The Core Team
At NewCities, people are our greatest asset. We have a highly skilled, multilingual, professional and dedicated workforce, including urban planners, project managers, process and delivery experts. We are based in our head office in Montreal, with a satellite office in Los Angeles, where our sister organization, CoMotion, is based.
John Rossant
Founder and Chairman
Tony Bliver
Senior Director of
Development & Strategy
Holly Hixson
Director of Strategy and Operations
Salomé Gueidon
Project Manager
Emily Gribbin
Editorial & Content Strategist
Christina Steinmayr
Designer & Creative Lead
Mariana Lebrija
Office & Operations Manager
Omer Juma
Partnerships & Project Manager
Our Fellows
We are proud to count on the support of field experts who shape our activities.
Julie Kim
Financing Strategies
Mariela Alfonzo
Placemaking
Daffney Moore
Urban Governance
Jess Reia
AI
Sarah Moser
Greenfield Cities
Gabriella Gómez-Mont
Masterclass Curator
Kathryn Travers
Gender Inclusive Cities
Diana Lind
Housing
Stephen Baker
Mobility & Society
Our Governance
The Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors help define NewCities’ strategy. It is composed of recognized global leaders from the public, private, and academic sectors engaged in issues of urbanization, innovation, architecture and design and policy.
John Rossant, Chairman, NewCities
Jean-Michel Merlot, Director Wealth Management, National Bank Financial
Reuben Abraham, Founding CEO, IDFC Institute
Fahd Al-Rasheed, CEO, The Royal Commission for Riyadh
Maxwell L. Anderson, President, Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Isabel Dedring, Director, Global Transport Leader, Arup
Wim Elfrink, President, Digitalization Ventures
George Klein, Chairman, Park Tower Group
Dr. Parag Khanna, Founder and Managing Partner, FutureMap Pte Ltd
Ryan Klem, Director of Programs and Partnerships, Toyota Mobility Foundation
Daniel Libeskind, Architect, Studio Daniel Libeskind
John Macomber, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School
Mary Rowe, President and CEO, Canadian Urban Institute
Arvind Satyam, Chief Commercial Officer, Pano Technologies
Ezra Suleiman, IBM Professor in International Studies, Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Ivan Tse, President, Tse Foundation