Kiana is part of C40’s Inclusion & Global Leadership department, where she leads on the development of advocacy messages and engagement plans for cities across the Global South & North. Relatedly, she oversees the diplomacy elements of C40 member cities’ Leadership Standards and looks for city collaboration opportunities (e.g., South-South).
She also manages the Urban 20 (U20) platform and related conferences. As an official G20 engagement group, convened by C40 and UCLG, the U20 produces an agenda of collective, urban priorities which directly inform G20 policy negotiations.
Kiana holds an MSc in Development Management from the London School of Economics and a BA in Political Science from the University of Toronto.