Iwona Alfred is an urban planner and inclusive-mobility specialist with over a decade of professional experience in sustainable transport, accessibility, transit-oriented development, and adult learning design. Her experience includes resilience and recovery initiatives in New York City, as well as extensive international work at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), where she led global learning, capacity-building, and knowledge-sharing programs focused on sustainable and equitable urban mobility. Her work has included advancing transit-oriented development, walkable communities, public transport improvements, and integrated land use and transportation planning. She is currently consulting with the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI), developing a global curriculum for city and transport practitioners on disability-inclusive transport planning and universal accessibility, building on her work and the flagship publications she co-authored, Cities for All Through Universal Accessibility and Building Inclusive Transport for People with Disabilities. Fluent in English and Polish, Iwona brings expertise in stakeholder engagement, curriculum development, communications, and translating complex urban challenges into practical tools for practitioners and decision-makers.