Georgia Pessoa
Program Officer
Georgia Pessoa joined Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as a Program Officer in March 2007.
She was previously the legal advisory and compliance coordinator in WWF-Brazil, where she coordinated a working team called “Ecological IT – Nature Deserves This Stimulus” searching for fiscal incentives or benefits from Income Tax (IT) to help national environmental projects. Georgia also coordinated the environmental policies of Audit and Environmental Secretariat of Ceará State in Brazil. Her first contact with the environmental field was while she worked at Funbio as a legal advisory.
She has a Bachelor in Law (UNIFOR – University of Fortaleza - CE), a M.B.A. on Economical and Private Company Law (FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas Rio de Janeiro – RJ), a post graduation course Latu Sensu on Intellectual Property Rights (PUC - RJ - Pontifical Catholic University – RJ) and a Master Degree on Environment Management (CEFET- CE – Federal Center of Technological Education in Ceará - Brazil).