Our leadership
ICLEI is led by an elected group of local and regional leaders from across our network.
Frank Cownie
President | Mayor of Des Moines, US
Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh
First Vice President | Mayor of Malmö, Sweden
Atishi Marlena
Vice President | Member of Legislative Assembly, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India
Minna Arve
Vice President | Mayor of Turku, Finland
Daisaku Kadokawa
Chair | Mayor of Kyoto | Low Carbon Development and Climate Mitigation
In-Dong Cho
Vice Chair | Vice Mayor of Seoul | Air Quality & Regional Cooperation
Tae-Young Yeom
Member | Mayor of Suwon | Sustainable Urban Mobility | Rep. to GexCom
Xian Zhao
Member | Vice Mayor of Changchun | Green Circular and Resource Efficient Economy
Cheng-Ta Hsieh
Member | Deputy Mayor of New Taipei | Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation
Prof. Hironori Hamanaka
Advisory Member | Chair of ICLEI Japan
Alex Zhang
Advisory Member | Director of Eco-Forum Global
Daisaku Kadokawa
Chair | Mayor of Kyoto | Green, Circular & Resource-efficient Economy
Tae Woong Kang
Vice Chair | Vice Mayor of Seoul | Air Quality & Regional Cooperation
Amarsaikhan Sainbuyan
Member | Mayor of Ulaanbaatar | Low Carbon & Climate Change Mitigation
Su-Chuan Lee
Member | Deputy Mayor of Kaohsiung | Resilience & Climate Adaptation
Tae-Young Yeom
Member | Mayor of Suwon | Sustainable Urban Mobility | Rep. to GexCom
Prof. Hironori Hamanaka
Advisory Member | Chair of ICLEI Japan
Alex Zhang
Advisory Member | Director of Eco-Forum Global
Daisaku Kadokawa
Chair | Mayor of Kyoto | Green, Circular & Resource-efficient Economy
Gyoung-Gee Liu
Vice Chair | Vice Mayor of Seoul | Air Quality & Regional Cooperation
Shen Hsien Chen
Member | Deputy Mayor of New Taipei City | Disaster Resilience & Climate Adaptation
Tae-Young Yeom
Member | Mayor of Suwon | Sustainable Urban Mobility | Rep. to GexCom
Prof. Hironori Hamanaka
Advisory Member | Chair of ICLEI Japan
Alex Zhang
Advisory Member | Director of Eco-Forum Global
Our leadership comprises three main governance bodies elected every three years: The Global Executive Committee (GexCom), the Regional Executive Committees (RexComs) and the ICLEI Council.
The GexCom represents ICLEI towards international institutions and has the authority make strategic decisions concerning the organization. Each of the nine ICLEI regions also has its own RexCom, which approves new initiatives and programs in that region.
All RexComs come together to form the ICLEI Council, the overarching decision making and guiding body. The Council shapes and approves the ICLEI strategy, has the sole power to amend our statues and elects the GexCoM portfolio seats.
All eligible ICLEI Members can vote and stand for election to RexCom positions. The elected RexComs subsequently elect the GexCom, which includes one person from each RexCom and thematic portfolio representatives. These portfolio representatives are each responsible for a specific working area. The regional and portfolio representatives work together as the full GexCom.
The ICLEI President, First Vice President and two Vice Presidents are elected by the GexCom. They are the executive officers that represent the global organization and lead the global governing bodies of the Council and GexCom.