Earth One / Fellowship
Manvendra Singh Shekhawat
India
Biocultures
Chair
Seeing potential & poetry in places and people and crafting moments & spaces of wonder, joy & connection is my passion and profession. My quest now, is to understand and innovate on the future of liveability and create a playbook for making regenerative human settlements.
Manvendra Singh Shekhawat
India
Biocultures
Chair
Seeing potential & poetry in places and people and crafting moments & spaces of wonder, joy & connection is my passion and profession. My quest now, is to understand and innovate on the future of liveability and create a playbook for making regenerative human settlements.
Jan Hania
New Zealand
Biocultures
Steward
Indigenous Māori elder of Aotearoa New Zealand; working at the interface of large scale biodiversity restoration, climate change transition and indigenous equity frontiers throughout New Zealand, and alongside other indigenous nations - reconnecting humanity to mother earth.
Jan Hania
New Zealand
Biocultures
Steward
Indigenous Māori elder of Aotearoa New Zealand; working at the interface of large scale biodiversity restoration, climate change transition and indigenous equity frontiers throughout New Zealand, and alongside other indigenous nations - reconnecting humanity to mother earth.
Jonathan Love
United States
Biocultures
Steward
For the last 40 years I have been engaged in the transformation of human systems, working in corporations with various consulting firms, countries with UNDP, policy making with Project Drawdown, the whole social ecosystem, with Pachamama Alliance, and my self with numerous teachers.
Jonathan Love
United States
Biocultures
Steward
For the last 40 years I have been engaged in the transformation of human systems, working in corporations with various consulting firms, countries with UNDP, policy making with Project Drawdown, the whole social ecosystem, with Pachamama Alliance, and my self with numerous teachers.
Josie Watson
United States
Biocultures
Steward
Masters in Environmental Management from Yale University. She is a Nancy W. Anderson Award Recipient, the Founder of the Northeast Healthy Soil Network, and an Attorney licensed in VT. Josie is a regenerative agriculture food systems thinker and converts from global governance (UN level) to Northeast bioregional level climate resilience. In her joint law/masters program she analyzed pathways of strengthening the local scale of U.S. government program infrastructure, Rights of Nature law, and indigenous sovereignty law as the foundation of this work - to support the original philosophers and practitioners of ecologically integrated culture and economy.
Josie Watson
United States
Biocultures
Steward
Masters in Environmental Management from Yale University. She is a Nancy W. Anderson Award Recipient, the Founder of the Northeast Healthy Soil Network, and an Attorney licensed in VT. Josie is a regenerative agriculture food systems thinker and converts from global governance (UN level) to Northeast bioregional level climate resilience. In her joint law/masters program she analyzed pathways of strengthening the local scale of U.S. government program infrastructure, Rights of Nature law, and indigenous sovereignty law as the foundation of this work - to support the original philosophers and practitioners of ecologically integrated culture and economy.
Tricia Eastman
United States
Biocultures
Chaplain
Medicine woman with mestiza roots and a decade of study and initiations in the Bwiti tradition. As founder of Ancestral Heart, she advocates for indigenous rights and environmental stewardship at global forums, including Stanford University's d.school and World Economic Forum.
Tricia Eastman
United States
Biocultures
Chaplain
Medicine woman with mestiza roots and a decade of study and initiations in the Bwiti tradition. As founder of Ancestral Heart, she advocates for indigenous rights and environmental stewardship at global forums, including Stanford University's d.school and World Economic Forum.
Loretta Afraid of Bear Cook
United States
Biocultures
Fellow
Co-founder and spiritual director of a non-profit dedicated to improving daily life for her people on the Pine Ridge reservation. A native Lakota speaker and culture keeper, she is passionate about engaging youth in exploring their culture and connection to Mother Earth.
Loretta Afraid of Bear Cook
United States
Biocultures
Fellow
Co-founder and spiritual director of a non-profit dedicated to improving daily life for her people on the Pine Ridge reservation. A native Lakota speaker and culture keeper, she is passionate about engaging youth in exploring their culture and connection to Mother Earth.
Tom Cook
United States
Biocultures
Fellow
Mohawk elder, key Native American activist, and ceremony leader. Tom founded the Slim Buttes Agriculture Development Project in 1983 to bring food security to the Pine Ridge Reservation, described as a "food desert" and that faces increasing environmental concerns from mining and industrial farming. Additionally, he has dedicated his life to the continuation of the Sundance ceremonial practices thought the Afraid of Bear – American Horse Tiospaye.
Tom Cook
United States
Biocultures
Fellow
Mohawk elder, key Native American activist, and ceremony leader. Tom founded the Slim Buttes Agriculture Development Project in 1983 to bring food security to the Pine Ridge Reservation, described as a "food desert" and that faces increasing environmental concerns from mining and industrial farming. Additionally, he has dedicated his life to the continuation of the Sundance ceremonial practices thought the Afraid of Bear – American Horse Tiospaye.
Katsi Cook
United States
Biocultures
Fellow
Mohawk Native American midwife, elder, environmentalist, rights activist, and women's health advocate known for her environmental justice and reproductive health research. She is the Executive Director of Spirit Aligned Leadership - elevates the lives, dreams, and voices of Indigenous women elders and their emerging leaders in an intergenerational knowledge-sharing project to heal and regenerate balance in Indigenous communities - and author of the forthcoming book Worlds Within Us.
Katsi Cook
United States
Biocultures
Fellow
Mohawk Native American midwife, elder, environmentalist, rights activist, and women's health advocate known for her environmental justice and reproductive health research. She is the Executive Director of Spirit Aligned Leadership - elevates the lives, dreams, and voices of Indigenous women elders and their emerging leaders in an intergenerational knowledge-sharing project to heal and regenerate balance in Indigenous communities - and author of the forthcoming book Worlds Within Us.
First Man
Jamaica
Biocultures
Fellow
Cofounder of Rastafari Indigenous Village located in Montego Bay Jamaica. I am apart of the global Rastafari community that seeks to preserve,protect and promote the relevance of the Rastafari and indigenous expression for sustainable development of the human family.
First Man
Jamaica
Biocultures
Fellow
Cofounder of Rastafari Indigenous Village located in Montego Bay Jamaica. I am apart of the global Rastafari community that seeks to preserve,protect and promote the relevance of the Rastafari and indigenous expression for sustainable development of the human family.
Kurikindi Sumae Causai
Ecuador
Biocultures
Fellow
Kichwa Nation wisdom keeper and shaman born into a lineage stretching back thousands of years. Gifted with extraordinary spiritual abilities from birth, Kurikindi has dedicated his life to bridging ancient wisdom with contemporary environmental challenges. He is dedicated to Mother Earth and all her beings.
Kurikindi Sumae Causai
Ecuador
Biocultures
Fellow
Kichwa Nation wisdom keeper and shaman born into a lineage stretching back thousands of years. Gifted with extraordinary spiritual abilities from birth, Kurikindi has dedicated his life to bridging ancient wisdom with contemporary environmental challenges. He is dedicated to Mother Earth and all her beings.
Rutendo Ngara
South Africa
Biocultures
Fellow
Zulu and Khemetic Indigenous Knowledge Systems wisdom traditions holder and transdisciplinary researcher. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, as well as a Master of Science in Medicine in Biomedical Engineering, both from the University of Cape Town.
Rutendo Ngara
South Africa
Biocultures
Fellow
Zulu and Khemetic Indigenous Knowledge Systems wisdom traditions holder and transdisciplinary researcher. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, as well as a Master of Science in Medicine in Biomedical Engineering, both from the University of Cape Town.
Belén Páez
Ecuador
Biocultures
Fellow
Ecuadorian ecologist devoted to environmental protection and indigenous rights advocacy. Vice President of The Pachamama Alliance and President of Fundación Pachamama, coordinates the Climate Finance and Biodiversity Program. A specialist in climate change, the Amazon, and indigenous peoples’ rights
Belén Páez
Ecuador
Biocultures
Fellow
Ecuadorian ecologist devoted to environmental protection and indigenous rights advocacy. Vice President of The Pachamama Alliance and President of Fundación Pachamama, coordinates the Climate Finance and Biodiversity Program. A specialist in climate change, the Amazon, and indigenous peoples’ rights
Bane Saleh
United States
Biocultures
Fellow
Founder and co-director of Mothers of the Amazon, a non-profit dedicated to biodiversity conservation. As an environmental strategist with extensive experience in regenerative design, Bane combines her expertise in architecture, waste management and public health to drive Indigenous-led initiatives.
Bane Saleh
United States
Biocultures
Fellow
Founder and co-director of Mothers of the Amazon, a non-profit dedicated to biodiversity conservation. As an environmental strategist with extensive experience in regenerative design, Bane combines her expertise in architecture, waste management and public health to drive Indigenous-led initiatives.
Karla Saenz Garza
Mexico
Biocultures
Fellow
Visual interpreter bridging between three dimensions: nature, mind and humanity. As a creator, involved with anthropological matters and cultural phenomena. Among her principal quests is that of the truth revealed, and the almost-lost-sense of human purity. Her studies in urbanism, sustainability and bioethics have always guided her creative code onto a more "deffensive" discursivity. She creates power symbols. Throughout her work, one can easily recognize a profund respect towards craftmanship and ethnical spirituality.
Karla Saenz Garza
Mexico
Biocultures
Fellow
Visual interpreter bridging between three dimensions: nature, mind and humanity. As a creator, involved with anthropological matters and cultural phenomena. Among her principal quests is that of the truth revealed, and the almost-lost-sense of human purity. Her studies in urbanism, sustainability and bioethics have always guided her creative code onto a more "deffensive" discursivity. She creates power symbols. Throughout her work, one can easily recognize a profund respect towards craftmanship and ethnical spirituality.
Josh Whiton
United States
Biocultures
Fellow
Josh is working to harmonize human civilization with the living biosphere. He blends a background in technology and love of nature and ecology, with a passion to repair the Planet. His MakeSoil initiative is helping communities worldwide to establish a more beautiful and regenerative food system.
Josh Whiton
United States
Biocultures
Fellow
Josh is working to harmonize human civilization with the living biosphere. He blends a background in technology and love of nature and ecology, with a passion to repair the Planet. His MakeSoil initiative is helping communities worldwide to establish a more beautiful and regenerative food system.
Theda Vetter
Germany
Biocultures
Fellow
Student at UC Berkeley where she recently earned a Master of Development Practice. She is a Sustainable Land Use Analyst at Climate Focus, and focuses on rainforest & biodiversity conservation, sustainable land use, land rights, and forced displacement.
She built a tool for informed decision-making for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities about the benefits and risks of participating in the voluntary carbon market, and helped develop the 2030 strategy plan to support the NGO in sustainably securing Indigenous people's livelihoods.
Theda Vetter
Germany
Biocultures
Fellow
Student at UC Berkeley where she recently earned a Master of Development Practice. She is a Sustainable Land Use Analyst at Climate Focus, and focuses on rainforest & biodiversity conservation, sustainable land use, land rights, and forced displacement.
She built a tool for informed decision-making for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities about the benefits and risks of participating in the voluntary carbon market, and helped develop the 2030 strategy plan to support the NGO in sustainably securing Indigenous people's livelihoods.
Agam Khare
Resilience
Chair
Agam Khare
Resilience
Chair
Amanda Joy Ravenhill
United States
Resilience
Steward
Globally-raised entrepreneur dedicated to weaving the tale of our living Earth's regenerative metamorphosis. She is the co-founder of Museum of TMRW, leveraging the power of AI to help humanity envision and create a thriving future for
all life on Earth.
Amanda Joy Ravenhill
United States
Resilience
Steward
Globally-raised entrepreneur dedicated to weaving the tale of our living Earth's regenerative metamorphosis. She is the co-founder of Museum of TMRW, leveraging the power of AI to help humanity envision and create a thriving future for
all life on Earth.
Shana Rappaport
United States
Resilience
Steward
Senior leader whose life and career are dedicated to accelerating solutions for climate progress and ensuring a just transition to a clean economy. As the former Executive Director of VERGE over the last 12 years, Shana helped build and scale VERGE into the leading climate tech event accelerating solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time. VERGE is the center of gravity for the climate tech community — convening thousands of leaders from business, government, solution providers and startups — working together to accelerate systemic solutions to the climate crisis and ensure a just transition to a clean economy. She served as Board Chair for Project Drawdown and the Buckminster Fuller Institute, and is a trained leader of Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project.
Shana Rappaport
United States
Resilience
Steward
Senior leader whose life and career are dedicated to accelerating solutions for climate progress and ensuring a just transition to a clean economy. As the former Executive Director of VERGE over the last 12 years, Shana helped build and scale VERGE into the leading climate tech event accelerating solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time. VERGE is the center of gravity for the climate tech community — convening thousands of leaders from business, government, solution providers and startups — working together to accelerate systemic solutions to the climate crisis and ensure a just transition to a clean economy. She served as Board Chair for Project Drawdown and the Buckminster Fuller Institute, and is a trained leader of Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project.
Oren Slozberg
United States
Resilience
Chaplain
A leader in the Healing Circles movement and Director of Commonweal in Bolinas, CA, focused on justice, resilience and healing, and supporting the work of visionary leaders. He explores a wide range of responses to the polycrisis, including the role of consciousness as a changemaking necessity.
Oren Slozberg
United States
Resilience
Chaplain
A leader in the Healing Circles movement and Director of Commonweal in Bolinas, CA, focused on justice, resilience and healing, and supporting the work of visionary leaders. He explores a wide range of responses to the polycrisis, including the role of consciousness as a changemaking necessity.
Levke Caesar
Germany
Resilience
Fellow
I am a climate physicist who studies the role of the oceans in the climate system. My main focus of research is the evolution of the AMOC and its interaction with the the rest of the Earth system. Since last year I am co-leading Planetary Boundaries Science at PIK, studying the health of our planet.
Levke Caesar
Germany
Resilience
Fellow
I am a climate physicist who studies the role of the oceans in the climate system. My main focus of research is the evolution of the AMOC and its interaction with the the rest of the Earth system. Since last year I am co-leading Planetary Boundaries Science at PIK, studying the health of our planet.
Inna Modja
Mali
Resilience
Fellow
Malian-French Musician, Poet and Filmmaker, Inna Modja is a global figure for Gender & Climate Justice, she advocates for a sustainable future and fights against female genital mutilations. She co-founded the NGO Code green, and is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and UNCCD Ambassador
Inna Modja
Mali
Resilience
Fellow
Malian-French Musician, Poet and Filmmaker, Inna Modja is a global figure for Gender & Climate Justice, she advocates for a sustainable future and fights against female genital mutilations. She co-founded the NGO Code green, and is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and UNCCD Ambassador
Anshuman Bapna
United States
Resilience
Fellow
Founder of Terra.do, a climate university with a mission to get a 100M people working on climate solutions. He's been the CPO at a $10B company, started India's first campus incubator, sold solar lights in Vietnam and created a talent platform for Indian politics.
Anshuman Bapna
United States
Resilience
Fellow
Founder of Terra.do, a climate university with a mission to get a 100M people working on climate solutions. He's been the CPO at a $10B company, started India's first campus incubator, sold solar lights in Vietnam and created a talent platform for Indian politics.
David Kong
United States
Resilience
Fellow
David Sun Kong, Ph.D., is the Director of the MIT Media Lab's Community Biotechnology Initiative. His research explores the multidisciplinary domains of synthetic biology, ecosystem augmentation, biological design and art, collective intelligence and movement building, and STEAM learning.
David Kong
United States
Resilience
Fellow
David Sun Kong, Ph.D., is the Director of the MIT Media Lab's Community Biotechnology Initiative. His research explores the multidisciplinary domains of synthetic biology, ecosystem augmentation, biological design and art, collective intelligence and movement building, and STEAM learning.
Eugenia Carrara
France
Resilience
Fellow
Eugenia Carrara is a visionary executive and sustainability leader with over a decade of experience driving transformative change in global food systems and environmental policy. She has advised prominent political figures with the aim of fostering planetary health and global wellbeing
Eugenia Carrara
France
Resilience
Fellow
Eugenia Carrara is a visionary executive and sustainability leader with over a decade of experience driving transformative change in global food systems and environmental policy. She has advised prominent political figures with the aim of fostering planetary health and global wellbeing
Félix de Rosen
France
Resilience
Fellow
A landscape architect by training, Felix's mission is to facilitate bioregional economies and governance. With NARA Climate, he is developing regenerative supply chains using halophytic (salt-tolerant) plants, hoping to replace soy in animal feed with a regenerative alternative. With the BioFi Project, he is helping bioregions develop the infrastructures to channel funding to projects on the ground. In his substack "In Praise of You," he explores how economic and cultural adaptation to ecological-social breakdown.
Félix de Rosen
France
Resilience
Fellow
A landscape architect by training, Felix's mission is to facilitate bioregional economies and governance. With NARA Climate, he is developing regenerative supply chains using halophytic (salt-tolerant) plants, hoping to replace soy in animal feed with a regenerative alternative. With the BioFi Project, he is helping bioregions develop the infrastructures to channel funding to projects on the ground. In his substack "In Praise of You," he explores how economic and cultural adaptation to ecological-social breakdown.
Britt Basel
Mexico
Resilience
Fellow
Bridging critical social science with technical expertise in climate adaptation and water with experience across 49 countries, I fortify collective action and address feedbacks between technical solutions and social and cultural realities to facilitate solutions that work.
Britt Basel
Mexico
Resilience
Fellow
Bridging critical social science with technical expertise in climate adaptation and water with experience across 49 countries, I fortify collective action and address feedbacks between technical solutions and social and cultural realities to facilitate solutions that work.
Michael Zuckerman
United States
Resilience
Fellow
Anticipatory applied geographer who has been to over 100 refugee camps and co-created ~100 physical spaces. His approach of identifying local leaders through leading with culture results lasting solutions to some our the most challenging problems of our current time.
Michael Zuckerman
United States
Resilience
Fellow
Anticipatory applied geographer who has been to over 100 refugee camps and co-created ~100 physical spaces. His approach of identifying local leaders through leading with culture results lasting solutions to some our the most challenging problems of our current time.
Alexa Rosenthal
United States
Resilience
Fellow
Creative visionary co-founder of Ecoversity, a school for skills that truly matter—because our world needs us to do better. Reaching millions monthly, Alexa is on a mission to inoculate society with a culture of education that places the sacred back at the center.
Alexa Rosenthal
United States
Resilience
Fellow
Creative visionary co-founder of Ecoversity, a school for skills that truly matter—because our world needs us to do better. Reaching millions monthly, Alexa is on a mission to inoculate society with a culture of education that places the sacred back at the center.
Jean-Pierre Aramouni
United States
Resilience
Fellow
Investor and project developer across various initiatives helping the world transition to a more regenerative future, including solutions for soil remediation and clean technology. A purpose-driven executive with over 18 years of global experience transforming sectors through scalable and innovative business models. Jean-Pierre played a pivotal role in Uber’s hyper-growth phase, leading the company’s expansion from 50 to 500 cities in under two years. He also led market expansion across the US for REEF Technology, an urban-tech company repurposing underutilized parking real estate into tech-driven hubs for the on-demand economy, and oversaw global expansion across 80 countries for Tink Labs, a leading B2B hospitality company transforming the hotel guest experience.
Jean-Pierre Aramouni
United States
Resilience
Fellow
Investor and project developer across various initiatives helping the world transition to a more regenerative future, including solutions for soil remediation and clean technology. A purpose-driven executive with over 18 years of global experience transforming sectors through scalable and innovative business models. Jean-Pierre played a pivotal role in Uber’s hyper-growth phase, leading the company’s expansion from 50 to 500 cities in under two years. He also led market expansion across the US for REEF Technology, an urban-tech company repurposing underutilized parking real estate into tech-driven hubs for the on-demand economy, and oversaw global expansion across 80 countries for Tink Labs, a leading B2B hospitality company transforming the hotel guest experience.
Ruth Andrade
Brazil
Resilience
Fellow
A systems activist with decades of experience in business and civil society organizations. Ruth has co-founded Regenerosity, resourcing grassroots initiatives regenerating the planet and Re-alliance, advancing regenerative responses to disaster and displacement.
Ruth Andrade
Brazil
Resilience
Fellow
A systems activist with decades of experience in business and civil society organizations. Ruth has co-founded Regenerosity, resourcing grassroots initiatives regenerating the planet and Re-alliance, advancing regenerative responses to disaster and displacement.
Nicholas Salmons
United States
Resilience
Fellow
Highly motivated project leader, community organizer and creative solutionist with city, state, and international experience in the fields of sustainable development, community building, and the built environment. As a seasoned leader with 17 years in operational management, he specializes in high-impact sustainability projects and regenerative practices. His journey includes steering fast-paced startups, influential political campaigns and multi-staekholder real estate development proejcts where he has excelled in forging synergies between technology, sustainability, and community engagement.
Nicholas Salmons
United States
Resilience
Fellow
Highly motivated project leader, community organizer and creative solutionist with city, state, and international experience in the fields of sustainable development, community building, and the built environment. As a seasoned leader with 17 years in operational management, he specializes in high-impact sustainability projects and regenerative practices. His journey includes steering fast-paced startups, influential political campaigns and multi-staekholder real estate development proejcts where he has excelled in forging synergies between technology, sustainability, and community engagement.
Ulfat Haider
Israel
Resilience
Fellow
Founder and Director of ULFA, Peace Maker Based in Nature. Holds degrees in Physical Education, Geography, Environmental Studies, and Gender Studies. Participated in the Israeli-Palestinian peace expedition "Breaking the Ice" sailing to Antarctica. Is a certified instructor at Outward bound.
Ulfat Haider
Israel
Resilience
Fellow
Founder and Director of ULFA, Peace Maker Based in Nature. Holds degrees in Physical Education, Geography, Environmental Studies, and Gender Studies. Participated in the Israeli-Palestinian peace expedition "Breaking the Ice" sailing to Antarctica. Is a certified instructor at Outward bound.
Lord Rumi Verjee
Governance
Chair
Lord Rumi Verjee
Governance
Chair
Ashley D. Bell
United States
Governance
Steward
American attorney & CEO, former White House Policy Advisor for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (45), Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State, A.D. U.S. Peace Corp, R.A. US. SBA, local elected official, Sr. Strategist for the RNC & DNC Exec. Committee Member.
Ashley D. Bell
United States
Governance
Steward
American attorney & CEO, former White House Policy Advisor for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (45), Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State, A.D. U.S. Peace Corp, R.A. US. SBA, local elected official, Sr. Strategist for the RNC & DNC Exec. Committee Member.
Alexandra Pimor
France
Governance
Steward
I am an Earthling in service to planetary life community, wellbeing and health. My roles include being human, a mother, an Earth lawyer & scholar, a Nature and agile coach facilitator, specialising in Nature-conscious governance and leadership. My being is heart-led, eco-logical, and kincentric.
Alexandra Pimor
France
Governance
Steward
I am an Earthling in service to planetary life community, wellbeing and health. My roles include being human, a mother, an Earth lawyer & scholar, a Nature and agile coach facilitator, specialising in Nature-conscious governance and leadership. My being is heart-led, eco-logical, and kincentric.
Jon Alexander
United Kingdom
Governance
Steward
Democratic innovation maven/connector/facilitator: co-founder of New Citizen Project, author of CITIZENS: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us, advisor to DemocracyNext, Apolitical Foundation, Democracy and Culture Foundation, and Bioleadership Project.
Jon Alexander
United Kingdom
Governance
Steward
Democratic innovation maven/connector/facilitator: co-founder of New Citizen Project, author of CITIZENS: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us, advisor to DemocracyNext, Apolitical Foundation, Democracy and Culture Foundation, and Bioleadership Project.
Eva Dalak
Palestine
Governance
Chaplain
Founder of Peace Activation,I am a Coach & Trainer. I worked for 25 years in over 22 conflict zones in Africa, Middle East and Asia with Intergovernmental organ no isations. My expertise lies in conflict transformation, Gender Diversity, & Inclusion, Spiritual psychology & Holistic Wellbeing.
Eva Dalak
Palestine
Governance
Chaplain
Founder of Peace Activation,I am a Coach & Trainer. I worked for 25 years in over 22 conflict zones in Africa, Middle East and Asia with Intergovernmental organ no isations. My expertise lies in conflict transformation, Gender Diversity, & Inclusion, Spiritual psychology & Holistic Wellbeing.
Jose Barreiro Ph.D.
United States
Governance
Fellow
Elder of the Taino Nation, recognized advocate of Native traditional culture, community self-determination and autochthonous development. A pioneering figure in Native American journalism and publishing, and serves as advisor in indigeneity campaigns.
Jose Barreiro Ph.D.
United States
Governance
Fellow
Elder of the Taino Nation, recognized advocate of Native traditional culture, community self-determination and autochthonous development. A pioneering figure in Native American journalism and publishing, and serves as advisor in indigeneity campaigns.
Pooven Moodley
South Africa
Governance
Fellow
International human rights and environmental lawyer from South Africa and a social justice activist. He was previously the Executive Director of Natural Justice, a human rights and environmental justice non-profit law firm, representing indigenous and local communities.
Pooven Moodley
South Africa
Governance
Fellow
International human rights and environmental lawyer from South Africa and a social justice activist. He was previously the Executive Director of Natural Justice, a human rights and environmental justice non-profit law firm, representing indigenous and local communities.
Christy Carter
United States
Governance
Fellow
Christy has spent 15 years mobilizing and aligning capital (social, financial, human and career) for environmental and social change. Her background spans board governance, campaigning, coaching and philanthropic partnerships. Christy is a Wildflower at the Nature Governance Agency.
Christy Carter
United States
Governance
Fellow
Christy has spent 15 years mobilizing and aligning capital (social, financial, human and career) for environmental and social change. Her background spans board governance, campaigning, coaching and philanthropic partnerships. Christy is a Wildflower at the Nature Governance Agency.
Agather Atuhaire
Uganda
Governance
Fellow
I am Agather Atuhaire a US Woman of Courage Awardee (2024). I’m a team lead at Agora Center for Research. A digital activism organization in Uganda. I am journalist and lawyer with over 10 years of experience covering parliament and environment related stories.
Agather Atuhaire
Uganda
Governance
Fellow
I am Agather Atuhaire a US Woman of Courage Awardee (2024). I’m a team lead at Agora Center for Research. A digital activism organization in Uganda. I am journalist and lawyer with over 10 years of experience covering parliament and environment related stories.
Elizabeth Stewart
United States
Governance
Fellow
For the past 20 years, Elizabeth has worked at the intersection of social innovation, design-thinking and technology in cities on both coasts in a range of roles working collaboratively with nonprofits, social enterprise startups, academia, and local government. In 2020 she co-created How to Citizen
Elizabeth Stewart
United States
Governance
Fellow
For the past 20 years, Elizabeth has worked at the intersection of social innovation, design-thinking and technology in cities on both coasts in a range of roles working collaboratively with nonprofits, social enterprise startups, academia, and local government. In 2020 she co-created How to Citizen
Grant Wilson
United States
Governance
Fellow
Executive Director of Earth Law Center - giving Nature a voice in law and corporations. He is an expert on the Rights of Nature and ecocentric law, working to give Nature and all species a formal voice in the law through innovative campaigns worldwide.
Grant Wilson
United States
Governance
Fellow
Executive Director of Earth Law Center - giving Nature a voice in law and corporations. He is an expert on the Rights of Nature and ecocentric law, working to give Nature and all species a formal voice in the law through innovative campaigns worldwide.
Khaled Emam
Egypt
Governance
Fellow
Visionary leader, human rights lawyer, and Teaching Assistant at Harvard. He focuses on “ Making Justice Works” by creating platforms for young people in the MENA region to share, learn, and take collective action on solving real-world challenges.
Khaled Emam
Egypt
Governance
Fellow
Visionary leader, human rights lawyer, and Teaching Assistant at Harvard. He focuses on “ Making Justice Works” by creating platforms for young people in the MENA region to share, learn, and take collective action on solving real-world challenges.
Hamdullah Mohib
Afghanistan
Governance
Fellow
Dr. Hamdullah Mohib is the CEO of Marlan Space, an Abu Dhabi-based company focused on developing the commercial space sector in the UAE. Prior to that Dr. Mohib held significant public service roles, including serving as Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United States and as National Security Advisor
Hamdullah Mohib
Afghanistan
Governance
Fellow
Dr. Hamdullah Mohib is the CEO of Marlan Space, an Abu Dhabi-based company focused on developing the commercial space sector in the UAE. Prior to that Dr. Mohib held significant public service roles, including serving as Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United States and as National Security Advisor
Graça Fonseca
Portugal
Governance
Fellow
Ideator, Change Maker, Bridge Builder.
Public Policies Expert | Former Deputy Mayor Lisboa, Secretary of State Public Innovation and Minister for Culture | CEO Because Impacts | Creator Boil Climate Festival | Teacher | "Democratic Innovator of the 21st Century" | Board Member Rewilding Portugal
Graça Fonseca
Portugal
Governance
Fellow
Ideator, Change Maker, Bridge Builder.
Public Policies Expert | Former Deputy Mayor Lisboa, Secretary of State Public Innovation and Minister for Culture | CEO Because Impacts | Creator Boil Climate Festival | Teacher | "Democratic Innovator of the 21st Century" | Board Member Rewilding Portugal
Daniel Knobelsdorf
Venezuela
Governance
Fellow
Born in Venezuela to a family of multi-generational political exiles and witness to the consequences of a "bad" government led me directly into exploring the issues of governance from the lenses of art, activism, policy, and finally, decentralized tech where I've been active for the past 10 years.
Daniel Knobelsdorf
Venezuela
Governance
Fellow
Born in Venezuela to a family of multi-generational political exiles and witness to the consequences of a "bad" government led me directly into exploring the issues of governance from the lenses of art, activism, policy, and finally, decentralized tech where I've been active for the past 10 years.
Marina Mansilla Hermann
United Kingdom
Governance
Fellow
Chief of Staff to Ms. Christiana Figueres, Former Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC and founding partner of Global Optimism. Programme Lead of the Climate & Nature Leaders Retreats, bringing mindfulness and meditation practices to those at the forefront of the global climate and biodiversity crisis.