Elisa Lai is a Senior Manager with more than six years of experience in appliance energy efficiency and off-grid appliance market development. She is a leading technical expert on off-grid appliances, managing the Global LEAP Off-Grid Appliance Data Platform, and much of CLASP’s related test method development and quality assurance work. A native Taiwanese and a Mandarin speaker, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Diplomacy and Journalism from the National Chengchi University in Taiwan and a Master of Arts in Global Environmental Policy and International Politics from the American University.