Manna Energy Limited Management

Victor Bernstein R. Victor Bernstein
Chief Executive Officer
Victor Bernstein retired as Executive Vice-President and General Counsel for Loral Skynet, a division of Loral Space and Communications, one of the world’s leading satellite companies. Prior to that, he was a Senior Attorney at AT&T for many years. He is a director of ManSat Ltd., and a member of the National Executive Committee of the Wesleyan University Fund.
Evan Thomas Evan Thomas, Ph.D., P.E.
Executive Vice President
Evan has been a sustainable development engineer in Nepal, Rwanda, Mexico and Afghanistan since 2002 with Engineers Without Borders-USA and Manna. Evan is also an aerospace engineer, specializing in water and other life support systems for current and future NASA spacecraft. His service to Manna Energy is independent of NASA.
Charles H. Adams Charles H. Adams
Chief Financial Officer

 

Chuck is an experienced financial and operations executive with substantial international background. He was a senior banker with the Chase Manhattan Corporation, later Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Omni Hotels, co-founder and CEO of Xatrix Interactive Entertainment and most recently CFO of BioPro Pharmaceutical, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on underserved Asia. He is Chairman of VascularCures, the Foundation for Accelerated Vascular Research.
Max Gold

Max Gold
Chief Technology Officer

 

Max is responsible for the design, development, and implementation of carbon-reducing technologies. Max has been chief engineer on the Engineers Without Borders Rwanda Project since 2003.

Carmel Garan Carmel Garan
Chief of Staff

Carmel is a founding member of the Manna Energy Foundation and Manna Energy Limited. She manages and oversees Manna Energy Limited's day-to-day operations, coordinating efforts between US, Isle of Man and Rwandan operations.

Josh Kefauver Josh Kefauver
Chief Operating Officer

Josh is responsible for the contracting and logistical oversight of implementing Manna's technologies in Rwanda. Josh has extensive international development experience, having worked in Latin America, Central Asia and Africa managing agriculture, health and infrastructure related programs with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Josh Kefauver Jennifer McCard
Deputy Operating Officer

Jennifer coordinates ongoing Manna projects and oversees daily financial transactions. She has experience as a watershed scientist in research and restoration projects in rural Alaska.

Peter Muligo Peter Muligo
Manna Consultant, Rwanda

Peter has been responsible for maintaining all USAID capital assets in Rwanda for the past eight years, and has been providing assistance during his vacations and free time to the Rwanda Project with Manna and EWB since 2006.

Dan Garuilo Dan Garguilo
Senior Engineer

Dan is a mechanical engineer and President of the Johnson Space Center Chapter of Engineers Without Borders-USA. Dan has worked on appropriate technology programs in Rwanda and Mexico. Dan is also Manna's carbon technical advisor.

Jean Pierre Sibomana Jean Pierre Sibomana
Field Foreman, Rwanda

Jean Pierre Sibomana (Sibo) has worked with Manna since 2008 on sustainable development projects in rural Rwanda. Sibo manages the construction of water treatment systems, biogas generators, rainwater catchment systems, and high efficiency cookstoves. Sibo also leads Manna’s assessments of future sites across Rwanda.

Avery Bang Avery Bang
Program Manager, Briquetting

Avery is leading Manna's effort to diversify the products and services it will offer, and is developing a potential business case for fuel briquettes. She is the Director of Operations for the non-profit organization, Bridges to Prosperity, leading their design and implementation of pedestrian foot bridges in developing communities.