Knight Public Spaces Forum 2020

Alberto Ibargüen is president and CEO of Knight Foundation.

Liz Ogbu is a global expert on engaging and transforming unjust urban environments.

Mitchell J. Silver is commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks.

Nico Larco is a professor at the University of Oregon and director of the Urbanism Next Center.

Kyle Kutuchief is Knight Foundation program director for Akron.

Mayor Daniel Horrigan has been mayor of the City of Akron since January 2016.

Melvin Carter is a fourth-generation St. Paul, Minn. resident and mayor of the City of St. Paul.

Robert Hammond is co-founder and executive director of the High Line.

Meli Harvey is a senior computational designer at Sidewalk Labs.

Carol Coletta is president and CEO of the Memphis River Parks Partnership.

Lysa Ratliff is the acting CEO and vice president of partnership development at KABOOM!

Chelina Odbert is co-founder and executive director of Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI).

Priya Sircar is director for arts at Knight Foundation.

Jennifer Allen works at ioby, a national nonprofit crowdfunding platform for community-led change.

Rebecca Fishman Lipsey is a social innovator and president and CEO of The Miami Foundation.

Molly M. Scott is a principal research associate at the Urban Institute.

Ryan Streeter is the director of domestic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).

Nate Wallace is Knight Foundation Detroit program director.

Jordan Sun is the chief innovation officer for the city of San Jose.

Raphael Clemente is executive director for the West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority.

Amanda Howell is a project manager at the Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon.

Christopher Thompson is Knight Foundation program director for San Jose.

Anna Richards is Macon program assistant for Knight Foundation.

Eli Lehrer is president of R Street Institute.

Dr. Ming-Chun Lee is an associate professor in the School of Architecture at UNC-Charlotte.

Lauren Ruffin is a co-founder of Crux with 20 years of experience in policy and strategic planning.

Vikram Grover is senior director of partnerships at Niantic Inc.

Sam Gill is senior vice president and chief program officer at Knight Foundation.

Claire Nelson is co-founder of Urban Consulate, a network of parlors for urban exchange.

Dana Bourland works at the intersection of issues related to health, poverty and the environment.

Bridget Marquis is the manager of Reimagining the Civic Commons.

Deanna Van Buren is the co-founder and design director of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces.

Shamichael Hallman currently serves as the manager of the historic Cossitt Library in Memphis, Tenn.

Jacqueline Lu is co-founder of Helpful Places and helps organizations use tech and data.

Lilly Weinberg is senior director for community and national initiatives at Knight Foundation.

Paul Farber is director of Monument Lab & senior research scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.

Justin Garrett Moore is executive director of the New York City Public Design Commission.

Rachel Stark is a senior urban designer and landscape architect for the City of Charlotte.

Maura McCarthy joined Fairmount Park Conservancy as its executive director in 2019.

Joshua Edmonds is the City of Detroit’s inaugural director of digital inclusion.

Naomi Doerner is a principal and the director of equity, diversity and inclusion at Nelson/Nygaard.

Kathryn Ott Lovell is commissioner of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation.

Judilee Reed serves as program director of Creative Communities at the William Penn Foundation.

Chantel Rush is managing director of The Kresge Foundation’s American Cities Program.

Shin-pei Tsay is director of global policy for cities/transportation in Uber’s Central Policy team.

Tamika Butler is a national expert on environment, equity, organizational behavior and change.

Roshell Rinkins is senior director for grants administration at Knight Foundation.

Sara Zewde is principal of Studio Zewde, a landscape architecture, urbanism & public art firm.

Lynn M. Ross is the founder and principal of Spirit for Change Consulting, LLC.

Bryan C. Lee, Jr. is an architect, educator, writer, and design justice advocate.

Charles Thomas leads Knight Foundation's work to foster & support Charlotte's equitable development.

Raul Moas is Knight Foundation Miami program director.

Mark de la Vergne is the Michigan Director for Cavnue.

Jai Winston is Knight Foundation program director for St. Paul, Minn.

Sarah Williams is an associate professor at MIT, where she also directs the Civic Data Design Lab.

Dr. Robert Zarr, founder & medical director of Park Rx America, is a board-certified pediatrician.

Jay Pitter, MES, is an award-winning placemaker, author, and speaker.