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- Paul Arveson, an engineer by training and a solar cooking enthusiast, is a co-founder of the Balanced Scorecard Institute.
He has helped hundreds of organizations to develop and implement strategic plans using modern best practices including the balanced scorecard,
performance measurement, and strategic management. Effective methodology for building, implementing and monitoring strategic performance management
systems using balanced scorecards, are his specialty. He holds an undergraduate degree in Physics from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a
masters degree is Computer Systems Management from the University of Maryland University College.
- Darwin Curtis, Founder and Director of SHE, is a native of Illinois and served in the U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II. During his post war career in foreign service, he resided in both Asia and Africa where he acquired insight into the problems of the developing world. ??Subsequently, he was introduced to solar cooking and recognized its importance to economic development, public health, and environmental protection. He saw it as the most promising alternative household energy for much of a world in urgent need. He became a volunteer advocate and, in 1991, published a watershed global analysis of the technology’s potential. He has been committed to advocacy since that time. He holds an AB in Politics and History from Princeton.
- Scott Hajost, is an expert in international environmental law and policy with nearly 30 years of experience in oceans affairs.
He is an international lawyer by training and was a treaty negotiator while at the US State Department, responsible for oceans, environment and polar affairs.
While at the US EPA, he was top manager for international affairs and was a member of the Senior Executive Service. After leaving the US government, he was
International Counsel at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a leading US NGO, and directed its international portfolio and played a lead role in the Rio
Earth Summit. For many years, as Executive Director of IUCN in the US, he managed its UN affairs, helped developed IUCN’s global marine and climate programs
and was part of the organization’s international management team. Currently Mr. Hajost is Senior Counsel and serves on the board of the Center for
International Environmental Law (CIEL) where his focus is on international biodiversity policy and to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC).
In addition, he serves on IUCN Commissions on law, ecosystems, education and communications, and protected areas, including the High Seas Task Force.
He is currently helping coordinate the IUCN Inter-Commission Gulf of Mexico Working Group. He is also member of and adviser to the TARA Foundation for
Marine Research and the IUCN-US Natural Heritage Institute.
- Louise Meyer, a Co-Founder of SHE, was the organization’s Project Manager for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s
Partnership for Clean Indoor Air’s project in Mexico researching solar cookers and smoke inhalation. Ms. Meyer also managed the World Bank’s
Development Marketplace grant for the SHE "HotPotTM Initiative" in Mexico. Her interest in solar cooking began 20 years ago developing small
business enterprises in Ivory Coast for the International Labor Organization. She later gained field experience as a volunteer trainer for
Solar Cookers International in refugee camps. Ms. Meyer holds an MA in French and German Language and Literature and spent many years teaching.
She obtained a graduate degree in International Development from the African Institute in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Cora Shaw, a former World Bank senior economist, is a consultant on agricultural economics,
land-use and related economic development issues. Her 30-year World Bank career included extensive experience in project preparation, implementation
support and evaluation in agriculture, income generation and diversification in rural development and land tenure/property rights issues.
She has been engaged in projects in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Eastern Europe. She has also worked as a field evaluator for a
Swiss NGO and as a project economist on renewable energy projects for USAID. Ms. Shaw holds graduate degrees from George Washington University and
The Graduate Institute in Geneva.
- Dorothy C. Zbicz, Ph.D., is an international environmental and marine policy consultant based in Arlington, Va.
She assists environmental nonprofits and other organizations with international policy analysis, policy and strategy development, trends analysis
and other tasks. She has worked with leading international environmental organizations including the World Wildlife Fund, the Nature Conservancy,
Conservation International, as well as USAID, the Woodrow Wilson Center and others. Dr. Zbicz has previously worked at the U.S. State Department
in environmental affairs and in refugee programs, and has also served as liaison between NGOs and governments and international organizations.
Her Ph.D. from Duke University is in International Environmental Policy and Law, and her M.A. in International Affairs is
from George Washington University.
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