Sep 19, 2022
Leni Schwendinger is a recognized authority on the many issues and applications of city lighting with more than 20 years of experience creating illuminated environments for public spaces all over the world. Her innovative interdisciplinary practice, nighttime design urbanism, focuses on city districts’ darkened hours and includes fresh community involvement methodologies. This work is shared…
Sep 19, 2022
Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, DPACSA, NOMA is a founding board member and President of the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization. He taught at Princeton and is the former Chair and Director of the Spitzer School of Architecture, CCNY. Educated at the Cooper Union, he holds two master’s degrees from the GSD at Harvard University. He is…
Sep 14, 2022
As the Senior Director of Business Development and Strategy, Tony is responsible for ensuring the continued global impact and sustainability of NewCities through innovative financing and the expansion of revenue streams by attracting new members, sponsors, partners and collaborators. Prior to joining NewCities in 2022, Tony spent 20+ years working for specialized agencies of the…
Sep 14, 2022
As Partnerships and Project Manager, Omer works to foster strong collaborations with current members, build new partnerships that advance NewCities’ initiatives, and carry out member-focused projects. He brings expertise in accessibility and sustainability to the team with experience designing and facilitating workshops, planning events, and managing social impact research and communications projects. Prior to joining…
Sep 14, 2022
As Office and Operations Manager, Mariana works to ensure team operations run smoothly, oversees human resources and cashflow, and supports communications and project work. Since joining the team in 2022, Mariana has optimized operational efficiency, team wellbeing, and has created and streamlined our hiring and onboarding processes. Mariana brings a background in International Development to…
Aug 30, 2022
Claudio Sarmiento-Casas is an architect and a doctoral student at the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto. His research on bicycle trades (informal cycle-based street vendors) lies at the intersection between contested street politics and everyday informal cycling. He works as an urban consultant, researcher, and lecturer in Mexico. Contributed at…
Aug 11, 2022
Bogota’s councillor for the Alianza Verde Party With the largest number of votes for City Council Cancino has promoted social and political projects that have contributed to generating cultural change based on innovation and collective strength, achieving agreements that have strengthened trust materializing aspirations of women and youths by coordinating interests, emotions, and capacities. Cancino…
Aug 11, 2022
Member of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE), the Bogotá Feminist Economics Table and the Bogotá Intersectoral Table for Care Economics Feminist economist and activist. Graduated in Economics from the Universidad del Valle, Colombia. Master in Economics from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. She has completed several refresher courses and diplomas in feminist…
Aug 11, 2022
Undersecretary for Gender and Equality Policies of the Secretary for Women at the Mayor’s office of Bogotá Magistra in Political Studies from The Pontifical Xavierian University, Specialist in feminist and gender studies from Colombian National University and Graduate in psychology from The Externado University. Diana has more than 10 years of experience as a consultor,…
Aug 11, 2022
Secretary for Women at the Mayor’s office of Bogotá | Secretaria de la Mujer de Bogotá Ms. Rodriguez holds a PhD in sociology from Northwestern University in the United States and a master’s degree in sociology from the same university. She graduated in Law and Economy from the Los Andes University in Bogota, Colombia. She…
Aug 11, 2022
Secretary for Social Integration at the Mayor’s office of Bogotá | Secretaria Distrital de Integración Social The current secretary for Social Integration, is a graduate and recipient of a Master in Public Law of la Universidad Externado de Colombia. She is also a specialist in Criminal Law from the National University of Colombia and a specialist…
Jun 27, 2022
Tara Barauskas is the Executive Director of Community Corporation of Santa Monica, a nonprofit affordable housing organization based in Santa Monica, California. Being in this role since 2016, she oversees the functional areas of the organization, including management of 1,800 units of affordable housing, housing development, resident services, maintenance and administration of 80 staff. Ms.…