Ella Delio

Ella Delio brings global experience working for and with organizations that tackle issues at the intersection of climate change and communities to bring about greater justice and economic opportunity. She started her career in the private sector where she saw the important role that businesses played in equitable and sustainable development. This prompted her move to the non-profit sector in 2004, where she supported the growth of women-led and environmental enterprises. In 2014, she brought her expertise to the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) where she has been building the “living with water” movement in Southeast Louisiana in collaboration with partners from the non-profit, public, and private sectors

Prior to moving to New Orleans, Ella worked in Washington, D.C., at the World Resources Institute, an international environmental think tank, where she served as Global Director of the New Ventures program. In that role, she provided business development and investment facilitation services to innovative environmental enterprises in Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, and Mexico. In this capacity, she worked with various funders from the philanthropic and public sectors.

Ella is a board member of the Environmental Grantmakers Association and Propeller, a New Orleans-based social enterprise accelerator. She received her MBA and MPA degrees from the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School and her Management Engineering and Economics degrees from the Ateneo de Manila University, a Jesuit university in the Philippines.