PhD Negusu Aklilu is an environmental policy expert, climate adaptation practitioner, turned to peacebuilding practitioner and dialogue facilitator. He holds a doctoral degree from University of Massachusetts, Boston, specializing in the socio-environmental dimensions of China-Africa partnership, and is a Yale Fellow. He has founded and coordinated Destiny Ethiopia Initiative that conducted national transformative scenario planning in 2019 with 50 influential and insightful leaders, who drew four scenarios of possible futures for Ethiopia, namely, Broken Chair, Hegemony, Divided House, and Dawn. He also co-initiated the Multi-stakeholder Initiative for National Dialogue (MIND), a consortium of eight local organizations, which laid foundation for the launch of national dialogue process in Ethiopia. Negusu designed and facilitated dialogues among actors such as historians, youth, women, media professionals, activists, religious and cultural leaders, justice professionals, and political parties. Negusu aspires to transform political culture in Ethiopia by championing open dialogue, reconciliation, pragmatic collaboration, impartiality, and inclusivity.