With nearly 20 years of experience in civil society and philanthropy, Américo Sampaio joins the ICCI team as Director of Partnerships. Americo has held senior roles at organizations such as CIEDS, Escola de Governo de São Paulo, Comunitas, Purpose and Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS).

From the very beginning, ICCI has been a truly collective effort.

For ICCI’s team, it was an opportunity to discuss the role of communications in the nonprofit sector and to explore pathways for building new narratives through visual strategies.

With over 10 years of experience in communication and marketing, including roles in large companies and agencies, she decided in 2018 to shift her career towards the third sector. Luiza is now ICCI’s new Director of Institutional Development.

ICCI was present at Climate Week NYC, engaging with global and regional leaders, change agents, scientists and civil society representatives from around the world.

Vitor joins ICCI as the new Communications Coordinator. He brings extensive experience in strategic and institutional communication and holds a certificate in Writing for Film, Television & Games from Vancouver Film School.

With a strong background in International Relations and a specialization in project management for the third sector, Talita joins ICCI as a Grant Making Analyst.

Mathaus is the newest member of the ICCI team, joining us as Programmatic Coordinator. He holds a degree in International Relations and brings with him a decade of experience working with youth, focusing on gender, democracy, and climate change.

The ICCI programmatic team was present at the Latinidades Festival in Salvador, the largest Latin American festival dedicated to black women. This Year’s Event Celebrates Black Women with the Theme “Be a fan of black women”.

ICCI was present at the 2nd edition of the Converge Capital Conference, an event dedicated to engaging leaders and other participants of financial markets in the fight against the climate crisis.

ICCI was present at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford. The forum brought together an incredible community of activists, journalists, philanthropists, and social entrepreneurs to discuss impactful solutions to the world's most pressing issues.

With extensive experience in cause-based campaigns, coalition building, and research, Jheniffer joins ICCI as Programmatic Coordinator.