· Vice Mayor II for Administrative Affairs, Seoul Metropolitan Government (Jul. 2020 - Present)
· Deputy Mayor of Safety Management Headquarters, Seoul Metropolitan Government (Jul. 2018 - Jun. 2020)
· Deputy Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan Infrastructure Headquarters, Seoul Metropolitan Government (Jan. 2018. - Jul. 2018)
· General Director of Urban Planning Bereau, Seoul Metropolitan Government (Jan.2016-Jan.2018)

· Council President from 2011-2012
· Council Vice-President from 2010-2011 & 2013-2014
· Chairman of the Hoboken Democratic Party from 2010-2011.
· Served as a local Democratic Committeeman for the 2nd Ward, 3rd District of Hoboken from 2007-2009

· Served as State Minister of Child Affairs (2015)
· Elected to Parliament (2010)
· Coordinating Secretary of the United National Party’s Women’s wing (1995)
· Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations, High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Malaysia
· Deputy Chief of Staff and spokesperson for the Prime Minister.

· City Mayor, 2016 to present, City Government of Makati
· Congresswoman, 2007-2016, Philippines House of Representatives
· Lawyer, 2002-2007

· Deputy Mayor for urban planning at the municipality of Rome
· Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the Universita degli Studi di RomaTre
· PhD in Architecture and Urban Design

· Vice Mayor of Vientiane Capital and Director General of the Department of Planning and Investment, Vientiane Capital. (2019-)
· Director General of the Department of the Planning and Investment, Vientiane Capital. (2014-2019)
· Director General of Department of Evaluation, Ministry of Planning and Investment.(2011-2013)

· Senior Advisor to the Mayor of Athens
· Senior Fellow and Consultant at the Atlantic Council’s AARF Resilience Center
· Chief Resilience Officer of Athens part of the Global Resilience Cities Network
· Former Deputy Mayor for the City of Athens

· Has extensive experience in sustainable development and regional cooperation and has been serving as Regional Director of ICLEI East Asia Secretariat since 2015.
· Held leadership position at the UNDP Secretariat for Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI), an intergovernmental economic cooperation mechanism between China, Mongolia, Korea and Russian Federation
· Was a journalist and editor at the People’s Daily

· Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) and Executive Director, Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency (2017-Present)
· Program Director- Strategies, Initiatives and Networks (2009-2017)

· Commissioner, Mayor’s Office for External Affairs, Taipei City Government
(Jul 2020 – Present)
· Spokeperson, Taipei City Government (Aug 2019 –Jul 2020)
· Deputy Chairperson, International Affairs Advisory Council, Taipei City Government (Jun 2019 - Present)
· Director General, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sep 2013 –Jun 2015)

· Joined ICLEI in 2008 as Director International Programs and was based in Jakarta for 7 years coordinating climate change and disaster risk reduction programs with cities in Indonesia and other parts of Asia.
· Managed projects funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, German Government and European Union
· In 2015, returned to Australia to take up the position of Regional Director.
· Before joining ICLEI, held senior management positions in Australian local governments for over 20 years.