Tone Søndergaard

Tone Søndergaard is the Director of the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub at Urban Future Lab / ACRE at NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

Tone spearheads the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub which aims to grow the US offshore wind industry by harnessing the entrepreneurial powers of global industry-leading startups. By building collaborative partnerships, she is on a mission to accelerate nascent technology and business development that will drive inclusive offshore wind supply chain advancements. Her role entails all aspects of strategic development, program oversight, and daily management of this initiative and physical space in Industry City. Tone comes with 10+ years of experience in innovation and development of transatlantic partnerships, sustainable business support programs, and climate change initiatives. As Founding Director of Circular City Week New York, her passion for community and ecosystem building runs deep. Tone holds a master’s degree in International Business and Politics from Copenhagen Business School, partly completed at Columbia University.