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The Team

The Adobe Alliance team of local adobe experts:

Simone Swan, Founder/Director
Roberto Carvajal
, Chihuahua City
Kurt Gardella,
Adobe Craftsman and Adobe Alliance Webmaster
Maria Jesus Jimenez, Adobera, Co-Founder
Gina Papanikola, Athens
Stevan de la Rosa, Adobe Building Instructor
Efren Rodriguez, Master Adobe Plasterer

Our experience is infinitely enriched by an international board of advisors, among them:

Nripal Adhikary, Architect, Bamboo Specialist (Adobe Alliance Nepal)
Cinira d’Avila Artiles
, Architect (Adobe Alliance Brasil)
Anou Borrey
, United Nations Development Programme
Brian Bragason, Film Consultant
Dennis Dollens, Professor, BioDigital Design
Karen Kephart,
Marketing Consultant and Science Writer
Richard Levine
, NM Earth Adobe Yard, Albuquerque
Dr. Elizabeth Mealy, Public Health
John Morony †
, Biologist
Ronald Rael, Architect
Yasmina Rossi, Photographer
Wendy Wright, Graphic Designer

plus collaborators in Texas, New Mexico, California, New York, Belgium, France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Egypt, Kuwait, South Africa, Mexico and beyond.

Adobe Alliance adobe workshop students from Mexico, Texas, Canada, Greece: (bottom: l to r) Sandro Canovas, Gina Papanikola, Stevan de la Rosa – (top: l to r) Eugenia Magann, Kaye Wolf, Brian Bragason. Instructor: Simone Swan