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Lily Marra is a seasoned professional with expertise in sustainable energy, women's rights, and business strategy. She has experience in project management, economic analysis, and team leadership, having worked in various roles including Project Partner Sourcing at Terra Global Capital and Senior Economist at the Environment Agency. Lily holds a Master of Science in Ecological Economics from the University of Edinburgh and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management, Finance from the University of Washington.

Experience

  • Terra Global Capital
    • London, England, United Kingdom
    • Associate, Project Partner Sourcing
      • Jan 2023 - Present
      • London, England, United Kingdom

      -Specialist in Terra's Sourcing team identifying, screening, and supporting investment in projects which reduce deforestation and degradation -Creating value for nature, communities, and investors-Growing Terra's global pipeline of high-value, high-integrity carbon projects verified under market standards, including Verra, TREES, and CAR

    • United Kingdom
    • Environmental Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Economist
      • Jun 2021 - Jan 2023

      Senior Economist and Line Manager in the EA's National Economics and Social Science team -Business case and appraisal lead-Led on integrating a natural capital into economic valuation and strategic business cases-Lead economist on 2021 Spending Review bid for the UK's water environment-Project manager on multitude of evidence-based economic projects, including; updating the value of water, creating new environmental and historic valuation guidance (EHOV)-Contributor on cross-Whitehall Economic Service Diversity and Inclusion Outreach group

    • Economist
      • Feb 2020 - Jun 2021

      Economist and Project Manager in the Strategic Economic Evidence team.-Developed modeling techniques and valuation evidence to improve the delivery of data-driven outcomes-Contributed to the Dasgupta Review Analytical Working Group for the EA-Member of; cross-Government Women in Economics Group, Government Economics Diversity & Inclusion Working Group, EA Economics Profession

    • Researcher
      • Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
      • Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

      Researcher evaluating the impact of Imaflora's "Florestas de Valor" agroecology programme-Interviewed cocoa smallholders in the São Félix do Xingu region of the Amazon-Created a multi-dimension well-being framework and assessed the success of FdV against social, environmental, and economic criteria-Created a dichotomous choice experiment to derive value for sustainably grown chocolate and surveyed chocolate consumers around Piracicaba to identify WTP-Provided policy recommendations for Imaflora on how to improve the economic benefits of FdV, using the quantitative results of the choice experiment and qualitative interview results-Research was basis for Ecological Economics MSc dissertation (1:1)

  • Nordstrom
    • Greater Seattle Area
    • Sales Associate
      • May 2016 - Jul 2018
      • Greater Seattle Area

      Sales Associate in the at Nordstrom's Flagship location. -Developed strong customer relationships and customer service skills as a certified fit specialist on the lingerie floor-Implemented and consistently achieved sales goals -Gained understanding of large corporate structure from the company’s flagship location

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • President, Husky Snow Club
      • Jun 2016 - Jun 2018

    • Manager of Events, GBCC International Case Competition
      • Dec 2017 - Apr 2018

    • Sustainability and Hospitality Intern
      • Mar 2017 - Jun 2017
      • Madikeri Area, India

      -Facilitated guest relations at the 30 person guesthouse and farm in Coorg, India, leading treks and ecology tours-Gave educational talks on the rainforest ecosystem, the Green Revolution and ecofeminism while researching these topics for an independent university project -Engaged in a range of agroecological farming activities-Gained insight into India's agricultural development, including the current and historic policy landscape-Managed bookkeeping for guesthouse restaurant and store

    • Project Intern
      • Mar 2016 - Jun 2016

      Began development on CN!'s "Made in Cascadia" project, researching and compiling a directory of local, ethical and sustainable businessesConducted widespread outreach to Seattle businesses, facilitating partnerships with the community

    • BP Fashion Blogger
      • Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

      Wrote, styled and photographed two weekly blog posts for Nordstrom’s teen fashion blog on the corporation’s website Specifically marketed certain products in addition to formulating my own unique, creative and topical posts

Education

  • 2018 - 2019
    The University of Edinburgh
    Master of Science - MS, Ecological Economics
  • 2014 - 2018
    University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business
    Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration and Management, Finance
  • 2015 - 2015
    University College Dublin
    Irish Studies

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