Our Principles
Leadership
Priscilla A. Miranda - Founder & Director
Priscilla Miranda is the Founder and Managing Director of Spiral Strategic Consulting. With more than 18 years of experience in natural resource management and sustainable development, she specializes in strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, environmental finance, and institutional strengthening. Priscilla leads the firm's strategic direction, partnerships, client engagement, and overall programme delivery, helping organizations translate ambitious sustainability goals into actionable and impactful outcomes.
Her professional experience spans biodiversity conservation, climate change, integrated water resources management, forest governance, and sustainable development planning. Having worked with governments, development partners, financial institutions, civil society organizations, and private sector stakeholders, she has developed a strong appreciation for the importance of connecting diverse perspectives and interests in decision-making processes.
At Spiral, Priscilla is particularly passionate about bridging disciplines, sectors, and stakeholders to create solutions that are both technically sound and practically implementable. She believes that sustainable development is most effective when environmental, social, economic, and governance considerations are addressed together, allowing organizations to move beyond short-term challenges and create long-term value.
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Lisa Best - Technical Director
Lisa Best is an environmental scientist with 14 years of experience working at the intersection of forests, climate resilience, ecosystem services, and sustainable development. She holds both a BSc and MSc in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University & Research and is currently pursuing doctoral research on forest-water ecosystem services in Suriname. Her work combines scientific rigor with practical application, drawing on experience in research, policy development, stakeholder engagement, and programme implementation across Suriname and the wider Caribbean.
Throughout her career, Lisa has contributed to initiatives ranging from biodiversity conservation and landscape governance to nature-based solutions, sustainable finance, and climate resilience. She has worked with governments, development partners, indigenous and tribal communities, financial institutions, and civil society organizations, supporting processes that integrate environmental considerations into decision-making and development planning.
As Director, Technical Services at Spiral, Lisa provides technical leadership across project design, methodology development, quality assurance, and knowledge integration. She plays a key role in translating complex environmental and social challenges into robust analytical frameworks and practical recommendations. Her systems-thinking approach and ability to bridge disciplines help ensure that Spiral's work remains technically sound, evidence-based, and grounded in real-world implementation.