Paula DiPerna is a strategic global environmental and philanthropic policy advisor, and writer, with experience speaking to CFA audiences. She serves currently as Special Advisor to CDP (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project). . She also serves on the Circle of Advisors of Rachel’s Network, which links women philanthropists who have environmental interests.
Ms. DiPerna served formerly as President of the International division of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), a private company that pioneered emissions trading worldwide, with special responsibility for China, India, and Asia. DiPerna also served as President of the Joyce Foundation, a major public policy philanthropy known for innovation; Executive Vice President for Recruitment and Public Policy of CCX; and Vice President for International Affairs for the Cousteau Society, whose principal was oceans pioneer Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
In 2001, Ms. DiPerna also founded the Jobs and Environment Initiative, which quantifies jobs creation benefits of environmental activities nationally and in various. DiPerna speaks widely around the world, especially in Asia, and her work with CCX in China helped spearhead the creation of China's first pilot carbon market, the Tianjin Climate Exchange (TCX). DiPerna speaks on trends in esg, career development, leadership concepts, womens issues and strategic environmental policy. She served as a Visiting Fellow at Civic Exchange in Hong Kong in 2018 and is a widely published author and media commentator.
