Dr. Claire Nelson is Chief Ideation Leader of The Futures Forum, a research and education practice specializing in bringing the power of strategic foresight and the discipline of sustainability engineering to challenges facing organizations and communities. A member of the Association of Professional Futurists, she serves on the Board of the World Futures Studies Federation and as Editor-At-Large of their HUMAN FUTURES Magazine, as well as on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Futures Studies. An award-winning playwright, her book ‘SMART Futures for a Flourishing World’, takes us to the future with stories that illuminate paths of hope. Before establishing The Futures Forum, Dr. Nelson conjured change at the Inter-American Development Bank over a thirty-year career, pioneering the Bank’s development with equity agenda, and strategic foresight as a tool for engendering development effectiveness. As result of her leadership, the Bank honored her with its coveted Ortiz Mena Award. Dr. Nelson is recognized as the Architect of the Campaign for National Caribbean American Heritage Month.  She holds a Doctorate in Engineering Management from the George Washington University.  Dr. Nelson, honored as a White House Champion of Change, was named among the Top 50 Female Futurists on Forbes.com. 

DR. CLAIRE A. NELSON - True Jamaican with four jobs…  FUTURIST, SUSTAINABILITY ENGINEER, STORYTELLER, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR - She was the First Jamaican on the Moon, and is a certified member of the OHOTU Clan, which is a Clan of Outliers, Heretics, Outlaws, TroubleMakers and Unreasonables established to keep humanity from suffering the fate of lemmings Links:www.thefuturesforum.org