• Launching a new non-profit organization, Arc Finance, Ltd., to link energy enterprises with microfinance institutions


• Senior consultant for United Nations Development Programme to support wide array of activities related to sustainable energy policies and projects at the global, regional, and national level


• Advising E+Co, an investment company in energy enterprises, on how to link entrepreneurs with microfinance institutions to expand their market


• Teaching and collaborating with Columbia University's Center for Energy and Marine Transportation at the School of International and Public Affairs

Recent Projects

• Project manager for joint Citigroup Foundation and USAID-sponsored research project focusing on energy and microfinance lending portfolios in Africa, Asia and Latin America


• Led project evaluation of the Ghana Multifunctional Platform pilot project for the UNDP Regional Programme for Energy Poverty in West Africa


• Principal investigator on rural energy project for United States Agency for International Development to prepare training and outreach for field officers in developing countries


• Global Village Energy Partnership advisor and liaison for UNDP


• Developed and wrote training material on energy and climate change to raise awareness and build capacity of UNDP field officers and policymakers


• Principal investigator on APEC-funded project to analyze opportunities for retrofitting diesel mini-grids with renewable energy


• Researched and developed guidebook on financing renewable energy projects in rural areas of the APEC region


• Planned and implemented study of four countries in the APEC region on high value end-use applications of renewable energy systems


• Evaluated alternative financing mechanisms for research, development and commercialization of energy technologies