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Jessica C. Mace (Executive Director) volunteered with Enersol from January 2002 through January 2004. She shares Enersol’s strong interest in education, the environment, and community service. She has worked in a variety of educational settings targeting young people, including: coordinating enrollment services for American Cultural Exchange in Seattle, WA; working with high school students at the National Early Intervention Scholarship and Partnership Program in Spokane, WA; and delivering the Reading for Dessert Bilingual Reading Readiness program in Spokane, WA. She holds a BA in Spanish and Latin American Studies from Gonzaga University. Ms. Mace is fluent in Spanish.

Linda Christmas (Financial Manager/Assistant Director) joined Enersol in March 1998 as accounting associate and is now responsible for Enersol’s day-to-day financial, fundraising and outreach operations. She manages the internal financial systems and assists in overseeing all fundraising and outreach activity. Ms. Christmas is a graduate of Tewksbury Memorial High School’s business curriculum, and has extensive accounting and field experience.

Eric Johnson serves as an advisor to Enersol’s training and water programs. He began collaborating with Enersol in 1986 on a volunteer basis in the Dominican Republic, and became Training Coordinator in 1991.  He has considerable experience training Latin American professionals, technicians, and community leaders in photovoltaic (PV) technology, rural water delivery and sanitation systems. He has served as a technical consultant on PV projects and advisor to a small solar energy business.

Mark Newton consults for Enersol on project management and renewable energy issues, and coordinates Enersol’s education initiatives in the Caribbean. From 1995-1997, Mr. Newton coordinated Enersol’s USAID Rural Electrification and Potable Water Project.  Mr. Newton has served as Program Associate for Winrock International’s Clean Energy Group, providing technical support for renewable energy investment services and public policy development; and is a former member of the United States Peace Corps.  Mr. Newton earned a Master's degree in International Economics/Energy and Environment from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Oscar Erazo Ordóñez (Program Coordinator) manages Enersol’s projects in Honduras and arranges partnerships with other Honduran NGOs. He has extensive experience consulting in health and rural development with such organizations as the Pan American Health Organization, Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations Development Programme. He has also served as a professor in the sociology department at the National Autonomous University of Honduras and the National Pedagogical University. Mr. Erazo He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the National Autonomous University of Honduras and a Master’s degree in Rural Development from the National University in San Jose, Costa Rica.


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