People

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

Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union (Brooklyn Coop) is a community credit union serving Central Brooklyn since its founding in 2001. We are also a certified CDFI (community development financial...

Gert Wingårdh is the founder of Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB, one of the largest architect practices in Sweden.

Innisfree delivers shareholder intelligence, strategic advise and solicitation execution services to the world’s leading corporations and investors when it matters most.

Jeremy has been working with BIG since the establishment of its New York office in 2010, and brings a focus on issues of urbanism, landscape, infrastructure, and climate change...

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.

Christina DeConcini is World Research Institute’s Director of Government Affairs.

Monica von Schmalensee is an architect and the CEO of White Arkitekter.

Two Twelve is a graphic design firm that seeks sustainable solutions to problems of wayfinding, information, and visioning. We have practiced a special communications discipline that we refer to...

Justin Garrett Moore is the inaugural program officer for the Humanities in Place program at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Founded in 1978, Loisaida, Inc. is a Puerto Rican multidisciplinary community development organization located in the Lower East Side area of Lower Manhattan. We stand firm on our original...

LAMKAT, also known as Kat Lam, is a Brooklyn-based multi-disciplinary artist specializing in abstract geometric murals.

Nilda Lino is a resident in Gowanus and a part of the Gowanus Task Force.

Jonas Edblad, Architect SAR/MSA, has extensive experience in urban design and planning of public buildings, universities, schools, cultural centers, commercial complexes and offices.

Taylor Loutsis is the creative director and founder of Studio Loutsis and the art director of AN Interior.

Cristian is an accomplished architecture practitioner with over 25 years of experience across diverse project types.

HAIKO CORNELISSEN ARCHITECTURE is a New York-based office with Amsterdam roots where the knowledge of architects, historians, designers, builders, researchers, developers and engineers is combined into spatial solutions that...

B.D. Feliz (Brayan Daniel Feliz) is a Bronx-based design strategist, researcher, artist-activist, and writer.

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.

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.

As the Executive Director of Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Andrea works to empower a community of environmental stewards and advocates in the rapidly changing Gowanus Watershed. As an instructor at...

Individuell Människohjälp (IM) is a Swedish member-based organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion through development cooperation, integration and Fair Trade. Founded in 1938, IM is currently working in...

Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk is a Malcolm Matheson Distinguished Professor of Architecture at the University of Miami.

Interboro is an award-winning, Brooklyn-based firm offering inventive and inclusive architecture, urban design, and planning services. The foundation of all our work is good listening, keen observation, and productive...

OLA is a landscape architecture and urban design studio dedicated to crafting meaningful spaces that reflect the unique spirit and story of each site.

Design Advocates is a network of experienced architecture, design, and advising firms, as well as individuals, who volunteer their time and expertise to collaborate on projects, research, and advocacy...

The firm is led by 13 principal/owners who are supported by a team of over 300. Olson Kundig’s in-house Interiors Studio, founded in 2000, and Planning & Landscape Design...

Esber Andiroglu is a registered professional engineer in multiple states and a LEED AP-accredited educator who has extensive industry experience in evaluation, design, operation, and performance analysis of HVAC,...

For more than 20 years, Leni’s exploration of light has evolved into a profound understanding of the medium, which informs her unique approach across a variety of genres, including...