May 27, 2019
Jakob Hougaard was elected for city council in 2001 for the Social Democrats and has since 2018 been the vice chairman of the health and care committee. Hougaard was mayor of Employment and Integration from 2006 until 2010. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 2006 with a major in anthropology and is currently…
May 27, 2019
Renato Galliano is the Director of the Urban Economy and Employment Division at the City of Milan, coordinating the Innovation, Trade, Training and Employment departments. He is in charge of economic development based on innovation and creativity; enhancing startup and incubators networks; sustainable development and the circular economy. Mr. Galliano was formerly with the Tuscany…
May 27, 2019
Robin Chase is founder and CEO of Buzzcar, a service that brings together car owners and drivers in a carsharing marketplace. Buzzcar.com empowers individuals to take control of their mobility, without looking to governments or big businesses for solutions. Robin is also founder and former CEO of Zipcar, the largest carsharing company in the world,…
May 27, 2019
As Commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, Victor Calise has been a tireless advocate for people with disabilities in both the Bloomberg and de Blasio Administrations. Responsible for ensuring that New York City is the most accessible city in the world, Calise advises the Mayor and agency partners on…
May 27, 2019
Nichol Bradford is fascinated by human potential, and has always been interested in how technology can help individuals expand beyond their perceived limits to develop and transform themselves to the highest level. She spent the last decade exploring these ideas in the online game industry, serving as a senior executive with responsibility for strategy, operations…
May 27, 2019
Jo Ivey Boufford, M.D. is President of the International Society for Urban Health (2017-9) and Clinical Professor of Global Public Health at the College of Global Public Health at New York University. She served as President of The New York Academy of Medicine (2007-2017) and Dean of the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public…
May 27, 2019
Beth Blauer is one of the nation’s leading experts on government performance programs. In March 2015, she was tapped to lead the Center for Government Excellence (GovEx) at John Hopkins University. As GovEx’s first Executive Director, Blauer and her team help governments make decisions and create policies rooted in evidence, transparent accountability, and citizen engagement.…
May 27, 2019
Debra Arbec hosts CBC News Montreal at 6. The veteran reporter and anchor has been covering daily news in Montreal for more than 25 years. She started out her career in radio and made the switch to television news just in time for the 1998 Quebec ice storm. From the anchor desk and in the…
May 27, 2019
Becoming editor of eHealth at Politico marked Allen’s return to the newsroom after 18 years of solitude (apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez). As a freelancer beginning in 1996, he wrote for publications and websites such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New Republic, Slate.com, Landscape Architecture, Global Health Matters, Science and Mother…
May 21, 2019
Giuseppe Sala is currently the Mayor of the City of Milan. He has held various positions of responsibility, both in the private and public sector, gaining important professional managerial experience. From January 2009 until June 2010, he served as City Manager of the Municipality of Milan. He was then appointed CEO of the company managing…
May 21, 2019
Ms. Rubal Agarwal is presently holding position of Additional Municipal Commissioner at Pune Municipal Corporation & having additional charge Chief Executive Officer, Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi. She has been working in the State of Maharashtra since 2008 and has served across various cities of Maharashtra. She started her professional career as Assistant Collector in…
May 21, 2019
Marie Chantal Rwakazina is the Mayor the City of Kigali since May 2018.