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John D. Rockefeller 3RD Scholars Program - Staff

Jennifer Holthaus
Director
Jennifer Holthaus is the founding director of the John D. Rockefeller 3RD Scholars Program, which supports bi-country applied research on environment and agriculture challenges in Asia. Ms. Holthaus also manages Winrock's endowment-funded Innovation Investment Program, which supports the development of new initiatives at Winrock. Current areas receiving seed funding include water, information and communication technologies for rural development (ICTD), climate change and bioenergy. Prior to joining Winrock, Ms. Holthaus was a research associate in the Packard Foundation's Conservation and Science Program. She managed research and evaluation for the program's $60 million grant-making portfolio in the Pacific Rim. She has lived and worked in the Dominican Republic and Colombia as an environmental consultant. Ms. Holthaus received an M.A. in energy and resources from University of California at Berkeley and an M.S. in environmental engineering from Stanford University.

Jeffrey Apigian
Program Associate
Jeffrey Apigian supports the JDR 3RD Scholars Program and several other initiatives within the Innovation Investment Program. He joined Winrock after three years working with NGOs and community groups in South Asia on issues related to water and energy. Most notably, Mr. Apigian worked with Nepal Water for Health (NEWAH), where he assisted in the development and implementation of appropriate technologies for community-based water resource management. Mr. Apigian has an M.A. in environmental science and policy from Clark University and a B.S. from Bates College in Lewiston, ME.