SPEAKERS
2025 Keynote
Secretary Anthony Foxx
Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
17th U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Polly Trottenberg
Dean, NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School
Former US Deputy Secretary of Transportation
& NYC Transportation Commissioner
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Elizabeth Adams
Deputy Executive Director, Public Affairs,
Transportation Alternatives -
Hunter Armstrong
Executive Director
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative -
Jeffrey Brault
Vice President of Global Public Affairs, NYC Ferry
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Ivan Cheung
Senior Advisor, Federal Highway Administration
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Stephanie Crowe
CEO and Chief Learning Officer, Learn.net
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Nick Conklin
Brooklyn Organizer, Transportation Alternatives
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Danna Dennis
Senior Organizer,
Riders Alliance -
Thomas DeVito
National Director,
Families for Safe Streets -
Natalie Draisin
Director, North American Office,
FIA Foundation -
Kanza El Hamel
Field & Equitable Partnerships Coordinator, Transportation Alternatives
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Elif Ensari
Research Scholar, NYU’s Marron Institute of Urban Management
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Kate Fillin-Yeh
Senior Transportation Associate, Stantec
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Mary Rose Fissinger
Senior Transportation Planner, Fehr & Peers
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Mike Flynn
Vice President + NY Sector Manager, TYLin
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Em Friedenberg
Research Manager, Transportation Alternatives
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Ben Furnas
Executive Director,
Transportation Alternatives -
Emily Gallagher
New York State Representative, Assembly District 50
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Shawn Garcia
Director of Advocacy, Transportation Alternatives
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Sarah Goodyear
Co-Host, The War on Cars podcast
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Doug Gordon
Co-Host, The War on Cars podcast
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Jack Greenwood
Research Associate, Transportation Alternatives
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Ligia Guallpa
Executive Director, Workers Justice Project
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Melissa Hart
Founder & CEO,
eBodyGuard -
Baruch Herzfeld
Co-Founder, Popwheels
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Emily Jacobi
Manhattan Organizer, Transportation Alternatives
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Ed Janoff
Chief Strategy Officer, Union Square Partnership
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Andrea Jenkins
City Councilor, Minneapolis
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Rita Joseph
District 40, NYC City Council
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Laura Kavanagh
Former Commissioner, New York City Fire Department
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Tom Klein
Director, Center for Urban and Community Design, University of Miami
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Maria Kuhn
President & Founder,
Drive Action Fund -
Erin LaFarge
Director of Safety Policy, New York City Department of Transportation
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Isaac Levy
Senior Transportation Planner, City of San Antonio
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Qiuyang Lu
Senior Transportation Engineer, Institute for Transport and Development Policy
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Stacey Matlen
Senior Vice President, Innovation, Partnership for New York City
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Nkosi Muse
Environmental Fellow,
Harvard University -
Lauren Newman
Youth & Schools Organizer, Transportation Alternatives
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Kathy Park Price
Director of Advocacy and Policy, New Yorkers for Parks
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Giovanni Pintor
Founder, adessobasta
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Ruth Rosas
Program Manager,
America Walks -
Shayna Rose
City Planner II,
City of Baltimore -
Ben Rosenn
Manager of Deployments and External Affairs, Popwheels
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Ryan Russo
Executive Director, NACTO
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Hilary Semel
Director, Mayor’s Office of Environmental Coordination
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Nick Sifuentes
Program Director, the Summit Foundation
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Jessie Singer
Author, There Are No Accidents
Senior Strategist
Transportation Alternatives -
Tiffany Smith
Program Manager, Vision Zero Network
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Jarrett Stoltzfus
Director of Infrastructure, Transportation, Arnold Ventures
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Midori Valdivia
Board Member, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Caron Whitaker
Deputy Executive Director, League of American Bicyclists
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Michael Woloz
President & CEO,
CMW Strategies -
Peter Yuskauskas
Head of Community, Brompton Bicycles
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Anna Zivarts