Dina Baenninger

Dina Baenninger is a visionary leader in systemic transformation and regenerative futures. Dina’s expertise spans multiple disciplines, underpinned by a profound foundation in the arts.
As Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships & Alliances at ALOHAS Regenerative Foundation, she forges high-impact collaborations with global stakeholders, organizations, and thought leaders, driving systemic change through impact innovation for good.

An active member of influential global networks—including the UNFCCC Global Innovation Hub and various UN initiatives—Dina plays a key role in shaping future-fit strategies for a regenerative world.

As Founder & CEO of CHARISMA NOVA, a creative agency for future-fit transformations, she helps organizations and public institutions design and implement strategies that foster systemic regeneration. As a Future-Fit Innovation Strategist and Brand & Business Strategist, she guides businesses in transitioning to profitable, regenerative models, ensuring long-term sustainability and impact.

In her role as Co-Founder and Chairwoman of UN11th, Dina leads initiatives that reimagine cities as thriving, living ecosystems with the ultimate goal is to transform cities into beautiful habitats of the future, where economy, technology, humans and nature co-exist and thrive as a healthy and self-sustaining organism. 


With 25+ years of expertise spanning multiple disciplines, Dina integrates economic development, regenerative urban design and city evolution, regenerative tourism, intergenerational liveability models, and cultural innovation into holistic, systemic transformation strategies. She has a unique ability to envision highly complex concepts and translate them into pragmatic, deadline-driven action plans, assembling and leading highly effective multidisciplinary teams to execute these visions.

Her approach is a dynamic symbiosis of art-thinking, design-thinking, first-principles thinking, intuition, foresight, and strategic innovation. She focuses on asking the right questions, stripping away assumptions, and exploring the unknown from multiple perspectives simultaneously—allowing paradigm-shifting insights to emerge. She excels in facilitating deep collaborative processes, where visionary thinking translates into tangible systemic impact.

Dina’s work is driven by a profound love for life and a commitment to co-creating a regenerative future—where business, culture, technology, and human well-being thrive as interconnected forces of positive transformation.