Architect and urban planner graduated from Universidade Federal do Paraná, she holds a master’s degree in Urban Environmental Structures (Universidade de São Paulo) and a PhD degree in Architecture and Urbanism from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. She started working at the city hall in 1983 when selected by a public competition and has since coordinated and […]

Nathaniel P. Ford Sr. is Chief Executive Officer of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) and past Chair of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). His distinguished career spans more than three decades, including tenures as CEO of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Ford is a champion of […]

Danielle J. Harris is the Director of Mobility Innovation at Elemental Excelerator, where she works with portfolio companies, partners, and cities to catalyze collaboration within the mobility industry. As a thought leader in new mobility with 10 years of experience in transit planning, street design and transportation policy, Danielle provides a systems approach to help […]

Mark Kaufman currently serves as Ford’s global director of electrification, leading the company’s overarching strategy for electrified vehicles and heading up Ford Team Edison. Formed in October 2017, Ford Team Edison is the company’s dedicated global cross- functional battery electric vehicle team who have been challenged to think big and move fast to deliver vehicles […]

Gabe is the former Commissioner of the Chicago and Washington DC Departments of Transportation. In both cities, he revamped technology platforms and government processes while focusing on putting people first vs. automobiles on city streets. This included launching two of the first and largest bikeshare systems in the U.S. and building protected bike lanes and […]

Future Mobility Pioneer Michael Hurwitz is passionate about socially-positive technology. An internationally recognised pioneer in future mobility, he created the UK’s national programmes on electromobility and autonomy and is now responsible for making sure transport in London is ready for the future. His team seeks out market innovators, encourages the testing and implementation of new […]

Beth Kigel, HNTB Corporation, serves as national practice leader, Intelligent Transportation and Emerging Mobility Solutions and vice president. She is based in HNTB’s Miami office. Kigel is a global thought-leader in new mobility and smart city ecosystems and assists transportation agencies, cities and regions in developing smart and connected infrastructure solutions. As a thought-leader in […]

Greg Krueger is leading the charge for the deployment of smart cities and connected and automated vehicle technologies at the local, state and federal levels as the Director of Emerging Technology Programs at HNTB.  Greg is presently working on a variety of projects that aim to integrate technology with transportation and the surrounding infrastructure to […]

Florian leads on all regional and urban mobility for NEOM. Prior to joining NEOM, Florian Lennert was founder and CEO at Future Lab Berlin, a sustainable innovation think tank and advisory firm focusing on sustainable innovation, urban tech and future mobility. Florian serves as chair of the European Commission expert group for smart mobility systems […]

Greg Lindsay joined NewCities in June 2015 as Senior Fellow to lead our Connected Mobility Initiative. Greg is a journalist, urbanist, futurist, and speaker. He is a non-resident senior fellow of The Atlantic Council in their Strategic Foresight Initiative. He is also a contributing writer for Fast Company, co-author of Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live […]