Biennial of the Americas Denver 2010

The 2010 Biennial of the Americas is an international event that celebrates the culture, ideas and people of the Western Hemisphere, hosted by the City of Denver.

Dr. Elizabeth Hausler

Birth Year1969
City of OriginPlano, Illinois
City of ResidenceDenver, Colorado
BiographyDr. Elizabeth Hausler, Build Change Founder and CEO, is a 2004 Echoing Green Fellow, a 2006 Draper Richards fellow, a 2009 Ashoka-Lemelson Fellow, and was a Fulbright Scholar to India during 2002-2003. Dr. Hausler has a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a skilled brick, block and stone mason and has lectured on sustainable, disaster-resistant construction in eight countries. On 10 March 2006, Dr. Hausler was featured by the US-based evening news program abcNEWS World News Tonight as Person of the Week for her work rebuilding houses in Aceh, Indonesia.
Websitehttp://www.buildchange.org/
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