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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

  • 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

  • Ivan Cheung

    Senior Advisor, Federal Highway Administration

  • Stephanie Crowe

    CEO and Chief Learning Officer, Learn.net

  • Nick Conklin

    Brooklyn Organizer, Transportation Alternatives

  • 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

  • Elif Ensari

    Research Scholar, NYU’s Marron Institute of Urban Management

  • Kate Fillin-Yeh

    Senior Transportation Associate, Stantec

  • Mary Rose Fissinger

    Senior Transportation Planner, Fehr & Peers

  • Mike Flynn

    Vice President + NY Sector Manager, TYLin

  • Em Friedenberg

    Research Manager, Transportation Alternatives

  • Ben Furnas

    Executive Director,
    Transportation Alternatives

  • Emily Gallagher

    New York State Representative, Assembly District 50

  • Shawn Garcia

    Director of Advocacy, Transportation Alternatives

  • Sarah Goodyear

    Co-Host, The War on Cars podcast

  • Doug Gordon

    Co-Host, The War on Cars podcast

  • Jack Greenwood

    Research Associate, Transportation Alternatives

  • Ligia Guallpa

    Executive Director, Workers Justice Project

  • Melissa Hart

    Founder & CEO,
    eBodyGuard

  • Baruch Herzfeld

    Co-Founder, Popwheels

  • Emily Jacobi

    Manhattan Organizer, Transportation Alternatives

  • Ed Janoff

    Chief Strategy Officer, Union Square Partnership

  • Andrea Jenkins

    City Councilor, Minneapolis

  • Rita Joseph

    District 40, NYC City Council

  • Laura Kavanagh

    Former Commissioner, New York City Fire Department

  • Tom Klein

    Director, Center for Urban and Community Design, University of Miami

  • Maria Kuhn

    President & Founder,
    Drive Action Fund

  • Erin LaFarge

    Director of Safety Policy, New York City Department of Transportation

  • Isaac Levy

    Senior Transportation Planner, City of San Antonio

  • Qiuyang Lu

    Senior Transportation Engineer, Institute for Transport and Development Policy

  • Stacey Matlen

    Senior Vice President, Innovation, Partnership for New York City

  • Nkosi Muse

    Environmental Fellow,
    Harvard University

  • Lauren Newman

    Youth & Schools Organizer, Transportation Alternatives

  • Kathy Park Price

    Director of Advocacy and Policy, New Yorkers for Parks

  • Giovanni Pintor

    Founder, adessobasta

  • Ruth Rosas

    Program Manager,
    America Walks

  • Shayna Rose

    City Planner II,
    City of Baltimore

  • Ben Rosenn

    Manager of Deployments and External Affairs, Popwheels

  • Ryan Russo

    Executive Director, NACTO

  • Hilary Semel

    Director, Mayor’s Office of Environmental Coordination

  • Nick Sifuentes

    Program Director, the Summit Foundation

  • Jessie Singer

    Author, There Are No Accidents
    Senior Strategist
    Transportation Alternatives

  • Tiffany Smith

    Program Manager, Vision Zero Network

  • Jarrett Stoltzfus

    Director of Infrastructure, Transportation, Arnold Ventures

  • Midori Valdivia

    Board Member, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

  • Caron Whitaker

    Deputy Executive Director, League of American Bicyclists

  • Michael Woloz

    President & CEO,
    CMW Strategies

  • Peter Yuskauskas

    Head of Community, Brompton Bicycles