Hans Klose is the founder and owner of Sovereign Sustainable Initiatives LLC based on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Sovereign Sustainable Initiatives develops sustainable energy systems in Native American communities in the southwestern United States.
Hans is also on the board of directors for Drive Electric Arizona and is the founder and president of the Three Rivers Tribes chapter of Drive Electric Arizona – the only Native American chapter of Drive Electric USA, representing the Fort McDowell (Verde River), Salt River, and Gila River Native American communities within the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Hans is an enrolled member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (located next to Scottsdale, Arizona). His father is a German immigrant, and his mother was a full-blooded Pima (Akimel O’odham) Native American. Hans grew up in Arizona on the Salt River, Gila River, and Tohono O’odham reservations before attending Dartmouth College in New Hampshire where he received his B.A. in religion.
