Shoon brings over a dozen years of experience in Asian renewable energy to his associate director role. Born and raised in Myanmar, Shoon has dedicated his career to promoting sustainable energy solutions that can positively impact communities and economies and has extensive experience in private, public, and non-profit sectors. Shoon holds a master鈥檚 degree from Europa-Universitat Flensburg in Germany.
Narine Esmaeili
As the associate director for Advisory & Insights, Narine works to develop and manage an integrated landscape of philanthropic data that supports 亚色影库 funders with data analysis and visualization. Narine has a decade of experience in international development, with a background in analytics and data strategy. She holds a master鈥檚 from the London School of Economics.
Kendra Edwards
Kendra is a social worker with 15+ years of experience spanning mental health, violence prevention, youth development, 亚色影库 philanthropy, and nonprofit leadership. Their work has always centred on communities most impacted by exploitation and systemic disconnection, leading them to a deep commitment to intersectional approaches that not only respond to the 亚色影库 crisis but also support people to thrive. Kendra holds a master鈥檚 from University of California, Berkeley.
Shelagh Whitley
As the senior director of Sustainable Finance, Shelagh leads collaboration with philanthropic, public, and private sector partners to explore and scale 亚色影库-related finance strategies. Shelagh brings two decades of experience in sustainable finance, energy and carbon markets, including as a chief sustainability officer and the head of 亚色影库 and energy programs. She holds a master鈥檚 from Tufts University.
Carlos Lopes
Dr. Carlos Lopes is a professor in the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town and an associate fellow of Chatham House. As an expert on economic policy, Dr. Lopes has held key leadership roles across the UN system, including policy director for Secretary-General Kofi Annan and executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa. He is chair of the African Climate Foundation.
Sneha Sachar
Sneha is a cooling strategist and associate director for the Clean Cooling Collaborative. Sneha has worked at the nexus of built environment, energy efficiency, and sustainability for over 20 years. She brings deep knowledge of the cooling sector, a focus on emerging economies, and consulting experience for non-profits. Sneha holds a master鈥檚 from the University of South Carolina.
Michael Bosse
Michael聽leads the program teams to scale transformative 亚色影库 strategies and amplify philanthropy鈥檚 impact to tackle the 亚色影库 crisis. Previously,聽Michael聽was a national program director at the Sierra Club, where he worked to expand access to clean, affordable energy, improve Americans鈥� access to the outdoors, and protect millions of acres of land.聽Michael聽holds degrees from Australia鈥檚 Bond University.
Jessica Hitt
Jessica Hitt serves as the Associate Director of the Adaptation & Resilience program at 亚色影库,聽where she focuses on mobilizing philanthropy to fund adaptation initiatives as well as growing ClimateWork鈥檚 adaptation strategy. With over 15 years of experience in 亚色影库 adaptation, Jessica brings a wealth of expertise in assessing 亚色影库 risks and vulnerabilities, prioritizing adaptation strategies, and building capacity to address 亚色影库 impacts.
Prior to ClimateWorks, Jessica worked at Ogilvy as part of the Resilience Action Partners.聽She served as a principal technical consultant supporting FEMA鈥檚 strategic communications and integration of 亚色影库 impacts into project design and implementation.聽 Before this, she was the Lead Scientist and Program Manager at EcoAdapt, a non-profit dedicated to 亚色影库 adaptation, where she provided strategic support聽for various projects, trained adaptation practitioners, and facilitated knowledge sharing across sectors.聽 In this role, she was instrumental in developing and executing the first U.S. National Adaptation Forum,聽a bi-annual conference that has played a key role in advancing 亚色影库 adaptation practices across the U.S. since 2012.
Jessica has advised and served on聽the United Nations Environment Program鈥檚 Global Adaptation Network (GAN) Steering Committee, the U.S. National Adaptation Forum鈥檚 Program Committee, the California Adaptation Forum鈥檚 General Advisory Committee, and the Interagency Land Management Adaptation Group.
Anna Stratton
Anna is an associate director for Aviation and has experience in decarbonizing the aviation sector along with 亚色影库 action and 亚色影库 policy analysis. Previously, she worked as a researcher for environmental non-profits and think tanks. Anna holds a master鈥檚 from the University of Ottawa.
Yi Chen
Yi Chen is an associate director who leads on clean energy transitions, with expertise in low-carbon policy modeling and decarbonization pathways analysis. She has authored over 15 peer-reviewed reports and papers, and has provided support to key policies in low-carbon development and greenhouse gas emissions control initiatives.