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                                          style="color:#ffffff">Dymphna
                                          van der Lans (right) will
                                          succeed Radha Muthiah (left)
                                          as the new Alliance CEO. Radha
                                          will continue to serve as a
                                          member of the Alliance
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style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Today,
                                                    we are excited to
                                                    welcome the newest
                                                    member of the
                                                    Alliance team, our
                                                    new CEO Dymphna van
                                                    der Lans. Dymphna
                                                    succeeds Radha
                                                    Muthiah, who will
                                                    continue to serve as
                                                    a member of the
                                                    Alliance Leadership
                                                    Council.</span></span></span></p>
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style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Dymphna
                                                    brings </span><span
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                                                      style="color:black">more
                                                      than 25 years of
                                                      experience
                                                      managing and
                                                      leading global
                                                      development,
                                                      energy, and
                                                      climate
                                                      initiatives in the
                                                      nonprofit and
                                                      private sectors. </span></span><span
                                                    style="color:black">Read
                                                    the full press
                                                    release below and
                                                    watch a welcome
                                                    video of Radha and
                                                    Dymphna as well.</span></span></span></p>
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style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span
style="color:black">GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN COOKSTOVES NAMES DYMPHNA
                                                        VAN DER LANS AS
                                                        CHIEF EXECUTIVE
                                                        OFFICER</span></b></span></span></span></p>
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style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span
style="color:black">March 19, 2018, Washington, D.C</span></b><span
                                                      style="color:black">.
                                                      — The Global
                                                      Alliance for Clean
                                                      Cookstoves
                                                      (Alliance) today
                                                      announced the
                                                      appointment of
                                                      Dymphna van der
                                                      Lans as its new
                                                      Chief Executive
                                                      Officer. Dymphna
                                                      succeeds Radha
                                                      Muthiah, who will
                                                      continue to serve
                                                      as a member of the
                                                      Alliance
                                                      Leadership
                                                      Council.</span></span></span></span></p>
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style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="color:black">Dymphna brings more than 25 years of experience
                                                      managing and
                                                      leading global
                                                      development,
                                                      energy, and
                                                      climate
                                                      initiatives in the
                                                      nonprofit and
                                                      private sectors.
                                                      In her most recent
                                                      role, she led
                                                      international
                                                      corporate
                                                      engagement with
                                                      the World Wildlife
                                                      Fund’s Climate
                                                      & Energy team.
                                                      Previously, she
                                                      worked with the
                                                      Clinton Foundation
                                                      as CEO of the
                                                      Clinton Climate
                                                      Initiative and has
                                                      also served as the
                                                      senior director
                                                      for public policy
                                                      programs at the
                                                      German Marshall
                                                      Fund of the United
                                                      States. </span></span></span></span></p>
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style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="color:black">“Dymphna is a dynamic and high energy leader with a
                                                      commitment to
                                                      tackling complex,
                                                      interconnected
                                                      issues,” said
                                                      Kathy Calvin, head
                                                      of the Alliance
                                                      Leadership Council
                                                      and CEO of the UN
                                                      Foundation, which
                                                      hosts the
                                                      Alliance.  “Her
                                                      extensive
                                                      leadership and
                                                      innovation in the
                                                      nonprofit and
                                                      private sectors
                                                      match well with
                                                      the Alliance’s
                                                      market-based
                                                      approach to
                                                      solving one of the
                                                      world’s most
                                                      pressing issues. I
                                                      am confident
                                                      Dymphna will build
                                                      on the incredible
                                                      progress on clean
                                                      cooking that Radha
                                                      has led so ably.”</span></span></span></span></p>
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style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="color:black">Dymphna, who will join the Alliance full-time on
                                                      April 23, has
                                                      served as the
                                                      director of global
                                                      renewables,
                                                      infrastructure,
                                                      and energy
                                                      efficiency at a
                                                      specialist
                                                      investment banking
                                                      firm in London,
                                                      and also worked
                                                      for seven years at
                                                      BP, where her last
                                                      appointment was as
                                                      BP Alternative
                                                      Energy’s director
                                                      of distributed
                                                      energy markets.
                                                      Her native
                                                      language is Dutch,
                                                      and in addition,
                                                      she speaks English
                                                      and Chinese
                                                      fluently and has
                                                      conversation
                                                      ability in both
                                                      French and German.
                                                      Dymphna has worked
                                                      and lived in
                                                      China, India and
                                                      Kenya and worked
                                                      with island
                                                      nations in the
                                                      Caribbean and the
                                                      Indian and Pacific
                                                      Oceans to support
                                                      their transition
                                                      away from
                                                      polluting diesel
                                                      fuels to renewable
                                                      sources of energy.
                                                      She holds advanced
                                                      degrees from both
                                                      Leiden University
                                                      and the University
                                                      of Beijing. In
                                                      addition, Dymphna
                                                      earned a Master’s
                                                      in Business
                                                      Administration
                                                      from Rice
                                                      University and is
                                                      also a graduate
                                                      from Dialogos,
                                                      Leadership for
                                                      Collective
                                                      Intelligence, and
                                                      the Kellogg School
                                                      of Management’s
                                                      Sales and
                                                      Marketing
                                                      Leadership
                                                      Program.</span></span></span></span></p>
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style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
                                                      style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="color:black">“I am excited to join the Alliance, an organization
                                                        that’s made
                                                        tremendous
                                                        progress on one
                                                        of the toughest
                                                        challenges of
                                                        our time,” said
                                                        Dymphna.  “It’s
                                                        clear there’s no
                                                        single solution
                                                        to this complex
                                                        issue – it’s
                                                        going to take a
                                                        whole systems
                                                        approach.
                                                        Together with
                                                        our dedicated
                                                        partners,
                                                        entrepreneurs
                                                        and donors
                                                        around the
                                                        world, I’m
                                                        confident the
                                                        Alliance can
                                                        continue the
                                                        momentum it has
                                                        built and
                                                        ultimately help
                                                        achieve
                                                        universal access
                                                        to clean cooking
                                                        solutions.”</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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style="color:black"><span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">Since its
                                                          founding in
                                                          2010, the
                                                          Alliance has
                                                          raised
                                                          significant
                                                          global
                                                          awareness and
                                                          engagement
                                                          around this
                                                          issue, with
                                                          more than 1800
                                                          active partner
                                                          organizations,
                                                          enterprises
                                                          and
                                                          governments
                                                          working on
                                                          clean cooking.
                                                          The Alliance
                                                          has also
                                                          helped drive
                                                          the research,
                                                          standards
                                                          development,
                                                          and innovation
                                                          that are
                                                          improving both
                                                          the quality of
                                                          stoves and
                                                          fuels
                                                          available to
                                                          the consumer,
                                                          as well as the
                                                          new business
                                                          models that
                                                          are ensuring
                                                          affordability
                                                          and
                                                          distribution
                                                          to all who are
                                                          in need. 
                                                          Through joint
                                                          communications
                                                          and advocacy,
                                                          the issue of
                                                          clean cooking
                                                          is now firmly
                                                          entrenched in
                                                          dozens of
                                                          country
                                                          climate plans
                                                          and within
                                                          multiple
                                                          Sustainable
                                                          Development
                                                          Goals.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="background:white"><span
style="color:black">ABOUT THE ALLIANCE</span></span></b><br>
                                                  <span
                                                    style="color:black"><span
style="background:white">The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is a
                                                      public-private
                                                      partnership hosted
                                                      by the UN
                                                      Foundation to save
                                                      lives, improve
                                                      livelihoods,
                                                      empower women, and
                                                      protect the
                                                      environment by
                                                      creating a
                                                      thriving global
                                                      market for clean
                                                      and efficient
                                                      household cooking
                                                      solutions. The
                                                      Alliance is
                                                      working with a
                                                      strong network of
                                                      public, private
                                                      and non-profit
                                                      partners to
                                                      accelerate the
                                                      production,
                                                      deployment, and
                                                      use of clean and
                                                      efficient
                                                      cookstoves and
                                                      fuels in
                                                      developing
                                                      countries.</span></span></span></span></p>
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                                                    <p>The Global
                                                      Alliance for Clean
                                                      Cookstoves is a
                                                      United Nations
                                                      Foundation-hosted
                                                      public-private
                                                      partnership to
                                                      save lives,
                                                      improve
                                                      livelihoods,
                                                      empower women, and
                                                      protect the
                                                      environment by
                                                      creating a
                                                      thriving global
                                                      market for clean
                                                      and efficient
                                                      household cooking
                                                      solutions. The
                                                      Alliance’s goal
                                                      calls for 100
                                                      million households
                                                      to adopt clean and
                                                      efficient stoves
                                                      and fuels by 2020.
                                                      The Alliance is
                                                      working with over
                                                      1700 public,
                                                      private, and
                                                      non-profit
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