KRISTIN STROUP has focused her career on the intersection of economic development and sustainable energy access. Her work, which has largely been overseas, has spanned policy and strategic planning, deployment of renewable energy technologies, environmental and social safeguards implementation, and all aspects of program and project management, for Manitoba Hydro International, the World Bank, the Energy and Security Group, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Most recently, she has overseen utility-scale solar projects for GA-based EPC United Renewable Energy. She holds a MA in International Development from the University of Denver and a BA in Anthropology from Barnard College.