AFRICAN HEALTH NET - Board Members

Andy Benson - Solar Design and Implementation
Andy Benson is an active member of the American Institute of Architects, and a member of the organizations Committee on the Environment. He is licensed in New Mexico and Vermont. He served on the US Green Building Councils New Mexico Chapter Board of Directors from 2006 – 2008 and is a LEED Accredited Professional. Andy has served on NM Governor Bill Richardson’s Task Force for High Performance Schools since it’s creation in 2007. Andy graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1993 with a Bachelor in Professional Studies concentration in Architecture. In 1996 Andy received his Masters degree in Architecture from the University of New Mexico.

Eliska Broes - Web Design and Marketing
Eliska has spent the past 12 years working in the field of Art Direction and Design for various media companies and national chains. She currently owns her own publishing company, in addition to producing paintings and artwork. In the past Eliska has worked on various graphic design projects for non-profit animal rights groups, including the Albuquerque Alliance for Animals. She holds a Bachelors degree in Architecture from the University of New Mexico.

Dr. Joseph Keating - Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Dr. Joseph Keating is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Health and Development in the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. His primary research interests focus on malaria, monitoring and evaluation, and disease ecology in tropical and sub-tropical areas, particularly the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Keating has over 24 publications in peer-reviewed academic journals and 6 technical report publications through the MEASURE Evaluation project. His publications are based on NIH, CDC, and USAID funded research projects in Kenya, Eritrea, Nigeria, and Haiti. His current research focuses on Anopheles mosquitoes and malaria in urban environments of sub-Saharan Africa; the evaluation of a child survival project in Nigeria; malaria in Haiti; and ITN use in Zambia. Dr. Keating completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Miami and holds a PhD in International Health from Tulane University, a Master’s degree in International Development Studies from Ohio University, and a Bachelor’s degree in biology from Marian College in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Marlene Brown - Solar Design and Implementation
Marlene Brown works at Sandia National Labs in the On-Orbit Satellite Analysis Group. She transferred from the Photovoltaics Systems Group where she worked with all levels of systems applications in the field and in the lab. Marlene has worked with photovoltaic applications for 20 years. She works with the Solar America Cities project and promoting DOE's Workforce Development initiative. Marlene also is working with the Facilities department at Sandia Labs on the Campus Commons project to help change Sandia Labs into a net zero energy and water campus. In 2009, Marlene served on the City of Albuquerque's Climate Action Task Force at the request of Mayor Martin Chavez as well as on the Governor of New Mexico's Solar Task Force. Marlene is past President of the New Mexico Solar Energy Association HYPERLINK "http://www.nmsea.org" http://www.nmsea.org where she served for 4 years and remains on the advisory board. She has been teaching photovoltaic hands-on design and installation classes for over 10 years, installing systems on non-profit and community based organizations. She currently teaches classes through the New Mexico Solar Energy Association (NMSEA) and other non-profit organizations. Marlene is trained as both an electrical engineer and an electrician. She has her Masters in Electrical Engineering and her certificate in the electrical trades.. When Marlene is not working or playing with solar, she likes to African dance, bike, hike in the mountains and ski. She has been on the corporate ski team for Sandia National Laboratories for the past five years.

At African Health Net (AHN), our mission is to improve the quality of health services and health outcomes in Africa. To accomplish our mission, we follow two guiding principles. The first is that “green” technologies can be utilized to improve health outcomes. The second is that by providing logistical support and capacity building tools to health-related NGO’s we can help them become more effective and thus increase their program success.