Avi Mahaningtyas

Avi Mahaningtyas has been working in the non-government sector in Indonesia for the last 25 years. Her main focuses have been environmental policy and practice, community business development, women’s empowerment, indigenous peoples' rights, and governance reform.

Avi is an environmental consultant and knowledgeable facilitator. She served as an advisor to the David and Lucille Packard Foundation and Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA) from 2013 to 2018. She served as an advisor for stakeholder engagement and strategic communication for the Task Force for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (Satgas REDD+) and the Head of the Presidential Delivery Unit from 2011-2014. She was a fellow with The Samdhana Institute focusing on community-based natural resource management, social transformation, and cultural revival. Prior to that, Avi worked as the National Coordinator of the Governor’s Climate and Forest Task Force (2009-2011); Chief of Cluster, Environmental and Economic Governance with the Kemitraan-Partnership for Governance Reform Indonesia (2010-2012); and the National Coordinator for the GEF Small Grants Program in Indonesia (2002-2009).