Zhuli Hess

Zhuli Hess is a Program Officer in the Environment Program, where she leads efforts to promote greenhouse gas emissions reductions in high-emitting industry sectors and key geographies like China, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

Zhuli’s expertise is in strategic planning and execution for international environmental programs, international operations and communications, and policy analysis on China’s environmental governance. Zhuli comes to Hewlett from the Environmental Defense Fund, where she was a director of global strategy and led work focused on sustainable investment.

Previously, Zhuli was at CDP’s green supply chain team, where she oversaw work on a dozen North American multinational corporations’ global supply chains’ environmental footprints, and she served as a consultant for the Wildlife Conservation Society in Uganda and for the Asia Society Policy Institute’s work to link carbon pricing mechanisms in east Asia.

Earlier in her career, Zhuli represented VERRA to promote rural climate financing and build crucial market mechanisms to enable decarbonization solutions, and served as the deputy director for climate change for the China Beijing Environmental Exchange, where she provided advice on climate mitigation strategies. Zhuli holds a master’s degree in international business and a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature and communications.