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Featured Speakers

avatar for Stacey Anderson

Stacey Anderson

Director of Public Events and Community Engagement, MAS; Co-founder, Maker Park
avatar for Katia Araujo

Katia Araujo

Director of Programs, Community Resilience, Land and Housing, Huairou Commission
avatar for Margery Arent-Safir

Margery Arent-Safir

The Arts Arena; Paris
Founder and Director
avatar for Kate Ascher

Kate Ascher

Partner, BuroHappold; Milstein Professor of Urban Development, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University
avatar for Commissioner Vicki Been

Commissioner Vicki Been

New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
avatar for Elizabeth Belfer

Elizabeth Belfer

MAS Director; Equity Analyst, Belfer Management, LLC
avatar for F. Kaid Benfield

F. Kaid Benfield

PlaceMakers LLC
Senior Counsel for Environmental Strategies
avatar for Dr. Eugenie L. Birch, FAICP, RTPI (hon)

Dr. Eugenie L. Birch, FAICP, RTPI (hon)

Former MAS Chair; MAS Director; Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research, University of Pennsylvania
avatar for Hon. Cory Booker

Hon. Cory Booker

United States Senator for New Jersey
avatar for Emma Boast

Emma Boast

Museum of Food and Drink
Program Director
avatar for Bryan Boyer

Bryan Boyer

Dash Marshall
Partner
avatar for Karin Brandt

Karin Brandt

coUrbanize
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Hon. Gale A. Brewer

Hon. Gale A. Brewer

City of New York
Manhattan Borough President
avatar for Les Bluestone

Les Bluestone

Blue Sea Development Company
Partner
avatar for Richard A. Brown

Richard A. Brown

American Express
Vice President of Philanthropy
avatar for Bonnie Burnham

Bonnie Burnham

World Monuments Fund
President and Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Douglas Burnham

Douglas Burnham

envelopeA+D; San Francisco
Principal and Founder
avatar for Gabriel Calatrava

Gabriel Calatrava

MAS Director; Architect and Engineer, Santiago Calatrava LLC
avatar for Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava LLC
Architect, Engineer, and Artist
avatar for John Cetra, AIA

John Cetra, AIA

CetraRuddy Architecture DPC
Founding Principal
avatar for Vishaan Chakrabarti, AIA

Vishaan Chakrabarti, AIA

MAS Director; Founder & CEO, Partnership for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU); Associate Professor of Practice, Columbia University
avatar for Don Chen

Don Chen

Ford Foundation
Director of Metropolitan Opportunity
avatar for Kathryn C. Chenault

Kathryn C. Chenault

MAS Director; Patron of the Arts and Education
avatar for Vin Cipolla

Vin Cipolla

Former MAS President; MAS Director; Executive Director, The David Geffen Hall Campaign, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
avatar for Katy Clark

Katy Clark

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
President
avatar for Claudia Coger

Claudia Coger

Astoria Houses Resident Association
President
avatar for Carol Coletta

Carol Coletta

MAS Director; Vice President/Communities and National Initiatives, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
avatar for Chris Cooper, AIA, LEED AP

Chris Cooper, AIA, LEED AP

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Architect
avatar for Tommy Craig

Tommy Craig

Hines New York/New Jersey/Connecticut Tri-State Regional Office
Senior Managing Director
avatar for Chris Daggett

Chris Daggett

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
President and Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Meg Daly

Meg Daly

Friends of The Underline; Miami
Founder and President
avatar for Justin Davidson

Justin Davidson

New York Magazine
Architecture and Classical Music Critic
avatar for Gordon J. Davis, Esq.

Gordon J. Davis, Esq.

Venable LLP
Partner
avatar for Hon. Ruben Diaz Jr.

Hon. Ruben Diaz Jr.

City of New York
Bronx Borough President
avatar for Barry Diller

Barry Diller

IAC and Expedia, Inc.
Chairman and Senior Executive
avatar for David D. Dixon, FAIA

David D. Dixon, FAIA

Stantec; Boston
Urban Places Group Leader
avatar for Daniel L. Doctoroff

Daniel L. Doctoroff

Sidewalk Labs
Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Kenneth Drucker, FAIA, LEED, AP

Kenneth Drucker, FAIA, LEED, AP

HOK
Senior Principal and Design Principal
avatar for Roger Duffy, FAIA, NCARB

Roger Duffy, FAIA, NCARB

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Design Partner
avatar for Benjamin Dulchin

Benjamin Dulchin

Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD)
Executive Director
avatar for David W. Dunlap

David W. Dunlap

The New York Times
Metro Reporter
avatar for David Ehrenberg

David Ehrenberg

Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
President and Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Ingrid Gould Ellen

Ingrid Gould Ellen

Faculty Director, NYU Furman Center; Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
avatar for Hon. Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.

Hon. Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.

New York City Council
Council Member, 37th District
avatar for Rashiq Fataar

Rashiq Fataar

Future Cape Town
Director
avatar for Ziel Feldman

Ziel Feldman

HFZ Capital Group
Chairman and Founder
avatar for Joshua Frankel

Joshua Frankel

A Marvelous Order - An Opera about Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs
Director
avatar for Daniel Geiger

Daniel Geiger

Crain's
Senior Reporter
avatar for R. David Gibbs

R. David Gibbs

Power Rockaways Resilience
Founding Member
avatar for Hon. Alicia K. Glen

Hon. Alicia K. Glen

City of New York
Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development
avatar for Thelma Golden

Thelma Golden

The Studio Museum in Harlem
Director and Chief Curator
avatar for Jared Green

Jared Green

Urban Word NYC
Poet
avatar for Eric Joseph Greene

Eric Joseph Greene

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation Manager
avatar for Judd Greenstein

Judd Greenstein

A Marvelous Order - An Opera about Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs
Composer
avatar for Toni L. Griffin

Toni L. Griffin

J. Max Bond Center on Design for the Just City
Director
avatar for Kitty Hawks

Kitty Hawks

MAS Director; Founder, Kitty Hawks Interior Design
avatar for Daniel Hernandez

Daniel Hernandez

Former MAS Director; Deputy Commissioner of Neighborhood Strategies, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
avatar for Cecilia Herzog

Cecilia Herzog

Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Researcher and Associate Professor of Urban Planning
avatar for Eric Ho

Eric Ho

Made in the Lower East Side (miLES)
Founder
avatar for Manuela V. Hoelterhoff

Manuela V. Hoelterhoff

MAS Director; Former Chief Culture Critic, Bloomberg News
avatar for Karen Brooks Hopkins

Karen Brooks Hopkins

Senior Fellow in Residence, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; President Emerita, BAM
avatar for Philip K. Howard

Philip K. Howard

MAS Director Emeritus; Chair, Common Good
avatar for Frederick Iseman

Frederick Iseman

Chairman, MAS; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CI Capital Partners
avatar for Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Arbuckle Professor, Harvard Business School; Chair and Director, Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative
avatar for Purnima Kapur

Purnima Kapur

New York City Department of City Planning
Executive Director
avatar for Jane Katz

Jane Katz

Habitat for Humanity International
Director of International Affairs and Programs
avatar for Daniel Kaufman

Daniel Kaufman

Endangered Language Alliance
Co-Director
avatar for Jesse M. Keenan

Jesse M. Keenan

Center for Urban Real Estate (CURE.)
Research Director
avatar for Tara Kelly

Tara Kelly

MAS
Director of Preservation and Sustainability
avatar for Salmaan Khan

Salmaan Khan

People for the Pavilion
Co-Founder
avatar for Twahira Khan

Twahira Khan

Bx Arts Factory
Co-Founder
avatar for Andrew Kimball

Andrew Kimball

Industry City
Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Hope Knight

Hope Knight

Greater Jamaica Development Corporation
President and Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Teddy Kofman

Teddy Kofman

Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, The Cooper Union
Instructor
avatar for A. Eugene Kohn, FAIA, RIBA, JIA

A. Eugene Kohn, FAIA, RIBA, JIA

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Chairman
avatar for Steven Koonin

Steven Koonin

Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), New York University
Director
avatar for Simon Koster

Simon Koster

JDS Development Group
Principal
avatar for Sophie Koven

Sophie Koven

MAS Director; Founder and COO, GoKid LLC
avatar for Jared Kushner

Jared Kushner

Kushner Companies
Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Hon. Brad Lander

Hon. Brad Lander

Council Member, 39th District, New York City Council
avatar for Layla Law-Gisiko

Layla Law-Gisiko

Central Park Sunshine Task Force, Manhattan Community Board Five
Chair
avatar for Stefanie Lemcke

Stefanie Lemcke

GoKid
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Jill Lerner, FAIA

Jill Lerner, FAIA

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Principal
avatar for Hon. Stephen Levin

Hon. Stephen Levin

New York City Council
Council Member, 33rd District
avatar for David Levinson

David Levinson

MAS Director; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, L&L Holding Company, LLC
avatar for Janno Lieber

Janno Lieber

World Trade Center Properties LLC
President
avatar for Greg Lindsay

Greg Lindsay

New Cities Foundation
Senior Fellow
avatar for Rance MacFarland, CCM, LEED AP BD&C

Rance MacFarland, CCM, LEED AP BD&C

Pizzarotti IBC
Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Christy MacLear

Christy MacLear

MAS Director; Executive Director, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
avatar for Sam Marks

Sam Marks

LISC New York City
Executive Director
avatar for Hon. Melissa Mark-Viverito

Hon. Melissa Mark-Viverito

New York City Council
Speaker
avatar for Deborah Marton

Deborah Marton

New York Restoration Project
Executive Director
avatar for Chris McCartin

Chris McCartin

MAS Director; Managing Director, Tishman Speyer
avatar for Joseph A. McMillan, Jr.

Joseph A. McMillan, Jr.

MAS Director; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DDG
avatar for Stephanie Meeks

Stephanie Meeks

National Trust for Historic Preservation
President and Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Stephen J. Miotto

Stephen J. Miotto

Miotto Mosaic Art Studios Inc.
Founder
avatar for Sascha Mombartz

Sascha Mombartz

Float
Founder
avatar for Darnell L. Moore

Darnell L. Moore

Mic
Senior Editor
avatar for Ana B. Moreno

Ana B. Moreno

United Nations
Habitat III Secretariat Coordinator
avatar for Phillip Morrow

Phillip Morrow

South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation
President and Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Tyler Morse

Tyler Morse

MCR Development
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner
avatar for Jeremiah Moss

Jeremiah Moss

Founder, #SaveNYC; Blogger, Jeremiah's Vanishing New York
avatar for James T. & Karla L. Murray

James T. & Karla L. Murray

Photographers and Authors
avatar for Yukie Ohta

Yukie Ohta

The SoHo Memory Project
Founder/Director
avatar for Shola Olatoye

Shola Olatoye

New York City Housing Authority
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Richard Olcott, FAIA, FAAR

Richard Olcott, FAIA, FAAR

MAS Director; Partner, Ennead Architects
avatar for Jonathan Ortmans

Jonathan Ortmans

Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)
President
avatar for Barbara Koz Paley

Barbara Koz Paley

MAS Director; Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Art Assets LLC
avatar for Janice Perlman

Janice Perlman

Mega-Cities Project
Founder and President
avatar for Angela Pinsky

Angela Pinsky

Association for a Better New York
Executive Director
avatar for Seth Pinsky

Seth Pinsky

RXR Realty
Executive Vice President
avatar for Robin Pogrebin

Robin Pogrebin

The New York Times
Culture Reporter
avatar for Betsy Bober Polivy

Betsy Bober Polivy

Manhattan Sideways
Founder
avatar for Pamela Puchalski

Pamela Puchalski

New America
Director, Resilient Communities
avatar for Marcus Quigley

Marcus Quigley

Opti
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
avatar for Andrew Rasiej

Andrew Rasiej

Chairman, NY Tech Meetup; Founder, Civic Hall
avatar for Tucker Reed

Tucker Reed

Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
President
avatar for Frances A. Resheske

Frances A. Resheske

Board Secretary, MAS; Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Con Edison
avatar for Justin Rivers

Justin Rivers

The Eternal Space
Playwright and Producer
avatar for Sam Roberts

Sam Roberts

The New York Times
Urban Affairs Correspondent
avatar for Faith Rose

Faith Rose

Public Design Commission of the City of New York
Executive Director
avatar for Peter Rose

Peter Rose

Blackstone
Senior Managing Director, Public Affairs
avatar for Arianna Sacks Rosenberg

Arianna Sacks Rosenberg

The Hudson Companies, Inc.
Senior Project Manager
avatar for Cynthia Rosenzweig

Cynthia Rosenzweig

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Senior Research Scientist
avatar for Mary Rowe

Mary Rowe

MAS
Executive Vice President
avatar for Alyssa Saunders

Alyssa Saunders

Urban Word NYC
Poet
avatar for Richard Schulman

Richard Schulman

Portraits of the New Architecture 2
Photographer
avatar for Hon. Charles E. Schumer

Hon. Charles E. Schumer

United States Senator for New York
avatar for Risa Shoup

Risa Shoup

Executive Director, Fourth Arts Block (FABnyc); Facilitator, NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative (NYCREIC)
avatar for James Siegal

James Siegal

KaBOOM!
President
avatar for Matthew Silva

Matthew Silva

People for the Pavilion
Co-Founder
avatar for Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP

Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
avatar for Debra Simon

Debra Simon

Brookfield Property Partners
Vice President, Arts Brookfield
avatar for Kate Slevin

Kate Slevin

MAS
Vice President, Planning and Policy
avatar for Robert Storr

Robert Storr

Yale University School of Art
Dean and Professor of Painting/Printmaking
avatar for Beverley Swaim-Staley

Beverley Swaim-Staley

Union Station Redevelopment Corporation; Washington, D.C.
President and Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Kent M. Swig

Kent M. Swig

MAS Director; President, Swig Equities, LLC
avatar for Deputy Commissioner Edwin Torres

Deputy Commissioner Edwin Torres

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
avatar for Jamie Torres Springer

Jamie Torres Springer

HR&A Advisors, Inc.
Senior Principal
avatar for Maria Torres-Springer

Maria Torres-Springer

New York City Economic Development Corporation
President and Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Tupper Thomas

Tupper Thomas

New Yorkers for Parks
Executive Director
avatar for Brent Toderian, MCIP

Brent Toderian, MCIP

City Planner and Urbanist, TODERIAN UrbanWORKS; former Vancouver Chief Planner
avatar for Michelle de la Uz

Michelle de la Uz

Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc.
Executive Director
avatar for Jay Valgora, AIA, AICP, LEED AP

Jay Valgora, AIA, AICP, LEED AP

STUDIO V Architecture
Principal
avatar for Jorge Daniel Veneciano

Jorge Daniel Veneciano

El Museo del Barrio
Executive Director
avatar for Gary Wasserman

Gary Wasserman

Wasserman Projects; Detroit
Founder
avatar for Maya Wiley

Maya Wiley

City of New York
Counsel to Mayor
avatar for Barika Williams

Barika Williams

Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
Deputy Director
avatar for Karyn Williams

Karyn Williams

MAS
Project Manager, Planning
avatar for Madelyn Wils

Madelyn Wils

Hudson River Park Trust
President and Chief Executive Officer
avatar for Luc Wilson

Luc Wilson

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
avatar for Thomas L. Woltz, FASLA, CLARB

Thomas L. Woltz, FASLA, CLARB

MAS Director; Principal and Owner, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
avatar for Caroline Woolard

Caroline Woolard

Artist; Facilitator, NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative (NYCREIC)
avatar for John Worthington, AA Dip (Hons), Hon FRIBA, FRSA

John Worthington, AA Dip (Hons), Hon FRIBA, FRSA

Founder, DEGW; Commissioner, Independent Transport Commission (ITC); London
avatar for William H. Wright II

William H. Wright II

MAS Director; Chairman of the Board, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
avatar for Daniel Zarrilli

Daniel Zarrilli

Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency for the City of New York
Director