Meet the Team
Dr. Vanessa Timmer
Executive Director | Co-founder
Dagmar Timmer
Managing Director - Strategic Initiatives | Co-founder
Erica Priggen Wright
Creative Director | Social & Environmental Media
Lisa Mastny
Chief Editor | Communications Strategist
Cora Hallsworth
Senior Associate | Cities Sustainability Strategist
Edna Catumbela
Project Manager | Communications & Information Design
Majid Khoury
Motivations | Advertising and Brand Strategist
Alka Tandan, CAIP
Motivations | Research & Service Design Strategist
Keiko Lee Hem
Communications | Graphic Designer
Zach Horsman
Website | Web Developer
Kate O'Connor
Project Manager
Gilles Giusta
Bookkeeping | Account Management
Board of Directors
Esther Speck
Director | Corporate Social Responsibility Expert
Dr. Alastair Moore
Director | Planning & Urban Sustainability
Joji Kumagi
Director | Economic Development
Dan Burns
Director | Interdisciplinary Programs and Philanthropy
Advisors
Joanna Kerr
Leadership Coach | Strategic Approach
Harvey McKinnon
Fundraising Coach | Development
Lynda Gerty
Leadership Coach | Non-profit Management
Dr. William E. Rees
Human Ecology Coach | Inventor of Ecological Footprint
Interns and Volunteers
Zunaira Kamal
Intern | Sustainable Living
Arsalan Ayub Khan
Intern | Sustainable Living
Julia Resully
Intern | Sustainable Living
Our Core Collaborators
Tanja Dolphin
Strategic Topic Leader Healthy and Sustainable Living, IKEA - Sweden
Malin Pettersson-Beckeman
Head, Sustainability Partnership and Engagement, IKEA - Denmark
Klaus Bundgaard
Senior Manager, Climate Action on Urban Consumption, C40 Cities - Denmark
Palavi Kalambe
Urban Systems Coordinator, Climate Action Planning & Innovation Support, C40 Cities - UK
Dr. Lewis Akenji
Executive Director, Hot or Cool Institute - Germany
Aimée Aguilar Jaber
Programmes Director, Hot or Cool Institute - France
Saamah Abdallah
Programme Lead, People & Wellbeing, Hot or Cool Institute - Germany
Luca Coscieme
Programme Lead, Sustainable Lifestyles, Hot or Cool Institute - Germany
Dwayne Appleby
Deputy Director and Senior Programme Manager, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) - Japan
Atsuki Watabe
Director for Stakeholder Engagement and Principal Researcher, Sustainable Consumption and Production Group, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies - Japan
Sari Laine
Senior Lead, Innovations, Sitra, The Finnish Innovation Fund - Finland
Isabelle Moïse
Directrice des opérations, Dossiers et développement stratégiques, RECYC-QUÉBEC - Canada
John Hovland
Executive Vice President, Canadian Geographic - Canada
John Estabillo
Director of Education, Canadian Geographic - Canada
Dr. Jiaying Zhao
Professor and Director, Behavioural Sustainability Lab, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia - Canada
Jade Radke
PhD Student, Behavioral Sustainability Lab, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia - Canada
Rebecca Newlove
Manager of Sustainability, District of Saanich - Canada
Glenys Verhulst
Sustainability Specialist, District of Saanich - Canada
Dakota Tangredi
Coordinator, Community Recycling and Waste Reduction, City of Portland
Lindsey Maser
Communications and Engagement Coordinator, City of Portland
Dr. Lorraine Whitmarsh
Director - Centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations (CAST), University of Bath, UK
Prof. Kate Burningham
Department of Sociology, University of Surrey - UK
Dr. Maarten Hajer
Professor, Urban Futures and Futuring, Utrecht University - The Netherlands
Linda Booth Sweeney
Founder, Toggle Labs; Visiting Faculty, Obama Foundation - USA
Nicole-Anne Boyer
Senior Associate, Strategic Foresight & Systems Change - USA
Dr. Kira Matus
Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Hong Kong
Dr. Chrispo Babila Dingha
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Bonn; University of Bamenda; Stellenbosch University - Germany / Cameroon / South Africa
Lindsey Boyle
Executive Lead, Audience Motivations & Insights, Canadian Centre for Food & Ecology
Ryan Mackie
Senior Analyst, Footprint Metrics - Canada
Erin Kennedy Tsunoda
Senior Researcher, Sustainable Living - Sweden
Blake Robinson
Senior Associate, Sustainable Cities - South Africa
Max Serpa
Associate, Data Analysis & Project Management - Canada