Selena is the Director of Emerging Initiatives at GMA, where she helps identify, evaluate, and develop opportunities to apply GMA’s model to new hard-to-abate sectors and advance the organization’s mission through new areas of work. Selena brings more than a decade of experience designing and facilitating complex, multi-stakeholder efforts to address climate and natural resource challenges. Prior to joining GMA, she served as Associate Director and Chief of Staff for the Market Innovation team at the Aspen Institute’s Energy & Environment Program, where she helped shape the strategy and growth of the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA). Previously, she held several roles with the City of Seattle, where her work included leading strategic planning and stakeholder engagement and coordinating cross-departmental policy and budget planning for the Seattle Park District. Selena began her career at Meridian Institute, supporting collaborative multi-stakeholder initiatives focused on food and agriculture, freshwater issues, and regional ocean planning. Selena holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance and a bachelor’s degree in Public Policy and Environmental Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a Morehead-Cain Scholar. Selena lives with her family in Seattle, Washington.