Sean Southey is the chief executive officer of PCI Media Impact and chair of the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC). As chair of the CEC and CEO of PCI Media Impact, Sean works to build the capacity of local partners around the world to use creative communications, behavior change approaches and storytelling to effect powerful social change. With a multi-sector background, he spent twelve years with the United Nations Development Program, five years with the Canadian government and three years working with other international non-government organizations such as the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) and Rare. He holds a B.A. in economics from University of British Columbia in Canada and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics in the UK. Sean is a Fellow of Salzburg Global Session 574, The Child in the City: Health, Parks, and Play, in 2017.