Zeynep joined the League as Development Associate in 2011 after moving to New York from Istanbul, Turkey, and she was promoted to Development Manager in 2012.  Zeynep previously worked as Manager of the Turkish American Business Forum.  As a member of the Secretariat of the 5^th World Water Forum, she helped plan and organize the world's largest conference dedicated exclusively to global water issues. 

She graduated with a Master's in Sustainability Science from Lund University in Sweden and a Bachelor's in Environmental Engineering from Anadolu University in Turkey.