{"id":12764,"date":"2020-11-17T17:48:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T17:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/?post_type=littlesun_team&#038;p=12764"},"modified":"2021-02-16T08:07:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T08:07:33","slug":"john-heller","status":"publish","type":"littlesun_team","link":"https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/blog\/team\/john-heller\/","title":{"rendered":"John Heller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/YER5412_low-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/YER5412_low-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/YER5412_low-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/YER5412_low-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/YER5412_low-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/YER5412_low-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/YER5412_low-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/YER5412_low-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-tertiary-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cLight comes from the heart.\u201d<\/p><cite>John Heller<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>John Heller is the Chief Executive Officer of Little Sun. Prior to joining Little Sun, he served as Managing Director of the Synergos Institute, a non-profit organization that generates collaborative solutions to poverty worldwide.&nbsp;John founded and led a social-purpose consultancy within Synergos that enabled corporations, foundations, and philanthropists to advance social impact.&nbsp;Clients included Walmart, PepsiCo, eBay, Shell, Bloomberg Philanthropies,&nbsp;Unilever, DuPont-Pioneer, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Conservation International, and the UN Global Compact, among others. He also mobilized large-scale collaborations that reduced maternal mortality in Namibia, advanced agricultural transformation in Nigeria, and enhanced aboriginal peoples\u2019 quality of life in Western Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Little Sun - The Power of the Sun for Everyone\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/410964564?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, John worked with the Council on International Educational Exchange, the Open Society Institute, and the Population and Community Development Association.&nbsp;He served for two years as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in rural Thailand working on village-level income generation, nutrition, and sanitation projects. He speaks Thai and Spanish and holds a BA in Sociology from Haverford College and an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University.&nbsp;He won the Haverford College Award for Service to Humanity in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-background-dim\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-4@1.5x.jpg)\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/stories\/\">Read John&#8217;s latest blogs here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13727,"template":"","littlesun_location":[],"class_list":["post-12764","littlesun_team","type-littlesun_team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/littlesun_team\/12764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/littlesun_team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/littlesun_team"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"littlesun_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlesun.org\/donation-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/littlesun_location?post=12764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}