People

Our network of contributors

Jenny Schuetz

Jun 04, 2019

Jenny Schuetz is a David M. Rubenstein Fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. She is an expert in urban economics and housing policy, focusing particularly on housing affordability. Jenny has written extensively on land use regulation, housing prices, urban amenities, and neighborhood change. She has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall…

Matt Ainsley

Jun 04, 2019

Matt Ainsley is the Market Strategist for Eco-Counter in Montreal. Matt’s role in Eco-Counter revolves around ensuring organizations have the tools necessary to collect and communicate robust, accurate, and powerful bike and pedestrian data.

Raphaël Chapalain

Jun 03, 2019

Raphaël Chapalain est chargé de Communication & Marketing pour Eco-Compteur. Son parcours en sciences politiques et journalisme et sa passion pour le vélo l’ont fait rejoindre Eco-Compteur pour partager les expériences de développement des mobilités douces partout dans le monde. Raphael Chapalain is Eco-Counter Marketing Specialist. With a background in political science and journalism, he…

Gleam Davis

May 30, 2019

Mayor Gleam Davis joined the City Council in February 2009 when the Council selected her to fill the seat left vacant by the passing of Herb Katz and was elected to an additional two-year term in November 2010. She was re-elected in 2012 for a 4-year term, and again in 2016. At the time of…

Regina Abuyuan

May 29, 2019

Regina Abuyuan was a Manila-based writer, editor, and development communications consultant. She was a seasoned magazine and book editor, having helmed as chief editor of five glossies and three best-selling books, including the award-winning book Agam: Filipino Narratives on Uncertainty and Climate Change (Best Anthology in the English Language and Finalist in Design in the…

Vivencio Dizon

May 29, 2019

Vivencio Dizon is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). Prior to holding the executive positions in BCDA, he was a Consultant of then Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano, Undersecretary for Political Affairs of the Office of the President, and Chief of Staff of the Office…

Satish Kamat

May 29, 2019

Satish has a unique mix of experience in IT program management, insight on Smart City technology and has vast experience in city development and management. He is a pioneer in smart sustainable city development and operations in India and an expert in Smart City planning, development management, governance, and operations of the city. He has…

Michael Jansen

May 29, 2019

An impassioned architect, urbanist, and entrepreneur, Michael has founded and led high-growth companies in the US and Asia for more than two decades. He studied architecture at Yale and Cambridge, earned a Fulbright Scholarship, and worked as an architect in India and China for several years leading the Asia practices of two major US-based international…

Jack Nassar

May 29, 2019

Since joining Massar International in 2009, Jack Nassar has served in a number of roles in which he has worked directly for Massar’s Chairman, Bashar Masri. Jack is currently leading the Rawabi Foundation, a nonprofit institution founded alongside the city, to share and promote Rawabi’s ethos of entrepreneurship and innovation while actively supporting the heritage…

Alkesh Kumar Sharma

May 29, 2019

Mr. Alkesh Kumar Sharma is presently working as Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited. He is also Member Secretary and CEO of National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust. The Industrial Corridors are being developed by the Government of India as global manufacturing and investment destinations…

Antonio Gómez-Palacio

May 29, 2019

Antonio Gómez-Palacio, is a founding partner of DIALOG, one of Canada’s leading design firms. He is internationally recognized for transforming cities into vibrant urban places, which respond to their social, economic, environmental, and political context. Grounded on both a participatory and an evidence-based approach, his work is credited with meaningfully improving the wellbeing of communities.…