Staff

Dr. Sasha Kramer, Co-Founder and Executive Director
Sasha is an ecologist and human rights observer who has been working in Haiti since 2004. She received her Ph.D. in Ecology from Stanford University in 2006 and co-founded SOIL that same year. As SOIL’s first project, Sasha completed a postdoctoral research position with the Collaboratory for Research on Global Projects at Stanford where she coordinated an ecological sanitation project in Haiti in collaboration with Stanford’s Engineers for a Sustainable World. Sasha is currently an Adjunct Professor of International Studies and a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Miami. Each January she hosts students in Cap-Haitien where she teaches an intersession course called Sustainable Development Challenges in Haiti: from Theory to Practice. She is also the co-founder of SOL (Sosyete Oganize pou Lanati), a Haitian non-profit dedicated to promoting environmental justice and ecologically sound development.
Baudeler Magloire, Sanitation Director and Co-founder of SOL
Baudeler is a Co-founder of SOL and has worked with SOIL since its inception. Born and raised in Milot, Baudeler is a dynamic and effective community leader and was a local government official before his thirtieth birthday. Ever dedicated, since the January 2010 earthquake, Baudeler divides his time between Port-au-Prince and Milot where his wife and young son reside. His passion, intelligence, spirited presence and light heart have kept the entire SOIL team going since the beginning.
Nick Preneta, Deputy Director
Nick first learned about SOIL during the three years he spent working with at-risk youth in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. Nick became a member of the SOIL team in January 2010 when he left his masters program in public health at Tufts University to help the SOIL team provide emergency relief work in Port-au-Prince. After finishing his degree while working with SOIL, Nick has become responsible for SOIL’s operations in Port-au-Prince and providing consulting services to other organizations.
Pastè Joseph “Bozier” Dol, Administrative Director
Bozier is a Co-founder of the SOPUDEP community organization that hosted Sasha on her first visit to Haiti back in 2004 and he helped SOIL and its Haitian sister organization, SOL, write their founding documents in 2006. Bozier agreed to help SOIL develop their organizational capacity when they opened an office in Port-au-Prince after the earthquake because he has witnessed that SOIL honors their commitment to a shared social mission and he has seen that, despite being a small organization, SOIL is having a huge impact on the positive development of Haiti through the transformation of wastes into fertilizer. As Bozier says, “when people give money to SOIL to work, they make a lot of work with that money”. Bozier studied administrative science at the Universite Interntionale D’Haiti.
Jean Marie Noel, Agriculture Director
Originally from Jacmel, SOIL agronomist Jean-Marie first heard of SOIL in 2005 when they built a compost toilet in the Eglise Saint-Claire, where he was working with Father Gerard Jean-Juste. Prior to working with SOIL, Jean Marie worked as a Chemistry and Biology teacher.  He has now been with SOIL for over a year and while he loves “every thing” about his job, he particularly likes working in SOIL’s experimental garden and the fomasyon compost education sessions.  Jean Marie studied Agronomy at the Universite Episcopal D’Haiti (UNEPH).
Jimmy Louis, Sanitation Coordinator
Born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Jimmy is nothing short of a local celebrity. He is the Captain and star player of his football team, Full Technics, and is an inspiration to the children of the neighborhood for his leadership, kindness and athletic ability. Jimmy enjoys sharing his EcoSan skills and knowledge with others through SOIL’s regular training sessions. He hopes to return to college to study pediatric medicine.
Davidson Ulysses, Drum Collection Supervisor
Davidson lives in the Delmas 33 neighborhood with his father and his brother. He first learned of SOIL when he volunteered to become a member of the toilet management committee for the public toilets that SOIL built in the camp where he lived after the earthquake. Davidson now helps run the bi-weekly drum collection runs to pick up filled drums at SOIL’s toilets throughout Port-au-Prince and drop off clean empty drums for the next week. Before coming to work for SOIL, Davidson studied mechanics and he hopes to someday start a heavy machinery import business.
Fred “Dodo” Dol, Mechanic and Driver
Dodo is the younger brother of SOIL’s own Pastè Joseph Bozier Dol. Dodo also met Sasha on her first trip to Haiti in 2004, and he acted as a committed volunteer at SOIL from the beginning as he often transported staff and volunteers flying through Port-au-Prince between the international and national airports. Dodo started working for SOIL formally in 2009 when he used his skills as a mechanic to help SOIL pick out a good used truck – no easy task in Haiti! – and he was the first person called when SOIL moved to Port-au-Prince to work on emergency relief work after the 2010 earthquake. Dodo says “I work hard every day for SOIL and I love it because SOIL has respect for the staff and we have respect for SOIL and I believe in what we are building together in this country”.
Herby Sanon, Drum Collection Team
Herby first learned of SOIL when they began working in the Park Izmery camp immediately following the earthquake.  He has been with SOIL for 6 months and is very proud to be working not just for a great organization but also for the development of Haiti.  Though he misses his parents and siblings back in his hometown of Les Cayes, he truly feels that he’s found a home with the SOIL family.
Corinne Coe, Director of Communication and Administration
Corinne received her B.S. in Geography with a minor in Plant Biology from Ohio University. She has a Permaculture Design Certificate from the Urban Permaculture Institute in San Francisco, California and has taught gardening and composting to children and adults for many years. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, raised in Atlanta, Georgia and New York City, she has also lived in rural Ohio, New Orleans, Louisiana, San Francisco, California and in the mountains of southern Oregon. Corinne is a writer, gardener and teacher and believes tout moun se moun, every person is a human being.
Moustapha Monopol, Sanitation Supervisor
Moustpha Monopol first learned of SOIL when SOIL built a toilet in the camp where he lived after his house came down in the 2010 earthquake. Moustapha loves everything about his job, but he especially appreciates his coworkers because they have become his “new family”. On the side, Moustapha is working towards a legal degree but he says he would love to work with SOIL for the rest of his life.
Clotes Alexandre, Driver
With knowledge of “every road in Port-au-Prince”, Clotes Alexandre is SOIL’s expert driver. Clotes’ favorite part about SOIL’s work is the simplicity of the composting process and its many rewards. Clotes says, “I’ve even learned to make compost!  I didn’t know how before but now I know.”  Clotes lives in Petionville with his wife.
Junior Bazar, Compost Team Liaison
Junior first learned of SOIL through agronomist Jean Marie Noel.  Originally from Jeremie in the Grand Anse region of Haiti, Junior believes strongly in the potential for SOIL’s work to uplift Haiti, particularly in the agricultural sector. He is very proud of the experience he’s gained working with SOIL and uniquely understands the many benefits of Ecological Sanitation. Junior graduated at the top of his class and is keen to send his children to college when the time comes.
Julien Jean Baptiste, Security
Julien is the eyes, ears and heart of the SOIL house. Born and raised in Jacmel, Julien has lived in Port-au-Prince since 1978.  He first heard of SOIL through Sasha and Nick, who he met when SOIL began working in Port-au-Prince after the earthquake.  While his technical title may be security, Julien is truly a caretaker, making sure both the SOIL team and the home-office are looked after.  Julien hopes that SOIL will continue to collaborate and keep doing their great work.
Everne Lafalez, Depot Supervisor
Originally from Jacmel, Lafalez has the important job of overseeing all of the pieces and parts that allow SOIL’s EcoSan technology to be put into action. He first heard of SOIL through Agronomist Jean-Marie Noel and has been overseeing the SOIL depot for the last seven months.  He is very proud of what SOIL’s work in Haiti and hopes that EcoSan will continue to spread throughout the country.
Antoine “Lalen” Juselène, Housekeeping
Lalen is SOIL’s housekeeper and cooks one meal each week for the entire staff. Originally from Jacmel, she has lived in Port-au-Prince for over 25 years and first heard of SOIL through Julien Jean Baptiste. Lalen is very proud of her work and says she loves everything about her job. The SOIL team most appreciates her bright smile, all of her many kindnesses and her amazing pikliz!
Gustav Celon, Security
Gustav was born in Gros-Mornes, Gonaïves and has been lived in Port-au-Prince since 1988.  He first heard of SOIL through his friend (and ours), Tè, and has been working as night security since the SOIL team moved to its current location.  Gustav is very proud to work for SOIL and prouder still to say that he is expecting his first children this year.
Herrod Pierre, Security
Born in Les Cayes, Herrod has lived in Port-au-Prince since 1993 and has been working as SOIL’s security with his partner Gustav since after the earthquake in 2010.  Herrod enjoys the relaxed, stress free attitude of the SOIL staff, who he says are a pleasure to work with.  Herrod’s brother and three sisters also live in Port-au-Prince.
Wilkens “Manno” Livert, Compost Team
A lifelong resident of Port-au-Prince, Mano is a hard-working member of SOIL’s compost team.  He first heard of SOIL through Agronomist Jean-Marie Noel and is very proud to be working for SOIL.  He believes that the organization will continue to grow and advance in the spirit of respect and teamwork.
 Antoine Yves, Compost Team
Another SOIL staffer born and raised in the Valley of Jacmel, Yves first came to Port-au-Price in 1987.  He also learned about SOIL through Agronomist Jean Marie Noel and has been working as a member of SOIL’s compost team since August 2010.  Yves loves SOIL’s leadership and says that he is happy to work towards accomplishing any goal the organization puts forth.  He has three children in Jacmel.
Theo Huitema, Regional Director
Theo grew up in Holland and embarked at 28 in the world to work first in Haiti. After a few years there and then in Nigeria and Zimbabwe working as an independent contractor and with other NGO’s, he eventually made it back to Haiti and is now part of the SOIL team! Theo has decades of experience working in community sanitation and water project engineering, and believes that projects will be sustainable with local input/know-how and with “appropriate technology” adapted to each situation, and where communities are soliciting the improvement. As Regional Director for SOIL in Cap-Haitien, Theo is working to help communities help themselves, involving all parties that will make these sanitation projects successful, like local authorities and government. In his free time, Theo enjoys biking in the beautiful rural countryside around Cap-Haitien.
Josaphat Augustin, Construction Coordinator and Co-founder of SOL
Josapha is enthusiastic to continue his work developing SOIL’s system of transforming human waste into fertilizer through the natural composting process.  An incredible team leader and master toilet constructor, Josapha oversees all SOIL activities in the north.  He hopes to continue to develop his ability to motivate communities to learn about the incredible benefits of ecological sanitation.
Monika Roy, Program Assistant
Monika hails from California and graduated from UC Berkeley with degrees in Environmental Economics and Sustainable Agriculture. She is EcoSan devoted and delighted to be working with SOIL before pursuing grad school in Sanitation Engineering or Public Health. Monika is helping SOIL administratively as well as conducting agricultural experiments using SOIL’s own humanure compost.
Evelyn “Chantal” Augustin, Administrative Coordinator and Co-founder of SOL
Chantal has worked for SOIL since their founding in 2006. Since the beginning, Chantal has been a critical and steady presence in SOIL and has experience with all the different types of projects that SOIL does. When asked what makes her most proud of our her work with SOIL, Chantal says that we are working together to improve the living conditions of people in Haiti, to help the environment and to improve sanitation.
Romel Toussaint, Agricultural Director
Romel has been working for SOIL since 2010.  He is responsible for all activities held at the Limonadoe compost site including the handling of toilet deliveries, overseeing the compost process, and the extensive experimental garden.  Romel is very enthusiastic about agriculture and is passionate about transforming human waste into a resource that can replenish the Haitian environment.
Erinold Frederic, Supervisor
Erinold is SOIL’s public toilet and technology center supervisor.  Originally from the coastal town of Borgne, he moved to Cap-Haitien to go to school and work for SOIL in 2008. Erinold is very happy to be working with SOIL to bring the population of Haiti better health through ecological sanitation facilities. In addition to working for SOIL, Erinold is currently studying medicine in Cap-Haitien.
Madame Bwa, Community Organizer
Madam Bwa is a stand-out community organizer in Shada.  She has been working with SOIL since 2007 and has played a critical role in every project SOIL has undertaken in Shada. She currently oversees six toilets in Shada and provides consistent communication and coordination between the entire community and SOIL. She is extremely dedicated to the work that SOIL is doing in Haiti and is incredibly passionate about continuing the development of Shada, where she lives with her family and many grandchildren.
Angelot Dubois, Driver
A new member of the Cap-Haitien SOIL staff. Angelot Dubois is responsible for driving the truck twice a week to pick up and deliver used drums to the SOIL compost site in Limonade.  Outside of his work with SOIL, Angelot is an active member of the community of Shada, where he lives with his family.  Angelot is a very hard worker and will be an important part of SOIL’s continued development.
Rose Marie Myrtil, Cook/Housekeeper
Rose Marie is the beloved cook and housekeeper of the SOIL office in Cap-Haitien. She keeps the SOIL staff well fed and happy with her delicious fried chicken and black bean sauce. Rose Marie says that she loves everything about working with SOIL and is proud that things function so well and that people like the food she makes.
Wilner “Met” Pierre, Compost Supervisor
Wilner “Met” Pierre works at SOIL’s compost site in Limonade where he oversees the land, receives used drums, and works through all processes composting.  Met has been working for SOIL since 2009 and looks forward to developing the experimental garden at the compost site.  He lives near Limonade with his family.
Patricia Kramer, Donor Outreach and International Liaison
Since the beginning, Pat has been the secret behind SOIL’s success. SOIL would have stumbled to a halt long ago if Pat hadn’t been there to send out thank you letters, receive in-kind donations, negotiate complicated international bank transfers, receive middle-of-the-night phone calls from SOIL’s Executive Director (her daughter!), and be an unwavering and passionate advocate of SOIL’s work in Haiti. Pat lives in upstate New York.
Leah Nevada Page, Development Director
Leah has been working with SOIL over the past four years as she squeezed trips to Haiti in between day jobs at the United Nations, Mercy Corps and variety of other relief agencies large and small, and we’re happy to say that we now have her full time. Skilled at grant writing and organizational management and fluent in Haitian Creole, she’s a logical choice for a Development Director. And the fact that she grew up in a community that used EcoSan composting toilets and has done lots of farming in her life makes her a perfect fit. She is currently growing her garden in Richmond, VA.