Senior Counsel for Environmental Strategies, PlaceMakers LLC
Kaid Benfield is among the nation’s foremost authorities on how to make cities, towns, and neighborhoods work better for both people and the environment. Kaid serves as senior counsel for environmental strategies at PlaceMakers LLC, a city and town planning consultancy working across...
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Faculty Director, NYU Furman Center; Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Ingrid Gould Ellen is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Faculty Director of the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. Her research centers on neighborhoods, housing and residential...
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Bronx Borough President, City of New York
Ruben Diaz Jr. first entered public office as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1997, and is currently serving his second full term as Bronx Borough President, having been reelected in November 2013 with more than 89 percent of the vote.
As borough president, Ruben Diaz...
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MAS Director; Executive Director, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Christy MacLear is the Executive Director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. The Foundation oversees the artwork of Bob Rauschenberg, manages a philanthropic program based on his interests and has recently opened an artist residency on his compound in Captiva, Florida. Her career...
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