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Jiregna Hirpa

Title: Traffic Safety and Management Head, Addis Ababa City Transport Programs Management Office
NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

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Ronnie Matthew Harris

Ronnie Matthew Harris

Title: Visionary Lead, Go Bronzeville
NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Based in Chicago, Ronnie is an experience speaker, counselor, and social entrepreneur.  He has an uncanny knack for connecting people, places and things.   As an experienced urban mission strategist, he’s devoted his life to seeing people flourish within the context of global cities, advocating for equitable access to a quality life.  He’s the founding member […]

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Julie Nelson

Title: Director, Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE)
NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

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Chris Wheat

Chris Wheat

Title: Chief Sustainability Officer & Senior Policy Advisor, City of Chicago
NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Chris Wheat serves as Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Chris coordinates policies and projects across City Agencies to advance the Mayor’s sustainability agenda. His work has included expansion of the Retrofit Chicago Partnership, the passage of Chicago’s Disposable Bag Tax, and efforts to improve the […]

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Chris Pangilinan

Chris Pangilinan

Title: Program Director, Technology and Rider Engagement, TransitCenter
NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Chris Pangilinan is the program director for technology and rider engagement at TransitCenter, a foundation dedicated to improving urban mobility. Chris’s work focuses on reforming transit agencies practices around data, performance metrics, and bus dispatching to improve service for their riders. He is also an advocate for improved access for people with disabilities to the […]

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Kevin Thompson

Kevin Thompson

Title: Director, Transportation for America
NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Kevin is the director of Transportation for America. He joined T4America in October 2017. He previously served in the Obama administration as the deputy director of communications at the U.S. Department of the Interior and earlier as Associate Administrator for Legislative Affairs and Communications at the Federal Railroad Administration, an operating mode of the U.S. Department […]

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Amanda O’Rourke

Amanda O’Rourke

Title: Executive Director, 8 80 Cities
NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Amanda is Executive Director of 8 80 Cities, a not for profit organization based in Toronto Canada. The organization was created based on the simple but powerful concept that if cities are planned, built, and managed thinking of the needs of children and older adults then they will be great for all people. Amanda was […]

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Natalie Draisin

Natalie Draisin

Title: Director, North American Office & UN Representative, FIA Foundation
NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Natalie Draisin is the Director of the North American Office and the United Nations Representative for the FIA Foundation. She manages the Foundation’s grants in North America to achieve safe and sustainable mobility worldwide. At the UN, advocated for the inclusion of road safety in the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and secured language prioritizing a […]

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Cecilia Vaca Jones

Cecilia Vaca Jones

Title: Programme Director, Bernard van Leer Foundation
NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Cecilia has over 15 years of experience managing social development policies and programmes. She holds a masters degree in Social Policies for Sustainable Development from the University of Bologna, Italy, and a BA in International Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University in Ecuador. Prior to joining the Foundation, she was the Coordinating Minister of Social Development […]

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Naomi Doerner

Title: Transportation Equity Program Manager, Seattle Department of Transportation
NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

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