Urban Planning


A Latino man wearing a blue button up shirt stands before a bookshelf.
Added 04/19/22 | Location: Colombia | Subjects: , ,

Carlos Felipe Pardo is a psychologist who serves as a senior advisor to New Urban Mobility Alliance (NUMO), an international group of companies, communities and nonprofits focused on urban mobility issues related to new technologies.

Updated 02/21/22 | Location: Washington, D.C. | Subjects:

Francisco Sánchez is the associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Assistance at the U.S. Small Business Administration. He’s an expert in disaster preparedness, public safety, emergency-alert technology and homeland security.

An Asian American woman with short black hair looks directly at the camera with a positive, closed-mouth expression. She is seen from the chest up, wearing a white v-neck blouse under a gray vest, in front of a white background.
Added 05/20/21 | Location: Washington, D.C. | Subjects:

Tracy Hadden Loh is a fellow with the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking at the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Her research focuses on commercial real estate and placemaking — how local assets affect the prospects and resilience of the people and enterprises that call a place home.

Added 04/20/21 | Location: Oregon | Subjects: ,

Idowu “Jola” Ajibade is an assistant professor of geography at Portland State University. She uses an environmental justice and political ecology lens to study the intersection of climate adaptation, urban sustainability and societal transformation.

Added 08/03/20 | Location: Nevada | Subjects: , ,

Jayce Farmer is an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy and Leadership at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Updated 04/15/21 | Location: California | Subjects: , ,

Victor Pineda is a senior research fellow and visiting scholar at the Haas Institute of the University of California, Berkeley.

Updated 04/12/21 | Location: California | Subjects: ,

Tracey Ross is director of federal policy and narrative change at PolicyLink. She also serves as a delegate to the U.S.-Japan Leadership program, which fosters connections between leaders in both countries.

Updated 12/15/21 | Location: Washington, D.C. | Subjects: ,

Anita Chandra is the vice president and director of RAND Social and Economic Well-Being and a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation.

Updated 04/16/21 | Location: Washington, D.C. | Subjects: ,

Robert Puentes is the president and CEO of the Eno Center for Transportation, a nonpartisan think tank that aims to improve transportation and promote policy innovation.

Updated 04/19/21 | Location: California | Subjects: ,

Mariana Ibañez is an associate professor and the chair of the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design, and  the co-founder and principal of the architectural studio Ibañez Kim.

Updated 01/18/21 | Location: Washington | Subjects: , ,

Vince Wang is a research manager at Grounded Solutions, a housing nonprofit. His research focuses on evaluating affordable housing policies and programs, the geography of inequality, and residential mobility.

Updated 04/13/21 | Location: New York | Subjects: , ,

Zhan Guo is an associate professor of urban planning and transportation policy at New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

Updated 02/10/22 | Location: New York | Subjects: ,

Majora Carter is a real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant. She is responsible for the creation and implementation of numerous economic development projects, technology and green-infrastructure projects, and job training and placement systems.