Changemakers

Who We Are

Our skilled team of changemakers around the world offers a breadth of consulting expertise and experience in sustainability, tourism, events, and communications. We are united by one purpose: to inspire and enable regeneration in destinations worldwide through tourism and events.

Melissa Baird
Consulting Storyteller team
Giulia Barbero
GDS-Academy and GDS-Events Coordinator team
Guy Bigwood, FIEMA
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Changemaker team
Claudia Bustinza
GDS-Index Lead team
Janet Cheung
Chief Financial Officer team
Ed Gillespie
Consulting Futurist team
Jess Henson
Marketing & Communications Manager team
Alejandra Hernández Zita
Relationship Manager, LATAM Region team
Beatriz Ibanez
Impact and Events Specialist team
Mary Isgro
Regenerative Tourism Consultant, United States team
Jennifer Jensen
Relationship Manager, UK and Ireland team
Rebecca Johnson
GDS-Index Assessor team
Alexis Kereluk
Regenerative Tourism Consultant, North American Region team
Inge Krogh Larsen
Relationship Manager, Nordic Region team
Mònica Molina
Regenerative Tourism Consultant, Spain & Portugal team
Janie Neumann
Relationship Manager (UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria) & Destination Climate Action Expert team
Betsy Reed
Lead Storyteller, and GDS-Academy Course Faculty Lead team
Milda Salciute
Director: GDS-Events and GDS-Academy team
Anne Seeberg
Director: Operations team
Bella Shahsuvaryan
Relationship Manager, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Region team
Anja Spice
Public Relations & Digital Marketing Manager team
Jessica Vandy
Regenerative Tourism Consultant, Asia-Pacific (APAC) Region team
Alicia Winfield-O’Hare
Relationship Manager, UK and Ireland team
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