ICLEI

Meet the staff

ICLEI has more than 260 staff in 22 offices around the world, offering expertise that positions local and regional governments to advance sustainable urban development along our five pathways.

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SECRETARY GENERAL AND DEPUTY
WORLD SECRETARIAT STAFF
regional directors

Gino Van Begin

ICLEI Secretary General

Gino Van Begin

ICLEI Secretary General

Gino Van Begin has been the distinguished Secretary General of ICLEI since 2013. Before that, he served as ICLEI Regional Director for Europe and as Deputy Secretary General. He has ensured ICLEI performs as a responsible, forward-looking, not-for-profit local and regional government organization serving its Members worldwide. Gino Van Begin graduated with a law degree from the University of Brussels as a lawyer and speaks Dutch, French, English, German and Russian. For more information, please visit his full profile here.

Emani Kumar

ICLEI Deputy Secretary General Regional Director, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat

Emani Kumar

ICLEI Deputy Secretary General Regional Director, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat

Emani works with all the offices in Asia, to ensure cohesion in implementation of ICLEI’s agendas and spearhead advocacy activities in the region. Emani has a background in environmental management and planning and more than twenty years of experience in climate change policy and planning, local governance, renewable energy, systems management and auditing.

Resilient Development Team

Resilient Development

Resilient Development Team

Resilient Development

The Resilient Development team manages and connects to a variety of topics that fall under the broader umbrella of resilience. This includes urban risk, resilient urban logistics, financing the resilient city, climate insurance urban agriculture and food, smart infrastructure and other issues, in coordination with other World Secretariat and worldwide teams.

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Victoria Vital Estrada

Officer, Resilient Cities

Victoria Vital Estrada

Officer, Resilient Cities

Ayan Huseynova

Officer, Resilient Cities, Events

Ayan Huseynova

Officer, Resilient Cities, Events

Maryke van Staden

Program Manager, Low Carbon Cities

Maryke van Staden

Program Manager, Low Carbon Cities

Maryke directs the global low carbon strategy at ICLEI and is the Director of the Bonn Center for Local Climate Action and Reporting (carbonn Center). She oversees global programs and projects, working closely with national and subnational governments on integrated climate action. Linked to this, Maryke also supports ICLEI's global climate advocacy work. Specializing in local climate action, sustainable energy and energy security, she has over 20 years of experience in the field.

Program Manager, Low Carbon Cities

The low carbon team provides services to local and regional governments tackling climate change and air pollution, guiding their step-by-step approach towards carbon neutrality, energy security, and improved air quality - all leading to multiple and diverse benefits and sectoral impacts. This multi-disciplinary team guides low emission development and action planning, supports greenhouse gas emissions accounting and reporting, improves relevant standards, explores access to finance for cities and regions, and builds capacity on effective multilevel governance to achieve climate targets. To this end a range of services, tools and guidance is provided, including global platforms to report and seek access to finance, underpinned by climate advocacy to mobilize ambitious, necessary climate action around the globe.

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Cesar Carreño

Senior Officer, Low Carbon Cities

Cesar Carreño

Senior Officer, Low Carbon Cities

Pourya Salehi

Research Officer,

Pourya Salehi

Research Officer,

Chang Deng-Beck

Senior Officer, Low Carbon Cities

Chang Deng-Beck

Senior Officer, Low Carbon Cities

Evgenia Mitroliou

Senior Officer, Integrated Climate Action

Evgenia Mitroliou

Senior Officer, Integrated Climate Action

Carla Mariño Viteri

Officer, Low Carbon Cities

Carla Mariño Viteri

Officer, Low Carbon Cities

Felix Akrofi-Atitianti

Officer, Low Carbon Cities

Felix Akrofi-Atitianti

Officer, Low Carbon Cities

Laura Maria Noriega Gamarra

Junior Officer, Low Carbon Cities

Laura Maria Noriega Gamarra

Junior Officer, Low Carbon Cities

Eszter Mogyorósy

Manager, Climate Finance

Eszter Mogyorósy

Manager, Climate Finance

Rohit Sen

Senior Officer, Renewable Energy

Rohit Sen

Senior Officer, Renewable Energy

Circular Development Team

Circular Development

Circular Development Team

Circular Development

ICLEI’s Circular Development team guides local governments in to embrace circular and sustainable development and shift away from resource-intense models. By prioritizing regenerative resources, preserving what is already made, using waste as a resource and generating new business models, the circular economy helps operationalize sustainable urban development. From policy recommendations and knowledge exchange activities to the development of monitoring and planning tools, we support local circular-focused efforts in an inclusive and practice-oriented manner. The team focuses on collaborative governance, urban metabolism studies, nature-based solutions, city-business engagement and social equity as key entry points to local circular transitions. Learn more

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Olga Horn

Officer, Nature-based Solutions, Circular Development

Olga Horn

Officer, Nature-based Solutions, Circular Development

Olga’s work focuses on mainstreaming and promoting nature-based solutions in urban areas through knowledge exchange and advocacy. She has an academic background in sustainability science, GIS, international business economics and psychology.

Hannah Rothschild

Officer, City-Business Collaboration, Circular Development

Hannah Rothschild

Officer, City-Business Collaboration, Circular Development

Hannah develops ICLEI’s city-business collaboration work. With a global focus on multi-stakeholder collaboration for sustainable development, she brings public and private actors together to find solutions for pressing urban challenges. Originally from South Africa, Hannah background includes strategic project development, urban innovation and policy research on private investment in emerging markets working with international sustainability non-profit organizations in Cape Town and Paris.

Rebecca Wessinghage

Officer, Transition Concepts, Circular Development

Rebecca Wessinghage

Officer, Transition Concepts, Circular Development

Rebecca leads the work on urban transitions, social equity and inclusive governance. As part of the Urban Transitions Alliance, she facilitates peer-to-peer learning between industrial legacy cities and coordinates the project’s knowledge creation, cooperation and dissemination activities. Rebecca’s previous experience includes education, curriculum development and research in the field of audiovisual publishing. With her M.A. in humanities, Rebecca advocates to strengthen the citizen focus in sustainable urban development.

Marion Guénard

Officer, Circular Cities

Marion Guénard

Officer, Circular Cities

With an academic background in environmental management, sociology and economics, Marion focuses on the different tools and methodologies local and regional governments can use to promote cross-sectoral circular projects that benefit all residents. She is currently supporting the city of Turku, Finland, in designing a collaborative circular economy action plan at the regional level. Marion also supports ICLEI regional offices in localizing the circular economy framework and tailoring it to the needs of individual cities.

Tsu-Jui Cheng

Program Manager, Sustainable Mobility

Tsu-Jui Cheng

Program Manager, Sustainable Mobility

Tsu-Jui leads the Sustainable Mobility Team and coordinates ICLEI interoffice cooperation. He oversees the implementation of the projects and guilds cities to provide liveable, accessible and equitable urban mobility for both citizens and freight through the EcoMobility Alliance and the Ecologistics initiative. Tsu-Jui has a background in transport and city planning.

Program Manager, Sustainable Mobility

ICLEI’s EcoMobility team supports local and regional governments to provide safe, affordable, accessible, resilient, low-emission and overall sustainable mobility to fulfill the mobility needs of all people and securing a high quality of urban life while respecting the limits of one planet. EcoMobility gives priority to walking, cycling, public transport and shared mobility and helps to reduce the dependency on privately-owned vehicles. EcoLogistics promotes the transportation of goods with minimized impacts on air quality, health, safety, and GHG emissions.

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Tu My Tran

Senior Officer, Sustainable Mobility and Events

Tu My Tran

Senior Officer, Sustainable Mobility and Events

Himanshu Raj

Officer, Sustainable Mobility

Himanshu Raj

Officer, Sustainable Mobility

Beatrice Ch'ng

Officer, Sustainable Mobility

Beatrice Ch'ng

Officer, Sustainable Mobility

Yiqian Zhang

Officer, Sustainable Mobility

Yiqian Zhang

Officer, Sustainable Mobility

Lothar Mildebrath

Head of Human Resources and Administration

Lothar Mildebrath

Head of Human Resources and Administration

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Head of Human Resources and Administration

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Karen Pallasigui

Officer, Administration

Karen Pallasigui

Officer, Administration

Jamie Walker

Officer, Administration

Jamie Walker

Officer, Administration

Carmen Gebauer

Senior Officer, Finance

Carmen Gebauer

Senior Officer, Finance

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Anna-Katharina Kiefer

Officer, Finance

Anna-Katharina Kiefer

Officer, Finance

León Díaz-Bone

Executive Assistant to the Secretary General

León Díaz-Bone

Executive Assistant to the Secretary General

León assists the ICLEI Secretary General. He is charged with maintaining Secretary General’s schedule, booking meetings and appointments, and serving as a gatekeeper, screening calls and prioritizing daily tasks and responsibilities.

Executive Assistant to the Secretary General

Yunus Arikan

Head of Global Advocacy & Policy

Yunus Arikan

Head of Global Advocacy & Policy

Yunus leads the global policy and advocacy team at ICLEI. Since 2013, he has led global advocacy towards international bodies and multilateral agreements. Yunus helped establish the Bonn Center for Local Climate Action and Reporting – carbonn – and served as the Director of the Secretariat for the World Mayors Council on Climate Change. He has a background in environmental engineering.

Head of Global Advocacy & Policy

The global advocacy and policy team seeks to build an international policy environment that strengthens subnational government capacity and supports urban sustainability and climate action. Through their efforts, the team has helped reshape the global sustainability landscape where subnational governments are recognized, engaged and resourced.

Eva Madeira

Head of Global Membership and Governance

Eva Madeira

Head of Global Membership and Governance

Eva leads membership and governance at ICLEI, guiding membership policy and communications and supporting engagement with ICLEI governance bodies. Eva has experience in human resources and talent management, conference planning and training facilitation. She has a background in economics and business management.

Head of Global Membership and Governance

The global membership and governance team engages direct outreach to Members and Members‐to‐be and leads the development and implementation of membership plans for current Members and prospective Members. The team coordinates of all details of membership meetings and receptions.

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Philippe Romero

Officer, Global Membership and Governance

Philippe Romero

Officer, Global Membership and Governance

Ariel Dekovic

Head of Global Communications

Ariel Dekovic

Head of Global Communications

Ariel Dekovic is a nonprofit marketing and program development expert with a strong track record of organizational management and community engagement. For over 15 years, she has worked strategically to raise the impact and brand awareness for global organizations in such diverse fields as sustainability, food policy, water management, arts and education. Ariel has an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and a BA from Vassar College.

Head of Global Communications

The global communications team is responsible for leading and coordinating communications across ICLEI offices. The team plays a key role in strategic communications alongside the global advocacy and policy team. The team uses communications to reach a diverse global audience and is responsible for brand positioning, multimedia production and media relations.

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Dana Vigran

Senior Officer, Communications

Dana Vigran

Senior Officer, Communications

Angelo Ngugi Becker

UI/UX Designer, Communications

Angelo Ngugi Becker

UI/UX Designer, Communications

Matteo Bizzotto

Officer, Communications

Matteo Bizzotto

Officer, Communications

Joseph Wladkowski

Head of Knowledge Management & Global Events

Joseph Wladkowski

Head of Knowledge Management & Global Events

Joseph leads the ICLEI Knowledge Management & Global Events team. He manages the strategic development of data and knowledge management systems used by the global organization, and advises on the development and use of sustainability indicators and performance reporting systems. Joseph has also coordinated several of global conferences at ICLEI. He has a background in environmental governance.

Head of Knowledge Management & Global Events

The ICLEI Knowledge Management & Global Events serves key organizational functions for the World Secretariat and the entire global organization, including global data and knowledge management and research. The Knowledge Management & Global Events also coordinates local ICT services to all offices and organizes key global events.

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Marcelo Lampkowski

Officer, Data & Knowledge Management

Marcelo Lampkowski

Officer, Data & Knowledge Management

Giulia Salvaterra

Officer, Process and Knowledge Management

Giulia Salvaterra

Officer, Process and Knowledge Management

Pedro Martins

Officer, Data & Knowledge Management

Pedro Martins

Officer, Data & Knowledge Management

Tu My Tran

Senior Officer, EcoMobility and Events

Tu My Tran

Senior Officer, EcoMobility and Events

Ayan Huseynova

Officer, Global Events

Ayan Huseynova

Officer, Global Events

Sunandan Tiwari

Senior Manager, Global Projects

Sunandan Tiwari

Senior Manager, Global Projects

Sunandan leads the global projects team and coordinates the biodiversity work. He manages and supports the implementation of key projects funded by the International Climate Initiative run by the German government. He previously worked in the ICLEI South Asia Secretariat and developed the urban resilience program. Sunandan has a background in ecology with over 20 years of experience across a range of sectors from rural to urban domains.

Senior Manager, Global Projects

The Global Projects team supports, raises funding for, manages, and implements multi-office projects with the aim of profiling ICLEI globally as a hub of expertise. In addition, it explores and develops new, cross-cutting, emerging thematic areas and related fund raising opportunities.

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Isabelle Tanangco

Officer, Project Administration, Global Projects

Isabelle Tanangco

Officer, Project Administration, Global Projects

Thibault Renoux

Legal Officer, Global Projects

Thibault Renoux

Legal Officer, Global Projects

Jiwon Lee

Senior Officer, Global Projects

Jiwon Lee

Senior Officer, Global Projects

Salomé Bravo Ortega

Officer, Global Projects

Salomé Bravo Ortega

Officer, Global Projects

Jan-Albrecht Harrs

Junior Officer, Global Projects

Jan-Albrecht Harrs

Junior Officer, Global Projects

Edgar Villaseñor Franco

Regional Director ICLEI Mexico, Central America & Caribbean Secretariat

Edgar Villaseñor Franco

Regional Director ICLEI Mexico, Central America & Caribbean Secretariat

Central America & Caribbean Secretariat

Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas 13Building Miguel Abed, Floor 5 Of. 506 and 507,Col. Centro, CP 06050 Del.Cuauhtemoc,

Mexico City, Mexico

Email: iclei-mexico@iclei.org

Rodrigo de Oliveira Perpetuo

Regional Director ICLEI South America Secretariat

Rodrigo de Oliveira Perpetuo

Regional Director ICLEI South America Secretariat

South America Secretariat

Rua Marquês de Itu,

São Paulo, SP, Brasil

Email: iclei-sams@iclei.org

Kobie Brand

Regional Director ICLEI Africa Secretariat

Kobie Brand

Regional Director ICLEI Africa Secretariat

Africa Secretariat

Knowledge park III Century City

Cape Town South Africa

Email: iclei-africa@iclei.org

Zhu Shu

Regional Director ICLEI East Asia Secretariat

Zhu Shu

Regional Director ICLEI East Asia Secretariat

East Asia Secretariat

14/F, Seoul Global Center Building 38 Jongno, Jongno-gu,

Seoul, Republic of Korea

Email: iclei-sea@iclei.org

Steve Gawler

Regional Director ICLEI Oceania Secretariat

Steve Gawler

Regional Director ICLEI Oceania Secretariat

Oceania Secretariat

Level 8, 225 Bourke StMelbourne,

VictoriaAustralia

Email: iclei-oceania@iclei.org

Victorino Aquitania

Regional Director ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat

Victorino Aquitania

Regional Director ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat

Southeast Asia

Units 3-6, Manila Observatory
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights
Quezon City, 1108
Philippines

Email: iclei-sea@iclei.org

Wolfgang Teubner

Regional Director ICLEI European Secretariat

Wolfgang Teubner

Regional Director ICLEI European Secretariat

European Secretariat

Leopoldring 379098

Freiburg, Germany

Email: iclei-europe@iclei.org

Togo Uchida

Executive Director ICLEI Japan Office

Togo Uchida

Executive Director ICLEI Japan Office

Japan Office

Shimbashi SY Building 4F 1-14-2 Nishi-Shimbashi Minato-ku

Tokyo 105-0003,Japan

Email: iclei-japan@iclei.org

Megan Meaney

Executive Director ICLEI Canada Office

Megan Meaney

Executive Director ICLEI Canada Office

Canada Office

401 Richmond St. W, Studio 204

Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3A8.Canadas

Email: iclei-canada@iclei.org

Yeonhee Park

Executive Director ICLEI Korea Office

Yeonhee Park

Executive Director ICLEI Korea Office

Korea Office

#320 Deoham Park, 126 Suin-ro,

Gwonseon-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do,Republic of Korea

Email: iclei.korea@iclei.org

Angie Fyfe

Executive Director ICLEI USA Office

Angie Fyfe

Executive Director ICLEI USA Office

USA Office

1536 Wynkoop St., Suite 901

Denver, Colorado, 80202USA

Email: iclei-usa@iclei.org

Wan-Tien TSAI

Director, ICLEI Kaohsiung Capacity Center

Wan-Tien TSAI

Director, ICLEI Kaohsiung Capacity Center

Kaohsiung Capacity Center

Floor 6, Tower B, 834 Chengcing
Road, Niaosong District, Kaohsiung
83347, Chinese Taipei

Email: iclei-kaohsiung@iclei.org

Since our founding, ICLEI Secretary Generals and Deputy Secretary Generals have directed the organization and guided our development into the leading global network we are today.

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Associate Partnership is available to non-governmental organizations, universities, state and national government agencies and not-for-profit research institutions. The purpose of Associate Partnership is to facilitate dialogues between local governments and these partners, to provide knowledge transfer in line with ICLEI's Mission and Charter, and an avenue for which partners can support ICLEI's work and mandate.

HARNESS the power of the ICLEI Network! " Governments need to give (the sense of) direction, as Business leaders we don't make the wind, we sail the boats. So policy should set the winds in the right directions if you want the boat going fast to the right harbor." Philippe Joubert Senior Advisor, World Business Council
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All India Institute of Local Self Government
Center for Environmental Studies Foundation
Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board
China Center for Urban Development (CCUD)
Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission
Council of Wards in Tokyo
Fondation Biladi pour le Developpement Durable
German Federal Association for Sustainability
The Guangzhou Award
ICDI - International Climate Development Institute
IGOB-lnteressengemeinschaft okologische Beschaffung
International Association for Medina-Mary
Local Government Network-LG Net
National Institute of Urban Affairs
National Procurement Ltd.- Denmark
Natureparif
North-West University, Potchefstroom
RADP - Rural Area Development Programme
Selenyi Kirov
Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition
Taiwan Environmental Action Network
TCO Development
The Ideas Bank Foundation
VITO-Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek
Water Research Commission

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