Our former leadership

Named one of the U.S’s “cool mayors” by the Mayors for Climate Protection, Former Mayor Cownie believes in looking to the future and has a long history of civic leadership and community involvement. In his second term as Mayor, he continued to promote the Des Moines’ sustainability goals. Some of his recent achievements include establishing the Des Moines Energy and Environmental Task Force, and securing a grant for purchasing a fleet of resource-efficient hybrid automobiles.

Meet Mayor Cownie (YouTube Video)

Former Mayor of Bonn from 2015 – 2020, Sridharan has long-standing experience in local government administration. Mayor Sridharan promotes and advocates low-emission solutions, holistic approaches to sustainable development and multi-level governance cooperation towards the implementation of the global sustainability agenda. © Foto: Barbara Frommann/Bundesstadt Bonn

Park was the Mayor of Seoul, Republic of Korea. He had a background in international law and had served as the Executive Director of several national foundations. From 1995 to 2002, he was the Secretary General for the People’s Solidarity for a participatory Democracy.