Stacy Kuiper Hunt is a dynamic senior manager with more than 20 years experience successfully leading complex and challenging communications, outreach and education projects.
Stacy is President and Senior Program Manager for Confluence Communications, where she leads exciting energy efficiency, renewable energy, and technology-based programs that improve our world.
Stacy was born in Pittsburgh, Penn. where she lived for many years, before a stint in Seattle, Wash. She now calls Missoula, Mont. home with her husband Andrew, and two sons, Oscar and Gus.
In 2008, Stacy and her business partner established Confluence Communications, combining their expertise in outreach programs and events with content development and continuing education. Between 2008 and 2017, Stacy established extensive federal agency and national laboratory contracts for Confluence and has held progressively more senior roles with the U.S. Department of Energy. Although Stacy…
Stacy and her team are responsible for overseeing and coordinating outreach, communications, and media outreach activities for various programs within DOE/EERE’s Residential Buildings Integration program. During this time, Stacy has developed and managed outreach, communications and media relations strategies, stakeholder engagement and sponsorship programs, and both large and small events for programs like Building…
Stacy and her team were responsible for overseeing and implementing Solar Decathlon 2017 – a biennial collegiate competition in which teams are challenged to design and build fully functional solar-powered homes. Solar Decathlon is DOE’s largest public-facing event, and Stacy’s team was charged with contributing to a multi-million dollar sponsorship program, communications, education and…
Stacy acted as an independent consultant to a variety of government and private companies, including the U.S. Department of Energy. She supported the launch of DOE’s voluntary energy efficiency initiative, Builders Challenge, through a series of workshops and high-profile events. She worked with Oak Ridge National Laboratory on research planning meetings and develops extensive content…
Stacy worked as Marketing Communications Director for IBACOS, Inc., a small, residential energy efficiency research and education company in Pittsburgh, Penn. Over the five years of her work with the IBACOS team, Stacy moved from Marketing Communications Director for IBACOS to Business Manager for a group of three related companies. These companies provide technical…
Stacy designed and managed special events, wrote business proposals, and progressively took on more responsibility for managing and visually presenting information to sell events. She also acted as impromptu IT manager, shepherding the small business through an anticlimactic Y2K transition. She spent New Year’s Eve rebooting networks and desktop computers.
