Designing Cities 2018 Attendee List as of 9/28/18 First Name Last Name Title Organization Zohra Abassy Civil Engineer Associate II LA Bureau of Engineering Abdullahi Abdulle Assoc Transportation Planner Minneapolis DPW Majed Abdulsamad Program Associate NACTO Global Designing Cities Initiative John Ablan Community & Construction Relations LA Metro Emily Abrahams Senior Transportation Planner Caltrans Ricardo Acosta Civil Engineer LA Bureau of Street Services Jonathan Adame Principal Transportation Planner LA Metro Michael Affeldt Director of Los Angeles RiverWorks Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti Priyoti Ahmed Transportation Planner San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) Brian Ahn Senior Civil Engineer LA Bureau of Engineering Robin Aksu Transportation Planning Associate LADOT Mohamed Alaoui Principal Civil Engineer OakDOT Amalia Alarcon Morris Race Forward Government Alliance on Race and Equity Sergio Albarran Senior Engineering Technician City of Ventura Ibrahim Aleid Director, Metropolitan Planning & Urban Design Arriyadh Development Authority Jeffrey Alexis Principal Civil Engineer Boston Public Works Department Danica Alfajora Assistant Engineer OakDOT Abdulaziz Alhuniyan Architect Arriyadh Development Authority Nichole Altmix Exec. Director - Planning, Pedestrian Ramp Program NYC DOT Mike Amsden Multimodal Transportation Manager Milwaukee DPW Jun Suk An Senior Project Manager Bellevue Transportation Department Manuel Anaya Transportation Engineer LADOT Troels Andersen Cycling Program Manager City of Odense, Denmark Paige Anderson Transportation Engineering Fellow City of Pittsburgh Lauren Antonelli Deputy Chief of Staff NYC DOT Ana Maria Aponte City Urban Designer West Palm Beach Planning Division Brittany Arceneaux Planning Associate Los Angeles Department of City Planning Fabio Arias Transportation Engineer LADOT Franco Arieta Regional General Manager Zipcar San Francisco Christina Arizpuro Senior Account Manager Adobe Lois Arkin Executive Director Los Angeles Eco-Village Lauren Armstrong Executive Director Maui Department of Transportation Jeffrey Arndt President & CEO VIA Metro Transit Mythili Arunachalam Sr. Manager, Solutions Architects, Smart Communities Verizon Wireless Sarah Ashton Dr. Government Affairs + Policy Uber Nader Asmar Principal Transportation Engineer LADOT Omar Atayee Senior Engineer SANDAG Alex Atchison Senior Engineer Parametrix Emiko Atherton Director, National Complete Streets Coalition Smart Growth America Janet Attarian Deputy Director Detroit Planning & Development Department Edwin Avetyan Civil Engineering Assoc II LA Bureau of Street Services Liz Babson Director Charlotte DOT Fadi Bader Civil Engineering Associate II LA Bureau of Engineering Mike Bagheri Transportation Manager City of Pasadena Linda Bailey Executive Director NACTO Kathleen Baireuther Senior Manager, Texas/Mountain Ford Motor Company Bhuvan Bajaj Transportation Engineer LADOT Norman Baldwin City Engineer/Assistant Director Burlington Department of Public Works Shiloh Ballard Executive Director Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Lauren Ballard Transportation Planning Associate, Vision Zero Division LADOT Laura Ballesteros Former Undersecretary of Mobility Mexico City Ingrid Ballus Armet Engineer/planner Fehr & Peers Esvin Bardales Lemus Civil Engineering Assoc I LA Bureau of Street Services Niles Barnes Deputy Director East Coast Greenway Alliance Bryan Barnhill Detroit Engagement Manager Ford Motor Company Joseph Barr Director of Traffic, Parking, and Transportation City of Cambridge Sean Barry Transportation Engineer Freese and Nichols Mike Basarich Director, Bike Fixation Saris Brian Bass Senior Management Analyst I LADOT Katrina Bayer Transportation Program Leader Houston Downtown Management District Andrew Beagle Public Transportation Division WSDOT Daniel Beard Transportation Planner WSP Cary Bearn Chief Bicycle Officer Atlanta Department of City Planning Annick Beaudet Assistant Director Austin Transportation Department Brandon Belford Public Policy Apple Lisa Bender City Council President City of Minneapolis Matt Benjamin Principal Fehr & Peers Kristin Bennett Transportation Planning/Programs Supevisor City of Grand Rapids Amy Bennett Assistant Planner City of Wauwatosa Peter Bennett Transportation Specialist San José DOT Nicole Bennett North Carolina Planning and Environment Manager WSP Paul Benton Engineering Project Manager Charlotte DOT Sasha Berger Program Associate NACTO Mathew Berkow Program Development Portland Bureau of Transportation Laurie Berman Director Caltrans Tom Bertulis Lecturer Tufts University Angela Berumen Chief Management Analyst LADOT Sindhu Bharadwaj Policy Associate NACTO Yan Bi Civil Engineering LA Bureau of Engineering Leslie Bing Engineering Project Manager City of Charlotte Abdulmohsen Binghannam Urban Planner Arriyadh Development Authority Nicolas Blain Planning and Research Director BIXI Montreal Eric Blair-Joannou Project Manager Wheelmaster Stéphane Blais Engineer - Streetscaping Projects and Programs City of Montreal Bibiana Blanco Civil Engineer City of Bogota Brandon Blankenagel Senior Engineer City of Spokane Integrated Capital Management Tara Blasioli Program Manager, Design and Construction City of Ottawa Infrastructure Services Simon Blenski Transportation Planner Mineapolis DPW Mike Blockstein Principal Public Matters Evelyn Blumenberg Director, Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Colin Bogart Education Director Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) Eric Bollich Division Manager, Transportation Engineering Austin Transportation Department Alexander Bonilla Community Planning Manager Youth Policy Institute Mike Bonin Council Member, 11th District City of Los Angeles Timm Borden Director of Public Works City of Cupertino Heather Boyer VP/Executive Editor Island Press Dale Bracewell Manager, Transportation Planning City of Vancouver Blanka Bracic Acting Manager, Liveable Streets City of Calgary Margi Bradway Deputy Director of Transportation Planning Oregon Metro Dan Brady Business Development Director Splunk David Bragdon Executive Director TransitCenter Omar Braish Civil Engineer LA Bureau of Engineering Anne Brask Planner/Designer City and County of San Francisco Planning Department David Braunstein President Together for Safer Roads Kate Breen Government Affairs Director SFMTA Garry Brennan Senior Policy Advisor Bicycle Network Brandon Brezeale Senior Engineer Charlotte DOT Scott Bricker Executive Director Bike Pittsburgh Liz Brisson Major Corridors Planning Manager SFMTA Stefanie Brodie Transportation Planning and Policy Research Analyst District DOT Tanya Brooks Assistant Director, Mobility Planning Dallas Department of Transportation Russell Brooks Director of Smart Cities Transportation for America Wesley Brown Senior Project Manager, Planning and Capital Projects Central Atlanta Progress Mark Brown Senior Planner City of Coral Gables Scott Brown Transportation Engineer LADOT Brytanee Brown Transportation Planner OakDOT Akeem Brown Board Member VIA Metro Transit Lily Brown Transportation Planner Oakland DOT Roger Browne Manager, Traffic Safety Unit Toronto Transportation Services Eric Bruins Transportation Policy Director LA Metro Ron Brundidge Director Detroit DPW Anthony Bruzzone Associate Principal Arup Laura Bryan Mayor's Transportation Director City of New Orleans Mary Buchanan Research Associate TransitCenter Gary Buchler Story Coach Stephen Buckley Northeast Regional Manager - Planning, Environment and Traffic WSP Stephanie Burgos-Veras Senior Organizer Riders Alliance Bob Burns VP & Senior Legal Advisor Trek Bicycle Corporation Sonja Burseth Planner Metro Transit Tamika Butler Executive Director LA Neighborhood Land Trust Shannon Cairns Project Manager San Francisco DPW Christopher Cairns Transportation Engineering Division Manager Orlando Transportation Department Maurice Camacho Transportation Engineer LADOT Luis Campillo Regional Manager AARP California Jennifer Campos Principal Planner City of Vancouver, WA Fabian Campos Graduate Student UCLA Kevin Carder City Planner Omaha Planning Department Rachel Carpenter Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Branch Chief Caltrans Tomas Carranza Principal Transportation Engineer LADOT Alex Carroll Complete Streets Planner Alexandria Transportation & Environmental Services Michael Carroll Deputy Managing Director Philadelphia OTIS Kris Carter Co-Chair Boston Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics Megan Carter Associate Civil Engineer Sacramento Public Works Chris Carterette Project Manager SANDAG Ellie Casson Head of Local Policy Waymo Ebelin Castillo Ramirez Communications Manager LA Metro Charlotte Castle Vision Zero & Neighborhood Programs Coordinator Philadelphia OTIS Amber Castle-Keane Associate Civil Engineer Sacramento Public Works Graham Cavanagh Senior Program Associate ITDP Wendy Cawley Engineer Portland Bureau of Transportation Jorge Cervantes Chief Operations and Development Officer City of Las Vegas Ankita Chachra Program Manager NACTO Global Designing Cities Initiative Anna Chamberlin Manager, Project Review District DOT Kyle Chan Civil Engineering Assoc III LA Bureau of Street Services Bill Chan Senior Transportation Engineer LADOT Pauline Chan Senior Transportation Engineer LADOT Steven Chan VP, Simulation BU Transoft Solutions Dongho Chang City Traffic Engineer Seattle DOT Tilly Chang Executive Director San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) Lameese Chang Transportation Planning Associate LADOT Victor Chanorathaikul Landscape Architect