Who we are


Our advisory board is highly involved in the venture's progression and provides expertise and advice on various aspects whenever it is needed.

Yoo-Mi Yoo-Mi Lee has 30 years of diverse business and international development experience. She currently manages a South Asian development portal and works on environmental and energy projects in South India.

Mark Mark Jacobs retired from the practice of law in 2004 to devote full attention to projects in the areas of global health and environmental sustainability. He was an original member of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Darfur Stove Project

John John Danner is a Senior Fellow at Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley. Mr. Danner has over 30 years of professional experience advising and managing both large, complex organizations and emerging start-up ventures. He served as a management consultant an worked in a diverse array of industry settings, from energy and healthcare to consumer products and multimedia. He conducts seminars for the school's international Executive Education program and serves as a senior moderator of the Aspen Institute Executive Seminar.

Alice Alice Lin Fabiano is a global program manager for Johnson & Johnson's corporate philanthropy group and leads its efforts at Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action ("MAMA"), a public-private partnership with USAID, mHealth Alliance, UN Foundation and BabyCenter. Previously, she worked at The Children's Investment Fund Foundation ("CIFF") focusing on projects related to indoor air pollution and water, and The Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit strategy consulting firm. Alice began her career at Morgan Stanley where she worked in its Global Capital Markets, Investment Banking Management, and Microfinance Institutions Group. Alice holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University.

Jessica Dr Jessica Seddon is Head of Research at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and recently served as a CFR International Affairs Fellow working with the US-EPA. Prior to coming to IIHS, Dr. Seddon served as Director of the Centre for Development Finance and Professor at the Institute for Financial and Management Research in Chennai.