Karimah Hudda is the Founder and Chief Catalyst of illumine.earth, whose vision is: within our generation, see a world where all nature and people thrive. She works with leaders, businesses and solutionists to elevate and accelerate regenerative leadership and systems change towards this vision. She has over 20 years of senior-level experience in building and executing pioneering environmental and social strategies, business transformation and systems change across multiple sectors such as Fairtrade, International NGOs, and corporations such as Mondelez and Nike. Originally from a small town in India, Karimah is a woman of color, an immigrant and a global citizen who has lived and worked in over 40 countries. She has travelled off the beaten path and collaborated with people from vastly diverse contects – from small farmers of coffee and oil palm in Sumatra, to senior leaders of the largest corporations in the world, youth in the slums of Nairobi, to the builders of global movements. In collaboration with the best, most diverse minds in business, non-profits and solutions-building, she has catalyzed impact on speed and scale in environment, human rights and livelihoods. Karimah holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from University of Washington, and a Master’s in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies from Oxford University.