Lauren Nicole Sorkin Acting Executive Director Global Resilience Cities NetworkUnited States of America
Lauren Sorkin is Acting Executive Director of the Global Resilient Cities Network, leading a global team of interdisciplinary professionals to support and enhance the Network across six continents through shared resilience practice, strategic partnerships and access to investments. Prior to this, she served as Director of the 100 Resilient Cities Platform of Partners and the Managing Director for Asia Pacific. Lauren spent six years working with the Asian Development Bank, where she led the development of the ADB’s first organization-wide Climate Change Implementation Plan and corresponding staff development program as well as the integration of climate resilience into the Bank’s $7 billion investment portfolio in Viet Nam.