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Dowell Myers is a professor of policy, planning, and demography in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at USC. He directs the Population Dynamics Research Group and is a leading expert on California’s changing demographics that lead the nation’s. Dr. Myers has specialized in the demographics of housing demand and needs, with recent studies…

Deirdre Pfeiffer is an Associate Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. Dr. Pfeiffer is a housing planning scholar, with expertise on housing as a cause and effect of growing social inequality and the role of housing planning…

Dr. Emil Malizia has expertise in the related areas of regional economic development, real estate development, and urban redevelopment. His current research and practice is on the socio-economic characteristics and urban form of vibrant centers and their influence on local economic development, entrepreneurship, and real property performance. He is author or co-author of five books…

June Williamson is a Registered Architect, Chair of Architecture and Associate Professor at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York. She is author of “Designing Suburban Futures: New Models from Build a Better Burb” and co-author with Ellen Dunham-Jones of the award-winning “Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions…

Britt Zaffir is the CEO of Kin, the first-of-its-kind housing brand designing and operating real estate to meet the changing needs of modern families. Britt started her career at Monitor Deloitte consulting for world-class hospitality companies before transitioning into formative roles at Airbnb, helping to develop localized strategies around marketing and operations analysis, and Amcor…

Ralph Zucker is President of Somerset Development, one of the New York Metropolitan region’s foremost pioneers of New Urbanism and Traditional Neighborhood Design development. Throughout his career, Zucker has worked hands-on in every facet of the building and development process, and has demonstrated a commitment to working with municipalities to create innovative communities based on…

Doctor in geomatics and city planning. Surveyor engineer. 19 years of expertise in the public and private sector.

Prof Greg Clark CBE is Global Head of Future Cities and New Industries at HSBC Group. He works with HSBC’s global client base in 63 countries and 300 cities on the business and investment opportunities of the century of cities, accompanied by the 4th Industrial Revolution, and the Climate Emergency. Alongside his work at HSBC…

Billy Fleming is the Wilks Family Director of the Ian L. McHarg Center in the Weitzman School of Design, and a senior fellow with Data for Progress. His fellowship with Data for Progress has focused on the built environment impacts of climate change, and resulted most prominently in the publication of low-carbon public housing policy…

Kathy Baughman McLeod is Director and Senior Vice President of the Adrienne Arsht–Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at the Atlantic Council. She leads creation and execution of the Center’s strategy to achieve its goal of reaching one billion people worldwide with resilience solutions to the challenges of climate change, migration, and security by 2030. A member…

As General Manager of Business Line Urban, driven by the motto “Designing Better Cities and Territories, Engineering a Zero-Carbon Future,” Charles-Edouard focuses on defining strategy, coordinating business development, building partnerships, empowering teams and fostering talents with projects worldwide. In this role, he is in charge of coordinating global Urban activities, spanning across the following segments:…

National President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Jan Simpson has been a postal worker for over 30 years and has worked with CUPW since 2011. She holds a position as a Bilingual Postal Clerk with Canada Post. She is the first Black person to be elected to CUPW’s National Executive Committee, and the…