Eddie Ocampo
Self-Help Enterprises Director of Community Sustainability
Fresno
Eddie Ocampo is the Program Director of the Community Sustainability Department at Self-Help Enterprises (SHE). Eddie was hired by SHE’s Community Development (CD) Department in 2012. He has also served in the capacity of a CD Specialist, CD Manager, and CD Assistant Director. He has expertise in organizing and collaborating with rural and low-income communities to identify water and wastewater systems’ needs and solutions. At SHE, his primary duties include staff and department management, programs’ and projects’ development and implementation, community income survey development and implementation, septic system and groundwater survey implementation, housing survey implementation, preparation of loan and grant applications for water, wastewater, regional water management, multi-benefit land repurposing, and solar project funding, project grant and loan administration, public district formation facilitation, consultant recruitment, and compensation negotiation, contract preparation, and training of community members, board members, and staff. Other experience includes data analysis, collection, and reporting. Eddie graduated from high school in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV); left the SJV to attend college and graduate studies.