Speakers
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George Abbott
(he/him)
Director of External Affairs, Memphis River Parks Partnership
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Oscar Perry Abello
(he/him)
Senior Economics Correspondent, NextCity
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Adriana Akers
(she/her)
Associate, Gehl
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Cecilia Alemani
(she/her)
Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Director & Chief Curator of High Line Art, High Line
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Mariela Alfonzo
(she/her/ella)
CEO & Founder, State of Place
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April Crosse Allen
(she/her)
President & COO,
Southern Gateway Park
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Ilana Altman
(she/her)
Co-Executive Director,
The Bentway
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Lo Andrickson
(she/her)
Teen Fellow, High Line
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Anthony Armstrong
(he/him)
Partner, Make Communities
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Daniel Balmori
(he/him)
Senior Associate, Hogan Lovells US LLP
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Benjamin Bashein
(he/him)
Executive Director, The Skatepark Project
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Mary Bogle
(she/her)
Principal Research Associate, Urban Institute
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Kofi Boone
(he/him)
Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning,
NCSU College of Design
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Leigh-Ann Buchanan
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President, aīre ventures
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Gina Burkhardt
(she/her)
CEO, Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology
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José Caballero
(he/him)
Founder, In Touch
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Michael Carnevale
(he/him)
Founder & Creative Director, CARNEVALE
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Isabel Castilla
(she/her)
Principal, James Corner
Field Operations
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Daniella Levine Cava
(she/her)
Mayor, Miami-Dade County
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Rebecca Cordes Chan
(she/her)
Executive Director, Friends of the Rail Park
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Marjorie Chavarria
(she/her)
Associate Creative Director,
Before It's Too Late
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Jen Cheek
(she/her)
Director of Healthy Streets and Public Spaces, Urban Health Partnership
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Erika Chen
(she/her, they/their, they/she)
Co-Founder,
Erika Lian Chen Consulting
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Kevin Clausen-Quiroz
(he/him)
Senior Project Manager, City of Anaheim
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Christopher Coes
(he/him)
Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, US Department of Transportation
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Michael B. Cooper
(he/him)
President, NMTC Program,
TD Bank
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Francesca de Quesada Covey
Innovation and Technology Advisor, Miami-Dade County
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Meg Daly
(she/her)
Founder, President & CEO,
The Underline
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Alejandro Diaz
(he/him)
Biologist & Community Liaison Coordinator, Healthy Little Havana
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Sherrell Dorsey
(she/her)
Founder & CEO, The Plug
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Seth Dreyfuss
Senior Regional Giving Manager, Florida, TD Bank
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Kay Ehas
(he/him)
CEO, Groundwork Jacksonville, Inc.
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Jacqueline Flin
(she/her)
Executive Director,
A. Philip Randolph Institute San Francisco
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Amanda Batten Foster
(she/her)
Corporate Citizenship Manager, Vibrant Planet, TD Bank
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Jason Foster
(he/him)
President & COO,
Destination Crenshaw
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Rodney Foxworth
(he/him)
CEO, Common Future
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Rachel Frierson
(she/her)
Director of Programming,
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
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Mauricio Garcia
(he/him)
Chief Program & Engagement Officer, High Line
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Jane Gilbert
(she/her)
Chief Heat Officer,
Miami-Dade County
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Rich Gold
(he/him)
Partner & Practice Group Leader for Public Policy & Regulation, Holland & Knight
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Rosie Gordon-Wallace
(she/her)
President & Curator, Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Inc.
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Kevin Gotkin
(he/him, they/their)
Artist-Organizer
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Kären Haley
(she/her)
Executive Director, Indianapolis Cultural Trail, Inc.
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Julian Hayter
(he/him)
Associate Professor of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
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Patrick Hazari
(he/him)
Senior Director of Planning, Design & Construction, High Line
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Clyde Higgs
(he/him)
President & CEO, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
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Eileen Higgins
District 5 Commissioner, Miami-Dade County
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Dr. Cheryl Holder
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Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Community Initiatives & Associate Professor, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine -

Sandra Jackson-Dumont
(she/her)
Director & CEO,
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
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Kiran Jain
(she/her)
Chief Policy Officer & General Counsel, Replica
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Asima Jansveld
(she/her)
Managing Director of the
High Line Network, High Line
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Jose "JJ" Jimenez
(he/him)
Parks Manager, City of Anaheim
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Kelly Jin
(she/her)
VP for Community & National Initiatives, Knight Foundation
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Kia Johnson
(she/her)
Equitable Development Manager, 11th Street Bridge Park
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Scott Kratz
(he/him)
Senior Vice President, Building Bridges Across the River
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Anne Krause
(she/her)
President & Executive Director, Hemisfair
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Debra Lam
(she/her)
Executive Director, Partnership for Inclusive Innovation
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Nico Larco
(he/him)
Director and Professor, Urbanism Next Center and University of Oregon
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Andraéa LaVant
(she/her)
President & Chief Inclusion Officer, LaVant Consulting, Inc.
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Jacqueline Lu
(she/her)
President & Co-Founder,
Helpful Places, Inc.
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Ana Maestre
(she/her)
Owner & Founder,
Aurora Eclipse
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Rebecca Mandelman
(she/her)
Chair of the Advisory Committee,
The Underdeck
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Dennis Markatos-Soriano
(he/him)
Executive Director, East Coast Greenway Alliance
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David Martin
Founder & CEO, Terra
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Rebecca Marx
(she/her)
Research Analyst, Urban Institute
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Shannon Mattern
(she/her)
Professor of Anthropology, The New School for Social Research
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Anamarie Ferreira de Melo
(she/her)
Co-Founder,
Urban Health Solutions
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Kevin Mills
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Vice President of Policy,
Rails to Trails Conservancy
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Tony Moore
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President & CEO,
Trinity Park Conservancy
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Jake Moskowitz
(he/him)
Chief Innovation Officer, Friends of the Underline
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Christian Murphy
(he/him)
Ecology Coordinator,
Bronx River Alliance
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Irfana Jetha Noorani
(she/her)
Artist, Cultural Producer, Administrator
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Caroline O'Boyle
(she/her)
Associate Vice President & Illinois State Director, Trust for Public Land
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Romel Pascual
(he/him)
Executive Director, CicLAvia
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James Peacock III
(he/him)
Economic Opportunity Organizer,
Downtown Grand Rapids Inc.
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Mia Fields Peña
(she/her)
Teen Staff, High Line
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Vaughn Perry
(he/him)
Director of Equity,
11th Street Bridge Park
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Tara Pham
(she/her)
Founder & CEO, Numina
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Neysa Pranger
(she/her)
Principal & Co-Founder, UrbanSense, Inc.
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Daniel Ranells
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Director of Programs, Bronx River Alliance
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Raimundo Rodulfo
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CIO and Director of Innovation & Technology, City of Coral Gables
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James Rojas
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Urban Planner, Place It!
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Luis Romahn
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CEO, World Urban Parks
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Karen Rundlet
(she/her)
Director/Journalism Program,
Knight Foundation
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Hollie Russon Gilman
(she/her)
Political Reform Program Fellow, New America/Harvard Ash Center
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Justin Schultz
(he/him)
Chief Planning and Strategy Officer, Houston Parks Board
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Joanna Shoffner Scott
(she/her)
Founder & Principal,
Stamey Street Consulting Group
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Sanjit Sethi
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President, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
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Megan Sheekey
(she/her)
Strategic Partnerships,
Bloomberg Associates
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Ken Shigematsu
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Founder, inspiring dots inc.
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Marcus Shropshire
(he/him)
Director of Capital Projects,
Trinity Park Conservancy
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April De Simone
(she/her)
Principal, Designing For Democracy
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Caroline Filice Smith
PhD Candidate, Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
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Preeti Sodhi
(she/her)
Director of Community Engagement, High Line
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Jonah Susskind
(he/him)
Senior Research Associate,
SWA Group
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Sonia Torres Rodríguez
(she/her, they/their)
Research Analyst, Urban Institute
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Ana Traverso-Krejcarek
(she/her/ella)
Senior Manager of the High Line Network, High Line
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Mark Wallace
(he/him)
President & CEO, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
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Lilly Weinberg
(she/her)
Senior Director, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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Teri Williams
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President & COO , OneUnited Bank
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Donald Worth
(he/him)
Co-Founder, Restore
Marine Stadium
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Edgar Yu
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Assistant Commissioner of External Affairs, New York City Department of Aging
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Michael Zeller
(he/him)
CEO, Flying Truss, LLC
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