THE METROPOLITAN CENTURY:

POLICIES FOR RESILIENT AND INCLUSIVE CITIES Sixth OECD Roundtable of Mayors and Ministers

Palacio de Minería – Mexico City

16 October 2015

Participants’ biographies Who’s who

HOSTS | ANFITRIONES

Mr. Ángel Gurría

Secretary General

OECD / OCDE

Angel Gurría is the Secretary-General of the OECD since June 2006. He was re-appointed to a second mandate in September 2010. As OECD Secretary-General, he has reinforced the OECD's role as a ‘hub” for global dialogue and debate on economic policy issues while pursuing internal modernisation and reform. Mr. Gurría is a Mexican national and came to the OECD following a distinguished career in public service in his country, including positions as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance and Public Credit in the 1990s. Mr. Gurría holds a B.A. degree in Economics from UNAM (Mexico) and a M.A. degree in Economics from Leeds University (United Kingdom). He is married and has three children.

Ms. Rosario Robles Berlanga

Minister of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development (SEDATU)

MEXICO

Before being appointed Minister of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development, Ms. Robles Berlanga was Minister of Social Development ( SEDESOL). She was Mayor of Mexico City from 1999-2000 and following that, President of the National Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) until 2003. Before joining the public service in 1997 when she became Secretary of Government in Mexico City Government, she was a Professor at the National University (UNAM). She has authored and co-authored several books and articles on poverty in Mexico, the situation in the Mexican countryside and gender issues. She is active on these issues through organisations such as Intelligence Center (a consultancy firm designed to empower women) and “Women Plural” and gives lectures at Congresses and National and International Conferences. Ms Robles Berlanga holds a BA in Economics, National University of Mexico. MA in Rural Development, Universidad Nacional Autónoma, Xochimilco.

Mr. Miguel Ángel Mancera Espinosa

Mayor of Mexico City

MEXICO

Mayor Mancera was born in Mexico City on January 16th, 1966. He holds a PhD Degree in Law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and since December 5th, 2012 holds the position of Mayor of Mexico City, for which he was elected with the highest vote recorded in the history of the Mexican capital. Mancera Espinosa graduated with honors and received the Gabino Barreda and “Diario de México” medals, awarded to the best students of UNAM and Mexico respectively for his undergraduate studies; and the Alfonso Caso Medal for his postgraduate studies. He has held different positions in the Government of Mexico City. From 2008-2012 Mancera Espinosa was Attorney General of Mexico City.

Mr. Alejandro Murat Hinojosa

Director General INFONAVIT

MEXICO

An active member of a new generation of Mexican politicians, Alejandro Murat was born on August 4th, 1975 and was raised in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Alejandro Murat is a lawyer with an up-raising career in the public service. He is currently holding the position of CEO at the Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers (Infonavit); an organization that has been dedicated, for more than 42 years, to provide affordable mortgages to Mexican workers. In the past, he served as a federal representative, creating and leading the Competitiveness and Regional Development Commission. At the State of Mexico´s government, he held the position of Director General of the Registry Function Institute and of the State Radio and Television System. Additionally, Mr. Murat was the Housing Sector Coordinator of President-elect, Enrique Peña Nieto’s transition team. As Infonavit’s CEO, Mr. Murat has implemented a transformative agenda to provide better housing solutions and higher returns to workers’ savings. For example, he increased in 76% the maximum mortgage amount, allowing right-holders to acquire higher value and better located homes. Moreover, he implemented a new investment regime that will provide more efficient returns to the savings accounts of the 17 million Infonavit’s affiliated workers. During 2015, he will continue pushing forward innovative housing financial solutions to strengthen the rental and secondary market of houses in Mexico. He holds a B.A. degree in Law from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) a Masters’ degree in Law and a Master in International Affairs, both from Columbia University in New York.

CHAIRS | Presidentes

Mr. Rohit Aggarwala

Co-chair of the Fourth Regional Plan for the New York metropolitan area

REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION

Rohit T. “Rit” Aggarwala is part of Sidewalk Labs, an urban innovation venture founded by Dan Doctoroff in collaboration with Google. He is also co-chair of the Regional Plan Association’s Fourth Regional Plan for the New York metropolitan area, and an adjunct professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University. From 2010 to 2015, Rit played several key roles at Bloomberg Philanthropies: these included leading the turnaround of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, a global network of cities working on climate change; creating an environmental grant making program; and creating the sustainability and real estate practice of Bloomberg Associates, a philanthropic consulting firm serving city governments. Aggarwala served as Director of New York City’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability from 2006-10, and led the creation and implementation of “PlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York.” PlaNYC has been hailed as one of the world’s best urban sustainability plans, leading New York City to a 19% reduction in its carbon footprint since 2005. Prior to joining City Hall, he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Aggarwala holds a BA, MBA, and PhD from Columbia University, and an MA from Queen’s University in Ontario. He was born in New York City, where he now lives with wife and daughter.

Mr. Don Chen

Director of Metropolitan Opportunity

FORD FOUNDATION

Don Chen directs the foundation’s Metropolitan Opportunity work. His team supports urban development strategies to reduce poverty, expand economic opportunities and advance sustainability in cities and regions in the U.S. and developing countries—with a focus on shaping the delivery systems for affordable housing, community improvement, infrastructure and city and regional planning. Don joined the foundation in 2008 as a program officer in Metropolitan Opportunity. Earlier, he was the founder and CEO of Smart Growth America, where he led efforts to create the National Vacant Properties Campaign and Transportation for America, and managed a merger with the Growth Management Leadership Alliance. He has authored many pieces on land use, transportation, social equity and environmental policy, including “Growing Cooler: The Academic Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change” (2008, co-author) and “The Science of Smart Growth,” which appeared in the December 2000 issue of Scientific American. Don has also served on the boards of the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, West Harlem Environmental Action, the Environmental Leadership Program and Grist magazine. He holds a master’s degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Yale University.

Yamina Djacta

Director New York Office

UN-HABITAT

Ms. Yamina Djacta has been working in the areas of policy analysis, planning, programme development, management, capacity development, as well as monitoring and evaluation for over 30 years at the national and international level. Currently, she is serving as the Director of the New York Office of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Her career with the United Nations began at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the area of public administration modernization and capacity development, with a focus on francophone Africa. She then joined UN-Habitat, serving in various positions working on urban issues within UN-Habitat, in Nairobi as well as in New York. Ms. Yamina Djacta holds a “Licence ès sciences économiques” and a Master of Business Administration (MBA), with a major on International Management. She also undertook post-graduate studies in Corporate Finance.

Ms. Tanya Müller

Secretary of Environment Mexico City

MEXICO

Tanya Müller García holds a Master’s degree in International Agriculture Economics and Management from Humboldt University of Berlin; she is an Agronomist Engineer with a specialization in Horticulture from the Agricultural Panamerican School in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and a Specialization on Environmental Law and Natural Resources from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM). She holds a Postgraduate in Hydrometeorology by the Ministry of Transport at Tel Aviv, Israel. In 2014 she was elected by the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, to be one of the 12 members of the UN High Level Advisory Group for Sustainable Transport. Tanya Müller is founding director of World Urban Parks. She is also founder and Vice President of the World Green Infrastructure Network, a worldwide association dedicated to the promotion of green infrastructure in different regions of the world and president of the Mexican Green Roofs Civil Association (AMENA A.C.), dedicated to the research and dissemination of green roofs and walls.

Mr. Josep Roig

Secretary-General

UNITED CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (UCLG)

Josep Roig has been the Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments since September 2011.He is a founding member of Metropolis, the metropolitan section of UCLG, created in 1985, and became Secretary General of Metropolis in 1999. Previously, Mr. Roig worked in the Barcelona Metropolitan Corporation (1983-1990, 1996-2000, 2009-2011), holding a number of different positions, including Financial Director and Deputy Director General. In his academic career, he has held the posts of Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning at the Department of Economics of the University of Barcelona (1977-1985) and Director General of the University of Barcelona (1990-1994). He graduated in Economics from the University of Barcelona (1967-1972) and also received a Fulbright Scholarship from the University of Southern California (1974-1977).

SCENE SETTING / RAPPORTEURS

Ana Marie Argilagos

Senior Advisor

FORD FOUNDATION

Ana Marie Argilagos is senior advisor to the foundation's Just Cities initiative. Her work focuses on urban development strategies to reduce poverty, expand economic opportunity, and advance sustainability in cities and regions across the world. She is also currently an adjunct professor of international urban planning at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service. Before joining the foundation in 2014, Ana Marie served as deputy chief of staff and deputy assistant secretary at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). There, she created the Office for International and Philanthropic Innovation (IPI). The IPI model of sourcing innovation and leveraging partnerships from broad global networks is now being successfully replicated at other federal cabinet agencies and cities across the US. Earlier, Ana Marie spent eight years as a senior program officer at the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, where she spearheaded the foundation’s work in rural areas, indigenous communities, and in the US-Mexico border region. With experience in both the public and non-profit sectors—serving as educational programs manager at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists; director of the New Workplace for Women Project at the National Council of La Raza; and deputy director of AYUDA, a community-based legal clinic serving immigrants in Washington, DC—Ana Marie has proven to be an entrepreneurial thinker who bridges diverse agendas and achieves results. Ana Marie earned her bachelor’s degree in international relations from The American University, and a master’s in public administration from Harvard University.

Mr. Gino van Begin

Secretary-General

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY (ICLEI)

Gino Van Begin is ICLEI's distinguished Secretary-General. Gino has served as the ICLEI Regional Director for Europe since 2002 and as ICLEI’s Deputy Secretary General since 2007. Gino has consistently and comprehensively worked over the last 14 years towards ensuring ICLEI’s quality as a responsible, professional, non for profit, local government organization in Europe and worldwide. Gino has been a member of the EU Expert Group to the European Commission on the Urban Environment from 2003-06, and a member of the European Commission’s Jury on the European Green Capital. Before joining ICLEI in 2000, Gino worked as advisor and as Team Leader at the EU-funded Environmental Centres for Administration and Technology in Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg, Russia for seven years. From 1987-93, he was a legal advisor at the European Commission’s DG Environment, General Secretariat and DG External relations. Trained as a lawyer from the University of Brussels, Gino speaks Dutch, French, English, German and Russian.

Mr. Michael Berkowitz

President of 100 Resilient Cities

ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION

Michael Berkowitz joined the Rockefeller Foundation in August 2013 to shape and oversee the 100 Resilient Cities initiative. Previously, he worked at Deutsche Bank, most recently as the deputy global head of Operational Risk Management (ORM). In that capacity he oversaw the firm’s OR capital planning efforts, served as a primary regulatory contact and connected the myriad operational risk management efforts group-wide. Other positions at DB were Chief Operating Officer of Corporate Security, Business Continuity (CSBC) and Operational Risk Management. Prior to December 2010, he was the CSBC head in APAC responsible for all business continuity planning and alternate site operations, as well as physical security, executive and event protection, fraud investigation and prevention, and cybercrime. Between 2005 and 2008 he had management roles for DB in Mumbai, India and New York. Until January 2005, he was Deputy Commissioner at the Office of Emergency Management in New York City. In this position he worked on major planning initiatives, including the New York City Coastal Storm, Biological Terrorism and Transit Strike contingency plans.

Mr. Andrés Blanco

Senior Specialist in Urban Development and Housing

INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB)

Andres G Blanco is Senior Specialist in Urban Development and Housing at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Previously, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida. His work is centered on the economic aspects of planning in areas like housing, land use, urban and land economics, and local economic development. He received his Bachelor degree in Economics in 1999 and his Master of Science in Regional Development Planning in 2005 from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá. In 2010, he received his doctoral degree in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University. Andres has worked as a researcher and consultant in different projects involving urban planning, economic development, and public policy evaluation for organizations like the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the United Nations Development Program, and local and regional governments in Latin America and the United States. He has published his work in renowned journals in the field like Planning Theory, Urban Studies, Transportation Research Board and Housing Policy Debate among others. Andres published two books about rental housing in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2014 and is currently researching about social housing policies and land value capture mechanisms. In addition, he is working with several national and local governments in the region in the design and implementation of policies related to urban development and housing.

Mr. Armando Carbonell

Chair of Planning and Urban Form

LINCOLN INSTITUTE OF LAND POLICY

Carbonell chairs the urban planning department at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Appointed in 1999, he has led the Institute into new topics--global urbanization, planning for climate change, environmental risk in Latin America, spatial planning, large landscape conservation, and the development of new planning tools--through an active portfolio of research projects and publications. For the past fifteen years, he has led an annual Big City Planning Directors Institute in Cambridge for the thirty largest U.S cities in collaboration with the Harvard Graduate School of Design and American Planning Association. Carbonell has taught urban planning at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania and served as an editor of the British journal Town Planning Review. He has consulted on master plans in Houston, Texas and Fujian Province, China and is the author and editor of numerous works on urban planning. He led, as founding Executive Director, the campaign to create the Cape Cod Commission, an innovative regional planning and land use regulatory agency established by the Massachusetts legislature. During his tenure on Cape Cod, Carbonell chaired the National Research Council committee. He has been recognized by the American Planning Association, Royal Town Planning Institute, United States House of Representatives, University of Manchester, University of British Columbia, and, most recently, Britain’s Academy of Social Sciences.

Mr. José Carrera

Corporate Vice-President of Social Development

DEVELOPMENT BANK OF LATIN AMERICA (CAF)

José A. Carrera is the Corporate Vice-President of Social Development and the Environment at CAF since 2008. In 1999 Carrera joined CAF as Deputy Manager at the Corporate Planning Office; and, between 2000 and 2003 worked as Assistant Director of Country Programs. Later on, from 2003 to 2008 he worked as Country Director and Resident Representant of CAF at Bolivia. Previous senior positions at the public sector include: Deputy Minister of Finance of Ecuador, in this capacity, concurrently served as alternate Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank; he has worked as Deputy Secretary of Budget and Treasury at the Ministry of Finance of Ecuador; Director of Fiscal and Financial Policy at the Central Bank of Ecuador. He has served at the Board of Directors of: the Ecuadorean Institute of Electricity, PETROECUADOR, the National Council of Securities and Capital Markets, and the Council of National Security of Ecuador. In the private sector he has served at the Board of Directors of various financial institutions and has held managerial positions at the capital markets industry. Mr. Carrera holds an Economist Degree of the Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE), a M.A. Economics and doctoral studies in Economics, of the University of Notre Dame

Mr. Ani Dasgupta

Global Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE (WRI)

Aniruddha (Ani) Dasgupta is the Global Director of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. Ani guides WRI Sustainable Cities in developing environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable solutions to improve people’s quality of life in developing cities. Ani also serves as a member of WRI’s global management team, helping to shape the institute’s overall strategy and growth. Prior to joining WRI, Ani served at the Director of Knowledge and Learning at the World Bank. Before leading the Bank’s knowledge work, he coordinated the Bank’s internal reform program as the Director of the Reform Secretariat. Prior to this, Ani spent the majority of this career in the operational part of the Bank. An urban professional, Ani has dedicated himself for over 15 years to international development with a focus on the urbanization, urban environment and infrastructure. Ani holds a Master’s Degree in City Planning and a Master’s Degree in Architecture, both from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His PhD work, at the planning school at MIT, focused on services for urban poor. He received a Bachelor degree in Architecture with an emphasis on low Income Housing from the School of Planning and Architecture in India. He has researched and written widely on Community Driven and Community Based development, urban poverty in East Asia, and more recently on Knowledge and Learning for development. He lives in Washington DC with his wife and twin boys.

Mr. Vincent Fouchier

Chair

OECD WORKING PARTY ON URBAN POLICY

Vincent Fouchier, Chair of the OECD Working Party on Territorial Policy in Urban Areas and delegate representing France, is the director of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolitan area planning project. Previously he was Deputy Director General of the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning in the Île-de-France Region (IAU-ÎdF) where he co-ordinated the Department of Planning and Sustainable Development. Mr. Fouchier teaches at Sciences-Po, Paris, and lectures at the University of Paris I (Sorbonne) and the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées. Mr. Fouchier holds a doctorate in urban planning from the University of Paris VIII. He has been awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite. Previously he was Deputy Director General of the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning in the Île-de-France Region (IAU-ÎdF) where he co-ordinated the Paris Region master plan.

Ms. Ana María Rodríguez-Ortiz

Manager of Institutions for Development

INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IADB)

Ana Maria Rodriguez-Ortiz has been the Manager of the Institutions for Development Department at the IDB since February 2011. She previously served as Manager of the IDB’s Andean Country Group. Since joining the Bank in 1991, Ms. Rodriguez-Ortiz has occupied several positions, including Senior Advisor to the Office of the Presidency, the IDB’s Country Representative in Peru, as well as Chief Advisor to the Executive Vice President. She has also been Chief of the Finance and Basic Infrastructure Division of the Regional Operations of the Andean and Caribbean countries; Chief of the Country Division for Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela; and Technical Advisor to the Bank’s Executive Vice President. Prior to working at the IDB, she served as Economic Advisor to the President of the National Banking Association in Colombia; worked at the Central Bank of Colombia and at Colombia’s Banco Central Hipotecario (Central Mortgage Bank). Ms. Rodriguez-Ortiz, a citizen of Colombia, holds a Master of Arts in Development Economics from Williams College in Massachusetts and a degree in Economics from Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia.

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Ana Maria Rodriguez-Ortiz se desempeña como Gerente del Sector de Instituciones para el Desarrollo desde febrero de 2011. Anteriormente se desempeñó como Gerente del Departamento de Países del Grupo Andino. Desde que se incorporó al Banco en 1991, la Sra. Rodriguez-Ortiz ha ocupado diversos cargos, entre ellos como Asesora Principal de la Oficina de la Presidencia, Representante del BID en el Perú y Asesora Jefe de la Vicepresidencia Ejecutiva. También ha sido jefe del Comité de Finanzas e Infraestructura Básica de la División del Departamento Regional de Países Andinos y Caribeños, Jefe de la División de País para Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela, y Asesora Técnica de la Vicepresidencia Ejecutiva. Antes de trabajar en el BID, se desempeñó como Asesora Económica del Presidente de la Asociación Bancaria Nacional en Colombia, trabajó en el Banco Central de Colombia y en el Banco Central Hipotecario de Colombia. La señora Rodriguez-Ortiz, ciudadana colombiana, tiene una maestría en Economía del Desarrollo otorgada por el Williams College en Massachusetts y una licenciatura en Economía obtenida en la Universidad de Los Andes en Bogotá.

Ms. Sara Topelson de Grinberg

General Co-ordinator

FOUNDATION CENTRE FOR HOUSING RESEARCH AND

DOCUMENTATION (CIDOC)

Sara Topelson de Grinberg, is an architect, active in many fields. Designer, teacher, urban planner, has participated in architectural associations worldwide and for the past ten years, she has been part of México’s government in Federal and Municipal capacities. Named Mexico’s Woman of the Year 1996. Mrs. Grinberg was President of the International Union of Architects (UIA) 1996 – 1999. During her more than 36 year career as a partner in the architectural firm Grinberg & Topelson, she has developed projects in the fields of urban planning, industry, education, culture, residential and low-income housing. Sara was a professor at Universidad Anahuac, conducting workshops in urban and architectural design and teaching history of architecture. She received in May 2000 the Academic’s Merit Medal, for more than 25 years of Excellency in academic work. From 2001 to 2003, she was Director of Architecture of the National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico; promoting conservation of XX century architecture through register, publications and exhibitions at the National Museum of Architecture. She was General Director of Urban Development for the municipality of Huixquilucan, State of Mexico - MEXICO, 2003 – 2004. In 2003 she founded DOCOMOMO MEXICO, with a group of historians and researchers and is currently Vicepresident of the chapter. Sara is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Japan Institute of Architects, recently became honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and of the Spanish Council of Architects, among others. Mrs. Topelson is an Academic Emeritus at the Mexico’s Academia Nacional de Arquitectura. For the past six years she was Undersecretary for Urban Planning and Territorial Management at the Ministry of Social works, SEDESOL. Currently she conducts the Housing Documentation and Research Center (CIDOC), Mexico, founded in 2000 where she promotes research projects, and has published yearly “The State of Mexico’s Housing” (2004 -2012). She participates actively in the design team of Grinberg & Topelson Arquitectos. Since October 2014 she is Chairman of Urban Land Institute Mexico Delegation.

Mr. Keith Thorpe (OBE)

London

DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL

GOVERNMENT (DCLG)

Keith Thorpe currently works in the Cities and Local Growth Directorate at the UK Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in London, providing policy advice, support and coordination on cities and urban policy, including coastal towns and Olympic Legacy. He is a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and was appointed an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s New Year Honours list 2008 for his contributions to city planning and urban policy in England. He has worked in a wide range of research and administrative posts in UK Central Government Departments and Government Regional Offices during his Civil Service career covering housing, city planning, regeneration, and regional economic policy, including serving as Inquiry Secretary to the Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 Inquiries (1995-1999). He is a Vice Chair of the OECD’s Urban Working Party and has served as UK delegate to the OECD Regional Development Policy Committee since 2003, participating in a number of city, metropolitan area and related peer reviews. He has recently undertaken work for the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in connection with HABITAT III and participated in a Country Review of Armenia.

OECD | OCDE

Ms. Mari Kiviniemi

Deputy Secretary-General

Mari Kiviniemi took up her duties as OECD Deputy Secretary-General on 25 August 2014. Her role consists of sharing her extensive experience to help increase the impact and relevance of OECD work and to contribute to the public policy challenges of promoting inclusive growth, jobs, equality and trust. She is responsible for the strategic oversight of the OECD’s work on Efficient and Effective Governance; Territorial Development; Trade and Agriculture, as well as Statistics. She is also responsible for advancing the better Life Initiative. Ms. Kiviniemi was Finland’s Prime Minister from 2010 to 2011. Previously, she was Special Advisor on Economic Policy to the Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Minister for European Affairs and Minister of Public Administration and Local Government. Elected for the first time at the age of 26, she was a Member of Parliament from 1995 to 2014, chairing and participating in a vast number of committees. She also held a variety of leadership positions in her political party, the Finnish Centre Party. An economist by training, she studied political science at the University of Helsinki and holds a Master's Degree in Social Sciences. Born in 1968, she is married and has two children.

Mr. Rolf Alter

Director

Public Governance and Territorial Development

Mr. Rolf Alter is Director for Public Governance and Territorial Development of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. He leads a team of 150 staff to support governments in improving their public sector performance for the well-being of citizens and the competitiveness of their economies. Key areas include institutional reform, innovation, transparency and integrity in the public sector, results-oriented budgeting, regulatory reform, and the economics of regions and cities. Under his leadership, the Directorate pursues a rich programme of co-operation with non-member countries and international institutions to advance the research on empirical evidence and good policy practices of public sector economics and governance. Previously, Mr. Alter was Chief of Staff of OECD Secretary-General Mr. Angel Gurría. He joined the OECD in 1991. Throughout his career with OECD he held different positions in the Economics Department and the Department of Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs. Between 1996 and 1998, Mr. Alter was an advisor to the Executive Director of the OECD, Mr. Jean-Jacques Noreau. Prior to joining the OECD, Mr. Alter was an economist in the International Monetary Fund, in Washington D.C. He started his professional career in 1981 in the German Ministry of Economy in Bonn. He is currently a member of the Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum. Mr. Alter holds a doctorate degree from the University of Goettingen, Germany, following post-graduate work in Germany and the United States.

Mr. José Viegas

Secretary-General

International Transport Forum (ITF)

José Viegas has been Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum at the OECD since August 2012. A Portuguese national, Mr. Viegas has had a distinguished career in academia and in the private sector before joining the Forum as its chief executive. A full Professor of Transport at the Technical University of Lisbon, he served as Director of MIT-Portugal’s Transport Systems focus area and founded TRANSPORTNET, a group of eight European University Research Groups in Transport Systems. As chairman of TIS.pt consultants he successfully advised governments and international institutions including the World Bank and the European Commission on a number of high-profile policy initiatives and transport projects. Mr. Viegas holds a PHD in Civil Engineering from the Technical University in Lisbon and undertook postgraduate studies in regional Studies at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. He speaks fluent Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, German, and Italian.

Mr. Joaquim Oliveira Martins

Head of the Regional Development Policy Division

Joaquim Oliveira Martins is the Head of the OECD Regional Development Policy Division. Current projects cover the determinants and distribution of regional growth, regional innovation, urban development and green growth and multi-level governance. He was the former Head of the Structural Economic Statistics Division, focusing on Trade and Globalisation indicators, Productivity measurement and Business statistics. Previously, he was Senior Economist at the Economics Department heading projects on the Economics of Education, Ageing and Growth, and Health Systems. He was also Head of Desk for emerging markets, where he was in charge of the first Economic Surveys of Brazil, Chile and several transition countries. Other OECD projects include monographs on Competition, Regulation and Performance and Policy Response to the Threat of Global Warming. He was also Research Fellow at the CEPII (Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales, Paris). He is Associate Professor at the University of Paris-Dauphine. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris-I, Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Ms. Setsuko Saya

Head of the Regional Policies for Sustainable Development

Division

Setsuko Saya is the head of the Regional Policies for Sustainable Development Division of the OECD. She joined in the OECD in April 2012, where she engaged in sustainable development policies for cities and regions. She launched “Compact City Policies” (2012) and "Ageing in Cities” (2015), and currently is leading the project “Resilient Cities”. She has been working very closely with cities for those projects and successfully inviting their collaboration into the OECD’s activities. Prior to the OECD, she worked at the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, where she focused on urban and housing policies. Setsuko Saya has her MBA from Haas School of Business, University of California, and BA in law from University of Tokyo.

Dr. Rudiger Ahrend

Head of Urban Policy Program

Dr Rudiger Ahrend is Head of the Urban Program in the OECD’s Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development. In this capacity, he is supervising numerous projects related to metropolitan development and governance, and national urban policies. At the OECD, where he started as an official in 2002, Rudiger Ahrend worked as a Senior Economist in the OECD’s Economic Department. Prior to joining OECD, he worked as a researcher and independent consultant. In addition to his work on OECD countries, he has extensively worked on Russia and other emerging economies, and has published widely, both in academic journals and newspapers. Rudiger Ahrend holds a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics, as well as degrees in Social Sciences and Mathematics from the University of Göttingen, Paris-IX Dauphine, and the Sorbonne.

COUNTRY | País

BULGARIA | Bulgaria

Ms. Lilyana Pavlova

Minister of Regional Development and Public Works

Mrs. Lilyana Pavlova holds a Doctor's degree of Economics, Master’s degree in "Public Administration and European Integration" and Bachelor’s degree in "International Economic Relations". In 1996 she started her career at the Institute for the Development of Democracy. Then she successively held the positions: Finance Manager of Programme PHARE, "Program for managers’ training", Office manager for project of PHARE - Tempus National Academic Center for management and capital markets; Expert on international projects at the Institute of postgraduate studies at the University of World and National Economy and Expert in the Coordinating unit for the ISPA Programme to the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. From 2002 to 2009 Mrs. Lilyana Pavlova was Head of Department "National Fund" to the Ministry of Finance where she was responsible for the financial management, control and monitoring of the pre-accession instruments PHARE, ISPA, SAPARD and Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund. In August 2009, she became Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, responsible for the EU funds and programs’ management. On 9 September 2011, she was elected as Minister of Regional Development and Public Works in the government of the Prime Minister Boyko Borisov - a post she held by the end of his mandate in 2013. She was a Member of Parliament at the 42nd National Assembly. On 7th November 2014, she was elected as Minister of Regional Development and Public Works in the second government of the Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

CHILE | Chile

Mr. Luis Alberto Mella Gajardo

Mayor of Quillota

Medical Surgeon, 53 years old, Quillota’s City Mayor since 1992 with six consecutive re-elections. Founder of several social and solidarity-related iniciatives: Charitable Home “AMENCRI” (that aids elders with social vulnerability), shelter for the terminally ill “Beatita Benavides”, BanAmor (Solidarity Bank that is instrumental in building and strengthening social capital and promoting the value of solidarity). Director of the shelters founded by him. Honorary member of the Rotary Club; distinction awarded for his altruistic work. Awarded for his iniciative “BanAmor” on the 2nd Meeting of Happiness and Healthy Relationships, organized by the Institute of Welfare (Chile). During this year (2015) he received an award from the “Piensa” fundation for being the best evaluated politician of the region.

Ms. Paulina Saball Astaburuaga

Minister of Housing and Urbanism

Ms. Saball has a large experience in public policy, especially in social issues, poverty, environment and territorial matters. She was involved in Human Rights matters, working in a National Commission of the Truth and Reconciliation and other organizations. In 1999, Saball became Vice Minister of Ministry of National Assets, where she managed public property for regional development, social projects and other issues in accordance with Government Policy. She then became Executive Director of the National Commission of the Environment, in charge of the OECD - Environmental Performance Review among other responsibilities, especially environment assessment of investment projects, urban planning and decontamination plans. In the first period of the Michelle Bachelet Government (2006-2010), she was Vice Minister of Housing and Urbanism where carried out the new Policy of Housing and Social Integration. It was the beginning of the public debate about the relationship between housing policy and socio spatial segregation. Before moving to the Ministry, Saball worked in the National Foundation of Poverty, where she was in charge of the National Program young professionals and their service in poor communities in the country, social projects and better living conditions. In March 2014 she was appointed Minister of Housing and Urbanism by President Michelle Bachelet.

COLOMBIA | Colombia

Mr. Fernando Guzmán Rodríguez

Executive Director

Colombian Association of Capital Cities

Mr. Guzmán Rodríguez is Executive director of the Colombian Association of Capital Cities (Asociación Colombiana de Ciudades Capitales, Asocapitales) City of residence: Bogotá (Colombia). He holds a law degree from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and a master’s in political studies. Has studied courses in territorial planning and development. Served as private secretary to ex-Mayor Antanas Mockus and secretary of government of the city of Bogotá. He has directed and coordinated interdisciplinary teams in the creation and execution of policies and programs with high social impacts such as local planning in Bogotá, and restructuring disaster areas in the coffee-growing region of Colombia. He is also an advisor and university professor on topics of urban public management, security, social harmony (coexistence) , and citizen culture.

COSTA RICA | Costa Rica

Mr. Rosendo Pujol Mesalles

Minister for Housing and Human Settlements

Mr Pujlol Mesalles is Costa Rica's Minister for Housing and Human Settlements. He first studied Civil Engineering at the University of Costa Rica. He then went on to specialise in Urban and Regional Planning at Berkeley University of California, first to do a Master Degree in Urban and Regional Planning, with an emphasis on urban policies: infrastructure construction, urban regulations and taxes in 1988, and then to complete a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning with an emphasis on transport and physical planning. His speciliality is urban, regional and environmental planning, sustainable development, transport and interactions of land use, infrastructure systems, strengthening local institutions, sustainable tourism.

María Eugenia Rivera Araya

Municipal Council President

San José Municipality

Miss Rivera Araya started her political career with the P.A.S.E (Partido Accesibilidad Sin Exclusión) party, which was founded by popular referendum in benefit of people with disabilities and senior citizens from the capital. The object of the party is to fight for effective equality in opportunities and to foster the eradication of all kinds of human discrimination, as well as to bring an effort to provide physical, social and cultural accessibility in every sphere of our current society. Miss Rivera Araya's active community participation and proactive, selfless assistance along with her concern for the issues affecting San José's residents have made her transcend in the party first as Communal Leader, then as Coucilor (Regidora) and currently as San Jose's Municipal Council President where -with a conciliatory manner in her own words- she has managed to coordinate the work of Councilors from five different parties to carry out the projects studied by the commissions of the Council, regarding a plethora of subjects of interest for the City.

ECUADOR | Ecuador

Mr. David Jácome Polit

Director of Metropolitan Urban Development

Quito

Mr. Jácome Polit is an architect from the Catholic University of Ecuador. For 10 years he devoted his career to the development of real estate, responsible for project management of several housing projects on a large scale in cities across the country. Later he obtained a Master's Degree in Architecture (Cum Laude) with specialization in Construction Engineering and Technology in Sustainable Development at the Technical University of Delft (Netherlands). At the same time, he was the student leader of the team from the same university who participated in the Solar Decathlon 2014, European edition, winning the first prize in sustainability, first prize in communication and social awareness, second prize in energy efficiency and second prize in administration and construction safety. Currently he is working in the public sector as Metropolitan Director of Urban Development, supporting sustainable urban development in the city of Quito by working in several innovative projects to strength public spaces and provide solid economic ground with or without public funds. Additionally, he is a university professor at under graduate and graduate level, and focuses his research on circular metabolisms at different scales, by developing strategies that are friendly to the environment and low-tech solutions for easy implementation.

JAPAN | Japón

Akira Oshida

Advisor to the Minister

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Mr. Akira Oshida was born in 1952. After graduating from Tokyo University, Mr. Oshida started his professional career in the Ministry of Construction (Currently, re-established as “Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism(MLIT)”). In 2008, under the Prime Minister Aso Cabinet, he was appointed as Director General for Water and Land Use Bureau in the MLIT, responsible for Japan’s land-use policy. He was assigned for an important policy agenda on urban development in City Bureau and Railway Bureau, where his accomplishment of a national urban policy framework on new town development and compact city policies were highly evaluated. Mr. Oshida is also well known for his analysis on economic trend, urban infrastructure and PPP in the Economic White Paper and Construction White Paper of Japanese Government. Currently, under the Prime Minister Abe Cabinet, Mr. Oshida serves as the Advisor to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. As the Vice Chair of the Regional Policy Development Committee of the OECD and Auditor of the East Japan Construction Surety Company, Ltd, he is engaged in development of the policy frameworks for resilient cities and regions.

Mr. Kizou Hisamoto

Mayor of Kobe City

Mr. Kizou Hisamoto was born in Kobe in 1954. After graduating from Tokyo University, Law Department in 1976, he joined the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He accomplished many important tasks in the Ministry of Internal Affairs covering a wide policy agenda related to local government autonomy, regional revitalisation, disaster management and fire prevention. He also worked in local governments, as the Director of Planning in Aomori Prefecture, Director of Finance in Kyoto Prefecture and Director General for Finance in Sapporo City. Mr Hisamoto was appointed as Councillor of the Cabinet Secretariat in 1995. Since 1997, he worked in various areas, such as policy coordination for regional revitalization, improvement of finance in local governments and planning of the policy framework of the local autonomy system. He was appointed as Deputy Director-General of Minister's Secretariat in 2005, Executive Director of Election Department in 2006 and Director-General of the Local Administration Bureau in 2008. In 2012, he was appointed as Vice-Mayor of Kobe City. After resigning from Vice-Mayor in June 2013, he was elected as Mayor of Kobe. He took his current office as the 16th Mayor of Kobe in November 2013.

Mr. Toshihiko Ota

Mayor of Toyota City

Mr. Toshihiko OTA is the Mayor of Toyota City, where he was born and raised. After graduating from Waseda University in 1977, he has been with the City of Toyota since then as an administrator. His inauguration as Mayor was in February, 2013. Recently, he worked with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations to organize the High-level Symposium on Sustainable Cities: Connecting People, Environment and Technology, co-convened by the United Nations and Toyota City. The symposium was held in Toyota City in January 2015 to improve the decision–making process in urban planning and management and to move the advancement of sustainable cities and urbanization. Mayor Ota had been working as the Chairman of the Toyota City Low Carbon Society Verification Promotion Council established in August 2010. Being selected by the government of Japan as an Model Environment City in 2009, Toyota City has been working with the fifty organizations making up the Council, such as the leading companies and organizations in the automobile industry, energy, housing, transportation, distribution, and other related fields, to conduct verification programs to implement a new, low-carbon social system that benefits the residents. The Council has developed into a new organization in April 2015 and it continues to play a vital role in promoting sustainability and a low-carbon society.

KOREA | Corea

Ms. Kim Jinsook

Director General for Architecture Policy

Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport

Kim, Jinsook was appointed as Director General for Architecture Policy in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in February 2014. She is an architectural and technology standards expert who has worked in various fields within the Ministry and has greatly contributed to urban and regional planning and development. Especially, she has played a critical role in setting up standards to improve construction safety, project quality and architectural design as well as promoting architectural service industry, certification systems (building energy efficiency and assessment, energy saving design and building safety) and green building.Director General Kim passed the 23rd National Higher Civil Service Examination. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from Inha University, Korea, in 1983 and a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from University of Wisconsin-Madison in the U.S. in 1994.

MEXICO | México

Vicente Mendoza Téllez Girón

Chief Financial Officer

Infonavit

Vicente Mendoza is a young individual with extensive experience in the public and private sectors. He completed a B.A. in Administration and a Master of Public Policy at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), a M.A. in Economics at the University of London, and a Master of Public Administration at Harvard University. He is currently the CFO at Infonavit. Since 2013, Mr. Mendoza has led the implementation of a transformative agenda to provide better housing solutions and higher returns to workers’ savings. During 2015, he will continue pushing forward innovative housing financial solutions to strengthen the rental and secondary markets, preserving the financial strength of the Institute with a long-term vision. Mr. Mendoza also served as Chief of Staff for the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, Advisor to the President in the Social Development Cabinet, General Director at the Ministry of Agrarian Reform. Prior to his public service he worked as consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

MOROCCO | Marruecos

Mr. Mohammed Nabil Benabdallah

Minister of Housing and Urban Policy

Mohammed Nabil Benabdallah is a graduate of the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO- Paris ), option : international relations. He has been Secretary General of the Party of Progress and Socialism of Morocco since 2010. He was Ambassador in Rome, from November 2008 to July 2009. Minister of Communication of Morocco and Spokesman of the Government, from November 2002 to October 2007. He was elected member of the Council of the city of Rabat and the borough Council Agdal - Riad , September 2003 - June 2009 .

THE NETHERLANDS | Los Países Bajos

Mr. Sjaak van der Tak

Mayor of Westland

Metropolitan Region of Rotterdam - The Hague

J. (Sjaak) van der Tak (1956) is Mayor of municipality of Westland since 2004 and member of the executive board of the Metropole region Rotterdam-The Hague from the start of this collaboration (2014). Between 1984 and 1995 he held various employments in different municipalities. He was alderman (member of the municipal executive board) on behalf of the Christian Democratic political party (CDA) in the municipality of Rotterdam from 1996 to 2004, where he was responsible for transport, finances, social affairs, intergration and education. As chairman of the Greenport Holland Governments (GHO) Sjaak van der Tak is commited to strengthen the national and international position of the Dutch horticulture. He is a member of the executive committee of the Police Unit in The Hague, the board of the Association for Refugees Netherlands (VluchtelingenWerk Nederland) and the Human Trafficking Task Force.

PERU | Perú

Mr. Carlos Moscoso Perea

Mayor of Cusco

Carlos Moscoso Perea is a Cusquenian politician, who at the early age of 16 was already active supporting and organizing the political protests against the military dictatorship that ruled Peru during the late 70’s. Due to the above, his formal studies are fundamentally political: He is an Attorney at Law & Political Sciences and also has a Master in Constitutional Law and a Doctorate in Political Law by the Universidad Conplutense in Madrid, Spain. During the 90’s he was the youngest elected Congressman by the Democratic Front leaded by the famous novelist Mario Vargas Llosa. During his active academic life he has been a political speaker and a professor in several universities, including the Universidad San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Universidad Femenina de Lima, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain (as a visiting professor). As a Mayor of the city of Cusco, Peru he has initiated an ambitious partnership with the Ministry of Housing to work for an integral sanitation project for the city, including the treatment of sewage and rain water. This project also includes a consultancy for the embellishment and the provision of infrastructure and services along the river side. Carlos, when not involved in running the bustling city of Cusco, enjoys sports like cycling, soccer and racquet ball. He has three children and when not sharing time with them what he enjoys the most is reading. Sometime in the future he would like to dedicate to writing. He believes that dreams are the starting point for action. His favorite motto is “Our present dreams are the future’s reality”.

SPAIN | España

José Manuel Calvo del Olmo

Councillor of Town Planning

Madrid

He is Dr. Architect at Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) and researcher at this university. He has been Associate Professor (Profesor Colaborador) at European University of Madrid (UEM) and he has played teaching works at ETS Architecture of Madrid as Assistant Lecturer on ‘Architectural Design’. He has conducted research works for the Research Team in Collective Housing (GIVCO) and he is member of the Research Team in Architectural Review (ARKRIT), both belonging to UPM. Has also been ‘Academic Guest’ in the ‘Institute of Technology in Architecture’ at the Faculty of Architecture of ETH Zurich University. In addition, he has been Lecturer in several national and international masters, conferences and symposia. His research has focused on public housing policies and planning of cities. Currently, he holds the post of Councilor for Sustainable Urban Development at the City Council of Madrid.

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Doctor Arquitecto por la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) e Investigador de esta universidad. Ha sido Profesor Colaborador en la Universidad Europea (UEM) y ha desempeñado labores de apoyo a la docencia en la ETS Arquitectura de Madrid en la asignatura de ‘Proyectos Arquitectónicos’. Ha realizado trabajos de investigación para el Grupo de Investigación en Vivienda Colectiva y es miembro del Grupo de Investigación de Crítica Arquitectónica (ARKRIT), ambos de la UPM. También ha sido Investigador Invitado (Academic Guest) en el ‘Institute of Technology in Architecture’ de la Facultad de Arquitectura de la universidad ETH Zurich y ha sido conferenciante en diversos másteres, congresos y simposios nacionales e internacionales. Sus trabajos de investigación se han centrado en las políticas públicas de vivienda y en la planificación de las ciudades. En la actualidad, ocupa el cargo de Concejal de Desarrollo Urbano Sostenible del Ayuntamiento de Madrid

TURKEY | Turquía

Mr Hüseyin Eren

Deputy Secretary-General Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

Hüseyin Eren was born in Samsun, 1953. He graduated from teaching school in Ladik, and from the School of Business Administration in Erzurum. He took his master’s degree in Statistics Department of 19 Mayıs University. He worked as a teacher, administrator, financial advisor and chief accountant in various corporations in Turkey. He also established and administrated many funds. Hüseyin Eren started to work as Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality-Department of Revenues Director in 1994. Eren was assigned to the Department of Registry in April 2002, and then worked as the Director at Department of Purchasing. Eren was later appointed to be the Deputy Secretary General (Finance) on November 10, 2005.

UNITED KINGDOM | Reino Unido

Mr . Matthew Yates Head of Transport

and Planning Projects Transport for London

Matthew is the Head of Transport Planning and Projects at Transport for London with over 20 years' experience in developing and implementing strategies, policies and projects in highly complex and political environments. He is currently leading the investigation and development of a range of major projects, including light rail and metro extensions, new road and public transport crossings over the River Thames, airport capacity in London, new interchange multi-modal stations, and a portfolio of schemes improving streets and places. Achievements include obtaining powers to build the Northern Line metro extension, the Emirates Airline – the UK’s first urban cable car, the Garden Bridge, several station improvement projects and formulated the business case for Crossrail 2, a new proposed multi-billion pound regional railway in London. His work informs the Mayor’s Transport Strategy and London’s Spatial Development Strategy – the London Plan.Matthew has worked in a variety of roles for both public and private sector organisations predominantly focussing on transportation and spatial development.

UNITED STATES | Estados Unidos

Ms. Lisa D. Cooper

Director of the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development

Birmingham, Alabama

Lisa D. Cooper is known for her business acumen, sense of humor and dedication to business development which makes her well suited for her role as Director of the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development (ED) for the City of Birmingham. Cooper currently leads the team that comprises Economic Development and together, they are responsible for all efforts that facilitate growth and diversification of Birmingham’s economic platform through business recruitment, retention and expansion. In a professional career that has spanned over 34 years, Cooper previously served as a banking executive in the financial services industry working with commercial giants including Central Bank of the South (now known as BBVA Compass Bank) and National Bank of Commerce. In 1997, Cooper joined the Birmingham Business Resource Center (BBRC) as their Deputy Director. A graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Cooper earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing and has a broad background in the financial services industry as a banking executive, community development and small business development officer. She is a past honoree of the Birmingham Business Journal Top Birmingham Women and a graduate of the 2008 Class of Leadership Birmingham. Lisa believes that first and foremost she is a servant of God and has been married to Attorney Lawrence Cooper for the past 15 years.

Mr. Sam Chase

Metro Councilor

Portland, Oregon

Sam Chase is an elected Metro Councilor representing roughly 250,000 Oregon residents of District 5, which includes Northwest and North Portland, portions of Southwest and Northeast Portland, plus the city of Maywood Park and part of Washington County. Metro is the only directly elected regional government in the United States, which helps manage the growth of Portland and the region’s other 24 cities and 3 counties through land use and transportation planning, the provision of parks and natural areas, and the operations and oversight of solid waste and recycling. Councilor Chase also serves as executive director of the Coalition of Community Health Clinics. In the past 18 years, his public sector and non-profit experience included serving as Chief of Staff to the Portland City Commissioner, Executive Director at the Oregon Opportunity Network and Clackamas Community Land Trust, housing policy advisor to the Portland City Commissioner, and campaign manager and field director for local and state campaigns. He has served on the boards of directors of the Portland Community Land Trust, X-PAC, Northwest District Association, Housing Development Center, Coalition for a Livable Future and the Oregon League of Conservation Voters, Multnomah County Chapter..

Mr. Kwanza Hall

Council member

Atlanta City Council

The Honorable Kwanza Hall is in his third term on the Atlanta City Council. He represents the heart of Atlanta, including the Martin Luther King National Historic Site and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. His father was one of Dr. King’s youngest staff members. Hall has been recognized for leadership in many arenas, including economic inclusion, workforce development, urban design, and arts and culture. In 2013, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation recognized his initiative to expand opportunities to families in an Atlanta neighborhood with the highest concentration of poverty in the southeastern United States. Prior to his election to the Atlanta City Council, Hall served on the Atlanta Board of Education. Hall is the immediate past chair of the Atlanta City Council’s International Relations Committee. He has been a fellow of the German Marshall Fund and a number of U.S. State Department programs. He currently serves on the World Affairs Council, Leadership Atlanta, and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Hall and his wife are the proud parents of two sons.

Mr. Gustavo F. Velasquez

Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Gustavo Velasquez was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate to become Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Prior to his nomination, Velasquez was Executive Director of the Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC), a non-for-profit organization based in Washington, DC. Prior to his tenure at LEDC, he served for seven years as Director of the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights, where he led the enforcement provisions of the DC Human Right Act. He also served between 2003 and 2007 as DC's Director of the Office of Latino Affairs. Before his mayoral appointments in the District of Columbia government, Velasquez was Director of Operations and Director of the Division of Families and Neighborhood Development at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, the leading social service provider to Latinos in Philadelphia. He has served in numerous boards and advisory groups at local and national levels, with an emphasis on civil rights and educational organizations, as well as issues for the advancement of Latinos in the United States. He attended the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated with a master's degree in government administration. He lives in the District of Columbia with his wife, Emily, and his two children.

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