USA:

GRC Member & National Geothermal Academy Graduate gets Global Scholarship (PRWeb)

Brandon Iglesias of New Orleans, a 2012 graduate of the DOE/EERE National Geothermal Academy, has been selected to participate in the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation 2013 Global Scholars Program. The 6-year-old program provides participants a six-month educational immersion in the field of entrepreneurship.

Brandon is a student member of the GRC and attended the 36th GRC Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada and presented a poster on ReactwellTM’s Underground Geothermal Biomass-to-Oil and Bioproduct Platform vs. Geothermal Power Production. He earned a master’s degrees in finance and business administration from Tulane University in New Orleans.

U.S. graduates are included for just the second time in the program’s history.

The 2013 class of Global Scholars will meet at the Kauffman Foundation on Jan. 22 to begin their six-month program, which will include intensive workshops with leading scholars, policy leaders and business founders; visits to leading American universities; and three-month internships with companies in the Silicon Valley, Boston and other hubs of entrepreneurial activity. Congratulations Brandon

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