Speakers

  • George Abbott

    (he/him)
    Director of External Affairs
    , Memphis River Parks Partnership
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  • Oscar Perry Abello

    (he/him)
    Senior Economics Correspondent, NextCity
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  • Adriana Akers

    (she/her)
    Associate
    , Gehl
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  • Cecilia Alemani

    (she/her)
    Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Director & Chief Curator of High Line Art, High Line
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  • Mariela Alfonzo

    (she/her/ella)
    CEO & Founder
    , State of Place
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  • April Crosse Allen

    (she/her)
    President & COO
    ,
    Southern Gateway Park
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  • Ilana Altman

    (she/her)
    Co-Executive Director
    ,
    The Bentway
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  • Lo Andrickson

    (she/her)
    Teen Fellow
    , High Line
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  • Anthony Armstrong

    (he/him)
    Partner
    , Make Communities
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  • Daniel Balmori

    (he/him)
    Senior Associate, Hogan Lovells US LLP
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  • Benjamin Bashein

    (he/him)
    Executive Director
    , The Skatepark Project
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  • Mary Bogle

    (she/her)
    Principal Research Associate
    , Urban Institute
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  • Kofi Boone

    (he/him)
    Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
    ,
    NCSU College of Design
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  • Leigh-Ann Buchanan

    (she/her)
    President, aīre ventures
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  • Gina Burkhardt

    (she/her)
    CEO
    , Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology
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  • José Caballero

    (he/him)
    Founder, In Touch
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  • Michael Carnevale

    (he/him)
    Founder & Creative Director
    , CARNEVALE
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  • Isabel Castilla

    (she/her)
    Principal
    , James Corner
    Field Operations
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  • Daniella Levine Cava

    (she/her)
    Mayor
    , Miami-Dade County
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  • Rebecca Cordes Chan

    (she/her)
    Executive Director
    , Friends of the Rail Park
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  • Marjorie Chavarria

    (she/her)
    Associate Creative Director
    ,
    Before It's Too Late
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  • Jen Cheek

    (she/her)
    Director of Healthy Streets and Public Spaces
    , Urban Health Partnership
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  • Erika Chen

    (she/her, they/their, they/she)
    Co-Founder
    ,
    Erika Lian Chen Consulting
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  • Kevin Clausen-Quiroz

    (he/him)
    Senior Project Manager
    , City of Anaheim
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  • Christopher Coes

    (he/him)
    Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, US Department of Transportation
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  • Michael B. Cooper

    (he/him)
    President, NMTC Program
    ,
    TD Bank
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  • Francesca de Quesada Covey

    Innovation and Technology Advisor, Miami-Dade County

  • Meg Daly

    (she/her)
    Founder, President & CEO,
    The Underline
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  • Alejandro Diaz

    (he/him)
    Biologist & Community Liaison Coordinator
    , Healthy Little Havana
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  • Sherrell Dorsey

    (she/her)
    Founder & CEO
    , The Plug
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  • Seth Dreyfuss

    Senior Regional Giving Manager, Florida, TD Bank
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  • Kay Ehas

    (he/him)
    CEO, Groundwork Jacksonville, Inc.
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  • Jacqueline Flin

    (she/her)
    Executive Director
    ,
    A. Philip Randolph Institute San Francisco
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  • Amanda Batten Foster

    (she/her)
    Corporate Citizenship Manager, Vibrant Planet, TD Bank
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  • Jason Foster

    (he/him)
    President & COO
    ,
    Destination Crenshaw
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  • Rodney Foxworth

    (he/him)
    CEO
    , Common Future
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  • Rachel Frierson

    (she/her)
    Director of Programming
    ,
    Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
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  • Mauricio Garcia

    (he/him)
    Chief Program & Engagement Officer
    , High Line
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  • Jane Gilbert

    (she/her)
    Chief Heat Officer,
    Miami-Dade County
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  • Rich Gold

    (he/him)
    Partner & Practice Group Leader for Public Policy & Regulation
    , Holland & Knight
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  • Rosie Gordon-Wallace

    (she/her)
    President & Curator
    , Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Inc.
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  • Kevin Gotkin

    (he/him, they/their)
    Artist-Organizer
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  • Kären Haley

    (she/her)
    Executive Director, Indianapolis Cultural Trail, Inc.
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  • Julian Hayter

    (he/him)
    Associate Professor of Leadership Studies
    , University of Richmond
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  • Patrick Hazari

    (he/him)
    Senior Director of Planning, Design & Construction
    , High Line
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  • Clyde Higgs

    (he/him)
    President & CEO
    , Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
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  • Eileen Higgins

    District 5 Commissioner, Miami-Dade County
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  • Dr. Cheryl Holder

    (she/her)
    Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Community Initiatives & Associate Professor
    , Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

  • Sandra Jackson-Dumont

    (she/her)
    Director & CEO
    ,
    Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
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  • Kiran Jain

    (she/her)
    Chief Policy Officer & General Counsel,
    Replica
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  • Asima Jansveld

    (she/her)
    Managing Director of the
    High Line Network
    , High Line
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  • Jose "JJ" Jimenez

    (he/him)
    Parks Manager
    , City of Anaheim
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  • Kelly Jin

    (she/her)
    VP for Community & National Initiatives
    , Knight Foundation
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  • Kia Johnson

    (she/her)
    Equitable Development Manager
    , 11th Street Bridge Park
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  • Scott Kratz

    (he/him)
    Senior Vice President, Building Bridges Across the River
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  • Anne Krause

    (she/her)
    President & Executive Director
    , Hemisfair
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  • Debra Lam

    (she/her)
    Executive Director
    , Partnership for Inclusive Innovation
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  • Nico Larco

    (he/him)
    Director and Professor
    , Urbanism Next Center and University of Oregon
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  • Andraéa LaVant

    (she/her)
    President & Chief Inclusion Officer
    , LaVant Consulting, Inc.
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  • Jacqueline Lu

    (she/her)
    President & Co-Founder
    ,
    Helpful Places, Inc.
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  • Ana Maestre

    (she/her)
    Owner & Founder
    ,
    Aurora Eclipse
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  • Rebecca Mandelman

    (she/her)
    Chair of the Advisory Committee,
    The Underdeck
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  • Dennis Markatos-Soriano

    (he/him)
    Executive Director
    , East Coast Greenway Alliance
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  • David Martin

    Founder & CEO, Terra
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  • Rebecca Marx

    (she/her)
    Research Analyst
    , Urban Institute
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  • Shannon Mattern

    (she/her)
    Professor of Anthropology
    , The New School for Social Research
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  • Anamarie Ferreira de Melo

    (she/her)
    Co-Founder
    ,
    Urban Health Solutions
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  • Kevin Mills

    (he/him)
    Vice President of Policy,
    Rails to Trails Conservancy
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  • Tony Moore

    (he/him)
    President & CEO
    ,
    Trinity Park Conservancy
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  • Jake Moskowitz

    (he/him)
    Chief Innovation Officer,
    Friends of the Underline
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  • Christian Murphy

    (he/him)
    Ecology Coordinator
    ,
    Bronx River Alliance
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  • Irfana Jetha Noorani

    (she/her)
    Artist, Cultural Producer, Administrator

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  • Caroline O'Boyle

    (she/her)
    Associate Vice President & Illinois State Director
    , Trust for Public Land
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  • Romel Pascual

    (he/him)
    Executive Director
    , CicLAvia
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  • James Peacock III

    (he/him)
    Economic Opportunity Organizer
    ,
    Downtown Grand Rapids Inc.
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  • Mia Fields Peña

    (she/her)
    Teen Staff, High Line
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  • Vaughn Perry

    (he/him)
    Director of Equity
    ,
    11th Street Bridge Park
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  • Tara Pham

    (she/her)
    Founder & CEO
    , Numina
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  • Neysa Pranger

    (she/her)
    Principal & Co-Founder
    , UrbanSense, Inc.
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  • Daniel Ranells

    (he/him)
    Director of Programs, Bronx River Alliance
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  • Raimundo Rodulfo

    (he/him)
    CIO and Director of Innovation & Technology
    , City of Coral Gables
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  • James Rojas

    (he/him)
    Urban Planner
    , Place It!
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  • Luis Romahn

    (he/him)
    CEO, World Urban Parks
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  • Karen Rundlet

    (she/her)
    Director/Journalism Program
    ,
    Knight Foundation
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  • Hollie Russon Gilman

    (she/her)
    Political Reform Program Fellow
    , New America/Harvard Ash Center
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  • Justin Schultz

    (he/him)
    Chief Planning and Strategy Officer
    , Houston Parks Board
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  • Joanna Shoffner Scott

    (she/her)
    Founder & Principal
    ,
    Stamey Street Consulting Group
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  • Sanjit Sethi

    (he/him)
    President
    , Minneapolis College of Art and Design
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  • Megan Sheekey

    (she/her)
    Strategic Partnerships
    ,
    Bloomberg Associates
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  • Ken Shigematsu

    (he/him)
    Founder, inspiring dots inc.
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  • Marcus Shropshire

    (he/him)
    Director of Capital Projects
    ,
    Trinity Park Conservancy
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  • April De Simone

    (she/her)
    Principal
    , Designing For Democracy
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  • Caroline Filice Smith

    PhD Candidate, Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
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  • Preeti Sodhi

    (she/her)
    Director of Community Engagement
    , High Line
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  • Jonah Susskind

    (he/him)
    Senior Research Associate
    ,
    SWA Group
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  • Sonia Torres Rodríguez

    (she/her, they/their)
    Research Analyst
    , Urban Institute
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  • Ana Traverso-Krejcarek

    (she/her/ella)
    Senior Manager of the High Line Network
    , High Line
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  • Mark Wallace

    (he/him)
    President & CEO
    , Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
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  • Lilly Weinberg

    (she/her)
    Senior Director, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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  • Teri Williams

    (she/her)
    President & COO , OneUnited Bank
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  • Donald Worth

    (he/him)
    Co-Founder, Restore
    Marine Stadium
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  • Edgar Yu

    (he/him)
    Assistant Commissioner of External Affairs, New York City Department of Aging
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  • Michael Zeller

    (he/him)
    CEO, Flying Truss, LLC
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