Our Board.
Resurgence is developing a strong and diverse board of senior leadership and governance talent to guide its development and scaling plan.
Mark Harvey is the Founder and CEO of Resurgence, a global social enterprise that supports urban climate risk reduction and resilience. Resurgence clients and partners include the World Bank, UNDRR, the Met Office, FCDO, the Red Cross Climate Centre and EIT Climate-KIC. He has over 30 years experience of international climate, environment and humanitarian partnerships.
Mark is currently leading DARAJA, an award winning weather, climate and early warning services initiative, which has won awards from the Global Resilience Partnership and British Expertise International.
Mark is a member of the Urban Expert Group advising the UNDRR ‘Making Cities Resilient’ 2030 Campaign, and a contributor to the World Disasters Report of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
He is a co-founder of the Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities (CDAC) Network. Mark has degrees from Oxford and Harvard Universities, where he obtained a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) and won a William Starr Innovations Fellowship.
MARK HARVEY
Founder & CEO
Jeff Woods is an urban, disaster risk reduction, and climate adaptation specialist with over 15 years of global experience supporting urban resilience in Africa, Asia, and international policy platforms. He has shaped urban climate policy, built coalitions, and led large-scale humanitarian and development portfolios for the IFRC, multilateral agencies, and civil society organisations.
Most recently, Jeff served as Regional Advisor for Humanitarian Assistance in Urban Contexts with the German Red Cross and IFRC Africa, where he supported National Societies across the continent on urban disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation. He has extensive experience developing Early Warning/Early Action programming with national hydro-meteorological authorities and partners including WFP and Practical Action, converting forecasts into triggers, protocols, and operational readiness actions.
Jeff brings deep operational expertise in urban early warning systems and climate services, and a deep interest in artificial intelligence – core to Resurgence’s mission of empowering communities with actionable weather and climate information through initiatives like DARAJA. He holds a Master of Arts from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University and is currently leading a multi-year research agenda at UNSW exploring how corruption undermines urban community resilience and disaster preparedness.
JEFF WOODS
Urban Resilience
Lisa Robinson is a strategic communication leader with over two decades of experience designing and delivering media, communication, and public engagement initiatives that drive social impact at scale across 30+ countries. Most recently serving as Director of Risk Communication for Early Action (RiCA) and Head of Advisory at BBC Media Action, she led a global initiative strengthening disaster risk communication for early warning and early action across six countries, managed cross-functional teams delivering programmes reaching over 100 million people annually in fragile and conflict-affected states, and directed complex multi-country initiatives supporting communities affected by conflict, crises, and climate impacts.
Lisa’s expertise spans climate resilience, disaster risk reduction, humanitarian response, and social and behaviour change, with significant contributions to global policy including co-founding the CDAC Network, co-authoring widely referenced policy reports, and guides adopted by UNDRR’s Communication Hub, and shaping communication standards applied across the humanitarian sector.
As a Board Advisor to Resurgence, she brings her deep knowledge of early warning systems, participatory approaches, and multi-stakeholder collaborations to advance climate preparedness for vulnerable cities and communities. She also serves as Adjunct Professor at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, sits on the Advisory Board of UCL Warning Research Centre, and holds advanced degrees from LSE, USC, and Cranfield School of Management, all with distinction or summa cum laude honours.
LISA ROBINSON
Media & Risk Communication
Dr. Nuha Eltinay is an award-winning urban planner with extensive experience in urban resilience and disaster risk reduction. She has worked as a Senior Urban Development Specialist for the World Bank MENA Urban and DRM Unit and provided consultations on Urban Resilience Assessments for several international organisations such as the ODI and the UNDRR.
Nuha is a Fellow Member – Institute of Strategic Risk Management – Advisory Council and held the position of the Director of Urban Planning and Sustainable Development at the Arab Urban Development Institute leading key initiatives on Smart Cities and Smart Citizenry.
DR. NUHA ELTINAY
Board Advisor and Representative, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region
Scott Williams is a runner and a poet amongst other things. He spends much of his time trying to help create the conditions for mutual learning and opening spaces of possibility for shifts in perception. He advises widely, including UNDP and UNDRR in a range of areas that currently include the High Level Dialogue on Energy, the High Level Initiative on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID and Beyond, the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group and on Understanding the Systemic Nature of Risk with the UN Global Risk Assessment Framework (GRAF) and the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR).
Scott previously worked with PwC for 20 years including as Director of PwC’S Disaster Risk Management (DRM) practice, the Sustainability, Climate Change and DRM Practice Leader for PwC Japan and as a member of the PwC Global Sustainability Governance Board.
CA, Chartered Accounting
BComm Accounting, Finance and Economics, The Australian National University.
SCOTT WILLIAMS
Perception & Risk
Sebastian Winkler is a Mexican-French-German-Swiss sustainability leader with three decades of experience bridging environmental policy, climate finance, and urban resilience across UN agencies, governments, and civil society. Currently serving as Director Climate Finance at Green Initiatives and former Director General of CIC, he brings deep expertise in climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, and resource mobilisation for vulnerable communities.
His distinguished career includes senior advisory positions at UNEP (Coordinate the development of the UN Common Approach to Biodiversity with 51 UN agencies and establish a Nature-based Solution Platform), IUCN (co-founder and Head of Countdown 2010, mobilising 2,000+ organisations), Global Footprint Network (Vice President Programme & Outreach), and Global Crop Diversity Trust (securing $400 million in endowment commitments).
Sebastian has participated in most Rio Convention CoPs since 1998, served as Lead Negotiator on Biodiversity & Climate for the Spanish EU Presidency, drafted the UN Decade of Ecological Restoration Action Plan, and worked for Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI/BCIE) in Costa Rica on Green Climate Fund investments to mainstream climate finance into the Meso-American financial sector.
As a Board Advisor to Resurgence, he supports the organisation’s mission of advancing climate preparedness and inclusive early warning services for vulnerable cities and communities. Multilingual in Spanish, German, English, and French, he holds degrees from universities across Europe and North America, including Harvard Business School.
SEBASTIAN WINKLER
Board Advisor, Sustainability