Jess Scully
Executive Director
Jess Scully is Executive Director of RadicalxChange and an advocate for civic imagination.
She is a Non Executive Director of Parents for Climate, a member of Women for Election’s Political Advisory Board and Senior Associate at the Sydney Policy Lab. Her book, Glimpses of Utopia: Real Ideas for a Fairer World, offers solutions to the climate and inequality crises. Jess is currently undertaking Higher Degree Research in Political Philosophy, focusing on overlapping consensus and imaginative hope, at the University of Sydney.
During her time as an elected Councillor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney Jess successfully established a Meanwhile Use housing model to address gendered violence and the housing crisis; introduced a framework for an inclusive economy through Community Wealth Building; and encouraged the city to undertake a citizens’ jury to shape its 2030-2050 strategic plan.
Jess spent three years as a World Bank consultant designing policy and institutional reform for urban transformation in Indonesia; served as a policy advisor to the NSW Minister for the Arts; and founded and directed Vivid Ideas, Australia’s largest creative industries event. She has edited magazines, hosted Saturday Afternoons on ABC Radio, and convened events across innovation, cultural sector, local and activist communities.
Jess is based in Sydney, Australia and is fluent in English and Spanish.
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