TechGROWTH Associate Director Faith Knutsen is a member of the executive staff and manages project administration. Previously, Ms. Knutsen worked for twelve years in an executive role at Sunpower, Inc., an Athens Ohio-based 60-employee R&D engineering firm. Ms. Knutsen's early career in international development focused on micro-enterprise in Central Africa, with travel and consulting in East, Central and West Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Ms. Knutsen holds degrees from Oberlin College and Ohio University, and was born and raised in SE Ohio.