Dr. Eleni "Lenio" Myrivili is the Global Chief Heat Officer for the Atlantic Council and UN-Habitat, dedicated to advancing heat resilience in cities worldwide. Recognized among Nature’s 10 people who helped shape science in 2023, today she’s on the BoD of EU Mission Adaptation and WEF’s Global Risk Assessment, and an advisor to GCoM on adaptation and Resilience.
Former Deputy Mayor of Athens, she led the city’s Urban Resilience Plan, securing €55M in EIB funding. A Perry World House Fellow at UPenn and former Loeb Fellow at Harvard, she holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Columbia University.
