Daniela Gomes Pinto
Program Officer
Environment
Joined Mott in 2023
About
Daniela Gomes Pinto handles Mott’s grantmaking in South America related to climate change solutions and transforming development finance. She previously worked for the Center for Sustainability Studies at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, a Brazilian think tank and important grantee in Mott’s Transforming Development Finance portfolio. She also has worked for the United Nations Development Program in Brazil as the National Human Development Report Coordinator.
Gomes Pinto has over 15 years of experience working to address the social and environmental impacts of large-scale infrastructure and mining projects, especially in the Brazilian Amazon. Much of her work focused on fostering regional sustainable development in territories affected by hydropower dams, roads and mines, as well as strengthening local communities.
She has a bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of São Paulo, a master’s degree in development and environment from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Ph.D. in public administration from the Getulio Vargas Foundation’s São Paulo School of Business Administration. Gomes Pinto is Brazilian and will be based in that country. She is an employee of Velocity Global and is assigned to work at Mott full-time.