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EMERITUS:

Former GUD Board Members currently serving on the Advisory Board

(as April 26, 2026)

Kevin Appel, Legal Counsel, Treasurers’ Association of Virginia, Arlington, VA

Andrew Boraine, CEO, Western Cape Economic Development Partnership, Cape Town, South Africa

Lance Buhl, Principal, Buhl and Associates, Pittsboro, NC

Gregory Casagrande, President, South Pacific Business Development Foundation Microfinance Network, Transformative Ventures, and MicroDreams, Auckland, New Zealand

Margaret Caust, Urban Strategist, Adelaide, Australia

Gail Christopher, Founder, Ntianu Center for Healing and Nature, Fort Washington, MD

Joseph Drew, Editor-in-Chief, Comparative Civilizations Review, Washington, DC

Rachel Fleishman, Head, Regional Advocacy and Sustainability Communications, BASF, Hong Kong, China

Lin Hawkins, Independent Consultant, Boulder, CO

Matthew Hawkins, Pulmonologist, University of Colorado Health Memorial Hospital, Boulder, CO

Julie Childers Henry, President, The Pulse Team, Sarasota, FL

Pamela Hollie, Professor and Director, Capital Projects, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

Tim Honey, President, BEGlobal Network, Portland, ME

Patricia Irvin, President, Elessie Properties & Interiors, New York, NY

Jeroen Klink, Professor of Territorial Management and Planning, Federal University of the ABC Region, Santo Andre, Brazil

Wilfried Kreisel, Global Health and Environment Consultant, St. Genis-Pouilly, France

Keith Laughlin, former President, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Washington, DC

Michael Lindfield, Director, Urban Infrastructure Services, Sydney, Australia

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

L. Hunter Lovins, President, Natural Capitalism Solutions, Longmont, CO

John McIlwain, Advisor, Climate, Mind, and Behavior Program, Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY

Rebecka Nolmark, Independent Consultant, Stockholm, Sweden

Jirina Novakova, Chair, Board of Directors, CEELI Institute, Prague, Czechia

Prafulla Padhi, Chairman and CEO, Global Governance, San Diego, CA

Claudia Pharis, Founder and CEO, Catalyst Institute for Applied Policy, Washington, DC

Roy Priest, Commissioner, Housing Opportunities Commission, Montgomery County Government, Kensington, MD

Jonas Rabinovitch, Senior Adviser, Division for Public Administration and Development Management, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, New York, NY

Jane Ross, Professor and Director, MBA and Executive Programs, University of Maryland University College (UMUC), Edmonton, Canada

Wendy Sarkissian, Adjunct Associate Professor, Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University, Fremantle, Australia

Kurt Schmoke, President, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

Wandia Seaforth, former Chief, Best Practices and Local Leadership Program, United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), Nairobi, Kenya

Molly O'Meara Sheehan, Freelance Writer, New York, NY

Kaarin Taipale, Board Member, Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council, Helsinki, Finland

Petr Tajcman, President, Urban Research, Prague, Czechia

Marta Tellado, former President and CEO, Consumer Reports, New York, NY

Erna Witoelar, Commission Member, Earth Charter International Initiative, Jakarta, Indonesia

 

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