Speaker

As the Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Kali Polis Project, Marnie brings together university students in Greece with municipalities to build resilient urban projects for the future. With over 25 years of experience as a global urban affairs leader, Marnie provides government, non-profit and private sector clients around the world with urban climate public affairs services including government relations, stakeholder engagement, strategic communications and advocacy. Previously, she worked at two large North American municipalities, served four mayors, and has lived and worked in five global cities- Sydney, Toronto, New York, Vancouver and Athens. As a Senior Advisor, Strategy & Communications for the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM), Marnie supports over 14,000 cities as part of the world’s largest alliance of cities committed to climate leadership. Marnie has a Master of Science in Urban Planning from the University of Toronto.