Santa Clara University

Organization: Indonesian Institute for Energy Economics (Indonesia)
Role: Chairman and Executive Director
Vision: Launching the Electricity Governance Toolkit
Millennium Development Goal: Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)

Organization: Project Concern International (India)
Role: Project Manager
Vision: To create a "Zero Garbage" world
Inspiring Challenge: To have 350,000 families in Pune segregate their garbage by December 31, 2010.
Millennium Development Goal: Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)

Organization: Democrats Abroad (South Africa)
Role: Owner of B&B and Vice Chair of Democrats Abroad
Vision: Promoting a balance of conservation, sustainability and development of the natural environment and the tourism industry
Millennium Development Goal: Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)

Organization: Association for Social & Environmental Development (India)
Role: Chief Executive Officer
Vision: Youth Nurture Nature and Nature Nurtures Peace
Inspiring Challenge: Create 10,000 Young Green Advocates through the Green Rhinos Program. (by World Environment Day June 5, 2013)
Millennium Development Goal: Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)
Accomplishments:
- I am proud that I was able to set up the organization Association for Social and Environmental Development (ASED), which is reaching out to school students and the public for biodiversity enhancement.
- I was proud when we received the best poster award at the Living Knowledge 2009 Conference in Belfast giving international recognition to our work.

Organization: SNV Netherlands Development Organization (Tanzania)
Role: Project Director, Renewable Energy and Biogas
Vision: Educate women about their rights; See more Tanzanians have better lives by adopting newer renewable energy technologies for their home
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)

Organization: Global Women's Water Initiative (USA)
Role: Director
Vision: Clean water and sanitation for all people
Inspiring Challenge: Grassroots women will provide sustainable clean water and sanitation to over 100,000 people in East Africa. (by December 12, 2012)
Millennium Development Goal: Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)
Accomplishments:
- Building a world peace movement mobilizing the Million Voice Choir in 100 cities in 60 countries and to sing a song I wrote called WE RISE in response to 9/11.
- Founding a multi-award winning water organization that is a acclaimed model in social entrepreneurship.

Organization: TerraFocus (USA)
Role: Executive Director
Vision: Women everywhere have the opportunity to reach their full potential in a world where they are appreciated and valued.
Inspiring Challenge: Change US policies from a focus on national security to a focus on global human security
Millennium Development Goal: Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)
Accomplishments:
- Co-chairing a joint initiative between the Global Fund for Women and Women Donors Network members - Beyond Militarism: Women Building a Just Peace.
- Participating in several forums working on peace and security, specifically from a women's perspective.

Organization: Sunflower lighting (USA)
Role: Founding partner and acting business relation liaison and project manager
Vision: Light is a Human Right! My vision is to provide off-grid renewal solutions across global communities, currently deprived of this basic right.
Inspiring Challenge: Phase 1, install SUNFLOWER LIGHTING solutions (SFL) throughout four states in Mexico, bringing light to over 1.2 m people. (by December 2012)
Millennium Development Goal: Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)
Accomplishments: My proudest accomplishments will be the completion of the company's first production run and installation, thus the establishment of our first community center in Mexico (then Latin America and beyond) -- a safe place providing educational programs and more.

Organization: GLOBAL LID (Peru)
Role: Technical Manager; Architect
Vision: Providing management education for Peruvian women
Millennium Development Goal: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty (1); Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)

Organization: Women's Earth Alliance (Ghana)
Role: Sub-Saharan African Program Director
Vision: Empower and equip all women and girls to be whole women, whole leaders to fulfill their visions for a whole world.
Inspiring Challenge: Create a dynamic partnership between the Women's Earth Alliance and the Global Women's Water Initiative, working on women's rights to water, land, farming and basic human dignity.
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7); Develop a Global Partnership for Development (8)

Organization: Women's Earth Alliance (USA-based)
Role: Founder, Co-Director
Vision: Partner with grassroots organizations internationally to holistically build the capacities of women leaders who are addressing acute environmental and climate challenges in their communities
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)

Organization: Rancho Agropecuario Vallejo (Mexico)
Role: General Manager and Owner, Vanilla Vallejo
Vision: Support indigenous women by developing a Tropical Farmers Network
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)

Organization: Women Initiative for Sustainable Environment (Nigeria)
Role: Founder and Program Coordinator
Vision: Emancipating women for the development of society
Millennium Development Goal: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty (1); Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)

Organization: Machu Picchu Gallery of the Americas, Inca Gardens (USA-based)
Role: Owner of Art Gallery and Peruvian Restaurant
Vision: Empower people of the Americas, their culture and natural resources
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)

Organization: The Vanilla Company (USA-based)
Role: Founder
Vision: Sustainable farming, education and loans for vanilla farmers
Inspiring Challenge: To bring hope and positive change to the farmers, their families and the environment of the tropics
Millennium Development Goal: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty (1); Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7); Develop a Global Partnership for Development (8)

Organization: BAIF Development Research Foundation (India)
Role: Senior Programme Officer
Vision: Rehabilitate tribes on degraded lands and various rural non-farm activities for generating employment for landless families
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)

Organization: Renri LLC (Japan)
Role: Founder and Senior Partner
Vision: Restoring coral reefs in Okinawa
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)

Organization: World Wide Fund for Nature (Pakistan)
Role: Community Development Officer
Vision: Building ecological and economic security for marginalized mountain people
Millennium Development Goal: Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)

Organization: Blue Planet Network (Kenya)
Role: Maasai Warrior and Elder, Activist for Safe Drinking Water
Vision: Educating girls by liberating them from the task of hauling water
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)

Organization: Association of Consecrated Women of Eastern and Central Africa (Kenya)
Role: Chairperson
Vision: Empower women to seek wholeness of life through community health center
Millennium Development Goal: Improve Maternal Health (5); Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)

Organization: World Wildlife Fund (Kenya)
Role: Conservation Education Program Manager
Vision: Generating sustainable livelihoods and environmental conservation for riparian communities
Millennium Development Goal: Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)