Name: H. Harish Hande
Position: President, Director
Background: Harish Hande has a D. Eng. from UMass Lowell and is a renewable energy entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of SELCO Solar Light Pvt Ltd and CEO of SELCO Foundation. In 2011 he received the “Asian Nobel Prize.”
Name: John J. Duffy
Position: Founder, Past President, Director, Assistant Clerk
Background: Professor Emeritus, UMass Lowell, and former coordinator of the renewable energy engineering graduate program there. All three other Board members were doctoral students of his and have been on the Board since its start in 2007.
Name: Michael Reinhardt
Position: Director, Treasurer and Clerk
Background: An energy program manager for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), Michael Reinhardt has 17 years of experience managing comprehensive energy saving performance contracts for state facilities. He advises new construction and major renovation projects on sustainable design and resiliency including review of energy modeling and LCCA. Michael also conducts feasibility studies and procurements of renewable energy systems for state facilities, including wind, solar, and biomass.
Name: Carolina Barreto
Position: Director
Background: Carolina has 15 years of experience in the off-grid and small-scale renewable energy sectors. She has designed projects and advised companies on topics ranging from solar home systems to energy-ag and rural electrification of public health facilities in 15 countries. She is Tetra tech’s Off-grid Director and currently the Senior Technical Advisor for the Power Africa Off-grid Project where she leads a team that supports 200+ off-grid companies in the SSA market.