Richenda Van Leeuwen is an energy access expert who led Energy Access at the UN Foundation and with the UN Sustainable Energy for All Initiative from 2010-2016. She launched and led the now 2,500 member "Energy Access Practitioner Network," focused on off-grid and mini-grid renewable energy solutions. She is currently chair, international institutions at the Global LPG Partnership, addressing cooking energy access, and a member of the World Bank's Energy Program Technical Advisory Group.