Bernard Sheahan is Director of Global Infrastructure and Natural Resources at IFC, the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. He is responsible for IFC’s investments in power, transport, utilities, and extractive industries. He joined IFC in 1986, and has previously served as Director of IFC’s Infrastructure Advisory Department and IFC’s Director […]

Lilly Shoup is a Principal with Nelson\Nygaard Consulting where she specializes in multimodal transportation planning, performance management, and policy development. Author of the original, “Dangerous by Design” report on national pedestrian safety trends, Lilly is experienced integrating public and private sector projects with effective planning and design. Prior to joining Nelson\Nygaard, Lilly served as a […]

Steve Smith is a Research Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, where he heads the Intelligent Coordination and Logistics Laboratory. He is also CEO of Rapid Flow Technologies, a company that focuses on smart transportation infrastructure for urban mobility. Smith’s research at CMU focuses broadly on the theory and practice of next-generation technologies for […]

Being one of the few female leaders in the technology and automotive industry, Larissa Tan heads up Singapore’s first electric automotive company, Vanda Electrics. Under her leadership, Vanda Electrics recently launched the Dendrobium, Singapore’s first hyper car, with Williams Advanced Engineering, the engineering team for Williams F1 as Vanda’s technical partner. Under the Vanda Electrics’ […]

Prior to joining LACI, he was appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti as the first ever Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Los Angeles. Serving as CSO for four years, Petersen was the chief architect of the groundbreaking Sustainable City pLAn, led efforts to make LA a global leader in EVs, and helped create the Climate Mayors. Petersen co-founded Global […]

Chris is a Founder and Partner of Fontinalis, where he is responsible for a wide range of critical processes ranging from deal sourcing and execution to corporate operations and business strategy. Chris also works in concert with Fontinalis’ portfolio companies on business development, sales and marketing initiatives. Prior to Fontinalis, he worked at Ford Motor […]

Justin X. Thompson is a partner advising commercial and industrial developers, investors, lenders and property owners on all aspects of real estate transactions— including financing, development, leasing, loan restructurings, land exchanges, saleleasebacks, property management arrangements and joint ventures.

With an extensive background in the automotive sector and smart mobility, Jean-François Tremblay has been actively involved in the industry since 2001. He is currently President and CEO of Montréal’s Institute of Electrification and Intelligent Transportation, a new player in the smart mobility landscape geared to accelerating technological and service innovation through experimentation in a […]

Gina Trombley is Head of Ecosystem Cluster and Strategic Sales – Americas for Bombardier Transportation. In this new position, Gina is leading Bombardier’s strategic mobility initiatives in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil as well as heading the sales functions in those countries. She is based in New York City. Gina is a highly-accomplished […]

Jeffrey Tumlin is principal and director of strategy at Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, a sustainable transportation planning firm. For more than twenty years, Jeff has led award-winning plans in cities from Seattle and Vancouver to Moscow and Abu Dhabi. During 2016-17, Jeff was the interim director of Oakland’s first Department of Transportation, helping the city create […]