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AUTHOR BIOS
Zsaria Diaz is an Associate with the Islands Energy Program at RMI where she
provides support to projects to implement solar and energy storage within
the Caribbean region. She is in the final year of the MSc. Renewable Energy
Technology programme at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine and
has a BSc. in Chemical and Process Engineering from the same institution.
Zsaria has also written articles on renewable energy and related technologies
for company websites and the CESaRE Impacts magazine.
Siana Teelucksingh is a Senior Project Manager with RMI. She has been
working in the Caribbean renewable energy space for eight years and currently
supports electric utilities in designing and de-risking solar and energy storage
microgrids. She has also worked extensively on Integrated Resource Plans for
Caribbean Nations. Prior to RMI, Siana was a Renewable Energy Consultant
with the Clinton Climate Initiative. Siana has developed the Rethinking Energy
video series, in collaboration with IAMovement and has given a TEDxPort-of-
Spain talk which explores opportunities in T&T’s energy landscape.
Kaitlyn Bunker, Ph.D., P.E. is a Director of the Islands Energy Program at RMI,
where she leads a diverse team that partners with islands in the Caribbean
to support and accelerate their clean energy transitions. The team completes
energy modeling and technical analysis to develop integrated resource plans,
prepares and de-risks resilient clean energy projects, and connects energy
professionals in regional communities of practice. Kaitlyn completed at Ph.D.
in electrical engineering from Michigan Technological University focused
on microgrids and optimizing control strategies for distributed renewable
resources.
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