Global Urban Development
Barcelona, Beijing, Berkeley, Cape Town, Curitiba, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Lund, Panama City,
Porto Alegre, Poznan, Prague, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, and Washington, DC
Advisory Board A-M
(as June 2, 2026)
Tiago de Abreu, Vice President, Technova Barcelona-La Salle Innovation Park, Ramon Lull University, Barcelona, Spain
Amina Abdi Aden, Secretary of State for Housing, Ministry of Housing, Djibouti, Djibouti
Guinther Agliardi, President, Solaris Energia Solar, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Poonam Ahluwalia, President, YouthTrade, Cambridge, MA
Grace Akumu, Executive Director, Climate Network Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
Jamie Alderslade, Director, US Markets, Citi Community Development, Citigroup, New York, NY
Arthur Alderson, Professor of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Alfonso Alfonsi, Vice President, Gruppo CERFE, Rome, Italy
Besnik Aliaj, Rector, POLIS University, Tirana, Albania
Benjamin Allen, Technical Adviser for Microfinance, Catholic Relief Services, Baltimore, MD
Rachelle Alterman, Professor of Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Lisa Altieri, Founder and CEO, Bright Action, Palo Alto, CA
Adriane Alves, Director, Construvert (Sustainable Construction Solutions), Porto Alegre, Brazil
Cemil Alyanak, President, Excess Noise, Bethesda, MD
Gustavo Amaral, Principal Designer, Studio Bah, Porto Alegre, Brazil
DeWayne Anderson, Transactions and Market Research Director, AMB Property Corporation, Singapore
Kael Anderson, Urban Planner, National Capital Planning Commission, Washington, DC
Shlomo Angel, Professor of City Planning, Marron Institute of Urban Management, New York University, New York, NY
Phil Angelides, President, Riverview Capital Investments, Sacramento, CA
Minas Angelidis, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Kevin Appel, Legal Counsel, Treasurers’ Association of Virginia, Arlington, VA
Ana Marie Argilagos, President and CEO, Hispanics in Philanthropy, Oakland, CA
Ira Arlook, Chief of Advocacy Campaigns, Fenton Communications, Washington, DC
Ron Armstead, Executive Director, Congressional Black Caucus Veterans Braintrust, Washington, DC
Jockin Arputham, President, Shack/Slum Dwellers International and National Slum Dwellers Federation, Mumbai, India
Michael Arwas, Principal, Master Metropolis, London, UK
Barbara Askins, President and CEO, 125th Street Business Improvement District, New York, NY
Edward Asu, Legal Adviser, African Union Commission, Nairobi, Kenya
Rob Atkinson, Professor and Director of Urban Research, Faculty of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
John Atlas, President, National Housing Institute, Montclair, NJ
Uri Avin, Research Professor and Director, Planning and Design Center, National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Suzana Azevedo, Director of Communications and Sustainable Urban Management, TodaVida, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Claudia Azzolin, Senior Architect Manager, ma+ arquitetura, Turin, Italy
Mart Bailey, Managing Partner, Callaway Private Equity Partners, San Francisco, CA
Eduardo Baltar, CEO, Ecofinance Negocios, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Lynne Barker, Sustainability Manager, Reno City Government, Reno, NV
MarySue Barrett, President, Metropolitan Planning Council, Chicago, IL
Emilia Queiroga Barros, President, Nucleus of Integration of Sciences, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Jorge Barros, Vice President, Smart City Business America Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Andrea Bassi, CEO, KnowlEdge Srl, Geneva, Switzerland
Vikram Basyal, Program Lead, Global Green Growth Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal
Ronald Batiste, CEO, Eagle Environmental Construction and Development, Emeryville, CA
Antonella Battaglini, CEO, Renewables Grid Initiative, Berlin, Germany
Robert Baugh, former Executive Director, Industrial Union Council, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC
Erzsebet Beliczay, Vice President, Clean Air Action Group, Budapest, Hungary
Rob Bennett, CEO, EcoDistricts, Portland, OR
John J. Berger, Independent Consultant, Berkeley, CA
Scott Bernstein, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago, IL
Gregory Berzonsky, former Vice President, United Way Worldwide, Alexandria, VA
Sergio Besserman Vianna, Professor of Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and President, Chamber for Sustainable Development and Metropolitan Governance, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Clement Bezold, Chairman, Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, VA
Vinayak Bharne, Principal, Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists, Pasadena, CA
Elizabeth Blake, former Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Advocacy, and General Counsel, Habitat for Humanity International, Atlanta, GA
Susan Blaustein, Executive Director, WomenStrong International, and Adjunct Professor of Sustainability Management, Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY
Earl Blumenauer, Member of Congress, US House of Representatives, Portland, OR
Leonardo Bodo, Capital Management and Integrated Risk Analyst, Sicredi, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Eduardo Bohn, Coordinator, Public Policy and International Relations, Thiago de Moraes Gonzaga Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Albina du Boisrouvray, Honorary President, FXB International, Paris, France
Andrew Boraine, CEO, Western Cape Economic Development Partnership, Cape Town, South Africa
Lisa Bornstein, Associate Professor, School of Urban Planning, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Donald Borut, Senior Advisor, Citistates Group, Washington, DC
Chandana Bose, Secretary-General, Unity, Kolkata, India
Olzod Boum-Yalagch, Owner, Explore Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Richard Bradley, former Executive Director, Downtown DC Business Improvement District, Washington, DC
Uwe Brandes, Faculty Director and Associate Professor, Master of Professional Studies Program in Urban and Regional Planning, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Sandra Braunstein, former Director, Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC
Ellen Brennan-Galvin, Lecturer, Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School, New York, NY
Ian Bromley, Principal, IB International, Toronto, Canada
Allison Brooks, Executive Director, Bay Area Regional Collaborative, Oakland, CA
Lester Brown, former President, Earth Policy Institute, Washington, DC
Nancy Brown, CEO, Brown Resources, Pismo Beach, CA
Rinaldo Brutoco, President, World Business Academy, Santa Barbara, CA
Robert Buckley, Senior Fellow, Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School, New York, NY
Lance Buhl, Principal, Buhl and Associates, Pittsboro, NC
Sundar Burra, Senior Advisor, Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC), Mumbai, India
Tainan Caballero, Business Developer, NEW-e, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Tess Cacciatore, CEO, Global Women’s Empowerment Network, Los Angeles, CA
Cate Calson, CEO, Calson Creative, Wilmington, NC
Tim Campbell, Former Chairman, Urban Age Institute, Berkeley, CA
Marianne Canero, Managing Director, Elan, Montevideo, Uruguay, and Founder, Alma Community, Miami, FL
Laura Canevari, CEO and Founder, ITACA Solutions, Panama City, Panama
Haili Cao, Managing Editor, New York Times Chinese website, Beijing, China
Franklin Carrero-Martínez, Senior Director, Global Sustainability and Development, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Reverend Dr. Ambrose Carroll, Founder and CEO, Green the Church, Oakland, CA
Nancy Carter, Supervisor, Mecklenburg County Soil and Water Conservation District, Charlotte, NC
Phill Carter, Founder, Environment.wiki, Sebastopol, CA
Andre Carus, Former Member, Porto Alegre City Council, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Gregory Casagrande, President, South Pacific Business Development Foundation Microfinance Network, Transformative Ventures, and MicroDreams, Auckland, New Zealand
Margaret Caust, Urban Strategist, Adelaide, Australia
Carolina Cavalheiro, Head of Business and Community Development, Instituto Caldeira, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Simon Cavelle, Director, Scarib Design, London, UK
Ann Chan, former Deputy Secretary for Climate Change and Energy, California Natural Resources Agency, Sacramento, CA
Michael Chang, Deputy Director, Institute of Sustainable Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Susan Chaplin, Independent Researcher, Melbourne, Australia
Mariela Cheb Terrab, Consultant, United Nations Development Program, New York NY
Chung Ying Cheng, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Cleiton Chiarel, Executive Director, INSPE, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Gabriel Chiele, Project Analyst, Cyrela, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Gail Christopher, Founder, Ntianu Center for Healing and Nature, Fort Washington, MD
Hyun Kyung Chung, Associate Professor of Ecumenical Studies, Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, New York, NY
Henry Cisneros, Principal and Executive Committee Chairman, Siebert, Cisneros, and Shank, and Executive Chairman, CityView, San Antonio, TX
John Cleveland, President, Innovation Network for Communities, Tamworth, NH
Andres Coca-Stefaniak, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, Tourism, and Events, Faculty of Business, University of Greenwich, London, UK
J. Thomas Cochran, CEO and Executive Director, United States Conference of Mayors, Washington, DC
Douglas Cohen, Chair, National Youth Initiatives, US Partnership on Education for Sustainable Development, Maplewood, NJ
Victor Cohen, Principal, Pemueller and Cohen Architects, Nivel, Guatemala
Rick Cole, Chief Deputy Controller, Los Angeles City Government, Los Angeles, CA
Carol Coletta, President and CEO, Memphis River Parks Partnership, Memphis, TN
Carolina Collares, Senior Customer Strategy Manager, Quartile, Porto Alegre, Brazil
E. William Colglazier, Visiting Scientist, Center for Science Diplomacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC
Robert Corell, Principal, Global Environment Technology Foundation, and Chair, Global Science Associates, Grasonville, MD
Ariane Agnes Corradi, Professor of Organizational Psychology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Rodrigo Corradi, Deputy Executive Secretary, ICLEI-South America, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Volnei Correa, President, Institute of Sustainability and Resilience, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Carlos Cortes, Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, Riverside, CA
Aser Cortines, Manager, Cortines and Sebastia Business Consultants, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Claudia Coulton, Distinguished University Professor, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Lauren Moser Counts, Senior Director, Strategy, Innovation, and Impact Management, Capital Impact Partners, Arlington, VA
Louise Cox, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Stephen Coyle, Principal, Town-Green Design & Development, and Deputy Director, Community Development, Woodland City Government, Woodland, CA
David Crockett, former Chairman, Chattanooga City Council, Chattanooga, TN
Joshua Cubista, Independent Consultant, Toronto, Canada
Renato Cunha, Vice President of Sales and Operations (LATAM), RapidAI, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Storm Cunningham, Publisher, Revitalization, Washington, DC
Thais Dalcin, Director, Chave-Mestra, Gramado, Brazil
Sam Daley-Harris, CEO, Center for Citizen Empowerment and Transformation, Princeton, NJ
Kristie Daniel, Program Director, Liveable Cities, HealthBridge, Ottawa, Canada
Forbes Davidson, Director, Forbes Davidson Planning, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Naomi Davis, President and Founder, Blacks in Green, Chicago, IL
Susan Davis, President, Capital Missions Company, East Troy, WI
Gene DePrez, Managing Partner, Global Innovation Partners, New York, NY
Hernando De Soto, President, Institute for Liberty and Democracy, Lima, Peru
Luis Eduardo Diaz, Member, Municipal Council of Housing and Urban Policy, Marilia, Brazil
Nelson Diaz, Partner, Dilworth Paxson, Philadelphia, PA
Mary del Carmen Diaz Amador, General Coordinator, National Program to Finance Micro Enterprise, Economy Secretariat, Government of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Terry van Dijk, Associate Professor of Planning, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Sarah Dimson, Private Enterprise Officer, Power Africa and Trade Africa, US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC
Michael Donovan, Senior Housing and Urban Development Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC
Petr Dostal, Professor of Geography, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
Victor Dover, Principal, Dover, Kohl, & Partners Town Planning, Coral Gables, FL
David Dowall, Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Ladislau Dowbor, Professor of Economics and Regional Development, Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Joseph Drew, Editor-in-Chief, Comparative Civilizations Review, Washington, DC
Peter Droege, General Chairman, World Council for Renewable Energy, Professor and Chair, Sustainable Spatial Development, University of Liechtenstein, and President, Eurosolar, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Andres Duany, Principal, DPZ Architects, Miami, FL
Will Duggan, Strategic Communications Director, Will Duggan Consulting, Oakland, CA
James Duncan, President Emeritus, Duncan Associates, Austin, TX
Fernando Echavarria, Foreign Affairs Officer, Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science, US Department of State, Washington, DC
James Ehrlich, Director of Compassionate Sustainability, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Richard Eidlin, Policy Director, Business for America, and Adjunct Professor, Environmental Policy and Sustainability, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Nathaniel von Einsiedel, Chairman and Principal Planner, Consultants for Comprehensive Environmental Planning (Concep), Makati City, Philippines
Peter Engelke, Deputy Director of Foresight, Scowcroft Strategy Initiative, and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC
Roberto Evaristo, CEO, Exospect, London, UK
Susan Fainstein, Senior Research Fellow and Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Darryl Farber, Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Institutes of Energy and the Environment, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Reese Fayde, Principal, Reese Fayde and Associates, New York, NY
Seth Fearey, Assistant Professor, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
David Feehan, President and CEO, Civitas Consultants, Silver Spring, MD
Katharina Felgenhauer, Delegate, Delegation of German Industry and Commerce, Lagos, Nigeria
David Fenton, CEO, Fenton Communications, New York, NY
Bob Ferguson, Executive Director, Sustainable Living Coalition, Fairfield, IA
Bruce Ferguson, Senior Fellow, Global Urban Development, Los Angeles, CA
Ismael Fernandez Mejia, Chairman, HPF Habitat Professionals Forum, and Director General, IFM International, Ahuatepec, Morelos, Mexico
Rebecca Ferrell, Professor of Biology, Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO
Deeohn Ferris, Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, National Audubon Society, New York, NY
Robert Fishman, Professor and Dean, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Rachel Fleishman, Head, Regional Advocacy and Sustainability Communications, BASF, Hong Kong, China
John Flora, former Director, Transport and Urban Development Department, World Bank, Washington, DC
Gustavo Fontana, Technical Advisor, Commission on Health and Environment, Porto Alegre City Council, Porto Alegre
Juliano Forster, CEO, BXB, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Fabiana Forte, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture and Industrial Design, University of Campania, Aversa, Italy
Robert Foster, Director of Impact Investments, San Diego Grantmakers, San Diego, CA
Morel Fourman, CEO, Gaiasoft International, London, UK
Andre Franca, Open Innovation Lead, National Confederation of Industry (CNI), Brasilia, Brazil
Robert Freestone, Professor of Planning and Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Robert Freling, Executive Director, Solar Electric Light Fund, Washington, DC
Maureen Friar, Principal, Friar Strategies, New York, NY
Robert Friedman, Founder, Chair Emeritus, and General Counsel, Prosperity Now, San Francisco, CA
Sharon Friel, Professor of Health Equity, and Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Gil Friend, CEO, Natural Logic, Berkeley, CA
Colin Fudge, President, RMIT Europe, Barcelona, Spain
Tsuyoshi Fujita, Director, Eco-City System Research Program, National Institute for Environmental Studies, and Professor of Engineering, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan
John Fullerton, President, Capital Institute, New York, NY
Alastair Galpin, Director, Trans-Tangulbei, Auckland, New Zealand
Yaakov Garb, Senior Lecturer, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
Shari Garmise, Executive Director, Collective Urban and Regional Impact, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
David Garrison, former Deputy Director, Greater Washington Research Center, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
James Garrison, President and CEO, Ubiquity University, Mill Valley, CA
Jorge Gaspar, Professor and Chairman, Department of Geography, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Matthew Gassen, President and Creative Director, Britewerks, New York, NY
John Geesman, Partner, Dickson Geesman, Oakland, CA
Laurie Geller, Senior Program Officer, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Gary Gereffi, Professor of Sociology, and Director, Global Value Chains, Duke University, Durham, NC
David Gershon, CEO, Empowerment Institute, New York, NY
Santosh Ghosh, President, Center for Built Environment, Kolkata, India
Elizabeth Gibbons, Executive Director, American Society of Adaptation Professionals, Ann Arbor, MI
John Gilderbloom, Professor, Department of Urban and Public Affairs, and Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Raymond Gindroz, Principal Emeritus, Urban Design Associates, Pittsburgh, PA
Herbert Girardet, Senior Consultant, Saudi Sustainability Initiative, London, UK
Brendan Gleeson, Professor of Urban Policy, and Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Parris Glendening, President, Smart Growth Leadership Institute and Governor's Institute on Community Design, Smart Growth America, Washington, DC
Paige Glotzer, John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Assistant Professor of American Politics, Institutions, and Political Economy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
David Godfrey, Human Resources Technician, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC
Marsha Goldberg, Program Manager, Geoinformation for Sustainable Urban Management and Resilience (GeoSUMR) Partnership, Washington, DC
Ezra Goldman, Co-Founder and CEO, Upshift, San Francisco, CA
Mattias Goldmann, Chief Sustainability Officer, Sweco, Stockholm, Sweden
Gabriel Goldmeier, Visiting Professor of Mathematics, Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology (IFRS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
James Gollub, Managing Director, James Gollub Associates, San Francisco, CA
Michael Goodwin, Partner, Arnold and Porter, Washington, DC
Theodore Gordon, Director, The Millennium Project, Washington, DC
Laurens Van Graafeiland, CEO and Founder, Sustonable, Amsterland, Netherlands
Antonia Gravagnuolo, Co-Coordinator, European Union CLIC Project (Circular Economy & Cultural Heritage), and Researcher, Institute for Research on Innovation and Services for Development, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
Alex Grayson, Managing Partner, Empower Community Management, London, UK
Eduardo Guimaraes, International Relations Consultant, Curitiba, Brazil
Christer Gustafsson, Professor of Sustainable Management of Cultural Heritage, Uppsala University, and Secretary General, ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on the Economics of Conservation, Visby, Sweden
Guillermo Gutierrez, Co-Founder and CEO, EcoMerc, San Francisco, CA
David Haenke, Executive Director, Alford Forest, Ozark Regional Land Trust, Gainesville, MO
Richard David Hames, Professor and Director, Asian Foresight Institute, Dhurakij Pundit University, and Executive Director, Center for the Future, Bangkok, Thailand
James Hanusa, Venture Catalyst, Digital Raign, and City Impact Advisor, Urban Innovation Exchange (UIX Global), San Francisco, CA
Lin Hawkins, Independent Consultant, Boulder, CO
Matthew Hawkins, Pulmonologist, University of Colorado Health Memorial Hospital, Boulder, CO
David Hazard, Writing Coach and Mentor, Ascent, Leesburg, VA
Ken Heatherington, former Executive Director, Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council, Fort Myers, FL
Rafal Hejne, Program Director, Capita, London, UK
Lenneal Henderson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Julie Childers Henry, President, The Pulse Team, Sarasota, FL
Doug Henton, Chairman and CEO, Collaborative Economics, San Mateo, CA
Judith Hermanson, President and CEO, IHC Global, Washington, DC
Andre Herzog, Senior Urban Specialist, World Bank Institute, Washington, DC
Emille van Heyningen, Manager, Strategic Land Use Planning and Environment, Wanneroo City Government, Perth, Australia
Lynn Hinkle, Policy Director, Minnesota Solar Energy Industry Association, Minneapolis, MN
Eric Hoddersen, Chair, CanDo Community Development Organization, Gold Hill, OR
Brian Holland, Deputy Director, Workforce Development, Department of Employment Services, District of Columbia Government, Washington, DC
Pamela Hollie, Professor and Director, Capital Projects, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
Tim Honey, President, BEGlobal Network, Portland, ME
Walter Hook, Vice President and Principal, BRT Planning International, New York, NY
Daniel Hoornweg, Professor of Energy Systems, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Toronto, Canada
Carlos Henrique Horn, Professor of Economics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Greg Horowitt, Managing Director, Rainforest Strategies, San Diego, CA
Yael Horowitz, Program Manager, Reimagining Wits Property Portfolio, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Daniele Horton, Founder & CEO, Verdani Partners, Carlsbad, CA
Gyula Horvath, former Director, Center for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Paul Hughes, CEO, ESCO Atlantic, Newark, DE
Jerry Hultin, Chairman, Smart Cities New York, and President, Global Futures Group, New York, NY
Eric Huybrechts, Senior Urban and Regional Planner, and Director of International Affairs, Ile-de-France Institute of Management and Urbanism, Paris, France
Michal Illner, Senior Researcher, Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
Daniel Inkoom, Professor, Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Vladimir Ira, Research Scholar, Institute of Geography, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Patricia Irvin, President, Elessie Properties & Interiors, New York, NY
Davina Jackson, Director, D.City, Sydney, Australia
Marc Jahr, Consultant, Community Development Futures, and Senior Advisor, Forsyth Street Advisors, New York, NY
Paul James, Professor of Globalization and Cultural Diversity, and Director, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
Kim Jawanda, Director, Jawanda Consulting Group and THISA Housing, New York, NY
Petr Jehlicka, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Geography, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Curtis Johnson, President, Citistates Group, St. Paul, MN
Lorna Johnson, Principal, Global Linkages, East Orange, NJ
Kate Joncas, Director, Urban Strategy and Development, MIG, Seattle, WA
Ritu George Kaliaden, Senior Consultant, Sattva Consulting, Bangalore, India
Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, OECD Center for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions, and Cities, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France
Daniel Kammen, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Energy, and Director, Institute of Sustainable Energy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, and Washington, DC; Distinguished Professor of Energy, and Director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Chaitanya Kanuri, Senior Project Associate, World Resources Institute, Bangalore, India
Demian Kapelius, Professor, Bradesco Foundation, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Warren Karlenzig, President and Founder, Common Current, San Anselmo, CA
Andrzej Kassenberg, President, Institute for Sustainable Development, Warsaw, Poland
Homayoon Kazerooni, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director, Berkeley Robotics and Engineering Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Allen Kearns, Deputy Chief, Sustainable Cities and Ecosystems, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Canberra, Australia
Robert Kehew, Leader, Climate Change Planning Unit, Urban Planning and Design Branch, United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), Nairobi, Kenya
Nina Kelsey, Assistant Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Randall Kempner, former Executive Director, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs, Aspen Institute, Washington, DC
Michael Kennedy, Executive Director, Green Savings Cooperative, Bethesda, MD
Fred Kent, Founder and Former President, Project for Public Spaces, New York, NY
Mona Khechen, Adjunct Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Ashok Khosla, Chairman, Development Alternatives, New Delhi, India
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative, London, UK
Duane Kissick, Executive Chairman, Global Mayors' Forum, Shenzhen, China
Vincent Kitio, Chief, Urban Energy Unit, Urban Basic Services Branch, United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), Nairobi, Kenya
Jeroen Klink, Professor of Territorial Management and Planning, Federal University of the ABC Region, Santo Andre, Brazil
Michael Klowden, Executive Vice Chairman, Milken Institute, Santa Monica, CA
Tomasz Komornicki, Professor and Head, Department of Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
James Koski, former Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Mayor, Houston City Government, Houston, TX
Marta Krafta, Commercial Analyst, BE Bioinsight & Ecoa, Istanbul, Portugal
Wilfried Kreisel, Global Health and Environment Consultant, St. Genis-Pouilly, France
Paul Krutko, President and CEO, Ann Arbor SPARK, Ann Arbor, MI
Camila Kuhn, Regional Project Manager, Maos Verdes, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Jean-Daniel Kuhn, Innovation and Digital Engineering Director, SETEC, Paris, France
Benjamin Kuras, Independent Journalist, London, UK
David Kuria, Associate Professor, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Nyeri, Kenya
Vaishali Kushan, Acting Executive Director, Urban Economy Forum-USA, Washington, DC
Christian Lalu, Director General, Association of Mayors of Large Cities of France, Paris, France
Robert Lang, Professor, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, and Executive Director, Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Randolph Langenbach, Principal, Conservationtech Consulting, Oakland, CA
Keith Laughlin, former President, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Washington, DC
Michelle Lawrence, Director, Link Up, London, UK
James Lee, Consultant, World Bank Group, Washington, DC
Richard LeGates, Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Estevan Lemos, Founder, Aresta Verde, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Christopher Leinberger, Research Professor and Chair, Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis, George Washington University, and Partner, Arcadia Land Company, Washington, DC
Florian Lennert, Director, Intelligent City Forum, and Associate Director, LSE Enterprise, Berlin, Germany
Nathalia Leusin, Product and Business Manager, Slice, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Mary Lewin, International Engagement Consultant, and former Manager of International Affairs, Victoria State Government, Melbourne, Australia
Ricciano Liberali, Technical Director, Petinelli, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Theodore Liebman, Principal, Perkins Eastman, and Vice-President, Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization, New York, NY
Calvin Lindberg, Managing Broker, Angell Hasman and Associates, Vancouver, Canada
Michael Lindfield, Director, Urban Infrastructure Services, Sydney, Australia
Anthony Ling, Director, Evora, and Editor, Caos Planejado, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Christine Loh, Chief Development Strategist, Institute for the Environment, and Adjunct Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
James Lopez, Director of Human Resources and Performance Management, Kirkland City Government, Kirkland, WA
Steven Lovink, President, Planet2025 Network, Washington, DC
L. Hunter Lovins, President, Natural Capitalism Solutions, Longmont, CO
Richard Lumsden, Program Director, Plan Development Unit, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
M. Bruce Lustig, Senior Rabbi, Washington Hebrew Congregation, Washington, DC
Lara Lutzenberger, President, Gaia Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Kalia Lydgate, CEO and Executive Director, Olohana Foundation, Paquilo, HI
Luiza Macedo, Events Supervisor, Moinhos de Vento Hospital, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Ernani Machado, CEO, JMM Tech, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
David Maddy, Clean Energy Product Risk Manager, Aquila Capital, City of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Karel Maier, Professor of Architecture and Urbanism, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czechia
Emil Malizia, Professor of City and Regional Planning, and Director, Institute for Economic Development, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Adalberto Maluf, National Secretary for Urban Environment and Environmental Quality, Federal Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Brasilia, Brazil
Gideon Mandara, Director, Center for Sustainable Development Initiatives, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Prashant Maniar, Managing Partner, Encito Advisors, Mumbai, India
Giancarlo Mangone, Senior Strategic Master Urban Planner, ADNOC Group, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Azim Manji, Urban Development/Land Value Capture Specialist, Department for International Development, London, UK
David Markusen-Weiss, Co-Principal, Fourth State Metals, Brooklyn and Poughkeepsie, NY
Adair Marques, Director of Innovation, Department of Economic Development, Contagem City Government, Contagem, Brazil
Miklos Marschall, former Executive Director, Transparency International, Berlin, Germany
David Martin, Executive Chairman, M∙CAM, Charlottesville, VA
Derek Martin, Adviser, International Federation for Housing and Planning, Copenhagen, Denmark
Andreia Martins, President, Institute of Sustainable Development, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Cecilia Martinez, International Consultant, and former Director, New York Office, United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), Mexico City, Mexico
Eber Marzulo, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Rachel Massaro, Vice President, Joint Venture Silicon Valley, and Senior Research Associate, Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies, San Jose, CA
Ricardo Mastroti, Partner, Biomimetica, and Partner, Bemtevi Social Investment, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Busie Matsiko-Andan, CEO, Fashion Indie Media, New York, NY
Peter Matthies, Founder, Conscious Business Institute, Santa Barbara, CA
Tom McCawley, Strategic Advisor, China Energy Group, Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
Stephanie McClellan, Executive Director, Turn Forward, Philadephia, PA
Michael McCulloch, Program Officer for Cities and Transportation, ClimateWorks Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Harold McDougall, Professor, School of Law, Howard University, Washington, DC
Cynthia McEwen, Citizen-at-Large Representative, Human Services Advisory Council, Sarasota County Government, Sarasota, FL
Richard McGahey, Senior Fellow, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School for Social Research, New York, NY
John McIlwain, Advisor, Climate, Mind, and Behavior Program, Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY
John McKoy, Independent Consultant, Washington, DC
Robert McNulty, President, Partners for Livable Communities, Washington, DC
Jane McRae, Senior Policy Advisor, Metro Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
Dale Medearis, Senior Environmental Planner, Northern Virginia Regional Commission, Fairfax, VA
Leonardo Kratz Mendes, Executive Director and Founder, PrintUp 3D, and Founder, EOS Energia, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Miguel Mendonca, Research and Writer, MBM Investigations, Bristol, UK
Cesar Menezes, President, Via Brasil MT 100, Cuiaba, Brazil
Peter Merry, Chief Innovation Officer, Ubiquity University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Egils Milbergs, CEO, Center for Accelerating Innovation, Seattle, WA
Jonathan Miller, Partner, Miller Ryan, New York, NY
Kirstin Miller, Executive Director, Ecocity Builders, Oakland, CA
Regina Miller, Senior Consultant, Transformation Strategies, Hyattsville, MD
Steven Miller, Architect and Development Manager, Planning and Design Consultants, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Ligia Miranda, President, TodaVida, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Nhlanhla Mjoli-Mncube, CEO, Mjoli Development Company, Eziko Investments, and Alpha Network for Women, Johannesburg, South Africa
Raisa Ayres Moesch, Benchmarking Program Officer, Better Cotton, Porto Alegre, Brazil
John Mollenkopf, Director, Center for Urban Research, and Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY
Alfred Montero, Professor of Political Science, Director of Public Policy, and Senior Editor, Latin American Politics and Society, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Ricardo Montezuma, Director General, Humane City Foundation, Bogota, Colombia
Dan Montgomery, Managing Director, Agile Strategies, Boulder, CO
Karen Moon, Architectural Historian and Cultural Heritage Specialist, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Eduardo Moreno, Head, Research and Capacity Building Branch, United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), Nairobi, Kenya
Nicky Morrison, Professor of Planning; Director, Urban Transformations Research Center; and Coordinator, Penrith Sustainable Innovation Community (PSIC), Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
Elizabeth Morton, Associate Professor of Practice in Urban Design, and Associate Director, Urban Design Initiatives, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech, Alexandria, VA
Marcio Mostardeiro, Consultant and Project Adviser, 3M Consulting, Brisbane, Australia
Elizabeth Moule, Principal, Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists, Pasadena, CA
Ariane Mueller, Editor-in-Chief, Starship Publishing, Berlin, Germany
Sir Geoff Mulgan, Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy, and Social Innovation, University College London, London, UK
Fergus Murphy, former Senior Economist, Center for Science, Technology, and Economic Development, SRI International, Arlington, VA