Meet the team - North America

Team members in the North America region.

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Head of Administration and Budget

With over 18 years of global experience, Arshia Narang Chander serves as the Head of Administration and Budget for the UNEP North America Regional Office in Washington, DC and the UNEP Office in New York, specializing in administration, budget, and reform matters. Since joining the organization in 2013, she has managed administrative functions including: travel…

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Finance and Budget Assistant

Churchill has over 7 years of experience in finance, budget, accounting, administrative services , grants and project management. He has worked with both UNON Financial Reporting Unit and UNEP Global Environmental Facility Coordination Unit as a Finance and Budget Assistant. He has assimilated extensive knowledge of and insights into various financial processes…

Programme Assistant

Clayton Adams is currently a Programme Assistant at the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) North America Office, where he has worked in varying capacities since 2001. Among his current duties, he handles outreach to the executive branches of the national governments in the region, civil society organizations and the private sector, as well as provides general…

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Regional Coordinator

Hilary French is the Regional Sub-Programme Coordinator for Chemicals and Pollution Action and Finance and Economic Transformations at the United Nations Environment Programme’s North America Office. Hilary previously served as the office’s regional coordinator for climate change and as a special advisor to the organization on a broad range of issues, including…

Laura

Information Officer

Laura Fuller heads communications for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in North America. She is responsible for conveying UNEP’s core scientific and environmental development messages, as well as global advocacy campaigns, to all stakeholders, partners and media in Canada and the United States. She leads the effort to raise awareness on priority and emerging…

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Regional Coordinator

Maria Morgado joined the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2013 and is currently the regional coordinator for Climate Change and Nature at the North America Office, based in Washington D.C. Her work focuses on terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems, promoting and facilitating partnership building between UNEP and North American institutions and…

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Regional Director and Representative, Regional Office for North America

Rafael Peralta is the Regional Director of the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Regional Office for North America in Washington since 1 July 2023. Rafael has served as Chief of Staff of UNEP since April 2021, having previously worked as Acting Chief of Staff since 2019. He joined UNEP in 2018 as Deputy Chief of Staff. Rafael has over 20…