Kim Neale
Kim Neale is a regenerative economies futurist, environmental engineer, and economist who braids Indigenous knowledge with 20 years of experience in natural capital, conservation finance, insurance, and environmental risk management. With ancestral roots that are mixed—settler (French/English) and Anishinaabe from Nipissing First Nation—her pathway of re-connection with Anishinaabe cultural teachings and Indigenomics has been shaped by her relationship with the knowledge-sharers, lands, and waters of Mnidoo Mnising (Manitoulin Island).
Kim is the founder of Manitoulin Climate Collaborative (Mc²), serves on the boards of Braiding Knowledges Canada and the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy, and advises the First Nations National Guardians Network (NGN) Indigenous-led Natural Climate Solutions fund. She co-designed the first Two-Eyed Seeing Natural Asset Inventory framework and is leading initiatives to transform Canadian land trust standards and practices. As as regenerative economies futurist, her work is focused on advancing Indigenous-led regenerative economies, co-governance models, and evaluation frameworks that restore balance with Mother Earth.
