Executive Team

Scot Frank
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Frank’s background includes founding three start-ups, working as a computer scientist in IBM’s India Research Lab, and managing the renewable energy portfolio for the Clinton Global Initiative. His training is in electrical engineering and computer science (MIT). Frank has taught design courses, led project teams, and built partnerships in the Himalayan region since 2005. In his current position at One Earth Designs, Frank is responsible for initiating and maintaining relations with government, other NGOs, and universities. In addition, he presides over board meetings along with the chairman and approves program strategies developed by the COO.

Catlin Powers
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Powers brings technical and governance expertise to One Earth Designs (OED). Prior to co-founding OED, she applied her chemistry training (Wellesley College) to environmental modeling and clean tech design as an environmental consultant for U.S. & India-based firms. Her research in these areas has been supported by numerous grants and was kick-started by receiving the prestigious NSF graduate research fellowship for her doctoral work on exposure modeling (Harvard School of Public Health). Powers manages the Clinton Global Initiative University’s technology portfolio, serves on the board of directors of the Pentok Institute for the Empowerment of Rural Women, and serves on advisory boards for the Harvard Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations and Harvard’s Global Health Review. At One Earth Designs, Powers ensures efficient and effective daily operations through a total quality management approach. She oversees the work of OED's project teams and committees, initiates structured dialogue between them, and designs evaluation and monitoring strategies to ensure that OED delivers sustainable positive outcomes to its constituents.

Sloan Kulper
VP of Product Development

Kulper brings years of industry experience to OED’s product development teams. Prior to joining One Earth Designs, he worked at a top-tier design consulting firm where he managed product development for major international brands. He has also leveraged his training in architecture (MIT) and industrial design (Rhode Island School of Design) to incorporate biomimicry elements into the design of laboratory buildings in China and to help launch a non-profit organization producing innovative renewable energy kits for rural markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America. This work has garnered numerous international awards and was featured in exhibitions at the New York Museum of Modern Art and the U.S. National Design Museum. Concurrent with his position at OED, Kulper is also a part-time faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design where his teaches social entrepreneurship. At One Earth Designs, Kulper provides strategic vision and design leadership in order to ensure the delivery of world-class products and services to our partner communities. He directs product development teams and sets the goals and implementation strategies of OED's projects along with the COO.

Jonathan Saviet
Treasurer and Accountant

Saviet's professional background in strategic tax planning and entity structuring is key to OED's success in navigating difficult multi-jurisdictional obstacles presented to US domestic nonprofits operating abroad. Saviet also serves as the treasurer for the grass-roots Boston-based charity, One Village at a Time, working with AIDS orphans in western Kenya, and is a proud Big Brother with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Boston. He received his BSBA in accounting and finance from Bryant University and his Masters of Science in Taxation from Northeastern University. In his position at One Earth Designs, Jonathan will assist with accounting, organizational structure, and nonprofit statutory compliance.

Wendi Zhang
Business Development Director

Zhang is the founder and former managing director of the MIT China Development Initiative. With training in management science and mathematics (MIT), Zhang's background prior to One Earth Designs includes working with Morgan Stanley Investment Banking Division's Global Power and Utilities Group and the early-stage high-tech venture capital firm DFJ DragonFund in Shanghai, China. In her current position at One Earth Designs, Zhang manages business development including business strategy and planning in western China and potential future target regions, finances, and the expansion and management of OED's network of contacts.

Amy Qian
Chief Engineer

Qian worked in three cutting-edge robotics laboratories prior to joining OED. Her training is in mechanical engineering (MIT) and she is well versed in the materials and techniques common in the Himalayan region. In her position at One Earth Designs, Amy provides consulting to project teams on designs for both rural and urban communities, including optimizing material choices to produce designs functional for both environments.

Shamo Thar
Eastern Himalayas Regional Director

Shamo Thar is the founder and director of the development program at Qinghai Normal University. In this role, she has inspired many young people—especially women—to give back to their communities by pursuing careers in grass-roots sustainable development and has formed important collaborations between development organizations, carbon credit specialists, and academic institutions in order to bring higher living standards and healthier environments to diverse local communities. Through her extensive experience in the sustainable development sector in China and her training in international sustainable development (Brandeis), she has become adept at designing effective, efficient, and long-term development projects. In her current position at One Earth Designs, Shamo Thar guides regional programs towards delivering long-term positive impact.

Drolgar Jyid
Rural Health and Water Quality Programs Manager

Born to a nomadic family in Gansu, Drolgar Jyid is one of the few women from her area to receive an advanced degree. Prior to joining One Earth Designs, she challenged her villagers' notions of gender roles by conducting development projects to improve local living conditions. Then, she went beyond her community to manage rural health and water supply projects for the Shem Women's Group and to collaborate on women's health projects run by the Friendship Charity Association. Although she did not have an opportunity to study science in school, Drolgar Jyid has found her passion in women's health and water quality analysis. In her current position at One Earth Designs, Drolgar Jyid develops and implements programs aimed at improving rural health with a particular focus on water quality issues.

Focus Teams

Mobile Heating
Saad Shaikh, Engineer
Bao Truong, Engineer
Ran Chen, Designer and Engineer
Ying Dong, Scientist
Hoi-Fei Mok, Scientist
Yangtso Jyid, Energy
Qiedan Jya, Energy

Solar Energy
Eddie Huo, Engineer
Reja Amatya, Engineer
Brad Simpson, Engineer
Tripti Thapa, Business Associate
Tsering Samdrup, Energy
Juan Diaz, Intern

Education and Health
Chiyang Zhorma, Water Quality
Angbei Tsering, Health and Water Quality
Min Xu Zhang, Education
Gregory Harrison, Education
Lauren Harrison, Education

Rural Entrepreneurship and Marketing
Guang Shi, Business in China
Gloria Yang, Marketing
Huaze Jia, Rural Entrepreneurship