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Katherine Levine Einstein is an assistant professor of political science at Boston University. Her research interests include local politics, American public policy, and housing policy. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in multiple academic journals, including the American Journal of Political Science, American Politics Research, Perspectives on Politics, Political Behavior, PS: Political Science and…

Jonathan T.M. Reckford is chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity International, a global housing organization that, since 1976, has helped more than 13.2 million people build strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter. Following his tenure as executive pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church near Minneapolis, Minnesota, Reckford was appointed CEO of Habitat for Humanity International…

Claudio Acioly is an architect and urban planner, a development practitioner with more than 35 years of experience. He joined UN-Habitat in 2008 as chief Housing Policy and coordinator of the United Nations Housing Rights Programme. He also coordinated the Advisory Group on Forced Evictions to the Executive Director of UN-Habitat – AGFE. During his…

Dr. Andrea Sharam is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Property, Construction and Project Management at RMIT University. Andrea has extensive experience in social research on housing and homelessness but is also highly experienced in other areas of social research including public policy and urban governance, with a focus on social and economic disadvantage.…

Richard Gerwitz is co-head of Citi Community Capital, the community development lending and investing division of Citi, with more than 30 years of experience in the tax-exempt securities and real estate markets. He began his career with Merrill Lynch in 1978 as a municipal securities analyst, subsequently moving into the investment banking division. In 1984,…

Mayor Helps believes that it is her job as Mayor of Victoria to employ business sensibilities and community values to lead an organization that serves all of its citizens. With a transparent and common sense approach to decision-making, Mayor Helps has championed both citizen-led and local-business-led initiatives in a variety of areas. She’s leading a…

Diana Lind is a writer and urban policy specialist. Her book, BRAVE NEW HOME: OUR FUTURE IN SMARTER, SIMPLER, HAPPIER HOUSING (Bold Type Books), will be published on October 13, 2020. Diana currently leads the Arts + Business Council for Greater Philadelphia, where her work fosters an exchange between the creative and business communities. She…

Zoran Janković was overwhelmingly elected Mayor of the Slovenian capital in October 2006, receiving 62.99% of the votes. Since then, he was re-elected three times – in 2010, 2012 and 2014. In addition to his office on Mestni trg (City Square), the people of Ljubljana can come across him seven days a week anywhere, at…

Noelle Marcus is the Co-founder and CEO of Nesterly, an award-winning platform for intergenerational homesharing. Her career has focused on building equitable cities through civic technology, entrepreneurship, public policy, and economic development. Over the past decade she has worked within and for cities around the world including Athens, Bogota, Boston, Detroit, Kampala, Kansas City, Oakland,…

Olivia is a Principal at the Affordable Housing Institute, where she is currently leading projects across Sub-Saharan Africa, Haiti and Papua New Guinea. Olivia has been working to develop a market-driven affordable housing market in Haiti since the devastating earthquake in 2010. She is currently supporting the implementation Haiti HOME, a USAID funded facility intended…

Mayor Libby Schaaf was inaugurated into office in January 2015 and launched an agenda to elevate one of America’s most diverse and progressive cities into an equitable and resilient city. Born and raised in Oakland, Mayor Schaaf is currently leading the City’s efforts to offset the cost of living crisis, reduce crime, improve transit and…

Timothy a grandi à Paris. Après avoir terminé son BA en Histoire et en Politique à l’Université de York en Angleterre, il a travaillé pendant deux ans en Espagne et à Londres. Il a ensuite poursuivi une licence en recherche à l’université d’Oxford.