Staff Directory

As the lending manager for CEE's Lending Center, Brenda underwrites loans and customizes CEE's residential financing packages giving Minnesota homeowners the comfort and flexibility needed when making important home investment decisions.

Brenda has been with CEE since 1998.

Mariko previously interned with Minnesota Renewable Now and the Metro Clean Energy Resource Team in the Twin Cities. She also worked as a summer Access Clean Energy Savings intern at the Environmental and Energy Study Institute in Washington D.C. 

Mariko is currently a student at Macalester College in Saint Paul where she is majoring in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Community and Global Health and a minor in Geography.

As a software engineer, Ariel supports our IT team improving our inhouse system, CEEtrack. 

Prior to CEE, Ariel worked for the Minnesota Senate as a programmer analyst, where he worked with the other bodies of the state government to redesign and maintain the senate website. He also gained experience as a computer programmer at Integrity Viking Funds in Minot, North Dakota and was in charge of developing and maintaining existing applications created help generate financial reports. Ariel has experience as a backend developer, having worked on projects including smartphone apps, websites, and custom software for corporations.

Ariel holds a BS in computer science with a minor in mathematics from Minot State University in North Dakota.