Staff
Principals
Dana Charron (Managing Director):
Dana brings to this position over ten years of experience in non-profit program development, project management, and fundraising, with expertise in household energy, forest products, entrepreneurial and sustainable business practices. Dana has particular interests in 1) using scientific approaches to catalyze social change; 2) building entrepreneurial organizations; and 3) harnessing the power of the profit motive to achieve sustainability.
Her skills include strategic planning, market research, writing and editing, group facilitation, stakeholder engagement, budgeting, and employee and contractor management. She has cross-cultural business experience in East Africa, China, Australia/New Zealand and Europe, and is fluent in French and German. She holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley and a BA from Wellesley College.
dcharron@berkeleyair.com
David Pennise (Technical Director):
David has conducted air pollution research, monitoring studies, and training workshops related to household energy in developing countries over the past 14 years. He has led successful efforts in Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, China, Thailand, Brazil, Peru, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. His publications have focused on IAP monitoring and study design, measurement of greenhouse gas emissions from charcoal making, emission source sampling methods, and experimental atmospheric chemistry. His current research interests include indoor air pollution monitoring methods and the relationships between household energy, human health, climate, and development.
A lifelong interest in protecting the global environment and creating a sustainable, healthy world led David to complete a PhD. in Environmental Health Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He also holds an M.S. in Environmental Sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.S. in Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
dpennise@berkeleyair.com
Consultants
Christen Gray:
Coming Soon...
Nick Lam:
Nick began his work with air pollution and monitoring as an undergraduate at the University of California, Irvine monitoring indoor air pollution from biomass cookstoves within rural homes in central Mexico. Under the expert tutelage of Dr. Rufus Edwards, Nick paraded around villages, monitors in hand, and after three months and several bouts of food poisoning later, was hooked. Since that time he has worked on a variety of other air pollution related studies. Most recent projects have included the development of field respirators and warning monitors for wildland firefighters and an investigation of oxidant driven lead paint degradation as a source of lead exposure in children.
Nick is currently a graduate student in the Environmental Health and Development (HED) program at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds a B.S. in Biology from the University of California, Irvine.
nllam@berkeley.edu
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