Collaborators

  • Gisella Reina

    Advisor

    Gisella Reina

    Advisor
    Collaborator

    Gisella Reina joined ECOLISE as advisor to the fundraising circle in 2023. She is a seasoned professional with over thirty years of experience in institutional development, governance, fundraising, and partnership building for non-profit organizations. She studied rural development and agricultural economics, she travelled and worked extensively in several countries and is fluent in Italian, Dutch, English and French.  She is passionate about human rights and environmental causes: climate change is imposing challenges that require engaging in socially just and ecologically sustainable solution.  She now lives in Italy where she works to restore a small farm.

    gisella.reina@ecolise.eu


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  • Eamon O’Hara

    Development Advisor

    Eamon O’Hara

    Development Advisor
    Collaborator

    Eamon O’Hara did the groundbreaking work of leading ECOLISE as the Executive Director since the organization was founded in 2014. Eamon initiated and co-founded ECOLISE. He has been managing EU projects and initiatives on local development and the environment since 1994, both in Ireland and in Brussels where he worked with AEIDL and the European LEADER Observatory. In 2007 he led the external communications team for the EU LIFE programme, with responsibility for coordinating the activities of 15 experts in communications and the environment. Eamon holds a bachelors’ degree in environmental science, a masters’ degree in climate change and sustainable development, and post-graduate qualifications in business administration, project management, and rural development. Born and raised in Ireland, he now lives in France.

    eamon.ohara@ecolise.eu


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