Jonathan Hollander's Schools

• Stanford Graduate School of Business , Class of 2003 MBA

• Tufts University , Class of 1997 Bachelors in Engineering

Jonathan Hollander's Publications

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business (GSB), Jonathan Hollander December, 2010 Stanford University By: Jonathan Hollander I received my Master of Business Administration from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business (GSB) in 2003. The Stanford GSB provides a transformative experience that develops executives who are dedicated to creating revolutionizing ventures and improving the global community. Attracting business professionals from around the world, the GSB embraces an environment of collaboration and features a small student body that fosters close relationships and community growth. The GSB is an entrepreneurial-based business school that focuses on individual leadership and inspiring others. Students work together in small teams to solve critical business problems and often to just to help each other with classwork. Since its inception, the GSB has been focused on producing socially responsible businesspeople with the ability to create, grow, and operate businesses, while still giving back to the world community. Recently, the GSB adopted a new curriculum that places a further emphasis on leadership and making a positive, principled impact on the world. In support of this new program, the school has just opened a new campus based around the school’s rich and engaging curriculum. The GSB education remains unique in its entrepreneurial nature and limited class size.

• Jonathan Hollander of Chesapeake Advisory Group, LLC Discusses Jewish Heart for Africa’s Use of Distributed Solar Power, Jonathan Hollander January, 2011 by Jonathan Hollander In tandem with my environmental and philanthropic work through Chesapeake Advisory Group, LLC, I volunteer for Jewish Heart for Africa, an organization that provides distributed solar solutions to people without access to electricity. Jewish Heart for Africa grew out of the vision of Israeli philanthropist Sivan Borowich Ya’ari. Inspired by the distributed solar panel systems that have become common in Israel, Borowich Ya’ari sought out methods of using similar technology to provide essential services to those in greatest need. To date, Jewish Heart for Africa has installed rural distributed solar systems in three African countries. These units use self-regulating solar technology to power three different applications. First, distributed solar provides electricity to refrigerators in remote medical clinics, allowing them to store life-saving medications and vaccines, as many African children die every year in remote areas from preventable diseases due to a lack of refrigeration for stored medicine. Second, Jewish Heart for Africa uses solar power to pump clean drinking water into communities that otherwise would not have access to it. Finally, Jewish Heart for Africa uses solar power to provide electricity in schools which power lights, donated computers and evening lessons. Distributed solar power is an example of a growing trend toward at-source, small-scale energy generation. Traditionally, power plants are constructed far from urban areas because they produce pollution or other health hazards. As the cost of computer and renewable energy technologies have decreased, practical distributed power solutions have become feasible. A simple example of a distributed power system involves a microgrid of solar panels on a group of nearby buildings. Autonomous, self-powered computers distribute the power first to the building where it is generated, then to other buildings in the grid when excess energy is available. Such a grid can be combined with other traditional power sources, or a mix of renewable resources. In the case of Jewish Heart for Africa, the distributed solar solutions provide all of the energy necessary to power medical refrigerators and water pumps on a continual basis. To learn more about Jewish Heart for Africa or to contribute, visit www.jhasol.org.

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