Evengelyn Kove
2024-2025 Obama Foundation Asia-Pacific Leader

Founder and Director, Resilient Peers
Papua New Guinea
Evengelyn Kove is the founder and director of Resilient Peers, a social enterprise dedicated to utilizing local talent to tackle rural sustainability challenges. Evengelyn integrates Indigenous knowledge to lead environmental and community development through a “think global, act local” approach. Evengelyn brings over a decade of expertise in biodiversity conservation, climate change, and sustainable community livelihood projects in Papua New Guinea. She also serves on the board of Partners With Melanesians, Inc.
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