People

Alesha Henley is the founder & CEO of a DOSE of INSIGHT, a marketing consulting firm focused on helping small businesses grow. Alesha is an accomplished Senior Marketing Leader with 20+ years of experience in Marketing, Communications, Strategy Development, Social Media and Project Management across multiple industries. She is a forward thinking leader that uses…

Aaron is President and CEO of Accelerator for America, a national nonprofit co-founded by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti in 2017. Guided by a network of mayors, labor leaders, corporate CEOs and nonprofit executives from across the country, the Accelerator’s mission is to find and develop solutions to economic insecurity and share them with cities…

Leonard ‘Leo’ Johnson III is currently a management analyst for the Department of Veteran Affairs, co-owner of A&L Properties, and co-owner of A Candid Conversation podcast. He started his career as a buying agent after earning his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from North Carolina A&T State University. In pursuit of financial freedom, he has…

As the Designer and Creative Lead, Christina guides the creative strategy of NewCities and produces all graphic materials across web and print. In her time at NewCities, Christina has refined the brand identity of NewCities with all its sub-brands and created new visual identities for Connected Communities, Ai4HealthyCities, Higher Ground, The Big Picture, and NewCities’…

Gabriella Gómez-Mont is the founder of Experimentalista – a novel type of creative studio specialized in cities, public imagination and system change – as well our newest external collaborator, with whom we will be launching the NewCities Master-Class series in 2021. Gabriella is also the founder and former director of Laboratorio para la Ciudad (2013…

Daniel is the chair of the Institute of Acoustics publications committee and was elected onto the institute’s governing council from 2017 to 2019. Daniel began his career in acoustics in 2003, set up his consultancy business, Goodhand Acoustics, in 2012 and is a member of the Association of Noise Consultants.

Lisa Lavia is managing director of UK NGO the Noise Abatement Society and is conducting doctoral research on soundscape, planning policy and wellbeing at The Urban Institute, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. Lisa actively participates in the development of international soundscape standards and is pioneering their practical implementation in urban planning through campaigning, outreach and research.…

Dr. Erica Walker is the founder of Community Noise Lab at the Boston University School of Public Health. Their primary aim is to explore the relationship between community noise and health by working directly with communities to address their specific noise issues using real-time sound monitoring, smartphone technology, laboratory based experiments, and community engagement activities.…

I am an interdisciplinary researcher, experienced in working internationally with different stakeholders. Since 2016, I have been the inventor and principal Investigator of Hush City. My research is applied to real-world problems and focuses on the immaterial and sensorial components of the urban environment, that I study through a context-sensitive participatory approach, characterised by ethnographic…

Catherine Guastavino is an associate professor at the School of Information Studies of McGill University, where she holds a William Dawson Research Chair. She directs the Multimodal Interaction Laboratory and the Sounds in the City partnership. She is also a member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology( CIRMMT) where she…

Marianthi is an Associate Director and Senior Architect at UNStudio, a knowledge-driven architecture and design practice in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. In her role, she is leading projects with a focus on design, organization, and bridging bold ideas with new methods of design implementation. Marianthi has worked worldwide in over 15 countries with…

Bing Bing is passionate about improving physical and mental health outcomes and addressing health disparities. Her work at Delos focuses on the impact of the built environment and human behavior on health and wellness. Bing Bing holds a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from Columbia University. She is a former Epi Scholar at the…