CARLA WALKER-MILLER
Founder, CEO | Walker-Miller Energy Services
Sustainable Urban Design SUMMIT Speakers
Our focus is on the human impact and human condition of growth, opportunity, challenges, and the outcome of conversations around the topics. The goal at each of our summits is to provide multi-level conversations that are compelling, challenging, and provocative allowing for participation and fluid exchange of ideas.
GARLIN GILCHRIST II
Lieutenant Governor | State of Michigan
SARAH HAYOSH
Director of Land Use and Sustainability | Detroit Future City
ROSHNI SHOKAR
Associate Director of Platform Experience | Michigan Central
TONY G. GEARA
Deputy Chief of Mobility Innovation | City of Detroit
JERMAINE R. RUFFIN
Senior Vice President of Neighborhoods | Invest Detroit
JAMES WITHERSPOON
VP, Architecture & Design | Bedrock Detroit
CHRIS MOYER
Senior Director of Communication | Visit Detroit
ANTOINE BRYANT
Director of Planning & Development | City of Detroit
OLGA STELLA
VP Strategy and Communications College for Creative Studies
VICTORIA PROUSE
Former Transportation Planning Lead | Michigan Central, Ford
GUIDO BRAAM
Co-founder | Powered by Meaning
RYAN FRIEDRICHS
Vice President | Related Companies
PETER WIJSMAN
City Executive & Vice President | Arcadis
JORN KONIJN
Former Head of Program | Dutch Design Week
TRACY METZ
Moderator/Media Influencer
SIMON SYLVESTERCHAUDHURI
Founder & Executive Director | CIV:LAB
KATE GASPARRO
Director, Land Development | Bedrock Detroit
EVA GLADEK
Founder & CEO | Metabolic
FEDOR BRON
Associate Director | MVRDV
INGRID VANDER WACHT
International & Public Affairs Manager | Dutch Design Foundation
IVANAKALAFATIC
Founder | 2gathr & Detroitisit
LAUREN HOOD
Founder & Chief Visionary | Institute for AfroUrbanism
EMILY DABISHYAHKIND
Detroit Director | CIV:LAB
LAPRISHA DANIELS
Executive Director | DWEJ
TERRY BARCLAY
Chair, CEO | SBN Detroit, Inforum
JOHN JOURDEN
Design Director | Gensler Detroit
NATE TREVETHAN
Principal | MVVA
WINKA DUBBELDAM
Founding Partner / Chai of Dept of Architecture | Archi-tectonics / University of Pennsylvania
OLGA STELLA
VP Strategy and Communications | College for Creative Studies
ROB ADAMS
Embassy of Mobility | Dutch Design Foundation
JEN GUARINO
CEO | JEN GUARINO ISAIC
ALEXA BUSH
Program Officer Detroit | The Kresge Foundation
MARC PASCO
Director of Communication | Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
ERIC LARSON
CEO | Downtown Detroit Partnership
ANKE VAN HALE
Professor Sustainable Building | Nyenrode Business Universiteit
BRITANY AFFOLTER-CAIN
Executive Director | Michigan’s University Research Corridor
MATTHIJS BOUW
Founding Partner | One Architecture
LIESL CLARK
Director | Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE)
ZACHARY DAMATO
Co-Founder | Urban Rivers
BO SHEPHERD
Co-owner, Designer | Woodward Throwbacks
JOSHUA BRUGEMAN
Expert in Residence | Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Tech University
RUBEN DUBELAAR
Advisor International Strategy | Holland Circular Hotspot
BENJAMIN J. LEFFEL
Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow University of Michigan | Erb Institute for GlobalSustainable Enterprise
KRISTINA KNAUF
Associate MVRDV Climate | MVRDV
DR. IRENE LUQUEMARTIN
Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS)
DOUG VOIGT
Urban Design & Planning Planner | SOM
BERNARD SWIECKI
Vice President of Mobility and Research | Detroit Regional Partnership and GEM
BRYAN BOYER
Faculty Director, Urban Technology Degree Program | University of Michigan
SIOBHAN BURGER
Strategist in the Intersection of Social/Spatial Challenge
CHRIS THOMAS
Co-founder and Partner | Assembly Ventures
DONNA GIVENS DAVIDSON
President, CEO | Eastside Community Network
FRANS DE WITTE
Partner, Architect | MVRDV
JEANETTE PIERCE
Founder & President | City Institute
IAN LAMBERT
Dean of Graduate Studies and Research | College for Creative Studies
JOHN WALLER
Managing Director, Principal | Gensler
JONATHAN ROST
North America Business Development & R&D Director | Valeo Powertrain Systems
SAM SHAPIRO
Founder & CEO | Grounded Electric RVs
KIMATHA L. BOOTHE
Vice President of Energy Operations | Dunamis Clean Energy Partners
JOSEF HJELMAKER
Co-founder & CEO | Electric Outdoors
RYAN MICHAEL
Senior Executive | Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility & Electrification
KATY TRUDEAU
President | Eastern Market Partnership
RYAN FRIEDRICHS
Vice President | Related Companies
LIESL EICHLER CLARK
Director, Climate Action Engagement | LIESL EICHLER CLARK School for Environmentand Sustainability,University of Michigan
MARIA M. GALARZA
Interim Deputy Director | Office of Sustainability, City of Detroit
MARK DE LA VERGNE
Advisor | Cavnue
MATHEW STAUDT
Director NYC Office Coastal Resilience Projects | ONE Architecture
MARK LUCKHARDT
SVP Land Development | Bedrock Detroit
JAN TOP
Attaché for Infrastructure & Water Management Working with | Netherlands Consulate General in San Francisco
FRANK VAN SWOL
Program Director | Central Station District& MIRT City of Eindhoven
ROBERTO JENKINS
Associate Principal, Mixed Use Buildings | Arcadis
MELANIE MARKOWICZ
Executive Director | Greektown Neighborhood Partnership
RINSKE BRAND
Founder | BRAND The Urban Agency
CARLA WALKER-MILLER
Founder, CEO | Walker-Miller Energy Services
SARAH HAYOSH
Director of Land Use and Sustainability | Detroit Future City
ROSHNI SHOKAR
Associate Director of Platform Experience | Michigan Central
TONY G. GEARA
Deputy Chief of Mobility Innovation | City of Detroit
JERMAINE R. RUFFIN
Senior Vice President of Neighborhoods | Invest Detroit
CHRIS MOYER
Senior Director of Communication | Visit Detroit
BERNARD SWIECKI
Vice President of Mobility and Research | Detroit Regional Partnership and GEM
BRYAN BOYER
Faculty Director, Urban Technology Degree Program | University of Michigan
SIOBHAN BURGER
Strategist in the Intersection of Social/Spatial Challenge
CHRIS THOMAS
Co-founder and Partner | Assembly Ventures
DONNA GIVENS DAVIDSON
President, CEO | Eastside Community Network
FRANS DE WITTE
Partner, Architect | MVRDV
JEANETTE PIERCE
Founder & President | City Institute
IAN LAMBERT
Dean of Graduate Studies and Research | College for Creative Studies
JOHN WALLER
Managing Director, Principal | Gensler
JONATHAN ROST
North America Business Development & R&D Director | Valeo Powertrain Systems
SAM SHAPIRO
Founder & CEO | Grounded Electric RVs
KIMATHA L. BOOTHE
Vice President of Energy Operations | Dunamis Clean Energy Partners
JOSEF HJELMAKER
Co-founder & CEO | Electric Outdoors
RYAN MICHAEL
Senior Executive | Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility & Electrification
KATY TRUDEAU
President | Eastern Market Partnership
RYAN FRIEDRICHS
Vice President | Related Companies
LIESL EICHLER CLARK
Director, Climate Action Engagement | LIESL EICHLER CLARK School for Environmentand Sustainability,University of Michigan
MARIA M. GALARZA
Interim Deputy Director | Office of Sustainability, City of Detroit
MARK DE LA VERGNE
Advisor | Cavnue
MATHEW STAUDT
Director NYC Office Coastal Resilience Projects | ONE Architecture
MARK LUCKHARDT
SVP Land Development | Bedrock Detroit
JAN TOP
Attaché for Infrastructure & Water Management Working with | Netherlands Consulate General in San Francisco
FRANK VAN SWOL
Program Director | Central Station District& MIRT City of Eindhoven
ROBERTO JENKINS
Associate Principal, Mixed Use Buildings | Arcadis
MELANIE MARKOWICZ
Executive Director | Greektown Neighborhood Partnership
RINSKE BRAND
Founder | BRAND The Urban Agency
JAMES WITHERSPOON
VP, Architecture & Design | Bedrock Detroit
CHRIS MOYER
Senior Director of Communication | Visit Detroit
ANTOINE BRYANT
Director of Planning & Development | City of Detroit
LAUREN HOOD
Founder & Chief Visionary | Institute for AfroUrbanism
EMILY DABISHYAHKIND
Detroit Director | CIV:LAB
LAPRISHA DANIELS
Executive Director | DWEJ
TERRY BARCLAY
Chair, CEO | SBN Detroit, Inforum
JOHN JOURDEN
Design Director | Gensler Detroit
NATE TREVETHAN
Principal | MVVA
WINKA DUBBELDAM
Founding Partner / Chai of Dept of Architecture | Archi-tectonics / University of Pennsylvania
OLGA STELLA
VP Strategy and Communications | College for Creative Studies
ROB ADAMS
Embassy of Mobility | Dutch Design Foundation
JEN GUARINO
CEO | JEN GUARINO ISAIC
ALEXA BUSH
Program Officer Detroit | The Kresge Foundation
MARC PASCO
Director of Communication | Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
ERIC LARSON
CEO | Downtown Detroit Partnership
ANKE VAN HALE
Professor Sustainable Building | Nyenrode Business Universiteit
BRITANY AFFOLTER-CAIN
Executive Director | Michigan’s University Research Corridor
MATTHIJS BOUW
Founding Partner | One Architecture
LIESL CLARK
Director | Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE)
ZACHARY DAMATO
Co-Founder | Urban Rivers
BO SHEPHERD
Co-owner, Designer | Woodward Throwbacks
JOSHUA BRUGEMAN
Expert in Residence | Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Tech University
RUBEN DUBELAAR
Advisor International Strategy | Holland Circular Hotspot
BENJAMIN J. LEFFEL
Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow University of Michigan | Erb Institute for GlobalSustainable Enterprise
KRISTINA KNAUF
Associate MVRDV Climate | MVRDV
DR. IRENE LUQUEMARTIN
Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS)
DOUG VOIGT
Urban Design & Planning Planner | SOM
GARLIN GILCHRIST II
Lieutenant Governor | State of Michigan
OLGA STELLA
VP Strategy and Communications College for Creative Studies
VICTORIA PROUSE
Former Transportation Planning Lead | Michigan Central, Ford
GUIDO BRAAM
Co-founder | Powered by Meaning
RYAN FRIEDRICHS
Vice President | Related Companies
PETER WIJSMAN
City Executive & Vice President | Arcadis
JORN KONIJN
Former Head of Program | Dutch Design Week
TRACY METZ
Moderator/Media Influencer
SIMON SYLVESTERCHAUDHURI
Founder & Executive Director | CIV:LAB
KATE GASPARRO
Director, Land Development | Bedrock Detroit
EVA GLADEK
Founder & CEO | Metabolic
FEDOR BRON
Associate Director | MVRDV
INGRID VANDER WACHT
International & Public Affairs Manager | Dutch Design Foundation
IVANAKALAFATIC
Founder | 2gathr & Detroitisit
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