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Our staff members and leaders are chosen for their specific skills and ability to perform in a team environment. Our leadership team does not serve from a distance. They are hands-on and in the trenches. Their involvement in every project ensures quality designs and excellent results. All projects are overseen by a principal-in-charge, with day-to-day work carried out by experienced and empowered Project Engineers who are led by a Project Manager.

Arch. Richard Moreta / General Director/ President

Activist (Berlin, Germany)

Richard is the Architect Designer and Team Leader for development of hospitality, high-end residential, aviation, public, residential, industrial and commercial complex facilities at GMZ Design. He interacts with people from the contracting, project scheduling, financing and marketing sectors of the industry. Richard also works as a consultant to corporate clients based in Europe, Florida, and the Caribbean. For the last 15 years, he has had an extensive background in Design and Construction, working in continental Europe, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, and the U.S.

He has lectured throughout the United States, Europe and the Americas and has taught in several institutions in the US, Europe and the Americas.

www.richard-architecture-design.com

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Dr. Gianluca Butti, Lawyer / Business Director / Vice-President

Acitvist (Santo Domingo, DR)

Gianluca was born in Switzerland in 1965, where he completed his law studies at the University of Neuchatel and started his law practice. Before moving to the Domincan Republic, he also worked for a Swiss life insurance company and was a member of Jaycees and Associates, a private law firm from 1988 to 1994.
He then relocated to the Dominican Republic developing projects, serving as Project Manager and Adviser in the areas of real estate and tourism for RSM International – Audit & Consulting.

He is a former Manager at the international offices of the CEI-RD (Center for Export and Investment of the Dominican Republic from 2004-2006), held the office of President of the Dominican Swiss Chamber of Commerce from 2004 to 2007 and is an active member of the Lions Club in Santo Domingo.

At the present time he is working on introducing new environmental solutions to the Dominican Republic and to Haiti, such as deriving bioenergy from wood biomass and facilitating the implementation of sustainable construction concepts in the building sector.

Arch. Omar Estevez / Business Director, DR

Activist (Santo Domingo, DR)

Omar is an Hospitality Manager Guru and team leader for business development for hospitality, high end residential, aviation, public, residential, industrial and commercial complex facilities at GMZ Design. He interacts with people from the contracting, project scheduling, financing and marketing sectors of the industry.

Develop and promote programs and services of the Business and Employment Resource Center to meet the needs of business and customers. Assist in the economic development of the firm with workforce development and retention activities. Omar Estevez, provide direct service to businesses and special projects. Develop and maintain the marketing strategy for the Resource Center and the programs offered for both internal and external customers. Create business with workforce development initiatives by overseeing implementation of design strategies. Develop, administer and monitor all training. Compile reports as required. Provide service to customers by assuring appropriate follow-through and/or resolution.

Omar also works as a consultant to corporate clients based in Europe, US, South and Central America and the Caribbean. He has an extensive background in Design, Construction and Business.

He has taught in several institutions in the Dominican Republic and in the in the US.

Dir. Martha Ricart / Director of Administration

Activist (Santo Domingo, DR)

Martha works on inproving and  developing new features of GCIA technical infrastructure and enhancing the user experience. Mario is responsible for the overall functioning and efficiency of the organization, including Finance, Human Resources, Governance and Systems. He brings with him significant experience in both the public and private sectors. 

Stefan Diepenbrock / General Business Director, Intl.

Activist (Berlin, Germany)

From 1992 he worked as a Producer for Synergy Film, Munich, then as a Producer for the Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft, NDF, in Berlin.
Then, from 1994 to 1998 he was Head of Fiction at Endemol Entertainment in Cologne, and in addition Director of Content Development. Under his direction shows such as "John Sinclair, the Ghostbusters," "The Guard", "With one Foot in the Grave" or "Stadtklinik" were produced. Several 90-minutes TV movies were initiated by him in the development and guidance.
In 1998/1999 he was Director of Content Development and Producer for Babelsberg Film, the feature film production company of the Babelsberg Filmstudio. In this position he was responsible for the structuring of a new Storydevelopment Department. In addition he was in charge of the production of German Featurefilms ; and the acquisition of international co-productions.
After completing the structuring work at Studio Babelsberg, his other companys as a Producer and Content Developer were with Senator Film AG, Berlin; with Lounge -Entertainment, Munich; and with SRO Entertainment in Munich. Subsequently he acquired in a freelance position a great variety of international moviefeatures for various german Media- and FilmFunds and was also consulted to structure financial plans and shooting schedules.
Today Stefan Diepenbrock works as a freelance Filmproducer and Consultant.

Eve Guilbaud, MS, LEED AP /  Consultant

Activist (Los Angeles, US)

 “To be green today is an ethical, aesthetic, and economic imperative,” says Eve Marie Guilbaud, the principal force of Absolute Green Design, a leading innovator and consultant in Southern California in the development of environmentally aware architecture and development. “It’s not whether we can afford to be green; we have to be. But the good news is that being green is a joyful and enriching way to build and renew our homes, neighborhoods, and entire cities that is also affordable.”

With new technology in the lead, combined with the worldwide demand for healthy, responsible management of the environment and the human scale of life, Eve has refused to submit to the negative view of green improvement as being expensive, complicated, and dour. “Being green is like nature itself, and it is beautiful,” she says. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental  Design) Accredited Professional, Eve has a strategic approach to development that marries sustainability with high aesthetic standards that is not merely affordable, but where the very economics of being green reflects the waste-not, want-not approach that can be inherent in eco-development. To reduce the carbon footprint, for example, by using local resources means that shipping costs are reduced. Using recycled materials means a reinvigoration not only of the environment, but a way to cut building costs, which have skyrocketed for years now. The technical means for creating and building sustainable homes, neighborhoods, and cities is not only available now, but the more green development is done the more innovation will follow.

Arch. Victor Gane / Strategy and Design Director

Activist (San Francisco, US)

Victor is an architect with over 7 years of experience in large scale international developments. As a senior designer at Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Victor played an important role in the design of multiple high-rise buildings. His work received international recognition and numerous awards (i.e. Infinity tower in Dubai, UAE). Victor’s background in computational design from MIT prompted his interest in technology transfer from aerospace & automotive industries, which resulted in unique implementation of such advanced technologies as parametric modeling both in the early and later stages of high-rise building design processes. Victor’s current interest is to contribute to improving the energy performance of high-rise buildings and as part of his doctoral research at Stanford he is developing a methodology that will help design teams determine an explicit set of architectural and energy performance requirements and convert these into formally-managed design spaces.

Sussy Rodriguez/ Marketing Communications Manager

Activist (Santo Domingo, DR)

Sussy is responsible for managing GCIA's external and donor communications and providing support for GlobalGiving's online marketing activities. Sussy is also responsible for GCIA's open access initiative and increasing the presence of youth social entrepreneurs on GCIA. She also works to provide support to social entrepreneurs on the site.

Fabian Gomez/ Program Operations Manager

Activist (Mexico City, ME)

Fabian manages GCIA's network of amazing project leaders and leads partnerships with over 1,000 organizations around the world.

Fabian returns to GCIA after working in Europe, the Middle-East and  the Americas.

Dr. Rafael Moreta/ Legal Director

Activist (Santo Domingo, DR)

Rafael,  as the Legal Director, leads GCIA’s effort to be an ever more effective platform for grassroot social entrepreneurship and NGO partners to connect directly with funding sources.