Sandra Winarsa has worked in several development sectors such as renewable energy, environmental education, youth social-green entrepreneurship, and climate change. Since 2012, she has been responsible for leading Hivos' portfolio in sustainable energy and one of them is the multi-actors Iconic Island initiative. The initiative aims to provide the population of the medium-sized Indonesia island of Sumba with 100% renewable energy as a driving force of development focusing on decentralized solutions at remote villages.

Atty. Mayo-Anda is an environmental attorney with over 25 years of field-based practice in environmental advocacy and community-based resource management work in the Philippines. She established the Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC) in 1990, now one of the Philippines’ most active NGOs working to empower communities and local stakeholders to protect their natural resources. She is currently the Executive Director of ELAC.