People

Claire Weisz, FAIA, Hon. FRAIC, Hon FASLA, is the founding partner of WXY, the New York City-based architecture, urban design, and planning firm.

Thomas Yu is the Executive Director of Asian Americans For Equality (AAFE) a 50-year old NYC-based community development organization.

Sebastian is a licensed architect with extensive design and construction experience.

A nationally recognized design leader, researcher, writer, and educator, Katie Swenson has served as a Senior Principal of MASS Design Group since 2020.

Denzil Gallagher is the US Managing Director and Partner at Buro Happold, specializing in integrated environmental solutions.

R. May Lee is the President of the Olin College of Engineering.

Carol E. Rosenthal is a partner specializing in land use and development at Fried Frank.

Since joining Studio Libeskind in 1999, Carla Swickerath has gained diverse experience in cultural, civic, retail, commercial, residential and planning projects around the world.

For over twenty years, Diana Reyna has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to communities across the Greater New York Area through government service and advocacy.

Byron Bell has been a partner in Bell Donnelly Architects & Planners since 2012, following serving as partner and principal in a number of predecessor firms.

For over a decade Kia Weatherspoon has led her firm, Determined by Design, in creating elevated equitable design outcomes for over 3,500 hundred families.

Alex Hammerschlag is a co-founder of The Effectus Group, the New York- and Texas-based owner’s representative and project management company.

Fueled by a career-long passion to make a tangible difference in the way cities work for people and the environment, Mark Johnson co-founded Civitas in 1984.