Nathan King is an architect with a passion for sustainable cities. Over the last two decades, Nathan has designed and managed numerous large-scale and complex construction projects, with particular focus in New York City. Before co-founding itselectric, Nathan was the senior technical architect for SOM’s Health and Science practice, and led the team designing the new NY City Public Health Laboratory in Harlem.

Yasmin Meah, MD, CWSP, is Professor of Medicine, Medical Education, Geriatrics and Palliative care at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She has over 20 years of experience focusing on healthcare for vulnerable people. Yasmin has expertise in home-based palliative and primary care, and wound care as a physician at the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program. She is also Founder and Director of the EHHOP free clinic for the uninsured where she has led a multi-disciplinary outreach endeavor for East Harlem’s most vulnerable since 2004.

Sabah Usmani is a PhD student in the Climate and Health Program at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She is an urban planner and interdisciplinary researcher with experience in air pollution, health disparities, transportation and climate mitigation and adaptation planning in India, Ecuador, the U.S., and Malaysia. She has worked previously for the Environmental Defense Fund, New York City Housing Authority, MIT’s Tata Center for Technology & Design, and Mahindra Lifespaces.

Jonce Walker, LEED AP, CSBA, is the Global Director of Sustainability and Wellness at HLW, where he oversees the coordination of a holistic, integrated design process - from managing BEYOND, HLW's in-house sustainability, resilience, and building performance consultancy, to reinforcing the firm's pledge to the AIA 2030 Commitment, which advocates for carbon-neutral construction in the next 10 years. With nearly two decades of experience in both the public and private sectors, Jonce weaves sustainability into each stage of design, working to maximize value for clients, repair ecology, decarbonize and improve end-user health and wellness.

Jaron Burke is the Environmental Health Manager at WE ACT for Environmental Justice, and has been in the field of public health for five years. He is responsible for supporting initiatives that identify and reduce hazardous environmental exposures in Northern Manhattan, including indoor and outdoor air pollution. Jaron is also the co-host of WE ACT's official podcast, Uptown Chats. He received his MPH in Environmental Health Sciences from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, and a BS in Public Health from the University of Washington in Seattle.

Paul is Principal at Barretto Bay Strategies, an urban solutions consulting firm that provides strategic advising to public agencies, community development organizations, and start-ups in the areas of renewable energy and clean transportation; urban manufacturing & distribution; and neighborhood revitalization. He served for seven years as Chief of Staff to Congressman Jose E. Serrano (NY-16), an 11-term Democrat and senior appropriator from The Bronx, NY. In 2009, Lipson served as principal author of The American Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Act (HR 4399), a bill introduced with bi-partisan support aimed at scaling up the domestic electric truck industry and helping to address air quality deficits incurred by medium duty fleets based in places like the South Bronx. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lipson founded and led The Point Community Development Corporation, a pioneering CDC based in the Hunts Point section of The Bronx and active in the sustainability sector.