Liliana Camacho

Liliana is a sustainability researcher, process facilitator and economist focusing on social and sustainable transitions. She is currently a PhD student at University of Waterloo, exploring how businesses generate and experiment with ecological and social value as they transition to deeply sustainable business models. “Lili” has worked on four continents and traveled to 30 countries, feeding her curiosity about the role of markets and cultures in creating sustainable social and ecological change. She joins L3 as the Local Community Activation Lead, mobilizing and supporting actors across Canada to engage in social business acquisitions. She also supports TRANSFORM’s University of Waterloo Hub as a researcher on accelerating sustainability transitions of small and medium businesses. Prior to joining the University of Waterloo, Lili was an economist at Environment Canada (now Environment & Climate Change Canada); led global climate change and development work at Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA); facilitated design thinking processes for social innovation organizations in Southeast Asia with DSIL Global; and engaged in consulting work on sustainability policy and group process facilitation. Lili holds a Master of Arts in Economics from McMaster University, an Executive Certificate in Design for Innovation and Leadership from the UN Mandated University for Peace (UPEACE), and an International Bachelor of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business (York University).