Maree (she/her) is a creative strategist with 25+ years of experience working on the big issues; sustainability, climate change, inclusive communities and urban resilience. She is a respected thought leader in all things resilience, climate change and behaviour change and is passionate about joining dots between people and knowledge - amplifying outcomes for lasting change.

A dynamic and optimistic facilitator, Maree ignites transformational ideas, fosters collaboration and creates safe spaces for meaningful engagement.

For many years Maree worked as a intrapreneur creating cultural shifts within city and regional local governments, not for profit and private sectors.

For six years Maree was Melbourne’s Deputy Chief Resilience Officer (as part of the Rockefeller 100 Resilient Cities program) creating and implementing the Resilient Melbourne strategy with 32 local councils while developing and delivering capacity building programs. Following this Maree co-Managed the City of Melbourne’s City Resilience and Sustainable Futures team inspiring ambition and creativity on complex city challenges.

Maree is the founder of Once Upon Tomorrow where she works with communities on hazard agnostic strategies to future challenges - building connection, social justice and social capital. Maree's passion projects involve regenerating native landscapes, making and weaving.

Maree met most of the Reworlders while involved with Arts House's Refuge program which resulted in the creation of the Creative Resilience Lab, first held in Vancouver in 2019.