Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy

Stewart is Global Director, Policy and Investments at the Resilient Cities Network, overseeing the Resilient Community Impact Funds and facilitates the Resilience 21 Coalition.  

Prior to joining R-Cities, Stewart served on President Obama’s Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force and was Director of the Office for International and Philanthropic Innovation at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. He is an Ocean Fellow for the Northeast Maritime Institute’s Center for Ocean Policy and Economics, Steering Committee Member for the Ocean Sewage Alliance, Senior Advisor for the Global Island Partnership, member of the advisory committee for SeaAhead, and member of the board of directors for Four Bands Community Fund. 

Stewart is the founder of Precovery Labs, where creativity and community drive impact and awareness. He has taught as guest lecturer and adjunct professor at the International University of Catalunya and the Cheyenne River Tribal College/Si Tanka University. Stewart has a long history of work with indigenous communities, particularly in the areas of community finance and economic sovereignty.