About GIVE

Heriberto Stein held senior executive positions in three international commercial banks: Lloyds Bank, Bank of Boston, American Express Bank and an investment bank, Lehman Brothers. Heriberto specializes in developing and researching production and industrial processes with renewable energy, fuels and feedstock. Member of the Uruguayan Banks Association, Foreign Trade Commission, and Uruguay- USA Chamber of Commerce Education: PR studies at the Instituto Uruguayo de Relaciones Publicas, and graduate studies in Latin American Economy and Politics at Wolfson College, Cambridge University, U.K.

Daniel is a Project Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, working at the Joint Bioenergy Institute (JBEI). There, he leads a research and analysis group that focuses on technoeconomic evaluation of various biofuels and biocommodities, including biomass-derived ethanol, algal jet fuel, and sugarcane diesel. Daniel worked in establishing and heading a collaboration between JBEI and the University of Queensland, in Australia, focusing on technoeconomic analysis of biojet fuel processes.

The author of three patents, among them one currently licensed to a privately-held renewable chemicals company. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in the field, including articles in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Trends in Biotechnology, and Biomass and Bioenergy. His research has been highlighted by Science Magazine, Biofuels Digest, Science Daily, Bioenergy wiki, PhysOrg, Industry Intelligence Inc., among others.

He has presented his work in various national and international conferences, including in Switzerland, Australia, Spain, Japan, Netherlands, Mexico, and the U.S. He has provided consulting services to a number of renewable energy and management strategy companies, including McKinsey & Co., GreenLight Biosciences, Gard Global Group, in addition to government institutions. He has taught courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the University of California, Berkeley. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

As the founder and CEO of Lubo Systems in the Netherlands, Pieter Boer is a pioneer in the recycle industry. He developed equipment for solid waste recycling for the fast growing Dutch market and the international market as export to United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Norway, Ireland. He has published various papers on the subject of waste recycling and is respected world-wide for his experience and knowledge.

Jim Hurd builds key alliances for cutting-edge entrepreneurial companies, catalyzing deals toward quicker completion. Based in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., Jim founded both the GreenScience and NanoScience Exchanges and also was a professor of renewable energy at Singularity University in Mountain View, CA. Among his accomplishments are the development of strategic alliances: a leading nano lithium-ion battery company; a coal fuel cell company and for Apollo Diamond, the world leader in producing flawless single-crystal diamond for gems. Jim works both in Washington, D.C and Beijing and Shanghai on US - China entrepreneurial collaborations and was on the Steering Committee for Silicon Valley for "Cleantech for Obama". Currently Jim works with government agencies in DC on renewable energy initiatives, including The U.S. Departments of Energy and State, OPIC, the IFC and World Bank.

Founder of D. Argyropoulos & Collaborators established in 1993 in Athens, Greece. Mr. Argyropoulos is a leading environmental consultant for both private and public sector organizations and agencies throughout Greece and abroad, with particular expertise in the following fields: Waste management studies and Water and Wastewater management in Greece and Cyprus applying the EU water framework directive 2000/60.

Mr. Argyropoulos has experience in more than 300 Environmental Impact Assessment Studies concerning Solar, Biomass, Resort Development, Infrastructure and Private Industry. This also includes Environmental Assessment studies, Ecosystem Protection, Monitoring and Restoration Management Studies Noise and Vibration Abatement studies.

He also wrote 7 reports on Surface Water Quality, Water Pollution, Nitrates monitoring delivered to EU, "on behalf of Greek Ministry of Environment", 16 papers and presentations issued in environmental conferences proceedings and environmental editions regarding Water Quality Management , Industrial Pollution Management, Mediterranean Coastal Waters Protection, Impact of Wastewater plants, Strategic Environmental Assessment, mitigation of wolves biotopes fragmentation by motorways, landscape protection.

Commercial director of Halliday Guimarães Engenharia Ltda. Education: South Texas College in McAllen, Texas and Columbia Union College in Takoma Park, Maryland. Business executive, U.S. citizenship and Brazilian citizenship. Mr. Guimarães acts as consultant in the area of new business with acquisition of new investors in the area of construction and technology.