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Julie Blunden has served as Vice President External Affairs since April 2005. Her responsibilities include public relations, financial relations, public policy and market development. Prior to SunPower, Ms. Blunden was a consultant at KEMA-XENERGY on energy markets, renewable resources and policy to industry, utilities and state and federal governments. In this capacity in 2004, Ms. Blunden supported the Schwarzenegger administration in developing the Million Solar Homes Initiative. In 1997 she co-founded Green Mountain Energy Company, a national retail electric supplier of renewable power. Ms. Blunden began her career doing development and acquisitions in the independent power generation business at the AES Corporation. Ms. Blunden received her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an AB from Dartmouth College majoring in engineering, modified with environmental studies. She serves on the Board of Directors at the Center for Resource Solutions and the Real Goods Solar Living Institute, as well as on the Board of Advisors for Vote Solar. | 