Alice Simpson-Young

Alice Simpson-Young is a Principal Consultant in Sustainability and Resilience at AECOM, where they lead projects aimed at building community and infrastructure resilience. With 8 years of experience across local and state government and consulting, Alice focuses on climate change and disaster risk reduction while emphasizing environmental justice and equity considerations. Their past roles include serving as a Resilience and Communications Officer for Resilient Sydney and as a Senior Policy Advisor at Infrastructure NSW. Alice has also contributed to academic research on urban heat islands and has actively engaged in youth advocacy for climate issues as an Antarctic Youth Ambassador. They hold multiple degrees from the University of Sydney and have completed a research fellowship focused on resilience strategies.