Solar group hires executive director

LOUISVILLE – The nonprofit Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association based in Louisville has selected Neal Lurie as its executive director.

Previously, Lurie served as a national director of the nonprofit American Solar Energy Society based in Boulder.

“We enter this decade with tremendous challenges and opportunities,´ said Jim Welch, president of the association’s board of  directors. “With Neal Lurie’s leadership, CoSEIA and the solar industry will help power Colorado’s economy for many years to come.”

The association represents more than 200 member companies in Colorado and has played a prominent role in the New Energy Economy, a statewide priority under Gov.…