Energy and the City
Joan Eischen is an International Business Development Specialist with more than 20 years’ experience working in complex product and services sales in Europe, Latin America and North America.  Her diverse work experience has allowed her to see and hear first-hand the voices of women in the workplace. From 2007 through 2010 she served on the board of directors for Women's Energy Network (WEN), an international association of women working in the energy industry. Through this organization Eischen met many senior female executives who were breaking the glass ceiling. It was these women and the WEN organization that caused her to write the stories and gather the advice for "Energy and the City." Eischen is originally from Grafton, WI. She met her Dutch husband Maarten van Hasselt while on ex-pat assignment in Brazil (RIO). They married in a castle in Spain and over the past thirteen years they lived in five countries and three continents while working in the energy industry.