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Zaxx Abraham

Project Manager, Neighborhood Planning, NYC Department of Small Business Services

Zaxx Abraham is an urban planner working on the intersections of mobility, commercial revitalization, and community development.


Ashley Dominguez

Senior Consultant, Buro Happold

Ashley is a Senior Consultant for the Strategy & Policy team located in Buro Happold's New York office.


Garine Boghossian

Senior Urban Designer, ORG

Garine Boghossian is a Lebanese-Armenian architect, urban designer, and researcher based in Brooklyn.


Oliver Schaper

Principal; Design Director; Practice Leader Cities & Urban Design, Gensler

Oliver is a global cities expert working with extensive 30-year experience in the architecture, planning, and design industry.


Silvia Vercher Pons

Senior Associate, Perkins Eastman

Silvia Vercher Pons is an architect, urban designer, educator, and researcher working across practice, academia, and institutions.


Sarah Saad

Staff Designer, NYC Department of City Planning

Sarah Saad is the Staff Designer at NYC Department of City Planning in the Community Planning and Engagement division.


Roxanne Earley

Independent Consultant, Earley Strategies

An award-winning leader in place-based economic development, Roxanne has worked as a founder, funder, executive, and capacity builder in local government, arts and culture organizations, and business improvement districts.


Isa Marcotulli 

Senior Consultant for Space Planning and Strategy, Buro Happold

Isabella Marcotulli is a Senior Consultant with Buro Happold’s advisory team, specializing in campus planning and city-scale design strategies.


With a belief in the power of city design to transform communities, the Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD) educates mayors to be the chief urban designers of their...


Fu Wilmers Design | Architecture + Urbanism was founded by Jonie Fu in 2014 to focus on urban design and planning and to practice architecture in the context of urbanism....


Yin Kong

Director/Co-Founder,

Think!Chinatown

Yin Kong 邝海音 is a community-based designer and curator living and working in Manhattan’s Chinatown. Think!Chinatown is the culmination of her work in urban design, museum, culinary & cultural...


Kate Dunham

Urban Design Consultant,

Fu Wilmers Design | Architecture + Urbanism

Kate has worked in both the public and private sectors on a range of projects from the small-scale installation of landscaped bike lanes in Queens Plaza, NY to the...


Jonie Fu

Partner,

Fu Wilmers Design | Architecture + Urbanism

Jonie Fu, AIA, is a Partner at Fu Wilmers Design and works across the boundaries of architecture, urban design, landscape and planning. Often leading teams of engineers, economic consultants,...


Ishita Gaur

Associate, Marvel


Candelaria Mas Pohmajevic

Associate Director at Resilient Cities Catalyst;

Gowanus Oversight Task Force member

Candelaria is an architect and urban designer at Gehl. She is committed to creating urban responses that address the climate crisis through an inclusive, people-centered approach. To achieve long-term...


Gehl is an urban research and design consulting firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 2000 by Professor Jan Gehl and urban designer Helle Søholt as a...


Walter P Moore is an international company of engineers, architects, innovators, and creative people who solve some of the world’s most complex structural and infrastructure challenges. Across 15 offices, this...


ARExA is a multi-disciplinary research and design practice based in New York City that is dedicated to advancing the understanding and implementation of the built environment. ARExA’s current focus...


White Arkitekter is one of Scandinavia’s leading architectural practices. We work with sustainable architecture, urban design, landscape architecture and interior design for current and future generations. Our mission is...


Karen Kubey is an urbanist specializing in housing and health.


ommission is the federal government’s central planning agency in Washington, DC and surrounding counties of Maryland and Virginia.


AIA New York is the oldest and largest chapter of the American Institute of Architects with over 5,500 members.


Street Plans is an urban planning, design, research-advocacy firm.


Space Syntax provides creative expertise in architecture & urban planning. Operating worldwide, we combine global design experience with advanced digital technologies. Our modelling tools forecast the social, economic &...


Churchill famously said, ‘we shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us.‘ (1948). Our research captures how the world shapes our health and wellbeing, how we experience place,...


Happy City is an urban planning and design consultancy. We use the science of wellbeing to create healthier, happier and more inclusive communities.


ecosistema urbano is a design and consulting company operating within the fields of urbanism, architecture, engineering and sociology, with offices in Madrid and Miami.


OLIN is dedicated to affecting positive change through landscape architecture, urban design and planning. We are advocates for the artful creation and transformation of the public realm, and practice...


OMA is an international practice operating within the traditional boundaries of architecture and urbanism. AMO, a research and design studio, applies architectural thinking to domains beyond.


DE URBANISTEN are an innovative office for urban research, design and landscape based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.


The MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism is committed to fostering a rigorous design culture for the large scale; by focusing our disciplinary conversations about architecture, urban...


ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles] develops solicited and unsolicited design and research in architecture, urbanism, and landscape design. ZUS contributes to the changing urban landscape through its dedication to architecture’s...


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...


BIG is a Copenhagen, New York, London and Barcelona based group of architects, designers, urbanists, landscape professionals, interior and product designers, researchers and inventors. The office is currently involved...


Established by Congress in 1924, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) is the federal government’s central planning agency for the National Capital Region. Through planning, policymaking, and project review,...


Young & Ayata formed a partnership in New York in 2008 to explore the conceptual and aesthetic possibilities of architecture and urbanism. The practice is dedicated to both built...


SCAPE is a design-driven landscape architecture and urban design studio based in New York and New Orleans. We believe landscape architecture can enable positive change in communities through the...


Hive Public Space is a women-led urban design and placemaking / placekeeping firm. We believe in the idea that cities are complex urban systems that function laterally at multiple scales,...


Montalba Architects, Inc. is an award-winning practice, producing select architecture and urban design related projects in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. By embracing a humanistic approach...


Daphne Lundi

Independent Urban Planning & Climate Policy Consultant Independent Urban Planning & Climate Policy Consultant

Daphne Lundi is an urban planner, climate policymaker, writer, and artist.


Bahij Chancey

Planner, WXY Studio;

Gowanus Oversight Task Force member;

former Van Alen Fellow

Bahij Chancey AICP is an urban planner and Associate at WXY Studio. He facilitates public decision-making processes at multiple scales through community engagement and thoughtful materials that clarify complex...


Marta Viciedo

Founding Partner & Strategy Director, Urban Impact Lab

Marta Viciedo is a Miami-based urbanist and social impact entrepreneur. Marta co-founded Urban Impact Lab, a civic innovation and placemaking firm in Miami that introduces and applies innovation-based solutions...


Debbie Love

AICP, City Planner, City of North Miami

Debbie Love is a certified planner with over 30 years of experience in urban design, land use planning and development.  She has served as Project Manager/Primary Author of a...


Civitas is an urban design, urban planning and landscape architecture firm with projects ranging from pocket parks to river corridors and inner city revitalizations. Significant projects include Stapleton Airport...


Future Expansion

Urban Designer & Strategist

Future Expansion was founded on the belief that the future provides us with the opportunity to constantly improve on the past, that previous solutions should not preclude new inventions,...


Ifeoma Ebo

Founding Principal, Creative Urban Alchemy, LLC

Ifeoma Ebo is a Nigerian-American, Brooklyn-based Urban Designer, Planning Strategist, Artist and experienced Architect.


Only If is a New York City-based design practice for architecture and urbanism founded in 2013 and led by Adam Snow Frampton, AIA and Karolina Czeczek, RA.


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


Studio Zewde is a landscape design, urban design, and public art practice.


Quardean Lewis-Allen

Founder, Made in Brownsville

Quardean Lewis-Allen is the Founder and CEO of the nonprofit youth creative agency and innovation hub Youth Design Center.


Toni L. Griffin

Founder, Urban Planning and Design for the American City

Toni L. Griffin is the founder of urbanAC, based in New York, specializing in leading complex, trans-disciplinary planning and urban design projects for multi-sector clients in cities with long...


Justin Garrett Moore

Program Officer, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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


di Domenico + Partners, LLP, was established in 1981 as an interdisciplinary studio to provide services in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design. John di Domenico and Andrew Berger,...


Dattner Architects is a New York City firm known for design excellence and civic engagement. Our work focuses on civic spaces and the urban experience. We transform environments and...


Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place. That’s why clients and community members on nearly every continent partner...


We span 17 studios across 6 regions. We do not have a signature style. We are a multi-authorship practice. We create alongside clients, communities & other creatives. We specialize...


We’re active members of the communities we serve. That’s why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind. The Stantec community unites approximately 22,000 employees working in over...


Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 48 locations and more than 6,000 professionals networked across Asia, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and the Americas. Founded...


Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, architects, consultants and technical specialists, working across every aspect of today’s built environment. Together we help our clients solve their...


The aspirations that shape our design include optimizing programmatic functions, strengthening the urban context, promoting sustainable environments, advancing the commercial success of development strategies, and creating beautiful buildings that...


At W Architecture and Landscape Architecture, we create meaningful places where city and nature come together and form new relationships. These new relationships work at multiple scales, connecting communities...


At MARVEL, we recognize that the pressing issues facing contemporary cities, communities, and the natural environment can only be solved with bold, collective action.


Henning Larsen is an international studio for architecture, landscape, and urbanism. At the heart of our design philosophy is the play of light and nature. We bring joy to...


Architecture Research Office (ARO) is the New York City firm led by Stephen Cassell, Kim Yao, and Adam Yarinsky. Since 1993, the firm’s diverse project portfolio— spanning strategic planning,...


Farah Akiely

Recorder, Ph.D student, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida

Farah Akiely is an academic tutor and a practicing Urban and Regional Planner. She joined the School of Architecture and Built Environment, German Jordanian University as a lecturer, and was involved in...


Martha Kohen

Director, University of Florida Center for Hydro-generated Urbanism CHU College of Design Construction and Planning, Professor

Martha Kohen graduated from the University of Cambridge and UDELAR Uruguay in architecture and urban design.


Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk

Professor, School of Architecture, University of Miami

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


Casey Jones

Director of Civic Projects, Perkins&Will

Casey Jones is the firmwide Director of Civic Projects at Perkins and Will. For over 20-years, Mr. Jones has been a leader in the movement to improve the quality...


Sarah Williams Goldhagen

Author & Architecture Critic

Sarah Williams Goldhagen writes, lectures, and consults on Human-Centered Design for architecture and landscapes, cities and urban design, infrastructure and public art.


Kishore Varanasi

Director of Urban Design, CBT

Kishore Varanasi is an award-winning urban designer, strategist, innovator, teacher, and writer, and brings over 15 years of professional experience in architecture and urban design.


Claire Weisz

Principal-in-Charge, WXY

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


Robin Ried

Head, Social Purpose Real Estate Practice, Bloomberg Associates

Robin Ried is an experienced urban planner working on projects in cities across China, India, Europe, North America and Latin America.


Alfredo Caraballo

Partner, Allies and Morrison

An architect, Alfredo is a partner at Allies and Morrison, the London-based architecture and urbanism practice.


Daniel Elsea

Co-Chair, Van Alen Council

Director, Allies and Morrison

Daniel is a director and head of communications at Allies and Morrison, the London-based architecture and urbanism practice.


Jessica Lax

Senior Advisor, Responsible AI, New Jersey State Office of Innovation

Jessica Lax plays a leading role in the Office of Innovation’s efforts to improve the experience of starting, operating, and growing a business in the Garden State.


Jonas Edblad

Partner, Wingårdhs Arkitektkontor

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


Carl Bäckstrand

Co-Chair, Van Alen Council

Partner & Vice President, White

Over the past ten years, Carl Bäckstrand has held various management positions within White.


Jared Della Valle

CEO & Founder, Alloy

Jared Della Valle has been a real estate professional and architect for more than 18 years and has managed the acquisition and predevelopment of more than 1 million sf...