Prescott College ASK Career Network
Mentor Biography

Windy Dankoff, Santa Fe, NM
President (Retired): Dankoff Solar Products, Inc.

Professional Biography:
Windy retired from Dankoff Solar Products, Inc. in 2005. Prior to joining Dankoff Solar Products, Inc., Windy served as Owner at WindLight Workshop. He attended Prescott College where he studied Home Energy Management & Wind Power and earned a Bachelors degree in 1976. Windy's core expertise includes Off-grid solar-electric power and water pumping and small entrepreneurship in an avant-gard field.

Please provide a work description:
Founder of Dankoff Solar Products, first as a wind power, then solar power business for the off-grid market. Developed specialty products, went wholesale only, then sold the company in 2005.

Personal Biography:
In his personal time, Windy enjoys wilderness experience, flute making and playing, sculpture, teaching his grandchildren, and struggling to understand this crazy world.

Prescott College ASK Network Q & A
Q: Please provide a listing of the UG School(s) you attended:
A: Carnegie-Mellon, Prescott College
Q: Please list your major(s)/concentration(s):
A: Carnegie-Mellon: Engineering, Prescott College: Self-defined off-campus workstudy in "Home Energy Management and Wind Power"
Q: What was your UG year of graduation at PC?
A: 1977
Q: Please list your undergraduate activities:
A: Lots of wilderness experience, until he discovered his field of interest from a course at Precott College.