Dena supports the execution of Clean Transportation team grants through meetings with grantees, consultants and funders; reviewing grant proposals; co-managing the program budget; drafting programmatic reports; managing projects; and maintaining communication with grantees and funders.

Dena has previously served as a Country Engagement and Gender Analyst at the NDC Partnership Support Unit through the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C. There, she supported the writing, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of member countries’ climate plans (or nationally determined contributions) as part of each countries’ Paris Agreement commitment. Prior to that, she researched and wrote book chapters on municipal governance and urban development in the Middle East and North Africa region as a Research Assistant with TADAMUN: The Cairo Solidarity Initiative.