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WENDY CROSS

Senior Director

WENDY CROSS

Senior Director

Wendy Cross, MA, Senior Director of the We Share Solar Program, has worked in international development and non-profit management for 17 years, with a focus on education and community-led development programs. Prior to joining We Care Solar, she served as the Director of Programs and Operations for Teach With Africa and as Co-Producer of EdTech Summit Africa. Wendy began her international work while living in rural South Africa developing and managing sustainable development projects with grassroots organizations and also worked as a Grant Writer for The Global Fund for Children. Wendy received a Masters in Sustainable Development from World Learning SIT Graduate Institute. Since 2016, she has led We Share Solar's nationwide and international growth as a solar STEM program.

BECKY GOLDBERG

Strategic Lead of Education

BECKY GOLDBERG

Strategic Lead of Education

Becky Goldberg, MS.Ed., Strategic Lead of Education, has worked in STEM education for over a decade, designing and leading programs that connect learning to real-world relevance. She first engaged with the program as a We Share Solar Teacher, an experience that inspired her commitment to expanding access to hands-on STEM learning opportunities. Prior to joining the We Care Solar team, Becky served as Executive Director of the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition, a STEM education nonprofit dedicated to bridging the gap between classroom content and real-world context through high-dosage mentorship. She began her career as a middle school math teacher and STEM Coordinator, and now brings her classroom perspective and nonprofit leadership to her role at We Share Solar. Becky received a Master of Science in Education with a focus on Secondary Mathematics and STEM from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental and Global Health from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

GIGI GOLDMAN, M.B.A.

Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor

GIGI GOLDMAN, M.B.A.

Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor

Gigi brings her product-centric strategic business savvy to We Share Solar, honed from years in corporate management and entrepreneurial experience.

After nearly a decade in product management at General Mills and Minnetonka Corporation, Gigi launched her own international products company which supplied leading US department stores for over 20 years. Extensive travel to remote corners of the world turned her attention to the many challenges others face.

In 2010 she began pursuing initiatives to address these challenges, including product sourcing for a UN world food program as well as developing and launching We Share Solar.

ANNA GOMBERG

Senior Program Manager

ANNA GOMBERG

Senior Program Manager

Anna Gomberg, a passionate Oakland Unified School District veteran Environmental Science teacher, has played a key role in both the creation of We Share Solar’s classroom curriculum and professional development workshop content. She has worked with researchers at the Lawrence Hall of Science to develop curriculum and teach for the National Science Foundation funded EPICC and YESS programs which both aimed to investigate ways of promoting STEM career opportunities and interest for low income youth of color using the Solar Suitcase as a key component. As Senior Program Manager for Solar Education at We Share Solar she is keen to expand access to the inspiring hands-on; climate justice and globally minded opportunities the curriculum provides. Anna grew up in the UK where she studied Materials Science at Oxford University as an undergraduate and remained to complete a Masters in Engineering (MEng); she then went on to train as a teacher at the University of London Institute of Education where she received a second Masters in Teaching (MTeach).

KRISTEN McBRIEN

Minnesota Program Liaison

KRISTEN McBRIEN

Minnesota Program Liaison

Kristen McBrien has joined the WSS team as the Minnesota Program Liaison. She is a chemistry teacher at the School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley, MN and during the summer of 2019, was part of the first Minnesota Solar Suitcase teacher cohort. She has been teaching the WSS curriculum and building Solar Suitcases every fall since. She has worked with us on teacher training in Florida and Minnesota and has provided invaluable feedback on curriculum and program design. She is a solar leader at her school, helping to facilitate and host an educational community event to celebrate the newly acquired solar panels on her school as part of the Minnesota Solar on Schools bill. Students were able to showcase the Solar Suitcase.

In her position as Minnesota Program Liaison Kristen provides support to Minnesota teachers as they implement the WSS curriculum and build suitcases with their students. She is available as a resource who can answer questions or help with ideas for use of student built classroom Solar Suitcases.

Away from school and We Share Solar work, Kristen is a keen gardener with a home full of preserved fruit and vegetables. She lives with her husband and two teenage sons.

ALLI PEMERL

Program Manager

ALLI PEMERL

Program Manager

Alli Pemerl brings ten years of teaching experience in elementary and secondary schools in Washington State, Thailand and Tanzania to the We Share Solar team. She spent half a year interning with the Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots and Shoots, a community-based environmental education program in Tanzania, where she worked with school clubs to implement community and environmental projects.

She holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Humanities and a Bachelor of Arts degree in K-12 Education. Since moving to the Bay Area, Alli has transitioned to a career focus in organizational capacity building and program management with non-profit organizations.

She is excited to continue her passion for educating youth and her desire to bring renewable energy sources to communities with We Share Solar.

HAL ARONSON, PH.D

Co-Founder and Senior Advisor

HAL ARONSON, PH.D

Co-Founder and Senior Advisor

Hal holds a Ph. D. in sociology and has spent his career working for social justice. More interested in action than in academics, Hal has worked continuously to provide opportunities in solar energy for California’s youth.

Ever the evangelist, Hal co-created the Solar Schoolhouse to spread the message of clean solar energy to students and teachers. He later founded California Youth Energy Services, now Rising Sun Energy Center to train and employ youth as energy-efficient retrofitters.

Hal created the first We Care Solar Suitcase. (Read more about the We Care Solar story here.) Together, the We Care Solar Suitcase and Hal’s commitment to students are the heart of the We Share Solar service-learning program.

The We Share Solar team is supported by We Care Solar‘s management, finance, engineering, and development staff and governed by the Board of Directors of We Care Solar.

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