffing

CEO/Founder

Kevin is a former Infantry officer of the U.S. Army where he was deployed to Iraq. He's an all energy advocate, having owned an oilfield supply company for over a decade. His passion for clean energy began when he left the military and has only increased as a public speaker and writer on energy transition topics.

Landon Redmon

Operations Manager

Landon served as a Sergeant with the Army National Guard. He found his entry point to clean energy through volunteering for a veterans energy transition program. His volunteering led to a role with a solar project developer. 

Dakota Barton

Indiana Community Leader

Dakota entered the clean energy industry after returning home to Indiana from his time in the Army. He became a wind technician at the wind farm that was built while he was in high school. He saw first hand the impact that the wind farm had on farmers he knew personally to endure hardships, as the wind lease payments were like a drought resistant crop. 

Steve Bravo

New York Community Leader

Steve is a graduate of the US Naval Academy. After his military service, he joined General Electric's junior officer leadership program, later moving to Fluence, and eventually landing at NYSERDA focused on the commercialization of clean energytech startups.

Jessica Olena

New York Community Leader

Jessica found her way into clean energy through a SkillBridge internship with DNV as she completed 14 years in the US Navy and a Masters in Engineering from MiT. Based in Western New York she's focused on offshore wind engineering assessments.

Nick Martocci

Washington Community Leader

Nick is a veteran of both the Marines and the Army Reserves. After leaving the military Nick joined the clean energy industry as a wind technician. He continued to rise in the field, eventually starting his own wind technician training company in Las Vegas, NV.

Virginia "Ginger" Cutler

New York Community Leader

Ginger is a former MV-22 pilot in the Marine Corps. After leaving active duty, she moved back to her hometown of New York City to begin her civilian career at Palantir Technologies. Ginger currently works at Voltus, a virtual power plant/distributed energy resources company, where she helps clients get paid to support the electrical grid through demand response. 

Joshua Bice

Utah Community Leader

Joshua is a veteran of the Army, where he proudly served as a medic. After making his way into the private sector in tech, he went on to start up and lead multiple ventures in the renewables sector. He currently works as the senior Solar Developer at rPlus Energies in Salt Lake City. 

William Hossain

Minnesota Community Leader

8-year Navy Nuke, Asset Manager for Renewables, East-coaster disguised as a Midwesterner.

Keithan Rogers

Washington State Community Leader

Keithan Rogers is currently an intelligence Master Sergeant in the Washington Army National Guard. He has served for 20 years, 12 of them spent activated within the Guard. In his civilian life, Keithan works for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on National Security and Energy issues. Keithan holds a Master's from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.

Paul Haberlein

San Francisco, CA Community Leader

Paul's started his career as an officer in the Navy where he thrived in a leadership setting. He made a swift transition into energy and has made it way to the Vice President of Operational Excellence at Pattern Energy Group where he continues to provide critical support. 

Miguel Valdez

Texas Community Leader

Miguel began his professional journey in the Army, and has since dedicated over a decade to the energy sector.

Michael Dunn

Washington, DC Community Leader

Michael enlisted in the Army and served 7 years in the Army and National Guard. After his military service, he returned to school, earning his bachelor's and MBA. He found his way to clean energy while working in the Energy Practice at the Boston Consulting Group. Now he leads market intelligence activities for Qcells, where he plays a key role in shaping market strategy and evaluating policy impacts within clean energy.

Mary Coyne

Boston, MA Community Leader

Mary found her way from the US Navy submarine force to offshore wind via the GE Junior Officer Leadership Program. She has held roles across operations, contract negotiation, and business development within the renewable industry, and currently uses all those skills as part of RWE. Mary is happy to reside above water for the foreseeable future and is based on Boston’s South Shore.

Jared Cherni

Colorado Community Leader

Jared started his career in the coast guard and has since completed impressive work at GE, Invenergy, and now at Vestas where he is heavily involved in project development.