Jolee Wakefield 

Jolee leads our communications work at The Next Economy. She brings 20 years of experience working as a journalist and in communications and behavioural change roles in Australia, the Pacific, Southeast Asia and the UK. 

With experience working across government, corporate, news agency and non-profit settings, most recently Jolee spent five years as director of the Climate Media Centre at the Climate Council of Australia. She has worked in the climate and energy space for the past decade, including on projects for the Brisbane Economic Development Board, World Bank Group and Government of Kiribati.

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