Isabel is a strategic and urban designer interested in exploring strategies to overcome socio-economic disparities and build agency through design. She is currently an Associate Urban Designer at the New York City Housing Authority. With a background in community planning, urbanism, and architecture her recent practice is focused on developing strategies of open-decision making to empower communities to shape their built environment.

Dr. Thompson is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Community Health Sciences in the School of Public Health. She holds a DrPH and MPH in Sociomedical Sciences from Columbia University and a B.A. in journalism from Howard University. Her research focuses on the social determinants of substance use and mental health, with an emphasis on racial/ethnic minority women in urban settings.

Kelli Peterman is an urban planner focused on community health and wellness and works in the Division of Mental Hygiene at the NYC Health Department. Kelli oversees a diverse portfolio of initiatives at the intersection of mental health and urban planning and is a core member of the DOHMH Health Equity in Urban Planning workgroup.

As the Chief of Landscape Architecture for NYC Parks, Nancy Prince leads 100 landscape architects and consultants to set a higher design standard—centered on excellence, innovation, accessibility, resilience, and sustainability—that affects every city resident who visits a park. Her professional portfolio encompasses 30,000 acres spread across 5,000 properties, accounting for fourteen percent of the land in a city of almost nine million people with a ten-year capital budget of $5.5 billion.

Adam Yarinsky, FAIA, is Principal of Architecture Research Office (ARO), a New York City firm united by their collaborative process, commitment to accountable action, and social and environmental responsibility. ARO’s diverse body of work has earned the firm over a hundred design awards including the 2020 National AIA Architecture Firm Award. He is a lecturer at MIT and has taught at Harvard University, The University of Michigan, Princeton University, Yale University, The University of Virginia, and other institutions. He has also lectured widely and written about ARO’s work. Adam served on the board of Places Journal from 2012-2018, and he is on the University of Virginia School of Architecture Advisory Board. Adam holds an undergraduate degree in Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Master of Architecture from Princeton University.

Ian is Director of Employment and Training at Fountain House, a national nonprofit organization fighting for the dignity and dreams of people living with serious mental illness. He has worked supporting people with Serious Mental Illness for 18 years. Ian began his career doing Supported Housing in Boston, MA. He's worked at Fountain House for the last 15 years working with their employment programs, housing, and has started many of their social enterprises and hospital in-reach programs.