Clean Cooking Webinar: National Needs Assessment and Stakeholder Mapping

Dymphna van der Lans, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Cooking Alliance

Ms. Dymphna van der Lans is the Chief Executive Officer of the Clean Cooking Alliance. Dymphna brings more than 25 years of experience managing and leading global development, energy, and climate initiatives in the nonprofit and private sectors.

Dr. Maria Neira, Director, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, WHO 

Dr. Maria Neira is since 2005, Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health at the World Health Organization (WHO). Prior to WHO, she was Vice Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs in Spain, President of the Spanish Food Safety and Nutrition Agency and she obtained extensive field experience in Africa as a Public Health Adviser.  

Sheila Oparaocha, International Coordinator and Program Manager, ENERGIA

Ms. Sheila Oparaocha is the Executive Director of the ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy.  She has over twenty-one years of experience working at the intersectionality of gender equality, women empowerment and energy access. Sheila is the co-chair of the Technical Advisory Group for the Sustainable Development Goal 7.

Jessica Lewis, Technical Officer, WHO

Ms. Jessica Lewis is a Technical Officer in the Air Quality and Health Unit at the World Health Organization (WHO). She coordinates the development of the Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit (CHEST) and provides technical expertise to countries for implementation of the WHO Guidelines on indoor air quality.

Mr. Juan Jose Castillo is a Regional Advisor on Air Quality and Health at PAHO. His work focuses on providing technical cooperation to countries and supporting regional and national actions in reducing air pollution and protecting public health in the Americas. Mr. Castillo has more than 12 years of experience in the field of environmental public health.

Dr. Karin Troncoso Research Associate, MECS

Dr. Karin Troncoso is a Research Associate at the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) Programme. She has 15 years of experience in research on clean cooking, with a focus on technology adoption, energy and health policy, and monitoring and evaluation. Previously, she worked for the Pan-American Health Organization/WHO.

Bhargav Krishna, Adjunct Faculty, Public Health Foundation of India

Mr. Bhargav Krishna is a Doctor of Public Health Candidate at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and Adjunct Faculty at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). He established and managed the Centre for Environmental Health at PHFI, leading research and teaching on environmental health at the Foundation.

Mr. Paul Mbuthi has over 32 years work experience at the Ministry of Energy handling diverse aspects of renewable energy policy and strategy and coordinating the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of renewable energy programmes and projects. Has been involved in integration of climate change perspectives into energy policy, planning and strategy development.

Ms. Fanny Castillo is Technical Officer of the Public Health Directorate of the Department of Environmental Health of the Ministry of Health of Panama. Her work focuses on the development of policies and interventions to address environmental determinants of health at the national and subnational levels. She leads the working group on air quality and health governance of Panama and has more than 15 years of experience in environmental public health at the Ministry.

Dr. Abraham Ortinez works as a technical expert at the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change of Mexico. His work focuses on research  to support policy making towards reducing emissions and exposure to  Short lived Climate Pollutants  and achieve Nationally determined contributions (NDCs)