Urban Design Speakers

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Education Policy Advisor, Children’s Book Author, Film Producer & Public Servant

Real Estate Developer; Mayor; US Army Veteran

Architect & Author of "A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America"

Academy Award-Winning Production Designer Known for Beyonce's "Lemonade" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Director of the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing; William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University; PI, Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

Professor of Sustainable Communities at the University of Virginia & Author

Former Mayor, City of Compton

Licensed Contractor & Realtor; Host of HGTV and DIY Network's "Yard Crashers"

Host of HGTV's "Flipping Virgins" & Author of "Keep Calm, it's Just Real Estate"

Designer, Social Innovator & Urbanist, Founder of Sutdio O

Italian Architect & Engineer; Director of MIT's SENSEable City Lab; Founding Partner of Carlo Ratti Associati

Real Estate Developer, Peabody Award-Winning Broadcaster & Urban Revitalization Strategy Consultant

Design Principal for Frank O. Gehry and Associates, Inc.

Chief Climate Strategist for the Natural Resource Defense Council

CEO & Founder at Sweeten; Board Member at Help USA

Carpenter; Star of HGTV's "Fixer Upper" & Magnolia Network's "Restoration Road"

Co-Chair of Gensler; Thought Leader on Design Innovation

Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center

Founder & CEO, Culture Design Studio; Company Culture Expert; Podcast Host