Gail M. Francis
Strategic Director at RE-AMP Network
Background
Gail is the Strategic Director of the RE-AMP Network. She holds a Masters of Science in Systems Thinking in Practice. She founded the RE-AMP Systems Thinking Academy and the Funders Network Thinking Academy. Gail is a fellow of the Netweavers Network and a frequent contributor to practical and academic arenas for advancing the fields of network and systems practice. Prior to coming to RE-AMP, she founded the Labor in the New Energy Economy program at the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, and previously worked as a labor and community organizer. She is also the author of Bliss(ters): How I Walked from Mexico to Canada One Summer.
At the School of System Change
Gail brings her practitioner perspective of having galvanised a collaborative network for systems change in the field of energy.
"So many more people are recognizing themselves as systems thinkers. People don't feel they need to get a degree just to understand systems, they are recognizing their own expertise."