Donna Chiarelli

Donna Chiarelli brings 25 years’ experience helping to build healthy, prosperous and resilient communities. She currently serves as the director of programs and capacity building with the Natural Assets Initiative (Natural Assets Initiative – NAI), where she leads the development of training, tools and other initiatives to support communities across Canada to better account for nature’s services in infrastructure management and service delivery.   

Donna is also the owner and principal of Planet A Consulting, established in 2019, through which she has supported multiple projects related to asset management, environmental sustainability and climate action.  From 2003-2018, Donna worked for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the latter half as manager of capacity building and senior advisor for FCM’s Green Municipal Fund (GMF).  

Early in her career, Donna coordinated an international, multi-stakeholder training program called Leadership for Environment and Development, delivered to Canadian professionals through the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.  

Donna has been privileged to study or work in many countries and lived briefly in Kenya, India and the UK.