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Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga - Urban Development and Management, UN-HABITAT
Ms. Njenga is a Trained Economist/Urban and Regional Planner with over seventeen years of work experience in Sustainable Development. Ms. Njenga has worked at UN-HABITAT for the past twelve years, in the field of urban development and management taking a coordinating role in various regional and national technical cooperation projects. Which include: advisory+6, research and advocacy work, on a broad range of urban/local government and environmental, social, economic and regional planning issues in both Africa and Asia. She has undertaken and published research in the following areas: Poverty in Africa, environmental management, small and micro-enterprise development, rural-urban linkages, climate change, planning regulations in African and Asian Countries, and strengthening local government. Ms. Njenga is the pioneer and coordinator of a regional project the “Lake Victoria Region City Development Strategies”; and has made significant contributions to the conceptualization and implementation of numerous global and regional programs. Through her work she has also provided support and facilitation of countries in Africa and Asia in the preparation of Poverty Reduction Strategies and preparation of projects aimed at implementing the MDG’s, particularly those targeting poverty, the environment and the reduction of HIV/AIDS prevalence in Africa.
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Christophe Lalande, UN-HABITAT
Lalande is a political scientist, specialized in public affairs and international relations, with specific focus on local governance and urban environment. Over the past 6 years he has been working with UN-HABITAT to promote sustainable urban development and pro-poor housing policies addressing issues related to green architecture and sustainable building practices, vulnerable groups and traditional building knowledge.
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| Claudio Acioly Jr. - Chief, Housing Policy Section, UN-Habitat
Acioly has been the Chief of the Housing Policy Section of UN-HABITAT since 2008. He has 30 years of experience and has worked in more than 20 countries as a practitioner, technical advisor, development consultant and training and capacity building expert in the broad field of: housing and human settlements, slum upgrading, urban management and project implementation. Acioly previously worked as a consultant to the World Bank, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and has been a fellow with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (Cambridge, USA) and the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies-IHS (Rotterdam, The Netherlands). In addition, he has moderated and facilitated several international meetings such as: The World Habitat Day 2007, World Urban Forum Dialogue on Equal Access to Shelter and Basic Urban Services (2010) and many other international workshops in Central and Easter Europe, Latin America and Africa. | | | |
| Gulelat Kebede, Head - Training and Capacity Building Branch UN-Habitat, Kenya
Kebede has over 15 years of experience in local government capacity building, and a PhD in Economics. Currently, he heads UN-Habitat's Training and Capacity Building Branch, directing and undertaking research and development of over 20 capacity building tools which are in use by: policy makers, practitioners and trainers involved in: local leadership development, strategic planning, local economic development and urban environmental planning and management. Kebede has worked with over 30 training institutions through: coordinating, undertaking capacity building needs assessment, curricula design, training delivery and impact evaluation in a number of countries. He is also an advisor to UN-Habitat programmes, and national and local governments on training and capacity building priorities, strategies and methods. Kebede is involved in UN wide initiatives on green economy, and is UN-Habitat’s focal point for education, employment and social floor protection. | | | |
| Inga Björk-Klevby - Assistant Secretary-General & Deputy Executive Director, UN-HABITAT
Mrs. Klevby has been the Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN-HABITAT since 2006. She previously served as the Ambassador of Sweden to: Kenya Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Burundi, Seychelles and Comoros between 1998 and 2005; and as Sweden’s Permanent Representative to UNEP and UN Habitat. In the past, Mrs. Kelvby also worked for the Central Bank of Sweden as an International Economist, the International Monetary Fund, Washington DC and an Assistant to the Nordic Executive Director representing Sweden, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - Stockholm, the Asian Development Bank – Manila, as an Alternate Executive Director, representing the Nordic countries, Canada and the Netherlands, and the Executive Director, African Development Bank, Abidjan, representing the Nordic countries, Switzerland and India among other organizations. She holds a Master’s Degree from the Stockholm School of Economics, with focus on economics, business administration and public sector management and also won an AIESEC scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. | | | |
| Michelle Malanca - Michelle Malanca Sustainability Consulting
Ms. Malanca has over thirteen years of experience in the field environmentally sustainable development, from strategy and planning through to implementation and construction. She is the former Technical Director of the Green Building Council of Australia; and was responsible for the development of green building rating tools for several building sectors, including retail, healthcare, education and multi-unit housing. Ms. Malanca has made numerous presentations on green building topics, including at conferences in the US, Mexico, Australia and South Africa. Through her own consultancy, Michelle Malanca Sustainability Consulting, she works with non-profit, government and private organizations to plan and implement effective green building and sustainability programs. Her projects have included work on several green building rating systems internationally, including Green Star SA, Green Star NZ and the Pearls Rating Method (pilot) in Abu Dhabi. Ms. Malanca holds a degree in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz. A LEED Accredited Professional since 2003. She currently serves on the US Green Building Council’s LEED Implementation Advisory Committee. | | | |
| Richard Fedrizzi - Founding Chairman, United States Green Building Council
Fedrizzi is the founding Chairman of the USGBC. In 1993, he was appointed President & CEO in April 2004; under his leadership, the Council tripled its membership, broadened its influence, and cemented its role as a leadership voice in the global sustainability movement. The evolution and extension of the internationally recognized LEED Green Building Rating System to all building types, and expansion of LEED certification and accreditation through the spin off the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), of which Fedrizzi is Chairman, has helped build on the speed and capacity of the organization. Collaboration, through work with the Clinton Global Initiative, the International Codes Council among other internationally recognized legal frameworks has broadened the base of green building. Expanded outreach and education, advocacy support for public policy initiatives, and a heightened emphasis on green building’s role in social equity progress are part of Fedrizzi’s vision for the organization. In 2009, Mr Fedrizzi and the USGBC were recognized as visionaries in sustainability by the National Building Museum, which awarded them an Honor Award. A founder of the World Green Building Council, Mr Fedrizzi is now an active member of its board. He also serves on the board of the UNEP Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative. | | | |
| S C Kumar - Senior Advisor, consultancy support for Green Buildings, India
During his illustrious career of nearly four decades with IAF, Air Cmde Kumar held several important, flying and leadership appointments. A recipient of “Distinguished Service Award” from the President of India; he joined CII in July 2002 as the Project Coordinator for the construction of the Prestigious CII –Green Business Centre. Under his dynamic leadership, the building was awarded the highest “Platinum” rating by the USGBC under the LEED programme. This award was instrumental in helping the IGBC launch the Green Building movement in India which today stands at 570 projects amounting to 370M sq ft of green building footprint coming up in different parts of the country. Over the past 7 years, Kumar has trained over 5000 building professionals in India and abroad on sustainable building construction as per the IGBC / LEED norms. Currently, he is working as “Senior Advisor”, providing consultancy support for Green Buildings, Water, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 & Special projects. Kumar holds a PG Degree in Management and is a Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India. | | | |
| Siham Omri - Vice President & Co-founder, MGBC
Mrs. Omri is the VP and Co-founder of the Morocco Green Building Council, and an international interior designer specializing in sustainable design, green product development and energy saving consultations. She studied Business management and information systems from the University of Cincinnati, and holds a Bachelor of Sciences in Interior Design from the Design Architecture Art, and planning DAAP College; she is currently continuing both her professional career and higher education specializing in Global Sustainable Urban Development. Mrs. Omri has extensive experience in the field of sustainability starting with higher education, professional practice, social entrepreneurship and currently non profit organizational efforts; she has also worked on mega hospitality projects around the world, and conducted research for sustainability and Green Building Rating Systems for many of these projects in the US, UAE, Latin America, Great Britain, Spain, Germany, Morocco, India, and Australia. Mrs. Omri is also collaborating with many world renowned individuals and companies on sustainable industrial projects in the US, Morocco and Africa to create green projects, green jobs, promote education, diminish illegal immigration, raise the percentage of African world trade to more than a low single digit number; create healthier prosperous lives and opportunities for the African Nations and the rest of the world. | | | |
| Tony Lee Luen Len - Principal Partner Ecosis Ltd, Mauritius
Lee is the Principal Partner at Ecosis Ltd a sustainability consultants firm; he started his professional career in South Africa as a quantity surveyor. In 2000, he joined the leading South African aluminium and glass group, Winlite, as their general manager; where he worked for 6 years on many building projects including: Cape Town International Airport, Johannesburg Domestic terminal, Canal Walk - one of Africa’s largest shopping centre. In 2007, Lee moved back to Mauritius where he received the Gold Innovators Award Mauritius in 2008, for the eco-living concept. He is on the technical committee for Sustainable Building and Construction for the Ministry of Environment, and the founding Chair of the Green Building Council of Mauritius and founding president of NGO Climate Change Action Forum. Lee holds a degree in Quantity Surveying, a diploma in Project Management and a certificate in Estate Agency. He is also a Chartered surveyor, a LEED accredited professional and a licensed assessor for BREEAM. | | | |
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