GMF Cities

Simone Mangili is a visiting fellow in GMF’s Cities program. As executive director of the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance (CNCA), Mangili leads CNCA’s strategic development and initiatives aimed at supporting member cities in driving innovation and setting the course for climate-neutral cities worldwide. Mangili has over 20 years of experience across local government, nonprofits, and the private sector, having worked widely in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East on a broad range of initiatives aimed at securing just and climate-positive futures. He works with cities, stakeholders, and communities at the nexus of climate change and sustainability with an emphasis on social equity and regenerative approaches.

Prior to joining CNCA, Mangili served as aide to the mayor of Torino, Italy, and aide to the deputy mayor for environment and sustainability. In this capacity, he was responsible for managing strategic planning projects requiring cross-sector collaboration and for developing policy and delivering projects to realize an ambitious sustainability agenda for the 21st century. Prior to joining the mayor’s team, Mangili was head of projects and operations at Torino Internazionale, where he managed metropolitan strategic planning processes including the development of the metropolitan area’s strategic plan, Torino Metropoli 2025. His international experience ranges from real estate consulting and development management to designing public engagement processes to building private-public partnerships for the development of green infrastructure. In addition to his professional experience, Mangili has served as traveling faculty in World Learning’s Cities in the 21st Century study abroad program and developed World Learning’s Rethinking Food Security program. He is an external lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Turin in territorial and environmental planning. Mangili holds a bachelor's degree in community, regional and environmental studies from Bard College and a master's degree in regional planning from Cornell University.

Henri-Paul Normandin is a Canadian diplomat who served as Ambassador to Haiti and as Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He has engaged in diplomacy and international development for nearly 40 years, with pioneering work in democracy, human rights, and governance. He worked for several years in China and has managed a portfolio of programs in Africa, the Americas, and Southeast Asia across a wide range of areas from peacekeeping to the environment. More recently, he spearheaded the advancement of urban diplomacy at the City of Montréal. Normandin is currently a Fellow at the Institut d’études internationales de Montréal and a Visiting Fellow at Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from McGill University and served as a legal aid lawyer in Québec. He also holds a Master’s degree in political science (international relations) from University of Ottawa.

Tarsi Dunlop serves as a Senior Program Officer for GMF Cities at The German Marshall Fund of the United States. Dunlop is committed to building governance capacity and infrastructure at the local level with more than a decade of nonprofit experience. She served as a Program and Membership Associate and a Policy and Program Manager for Local Progress at the Center for Popular Democracy from 2015 to 2021. Prior to that, she was the Program and Operations Manager at the Learning First Alliance, a national partnership of education associations committed to strengthening public schools for all children. From 2009 to 2011, Dunlop was the Director of Operations and Communications at the Roosevelt Institute | Campus Network (now the Roosevelt Network), the nation’s first student policy organization.