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At the core of Albus Brooks’ identity is community development and servant leadership. Albus moved to Colorado in 1997 to study and play football for the University of Colorado. Sports Illustrated named him one of the Top 10 Hardest Hitters, and the NFL took interest in him before injuries ultimately ended his football career. Albus…

A native Tennessean, Degrafinreid most recently served as the chief administrative officer for the Office of the Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk. Prior to serving the Metro Nashville government, he was counsel to U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) and coordinated community outreach for Davidson, Dickson and Cheatham counties. Degrafinreid holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from…

As the Editorial and Content Strategist, Emily works to produce engaging content for NewCities’ editorial platforms and uses her knack for turning complex information into compelling narratives to build NewCities’ communications work. She manages the threesixtyCITY podcast, The Big Picture editorial series, contributes to project work within our environmental focus area, and builds strong relationships…

John Macomber is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance unit at Harvard Business School. His professional background includes leadership of real estate, construction, and information technology businesses. At HBS, Mr. Macomber’s work focuses on the future of cities, particularly as aided by the private finance and delivery of public infrastructure projects in both the developed…

Over the past 20 years Sascha has led urban innovation, economic development and government innovation projects in over 40 countries. He trained as an architect and urbanist in London, am is a fellow at New America in the Public Interest Technologies group, an Ashoka Fellow and globally recognized expert on urban and local government innovation.…

Andrew is the Chief Executive of the Centre for Cities, a UK-based think tank focused on improving the economies of the UK’s largest cities and towns by providing rigorous analysis and policy prescriptions for city leaders and national government. Andrew has over 25 years of experience working on urban economic policy issues for public and…

Joe Cortright is Director of City Observatory, a think tank focusing on urban economic issues. City Observatory produces original research on what makes cities successful in the 21 st Century, and offers daily commentary on a range of issues including economic opportunity, urban transportation, housing affordability and neighborhood change at CityObservatory.org. Joe Cortright is principal…

Dr. Alexa Delbosc is a Senior Lecturer at the Monash Institute of Transport Studies in the Department of Civil Engineering. She is an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher conducting a study of the changing travel behaviour of Australian millennials. She draws from her Master’s in social psychology from Harvard University and PhD in…

Craig Hall is an entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, vintner and philanthropist. He formed HALL Group in 1968 at age 18 with $4,000 saved from small ventures that began at age 10. Today, HALL Group’s diversified business interests include active operations in commercial real estate ownership, development and management, structured financial lending, winemaking and…

Dowell Myers is a professor of policy, planning, and demography in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at USC. He directs the Population Dynamics Research Group and is a leading expert on California’s changing demographics that lead the nation’s. Dr. Myers has specialized in the demographics of housing demand and needs, with recent studies…

Deirdre Pfeiffer is an Associate Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. Dr. Pfeiffer is a housing planning scholar, with expertise on housing as a cause and effect of growing social inequality and the role of housing planning…

Dr. Emil Malizia has expertise in the related areas of regional economic development, real estate development, and urban redevelopment. His current research and practice is on the socio-economic characteristics and urban form of vibrant centers and their influence on local economic development, entrepreneurship, and real property performance. He is author or co-author of five books…