Jee Mee Kim is the Americas East Geography Leader for Arup, bringing nearly 30 years of experience leading complex urban development and infrastructure initiatives across the public and private sectors. Based in New York, she leads more than 600 staff members across Arup’s New York, Newark, Boston, Washington D.C., and Chicago offices, guiding one of Arup’s largest business units and advancing client, market, and talent leadership across a geography central to Arup’s continued growth.

Jee Mee joined Arup from Arcadis, where she served as New York City metro area city executive. With nearly 30 years of experience steering complex urban development projects in the New York region and cities across the United States, she brings a deep understanding of both public and private-sector priorities. Her portfolio spans some of the region’s most significant transportation, civic infrastructure, healthcare, and mixed-use development projects, including the Gateway Hudson Tunnel Program, the Fifth Avenue redesign, Metro-North Penn Station Access, the Brooklyn Tech Triangle, the New York-Presbyterian Hospital master plan, the Second Avenue Subway, Barclays Center, and the World Trade Center redevelopment among others. In her role as Chief Strategy Officer at the New York City Department of Transportation under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, Jee Mee helped advance major city commitments, including 30 miles of protected bike lanes, 28 miles of bus lanes, permanent Open Streets, and forward-looking freight management strategies such as the Blue Highways pilot program.

Jee Mee is an active civic voice helping shape the future of New York and the broader region. Through board positions at the Regional Plan Association, Urban Design Forum, and Urban Land Institute New York, she helps advance conversations around transportation, urban development, and the future competitiveness of cities. She is a recognized thought leader and practitioner on transportation, real estate and economic development, transit-oriented development, and infrastructure funding. In her new role, Jee Mee will work with clients across these sectors and more to help shape the next generation of resilient, sustainable, and economically vibrant communities across the Eastern United States.