Catherine Wallace is a nonresident fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Climate Resilience Center and previously the associate director of strategic partnerships and advocacy for the extreme heat resilience pillar, where she led engagement with the Center’s chief heat officers in municipal governments across different continents. Wallace also supported the Center’s global advocacy efforts, including the City Champions for Heat Action program.

Before the Atlantic Council, Wallace worked for over a decade as an editor at HarperCollins Publishers. She was responsible for spearheading the development of original intellectual property projects, acquiring and creating the editorial strategy for new titles, and liaising between key stakeholders. In addition to her private-sector work, Wallace has held various positions with several nongovernmental organizations, including the Organization for Refuge, Asylum, & Migration and the water, sanitation, and hygiene-focused nongovernmental organization ROCKBlue.