Staff

Job C. Heintz, Chief Executive Officer of the Himalayan Cataract Project, is responsible for the implementation and coordination of strategies that meet programmatic and organizational needs of the organization. Heintz provides leadership in technical direction, programs, finances, communications, legal and policy initiatives of HCP. He works closely with the Board of Directors, Staff, government agencies, partner organizations and HCP supporters in carrying out his responsibilities.

Heintz was instrumental in securing financing from a diverse array of sources and overseeing all aspects of development for the multi-million dollar Tilganga Eye Center expansion in Nepal. His responsiveness and rapport with USAID-ASHA principals over the past five years have led to subsequent opportunities for HCP, including development of an eye care center in Kumasi, Ghana, and participation in the USAID Child Blindness project.

Heintz earned his J.D. and Master of Studies in Law (Cum Laude) at Vermont Law School, and a BA from the University of New Hampshire. Job has over fourteen years of public interest legal and international development experience. In 1994 he co-founded Pro Public, Nepal’s first public interest environmental law firm. He worked previously as associate director of the Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Center and was an attorney and program director for the Vermont Natural Resources Council. He is a member of the Vermont Bar Association, the Environmental Law Alliance-Worldwide and is a former mountaineering instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School (100 weeks in the field). Heintz’s work has taken him to Asia, Africa, and South America.

Emily R. Newick, Chief Operating Officer of the Himalayan Cataract Project, is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the organization, including management of the financial and accounting systems, program oversight and direction, communication and development. Newick joined the HCP in 2003.

Newick earned her Master of Public Health at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice at Dartmouth and her BA from Middlebury College. Newick’s experience prior to the joining the HCP focused on health systems and community development. She worked with the Gjilan-Dartmouth Primary Health Care Partnership where she facilitated the creation of a plan to implement medical records systems at a family medical center in Gjilan, Kosovo. Prior to her graduate work, she researched the feasibility of health insurance for micro entrepreneurs in Honduras and Nicaragua for a microfinance organization. Newick’s work has taken her throughout Central America and Mexico, and to Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe/the Balkans.

Newick serves on the Admissions Committee for the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice and on the Global Health Council’s Central NH/VT Community Network. She lives in the Upper Valley region of Vermont with her husband.