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Daffney Moore is the Chief Opportunity Zone Officer with the St. Louis Development Corporation and works to position the city as a leader in utilizing Opportunity Zone investments to support equitable economic development with neighborhood-scaled projects that have a positive impact on residents of Opportunity Zone communities. Moore is an Associate Fellow in Urban Governance…

Mohamed Mezghani took office in January 2018, succeeding Alain Flausch, as UITP Secretary General. He was appointed by the Policy Board in October 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. With decades of experience in the public transport and urban mobility related fields, Mr. Mezghani has worked at UITP as the Deputy Secretary General since 2014, and previously…

Brad Hargreaves is the founder and CEO of Common, the nation’s leading residential brand enhancing the value of real estate through convenience and community with 30 coliving homes in six markets across the country. Before founding Common in early 2015, Brad was the co-founder of General Assembly, a global education institution with campuses in more…

Dr. Therese McAllister is the Group Leader and Program Manager of the Community Resilience Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where she conducts research on community resilience with an interdisciplinary team that focuses on the performance and recovery of physical infrastructure systems and how they support and impact social and economic…

Robin Coupland trained in general surgery in the UK becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1985. After 7 years of field surgery with the ICRC, his professional focus turned to using statistical methodologies he has developed (Taback-Coupland model), pioneering a renowned public health approach to all forms of violence and insecurity.…

Gaetan Vannay is the co-founder of Securaxis, a Swiss startup developing safety & security solutions by leveraging new technologies, with a focus on Acoustic & Artificial Intelligence to add the missing component to smart cities: the hearing, by monitoring sounds. Gaetan Vannay is also a Human Security advisor, working for various governments and international organizations.…

I am an interdisciplinary system thinker, who passionately believes that: the primary purpose of Infrastructure is to drive the realisation of societally beneficial outcomes for the population it serves. That it cannot fulfil its primary purpose in the long term unless: it is resilient to the disruptive impacts of climate change and other strategic challenges;…

Dr. Ebru Gencer is the Founding Executive Director of the Center for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience (CUDRR+R), a non-profit research center based in New York City. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University; Co-Chair of the Urban Planning Advisory Group (UPAG) to the UN Secretary…

Hasse Goosen (PhD) is the founder and director of Climate Adaptation Services, the organization responsible for the management of the knowledge portal and climate information webviewer on climate adaptation. Hasse supported numerous governments at different administrative levels in the development of adaptation plans and strategies for delta areas and river basins. He has an affiliation…

As Secretary-General of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) since 2006, Angel Gurría has firmly established the Organisation as a pillar of the global economic governance architecture including the G7, G20 and APEC, and a reference point in the design and implementation of better policies for better lives. He has broadened the OECD’s…

Natalie is a climate adaptation specialist and science communicator, distilling technical information into actionable insights on climate risk and resilience across sectors. At Four Twenty Seven, Natalie manages communications and thought leadership initiatives, writing on climate change’s economic impacts, strategies for financial actors to assess and manage risk, and the interconnected nature of climate resilience.…

Dr. Yoon Kim has over a decade of experience working with private and public sector entities in the US and globally to assess physical climate risks and identify climate resilience opportunities. At Four Twenty Seven, she leads Client Services and works closely with investors, corporations, and governments to assess financial and economic exposure to physical…