Marjan Minnesma (1966) is the director and founder of the Urgenda Foundation since 2007. Marjan studied business administration, philosophy, and law, and worked at Novem (now RVO), Greenpeace, and various universities for more than ten years. Marjan and the Urgenda Foundation became best known for winning the climate case against the Dutch government in 2015, which was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2019. For this, Urgenda received an honorary doctorate from the University of Brussels, and Marjan won the Goldman Environmental Prize (also known as the Green Nobel Prize). However, the climate case was only a small part of her work. Urgenda focuses on concrete solutions in the areas of climate and biodiversity to help accelerate sustainability. She collaborates with businesses, governments, farmers, and citizens.