Yeliz is a strategic facilitator and stakeholder engagement specialist with a strong background in landscape restoration, business, and climate action. With over ten years of experience in collaborative practices, creative facilitation (both in-person and online), learning and development, community and network building, strategy development, relationship management, event management, and knowledge sharing, she has worked with stakeholders across Europe and the Global South.
Yeliz offers her services through her business, Yellow Social Design, and also works as the Knowledge Sharing Advisor at the Global Landscapes Forum, where she leverages both digital and in-person spaces to create pathways that turn knowledge sharing into actionable outcomes on the ground.
Previously, at B Lab Europe, Yeliz served as Country Partner Manager, where she was responsible for network management, market development, and climate initiatives. She also worked at Impact Hub Amsterdam as a Community Catalyst, focusing on entrepreneurial action. Yeliz holds a joint master’s degree in Sustainable Territorial Development, awarded through a European scholarship, and a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering.