KAREN WEIGERT

Senior Fellow, Global Cities, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
@KarenRWeigert

Karen Weigert is a senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Cities. Prior to joining the Council, she served as chief sustainability officer for the City of Chicago and was appointed in 2011. As chief sustainability officer Weigert worked to guide the city’s sustainability strategy and implementation, bringing innovative, practical solutions throughout the work of the city. She is also a producer and writer for the documentary film Carbon Nation which is focused on solutions to climate change. Weigert is a former board member of CNT, Foresight Design Initiative, and Earth School Educational Foundation. Weigert graduated from the University of Notre Dame (Phi Beta Kappa) and Harvard Business School.