Victoria Lopez is the Executive Director of Sibol ng Agham at Teknolohiya (SIBAT), Inc., a Philippines non-profit organization which founded and developed the Community-based Renewable Energy System (CBRES) approach about 25 years ago, focusing on small-scale hydropower, solar PV, and wind. Ms. Lopez had led in building CBRES as a strategy to deliver sustainable energy access to rural communities -- through grassroots work, technology and policy development. She graduated MS Physics and was a faculty member at the University of the Philippines.