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Koinonia Foundation is pleased to announce that our founder and chairman, Dr. Dale Williams, has been named a Thought Leader in Energy by Business Review West Michigan.

The past month has been a month of applications. Applications for grants, awards, and competitions.

Applications we have recently completed or are in the process of completing include:

• UNESCO’s “Ten Ideas for Africa’s Tomorrow”
• The Tech Awards
• Gates Foundation’s “Grand Challenges Explorations”
• West Michigan Business Review’s “2010 Innovation West Michigan”
• Dining for Women
• U.S. Department of State’s ”Secretary’s Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls”
• Ashoka’s Changemakers “Leveraging Business for Social Change”

Phew!

Things got off to a good start with the news last week that Dale had been named a Thought Leader in Energy by Business Review West Michigan. He was nominated for his role in bringing solar power to schools in Rwanda, creating a renewable energy business in both Grand Rapids and Rwanda, and developing the Koinonia Foundation’s Beacon Program. Business Review West Michigan thought Dale met the standards and notified him of his winning nomination last week.

We should also say that none of this would be possible without the work of electrical engineer Bill Greenhoe. Dale saw the need to make a jump into solar energy, but without Bill’s knowledge and work to carry it out, it would not have been possible. Congratulations to both of you.

7 other individuals were also chosen as Thought Leaders in Energy. Check out the full list here. I’ll link to the article in the Business Review when it runs on May 13.

Ashley