SCENAM - Key Persons
With a background in economics, a postgrad from the Graduate Institute for Development Studies in Geneva and an Advanced Certificate in Environmental Diplomacy, Karen has an extensive practical and theoretical knowledge of scenario development and planning processes with applications for public governance, business strategy and enterprise development. A former associate of the Scenario Planning Team at the World Economic Forum, she has been a regular consultant to the Amazon Basin Water Management Project, as well as a staff member of the UNEP-GEF division in Nairobi, Kenya. With a passion for the connections between sustainable development and the private sector she has been exploring these themes with the Environmental Enterprises Assistance Funds; the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, where she started her career as the Assistant Manager of their Scenario Unit.
Stella has a background in Economics from the University Campinas in Sao Paolo and holds a double postgrad from the Yale School of Management where she did her MBA, and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies of which she holds a Master of Environmental Management. A long-time consultant to the Organization of the American States, Stella has been engaged in the development of the project document of the UNEP-GEF Integrated and Sustainable Management of Transboundary Water Resources in the Amazon River Basin since the beginning. -in particular the Vision Amazonas Scenario project in which she has a special interest. Her passion for participatory processes and the Amazon has seen her work for organizations like Fundaciòn Natur Bolivia where she designed the baseline socio-economic survey for the implementation of a Payment for Ecosystem Services system. Stella is currently employed by the Amazon Environmental Institute where she is coordinating the Family Forest project.
Valérie has a background in Political Sciences with a Master in Management and Public Policy from the University of Geneva. With a major in Environmental Management, she also studied European Union Environmental Politics and Law at the Catholic University of Louvain-La-Neuve. Valérie has been exploring the connections between the environment and social sciences with various organizations like the Green Cross International where she started het career, and the Walras Pareto Centre - a specialized institute in the history of social sciences. Her passion for people and sociology growing she founded her own business "Histoires de Vies" in 2007, turning herself into an entrepreneur and a professional interviewer. Dedicated to the associative culture she has been working for the WWF Switzerland, where she is still leading discovery youth camps on renewable energy, or the Service Civil International -an organization dedicated to promoting a culture of peace.