Advisory Board Members
Ursula Miniszewski
Ursula is an internationally recognized expert in gender equity and environmental philanthropy, with more than 15 years of experience working at the intersection of community development, climate activism, and human rights. As the Director of Gender and Environment at Global Greengrants Fund, she launched the Gender and Environment program and has helped direct more than $25 million in small grants to grassroots, gender-just climate action throughout the Global South. She is also a co-founder of the Funder Learning and Action Co-laboratory for Gender, Environmental, and Climate Justice. A contributing author of the groundbreaking report "Climate Justice and Women's Rights," and a frequent speaker at international conferences, Ursula works closely with the Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action on campaigns to integrate gender justice into government climate finance flows and is a member of the Feminist Action for Climate Justice Action Coalition. She has served on the Environmental Grantmakers’ Association program committee, has taught as an adjunct professor of gender and intersectionality, and sits on the Community Council for the Creative Ideas Fund, promoting disability rights in Colorado, where Ursula currently resides.