EngagingCities

Chris Haller Founder and CEO at Urban Interactive Studio Chris Haller heads up Urban Interactive Studio (UIS), a technology consulting firm specializing in web and mobile solutions for urban planning agencies and firms. He's the founder of... Read More >>	Michael Hinke Founder and Principal Consultant of Decision Support Resources (DSR) Mike is founder and principal consultant of Decision Support Resources (DSR). DSR is an information technology company that specializes in developing geographic information systems (GIS) and... Read More >>	Anita Glesta Artist Anita Glesta is a visual artist whose works are in public spaces as well as in museums and galleries internationally. She is a recipient of many awards and grants from NYSCA, NYFA, Pollock-Krasner... Read More >>
Claudia Paraschiv Trained as an architect in Los Angeles, Claudia recently completed her graduate studies in urbanism at MIT, for which she prepared a thesis on Los Angeles’ Public Space as understood through... Read More >>	Nichole McCall photographer and filmmaker Nichole is a photographer and filmmaker at Civic Eye Collaborative, an urban planning and multimedia studio based in New York and New Jersey. Read More >>	Alex Dodds Online Communications Manager Alex Dodds is Smart Growth America’s Online Communications Manager. She joins the team after several years in campaign communications, most recently running online communications and media... Read More >>
Allegra Williams Neighborhood Planner, Department of Planning and Development, The City of Lowell, MA Allegra Williams is Neighborhood Planner for the City of Lowell. In this capacity, she develops short and long-range strategies to enhance the quality of life in Lowell’s neighborhoods and... Read More >>	Chiara Camponeschi. Chiara works at the intersection of interdisciplinary research, social innovation and urban sustainability. Her latest project, The Enabling City, can be found online at www.enablingcity.com. Read More >>	David Bollier Independent Scholar, Author and Activist David Bollier is an independent scholar, author and activist who studies the commons as a new paradigm of economics and political culture. He blogs at www.Bollier.org and his posts are licensed under... Read More >>
Evan Carver Writer, Student, Urbanist Evan Carver, a writer and urbanist of many stripes, is based in Denver, Colorado. Read More >>	Jacob Urup Nielsen Partnerships and Projects Manager at British Council Jacob is a project manager with British Council and has worked with the Creative Cities project and Future City Game during the past 3 years. You can follow him on Twitter: www.twitter.com/jurup and... Read More >>	Janelle Noble Director of Marketing at Brightidea As Director of Marketing at Brightidea, Inc. Janelle manages all in-bound marketing for the leading cloud-based innovation management software provider. A brand advocate, business defender, and... Read More >>
José Carlos Mota Researcher and Assistant Jose is a researcher and assistant in the field of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. Through his experience as an Urban planner consultant, Jose has worked... Read More >>	Karen Fung master’s candidate at the School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada Karen is a master’s candidate at the School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Her research explores the role of online collaboration,... Read More >>	Kelvin Campbell architect/urban designer and co-founder of Urban Initiatives Kelvin Campbell is an architect/urban designer and co-founder of Urban Initiatives, a highly regarded urban design practice, and, more recently, the Smart Urbanism Group: an active and growing online... Read More >>
Nicole Gelinas Searle Freedom Trust Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor of City Journal Gelinas writes on urban economics and finance, municipal and corporate finance, and business issues. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and a member of the New York Society of... Read More >>	Rachelle Annechino Research Associate, Contributor for Ethnography Matters Rachelle Annechino is a research associate at the Prevention Research Center at PIRE and a recent graduate from the School of Information at UC Berkeley. She also works with the... Read More >>	Rebecca Sanborn Stone Senior Associate, Communications at Orton Family Foundation Rebecca first joined the Foundation in 2006 and returned in 2008 as a Senior Associate. In the interim, she worked as a consultant and taught ecology at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and... Read More >>
Adam Davies Before founding Walkonomics.com, Adam Davies spent over 6 years working to improve the walkability, bikeability and sustainability of streets, neighbourhoods and cities in the UK, Europe and Africa.... Read More >>	Alan Williams Community Director at Neighborland Alan Williams is the Community Director at Neighborland, where he works to organize the community toward shared goals. Read More >>	Amanda Maher Senior Analyst at ICIC Amanda is a Senior Analyst at ICIC whose focus is on urban economic development strategies. She's working to develop the "What Works: Solutions for Cities" platform, highlighting the... Read More >>
Bernadette Samson Social Media Specialist Bernadette Samson is a Social Media Superhero at ResetSanFrancisco. When not resetting San Francisco, she blogs about music at BoxSpeakerMusicBlog and is on the never-ending search for the perfect... Read More >>	Bill Fulton Executive Director, The Civic Canopy Bill Fulton is the founder and Executive Director of The Civic Canopy, a leading edge nonprofit that helps civic sector organizations become more effective at meeting critical social needs. At... Read More >>	Carla Wheeler writer at Esri Carla Wheeler is a marketing writer at Esri. Before focusing on writing about geographic information systems, she was a newspaper journalist in Southern California covering a variety of assignments... Read More >>

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