Valéria Lapa is the Senior Manager, Development and Fundraising at WRI Brasil. Responsible for relationships, partnerships, and fundraising with different types of supporters, donors and financiers.

Her professional career includes stints in the areas of Communication, Marketing, Fundraising, Institutional Relations, and Social and Environmental Responsibility in the B2B, B2C, and Third Sector segments.

Graduated in Social Communication from the Mogi das Cruzes University (UMC-SP-Brazil), a postgraduate degree in Strategic Management and Public Relations from the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP-Brazil), with specializations in Corporate Communication from George Brown College (Toronto, Canada) and Syracuse University (New York, USA).