People

Mutarika, often known as Mai, joined UNDRR in September 2017 as a Programme Officer of the Global Education and Training Institute (GETI) based in Incheon, Republic of Korea. She is responsible for capacity building programmes in the areas of risk reduction and resilience building and the use of tools to enhance planning capacity for disaster…

Shruthi Rao is the co-founder and CEO of Adapt Ready. Under her leadership, the company has won major industry awards for its innovative risk intelligence platform, including “Risk-Modelling Technology of the Year”, “Excellence in Technology”, and “Best Customer Service Product” against incumbents in the insurance industry such as RMS and AIR Worldwide. She has 20+…

Joy Sinderbrand manages the New York City Housing Authority’s Recovery and Resilience Department. The $3.2 billion program is both repairing lasting damage from Superstorm Sandy and investing in precedent-setting resilience elements protecting structure and infrastructure at 35 developments housing over 60,000 low-income New Yorkers. Her background in major capital projects includes Port Authority of New…

Mirik Milan was one off Amsterdam’s first night mayors, and longtime creative director of some of the Dutch capital’s most celebrated events. Since 2012, he has played an instrumental role in the reshaping of Amsterdam’s nightlife scene into one of the most vibrant and economically robust in the world, and his innovative position is fast…

Clover Moore is Lord Mayor of Sydney. The first popularly elected woman to lead the City of Sydney, Clover is also its longest serving Mayor since Sydney Council was incorporated in 1842. Clover also served as a Member of the NSW Parliament from 1988 to 2012. As Lord Mayor, Clover is leading the City in…

Jean-François Rheault is the Director – North America at Eco-Counter. Eco-Counter is the world leader in cyclist and pedestrian counting technology with projects in more than 55 countries worldwide. Eco-Counter has projects in a variety of cities including New York City, Paris, San Francisco, Sydney, Vancouver, Zurich, Stockholm and many more. JF joined Eco-Counter in…

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta is the Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires since 2015. He holds a BA in Economics from the Universidad de Buenos Aires and a MBA from Harvard University. He was the Chief of Cabinet of Ministers of the city from 2007 to 2015. As mayor, Horacio’s goal is to make Buenos…

Ryan Klem serves as Director of Programs and Partnerships at the Toyota Mobility Foundation, which was established in 2014 to advance the freedom of mobility for more people everywhere. He also serves a concurrent role as an executive in Toyota Motor North America’s Social Innovation group. The two roles focus on system level mobility as…

Clement Lau, AICP, has 20 years of professional experience in urban and regional planning. Currently, Dr. Lau is a Departmental Facilities Planner with the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation where he works on a variety of park planning projects. He enjoys writing about a wide range of planning issues and is on…

Will Straw is James McGill Professor of Urban Media Studies at McGill University Montreal. He is the author of Cyanide and Sin: Visualizing Crime in 50s America (Andrew Roth Gallery, 2006) and co-editor of several volumes including Circulation and the City: Essays on Urban Culture (with Alexandra Boutros) and Formes Urbaines (with Anouk Bélanger and…

Elise Thorburn is a researcher with Memorial University’s On the Move Partnership, a multi-sector research program examining employment-related geographical mobility in Canada and beyond. Her own work on this project involved interviewing workers and union leaders on the challenges low waged workers with extended commutes through the city face, especially those whose shift schedules are…